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• just checked closings on @wkyc 's web site, especially amusing were "don't give a rat's ass dance school", "who cares karate school". #fb #
• just got out of 11am mass – off to grocery shop soon. The portable air compressor in the car is the best $20 ever spent… #fb #
• thinks his wife ROCKS as a DIY plumber – she just unclogged a drain that had been stopped for 2 years. yay! :) #fb #
• just got home from a whirlwind shopping trip – had lunch – and needs to tackle laundry, cleaning, dishes, and baths before the big game. #fb #
• has today's example of why some should never be parents: soldier waterboards his 4yo daughter for not knowing ABCs. http://bit.ly/c8RF2y #fb #
• pores over his list: laundry started: check. dinner started: check. kids bathed: check. groceries stowed: check. Super Bowl on: check. #fb #
• says "yes!" awesome to see Queen Latifah sing the National Anthem. Rock on, Queen! #
• @spicypants Queen Latifah is IMO one of the few female performing artists who truly deserve the term "diva" as a term of honor. in reply to spicypants #
• is having a tough time deciding whom to root for in #sb44 – like both the Colts and Saints… #fb #
• thanks @cbs for selling out their broadcast standards for filthy lucre. #sb44 #
• accuses @snickers of elder abuse in their #sb44 television ad. I'm calling the authorities. #
• @Allyson13 too bad @godaddyguy 's customer service sucks too.#sb44 in reply to Allyson13 #
• likes what someone nicknamed the Super Bowl a few years ago – "The Million Sponsor March". :) #fb #sb44 #
• @dailybragger the Bud Light ad nearly gave me a migraine #sb44 #superbowlads in reply to dailybragger #
• RT @iGoByDoc: Oprah! Let's just say I called it! *love her Letterman spot with Leno* #sb44 #
• has today's criminal genius: alleged drunk driver in OH gets busted after tailgating cop car. http://bit.ly/9mpzh6 #fb #
• @iGoByDoc I'm wondering if #CoCo couldn't appear due to terms of his NBC severance. #Leno #Letterman #Oprah #sb44 #BrandBowl in reply to iGoByDoc #
• just called a psychic hotline and got the following premonition: "…I predict your phone bill will be $3.95 higher next month…" #
• channels the late Curt Gowdy re: onside kick: "if there's a pile-up on the field they may have to administer artificial insemination." #sb44 #
• gives the Saints props for having the balls to call an onside kick for the 2nd half kickoff. #sb44 #
• @FabGirl love the new av! :) in reply to FabGirl #
• wonders if @onenewsnow will rename one of the Saints CBs as "Randall Homosexual"… #sb44 #
• loved the @google #sb44 spot. #
• thinks @cbs finally balanced out fairness for its Focus on ther Family #sb44 ad earlier in the game with its Dante's Inferno game ad. #fb #
• says, mmmmm….Pauley Perrette….. *drool* #sb44 #
• isn't ready to call #sb44 for the Saints. 5-1/2 minutes is a heck of a long time, especially with Peyton Manning in the game. #
• thinks he's gonna gack after seeing the Audi "Green Police" #sb44 ad. Annoying as Lou and Lou on Playhouse Disney. #
• @mochamomma St. Anthony of Padua, "the Wonder Worker"… #fb in reply to mochamomma #
• hears the fat lady warming up for the Colts. What a Saints TD! #sb44 #
• hates the latest @godaddyguy commercial – if they need to simulate a newscast to sell, they must not have much to sell… #sb40 #
• @prosperitygal didn't Jimmy Kimmel get in trouble a few years ago for saying Detroit would burn if they won the NBA finals? #
• is happy for the Saints and their fans for winning #sb44 – who dat!!!!!!! :) #
• @edwardesposito social media…not just for cloistered geeks anymore… in reply to edwardesposito #
• RT @sarahk47: Since everything that happens in NOLA is Bush's fault, I blame him for the Saints' win.*chortle* #fb #
• has the postgame image FTW: Drew Brees holding his son after the Saints #sb44 win. Awesome moment! #
• finds these rumblings of political scandal intriguing – alleged hanky-panky on the part of NY Gov. Paterson? http://bit.ly/aAfceN #fb #
• RT @dailybragger: Live New Orleans web cam…These people look like they are celebrating. http://www.nola.com/paradecam/ #
• wonders if cosmetic queen Adrien Arpel has a cot at HSN's studios – it seems everytime I stumble upon the channel she's on. Funk dat! #

