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#FridayFive: Lessons from Dateline

View the Friday Five from July 9th, 2010

The iPhone just keeps getting better. (I’ve had each one.)
What Broke My Father’s Heart
I have been in hysterics reading quotes from the fascinating lives of the people who live in my furniture catalogs… “Oh, dear. Our Q-Tip decanter is almost 1/5th depleted!”
Lake Street Creamery. We guarantee IT WILL TURN YOU INTO A GOD.*
The Swedish Chef cooks popcorn shrimp.
The oil spill? “It’s heartbreakin’, baby.”
The Who Tall Are You? mirror looks like it would be fun for a teenager’s room.
It will probably be ~~light years~~ centuries before the Sci-Fi Airshow makes its way to Los Angeles, and I sadly won’t get to see it.
Real Life vs. CSI:Miami
Proper punctuation is important. Seriously.

2024-06-10: Broken links in this post have been removed and/or updated.

View the Friday Five from July 2nd, 2010

“If a boot becomes the standard choice among war correspondents, I’m thinking it’s gotta be pretty damn good.” And now there is something else I want to buy. (A vortex cannon would be cool, too.)
“Thousands of web designers make unforgivable spelling mistakes constantly.” Learning how to spell is actually quite easy. It’s amazing how many people think it’s perfectly acceptable to not know how to do it correctly.
Your App’s Website Sucks should be required reading for everyone that makes any website, not just for app sites.
The CEO of Woot! sent the world’s most awesome-packed email in the history of time to his employees to announce that Amazon had purchased them.
Regardless of what you think, login is not a verb.
TiPb has a stunningly complete list of every feature of the new iPhone.
EDSBS presents A Journey Through College Football Dickdom

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I love that Snoop Dogg recorded an ode to Sookie Stackhouse.
If you want to really know what the difference is between Apple and every other technology company, read what Daring Fireball said about FaceTime. Just remember that most of us — including me, and I’ve been a computer programmer for almost twenty years — are “normal” people.
Snooki Saved My Marriage: “[E]very combination of two good things does not equal a peanut butter and chocolate moment.”
The Vatican has officially endorsed The Blues Brothers and said it should be recommended viewing for Catholics everywhere.
A Field Guide to WiFi Users at Starbucks (archived)
How I Lost My 1K Status on United is a great story.
Who doesn’t love other people’s cats?
“…[E]mployees who volunteered felt more connected to their companies and were more likely to work harder on tasks, …spoke positively about their employer in public and were less likely to daydream, cyber loaf or take extra time off work.”
It is no surprise at all that Jeff Demps is number one on Heisman Pundit’s Ten Fastest College Football Players for 2010.
The Big 12 somehow managed to stay alive.
EDSBS compares sports leagues to religions, and makes sense.
Did USC get railroaded?

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Four agencies that specialize in Internet marketing — 10e20, Search and Social, Infinitenine, and Brent Csutoras Inc. — are joining forces in a roll-up to form BlueGlass Interactive.
Why, yes, I do very much want a lightsaber.
“It’s sort of nonsensical for a twice-divorced single mother of two to be using this line as seduction.” (a classic from @anildash)
Why do foreign commercials always seem so much better than ours?
Must read: Seven Reasons I’m Glad I’m an SEC Fan After Conference Expansion
“Is there a large mammal standing on your phone right now, such as a mountain goat or cheetah?”
No Mouse Is Safe: Cat Gets World’s First Bionic Paws
The preview video of the new EA Sports NCAA 11 looks amazicredible.
I really don’t know what to say about phoneballs.com.

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View the Friday Five from June 25th, 2010

Here’s some excellent advice from Mike Rowe, of Dirty Jobs fame: “Don’t be that guy. Don’t wait for the world to acknowledge your accomplishments.” (He’ll also help you find a job.)
For @andybabb: A Hierarchy of Digital Distractions
Where can I fly for how much?
Twirdie is Twitter golf!
The Earth is just amazing. (I had no idea the Titanic was that deep.)
Porn surfers are likely to have out-of-date software that can be exploited, making those users an attractive target for cybecriminals.
Sexual Congress
How to keep someone with you forever — employee or lover.
The Spill, The Scandal and the President is the inside story of how Obama failed to crack down on the corruption of the Bush years … and let the world’s most dangerous oil company get away with murder. (Does anyone else ever wonder why the hardest hitting investigative journalism in America is consistently done by a rock ‘n roll magazine?)

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The fictional high school chorus at the center of Glee has a huge problem: nearly a million dollars in potential legal liability.
What were we thinking about when we had all that extra time?
Who wants to see the ruins of modern Greece?
Glasses are the ultimate image changer. (via jim)
Authentic, game-used baseball cufflinks are just one of the many classy gifts for guys that can be found at the Gent Supply Co.
I need to start slowly making my way through the 101 best sandwiches in Los Angeles. Very slowly.
Lovely phrases and beautiful definitions can be found in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.
I’ve never really been a big Trek fan, but this list of the fifteen cruelest deaths in Star Trek history is pretty sweet.
WTF is HTML5 and why should we all care?
You really should follow me on Twitter. That’s the quickest way to learn about awesome sites like youarenotsosmart.com.

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View the Friday Five from June 18th, 2010