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Here are links I found interesting on August 11, 2010:

• Twitter’s Meteoric Rise Compared to Facebook – Here's another infographic — this one is for Twitter stats. On The Blog Herald.
• Facebook Statistics: The Numbers Game Continues – Interesting infographic depicting the raw numbers of Facebook. On the Blog Herald. Thanks to @plagiarismtoday for sharing the link.
• The Quitting Tale That Suckered the Whole Internet – Okay, so it was fake. It was still entertaining and fun. And I suspect a lot of folks will be quitting their jobs like this in the future — for good or bad. Read more on Gawker.
• Consumers Find Ways to Spend Less and Find Happiness – The benefits of living simply. Having spent the past three months living in an admittedly comfortable RV with just one vehicle to get around and minimal possessions along for the ride, I can confirm that a simple life is a better life. If I didn't have to go home to my big house and spare cars, I wouldn't. Read more about this topic on the NYTimes.

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Here are links I found interesting on August 4, 2010:

• Topic of Cancer – Christopher Hitchen writes about his battle with cancer. Best wishes, Hitch!
• Anger and The Aftermath – "Not everyone who poops on you is bad; not everyone who saves you from poop is good; if you are up to your neck in poop, for heaven’s sake, keep your mouth shut." Great blog post about anger and social media. Read more on QuinnCreative. Thanks to @EstherSchindler for sharing the link.
• Kasell, Hemmert join Radio Hall of Fame’s Class of 2010 – "National Public Radio veteran Carl Kasell and Chicago rock radio icon Terri Hemmert will be among this year’s inductees in the National Radio Hall of Fame. But once again, voters have snubbed two of America’s pioneering shock jocks — Howard Stern and Steve Dahl — denying them entry in the Chicago-based shrine." Congratulations! Read more on blogs.vocalo.org.
• The Book Bench: Too Hard Not to Cheat in the Internet Age? – "Excusing plagiarism as some sort of modern-day academic mash-up won’t teach students anything more than to how lie and get away with it. We should be teaching students how to produce original work…" Read more by Elizabeth Minkle in The New Yorker.
• NOT Sarah Palin’s Friends – "The Facebook posts Palin doesn't want you to see." Sarah Palin's Facebook page is screened and wall posts are removed regularly. John Dickerson at Slate tells you about the deleted wall posts, captured through a special software program before they are deleted. Sarah Palin, made to look like a gift from God. It makes me sick. On Slate.com.
• Would You Like Some Help? – Remember Clippy?
• 5 reasons why people hate Apple – "Every company has its opponents, but Apple really gets people worked up. Some people hate Apple a lot, more than they hate Nazis or Smurfs. They leave angry comments on Apple blogs. Based on my extensive observations of the species, Apple-haters fall into five categories. If you're an Apple-hater, which one of these categories do you fit in?" By Mitch Wagoner. Read more on Computerworld.

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Here are links I found interesting on July 29, 2010:

• Redefining Empathy In Light Of Web’s Long Memory – "In an era when 75% of employers research applicants online, erasing youthful indiscretions is next to impossible. Jeffrey Rosen accepts that parts of private lives become public on the Internet, but hopes that it will lead us to be more forgiving of one another's missteps." Read more on NPR.org.
• Oversight Of Immigration At Heart Of Arizona Ruling – "Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says her state will ask the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to let all of its controversial immigration law take effect, a day after a federal judge in Phoenix blocked key parts of the measure." Who is going to pay for this legal battle? Arizonans? American citizens? I'm a member of both groups and I'm sick of throwing away my tax dollars on political posturing. Read more about the ruling on NPR.
• 100 million Facebook users’ details published online – " The personal details of 100 million Facebook users have been collected and published online in a downloadable file, meaning they will now be unable to make their publicly available information private." This is just the kind of thing that should teach people to keep their private info OFF social networking systems. As for the guy who made this available to the world, I think he should be sued from here to Pluto. On MSNBC.com.

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Here are links I found interesting on June 25, 2010:

• Hitler. iPhone 4 Antenna. You Know The Drill – "It seems like everyone is up in arms about the iPhone 4 antenna issue." Including Hitler, it seems. VERY funny retake on the Hitler footage. On TechCrunch.com. Thanks to @MikeTRose for sharing this link.
• Social Networking Affects Brains Like Falling in Love – "Neuroeconomist Paul Zak has discovered, for the first time, that social networking triggers the release of the generosity-trust chemical in our brains. And that should be a wake-up call for every company." This explains my Twitter addiction. Read more on FastCompany.com. Thanks to @mdy for sharing the link.

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Here are links I found interesting on May 29, 2010:

• On word counts and novel length – Interesting blog post about the length, in words, of various types of fiction books. On The Swivet.
• Stephen Fry: What I Wish I’d Known When I Was 18 – Stephen Fry shares some of his philosophy about work, egotism, the Internet, and more. Thanks to @CaptainCraigos for sharing the link. On Vimeo.
• Evolution Rap – Excellent video segment from Rachel Maddow Show featuring a rap clip about natural selection. Great stuff!

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