Saying Goodbye to 2009 & Hello to 2010

Categories: Cool Facts, Culture, Featured, Social Media, Theories & Philosophies

The last half of 2009 was a busy year for me but maybe this list will help recap saying goodbye to 2009 and hello to 2010.
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2009 Kicks off With Ignorant Tweets

Categories: Cool Facts, Culture, Events, Featured, Social Media, Theories & Philosophies

Today I caught Rick Sanchez's segment on CNN.  He had reported on a Muslim American family being booted off a plane because they were discussing where the safest part of the plane to sit is: by the wing of the plane or the back of the plane. When Rick Sanchez wanted to know viewers' opinions, there were definitely some ignorant tweets.
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Taking Time to Be Aware of My Senses

Categories: Culture, Featured, Theories & Philosophies

As the year end is about to end, I decided to take a break and truly tune into what I have been missing.  In this time I've taken notice to the more subtle things in my everyday life that my five senses have become a little more aware of.  Below are five experiences I've noticed in the past week.
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Did You Know 3.0

Categories: Cool Facts, Culture, Featured, Social Media, Tech, Theories & Philosophies

Karl Fisch presented to his peers last year facts about the evolution of technology and global lifestyle.  Scott McLeod created a version of Fisch's presentation and presented to his college class.  Then someone decided to do a Mashup of Fisch, McLeod, and a man named Jeff Bronman's research in order to create a Did You Know 3.0 version.
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Teenager Shoots Parents Over Halo 3

Categories: Cool Facts, Featured, Social Media, Theories & Philosophies

I heard this story via my co-worker Ashley, who found it on Gizmodo, who found it on Kotaku (Gawker Media affiliate), who found it on Cleveland.com.  Down the line through each source I read, the story kept sounding more like a game of telephone.
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My Black Friday Shopping Experience Has Been Tarnished Literally

Categories: Cool Facts, Events, Featured, Theories & Philosophies

A few days ago I posted about my Pink Friday shopping experience.  Earlier that day I had set out to do my Black Friday Shopping for one particular item that as of today I discovered ended up chipping and rusting after one wash!
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Not Everyone is an Asshole on The Night Before Thanksgiving

Categories: Culture, Theories & Philosophies

The Onion posted an article entitled "26-Year-Old To See Every Asshole He Ever Went To High School With On Night Before Thanksgiving" To some that may be true, but for the past 8 years Thanksgiving Eve was time well spent with GREAT friends until this year.
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Flight 001 Plane Pal

Categories: Culture, Featured, Theories & Philosophies, Websites

One of my favorite sites to browse is Flight 001.  I like to see what they carry from time to time.  This time I caught the "Plane Pal."
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Best Man Ruins Wedding

Categories: Theories & Philosophies, Viral Videos

This video came up with multiple search results for a re-post.  I think I've watched this video at least 20x and each time I can't convince myself that it's real. 
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When Childhood Characters Go Bad

Categories: Featured, Theories & Philosophies

Why did the internet have to ruin my wholesome childhood characters?? I don’t think I’ll ever look at them the same again :(
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Cell Phone Partnerships Causing Frustration

Categories: Tech, Theories & Philosophies

AT&T has a partnership with Apple for iPhone, T-Mobile has their partnership with Google for the G1, and now Verizon has a joint venture with Blackberry for the Storm.  I don't know about you, but I'm a Blackberry user and am quite frustrated that if I want the Storm I'd have to switch to Verzion!
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Are Collectibles Worth Buying in a Financial Bind

Categories: Culture, Featured, Style, Theories & Philosophies

To the left is my collectible Insa Dunny to the right is the brand new limited edition Insa Heel Line that costs today £200 ($344.21).  A pair of these heels would be a great compliment to my dunny, but I'm going to have to pass.
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My Pros & Cons for Watching 90210 Again

Categories: Theories & Philosophies

Today I caught an old episode of Beverly Hills 90210 on the Soap Channel.  A few minutes into it I wondered how the new season of 90210 was doing especially since I caught a commercial a couple of weeks back of them revealing the father of Kelly's son. 
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5 Reasons Why People Prefer to Wish You Happy Birthday on Social Networks

Categories: Featured, Social Media, Theories & Philosophies

So my birthday was this past Sunday and each year I'm amazed how the number of phone calls and texts wishing me Happy Birthday decreases vs the rising number of birthday wishes I get on Social Networks (Myspace, Facebook, Twitter). I decided to come up with a list of five reasons why people prefer to wish you a Happy Birthday on Social Networks
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The Anti-Hypebeast Movement

Categories: Culture, Featured, Style, Theories & Philosophies

Three years ago I did a lot of research for my job on hype blogs when they were in their prime.  Hypebeast having been one of the more popular hype blogs had its fans and its critics. I remained neutral. While in my research I came across a blog that was the anti answer to Hypebeast, it was simply called, Don't Believe the Hypebeast.
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