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#FridayFive: Top College Football Twitter Accounts

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It’s really hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that Tim might not make it in the NFL. It seems absurd to me. When my alarm rang at six this morning, there was a text waiting for me that read, “Heard Tebow was cut from NPR before ESPN.” My first thought was

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Let’s go for a swim! (Don’t forget your sunscreen!)
A friend of mine discovered what may be the most horrifying cause of death in the history of the world.
College football season starts in just about eight weeks. Much of it is televised. You should watch.
Driving with His Lordship would make getting lost pretty scary.
The Rolling Stone article concludes by declaring we have no hope of winning in Afghanistan. That is 10,000 times more important than any stupid snipe by an unnamed “aide”.
If you have an old iPhone collecting dust, you can easily convert it into an iPod Touch. Or you could simply try to let yourself be bored.
Did you know that an astronaut on the International Space Station was tweeting photos from space? (see also)
You Were Doing It Wrong is the best Ask.MeFi thread ever. It should be required reading for everyone on the planet. (Second best!)

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“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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If you like our football team, you’ll love our chem labs full of Asian students!
People sometimes ask me why I never wanted to be a bullfighter. It’s simple, really. I tremendously dislike getting gored through the throat with a horn.
I am ashamed to admit that I knew only four of these 10 Facts Every Westerner Should Know about the Middle East.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water: Invisible Sharks!
Dedicated games should review this handy guide to Pac-Man ghosts.
@BPGlobalPR is some seriously black humor.

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Literary Tattoos
The Periodic Table Of Super-Powers
Dale Peterson is not screwing around. (He’s got my vote.)
If you like The Big Picture, you’ll love The Big Caption.
Apple, Inc. v. Apple Corps: Why The Beatles Are Not in the iTunes Store
Never Punt with Tebow: A Mathematical Analysis of 4th Down
The fastest man in college football is University of Florida running back Jeff Demps, who helped the Gators win the SEC outdoor track championships by running the 100m dash in 10.06 seconds. (That’s just a half-second “slower” than world record holder Usain Bolt.)

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