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• Tea Partiers Protest Own Convention
  Four Tennessee tea party activists who said they couldn’t afford the $550 tickets to the National Tea Party Convention staged a guerilla news conference just outside of the event to challenge its representation of the movement. “There are a lot of citizens in the state of Tennessee today who could not afford to be here particularly in this economy,” said Antonio Hinton, a 37-year old tea party activist from Knoxville. “They’re just as patriotic. They’re just as concerned. They care just as much about what’s going on as the folks that are in that room.”
• At 111, she’s New York’s oldest resident
  NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (UPI) — Jane Gilsenan has lived in three centuries, seen 19 U.S. presidents, is New York’s oldest resident, and one of the oldest people in the world, authorities say.
• Postmen bite back
  UK – Postmen are being armed with a new weapon which could hand them a crucial advantage in their perennial battle with dogs. By Jasper Copping Royal Mail delivery staff are being equipped with a device which releases compressed air and makes a hissing sound designed to scare off dogs. It comes as new figures reveal the number of postal workers attacked by dogs while on their rounds increased by almost 20 per cent last year. In 2008/09, there were 4,810 attacks on staff — a rate of 92 per week — compared with 4,067 the previous year … ( Continue story )
• Mayor gets prison for stealing lingerie
  The mayor of a small coastal town in northern England has been sentenced to two years in prison for stealing women’s underwear. Ian Stafford, 59, mayor of Preesall and Knott End in Lancashire, pleaded guilty to four counts of breaking and entering, the Daily Mail reported. “I feel deeply ashamed at the whole scenario because I have hurt people who have been excellent friends — I could not wish for better,” Stafford said. “I wish I had said something to someone earlier … ( Continue story )
• Apotheker resigns as SAP’s chief executive
  The business software maker announces the resignation, effective immediately, and the appointment of co-CEOs to replace Apotheker.
• Why Android “with Google” Makes a Difference for Netbooks and Tablets
  “Android” and “open” go together like peanut butter and chocolate, but last year, avid Android followers were reminded that Android might be open, but Google apps for Android? Not so much. Workarounds have allowed use of those applications on phones, but Android’s future is not limited to phones. Manufacturers are testing, announcing, and even releasing Android netbooks, MIDs, and tablets. However, devices in this burgeoning Android market have yet to be certified as “with Google.” While there is no indication that phone sales are better or worse with or without that association, there are several reasons that being “with Google” could be an important distinction for other devices.

  GOOGLE APPS
  Tablets and netbooks are “connected” devices, but even with robust web applications, native device applications provide several advantages over their web-only counterparts. Features like offline use and cross-app-functionality are two major examples. Android users (or Google app users looking for Android) will expect access to native applications for Google Contacts, Calendar, Gmail, Voice, and Maps, but those native apps are are not part of the “open” Android.

  STANDARD USER EXPERIENCE AND ACCESS TO ANDROID UPDATES
  Android “fragmentation” comes in several forms, but differing OS versions is arguably the biggest problem for manufacturers, developers, and users. Devices with creative modifications to Android causes more work for manufacturers to keep up with the latest version of Android. Though other mobile platforms may also suffer this problem, Android adoption is vulnerable the longer these “old” operating systems hold onto significant market share. It is nice that Google provides open and updated access to such information (via Android Developers), but manufacturers need to be prepared to keep up with the releases. Developers may already be weary of having to support the “latest and greatest” as well as catering to the larger market segment of older Androids. Though Android 1.6 is still the dominant market release, “with Google” devices could be able to receive such updates in a more timely manner.

  ANDROID MARKET
  Really, it’s all about the apps. The Android Market is a legitimate marketplace and access to it is critical to the success of any Android device. Device-specific app stores will have a hard time competing with the established Android Market (if they can compete at all). Google and developers will need to work on how to segment applications based on max resolution, but that is not a new problem, even for Android. A soon-to-be-released non-Android tablet has a way to scale apps meant for smaller screens to match larger-screens – something for Google and developers to consider.

  GOOGLE HAS THE FINAL SAY
  The hurdle to getting Android “with Google” is Google. I expect that manufacturers are interested in selling “certified” devices, but none have yet to surface. The Google blog  announcing Chrome OS acknowledges that “Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks,” which sounds reasonable. Unfortunately they confuse the tablet / netbook market (manufacturers and consumers alike) in the very next sentence, saying “Google Chrome OS …is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems.”

  Perhaps Google has a plan. Perhaps Google is quietly working with manufacturers. Perhaps the lines will soon be drawn – touch vs. non-touch, minimum / maximum processing power, or even external device support. Wherever they may be drawn, it is important to do so soon and let the netbook market and, more importantly, the tablet market get moving – “with Google.”

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  Florida State University says it will vacate a 2007 bowl victory and 11 regular season football wins, along with dozens more across 10 men’s and women’s sports, because of NCAA sanctions. The school announced which wins would be vacated in a memorandum to the NCAA on Sunday.
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  Until a few months ago, J.B. Woods was your standard-issue insurance agent. Auto, home, life. Would you like flood coverage with that?

  Then, in the middle of 2009, his phone rang: “I need insurance for my medical-marijuana dispensary,” the caller said. And since that moment, few of the policies Woods has set up for clients have been standard-issue.

  

  

• Man Gets DUI Without Driving Car
  A Minnesota man was convicted of a DUI offense for sitting in a car that wasn’t moving. Even more surprising: the car wouldn’t start at all. Daryl Fleck got a felony drunk driving conviction after being found sleeping in his car with the driver’s side open. The keys were not in the ignition and the engine was cold.
• Ashton Kutcher Pays Homage To Twitter With Tooter

  We all know that Ashton Kutcher is a fan of Twitter. Last year, Kutcher raced CNN to a million Twitter followers (Kutcher won). Kutcher hosted Saturday Night Live yesterday night, and as a web exclusive, SNL released this bit Kutcher did about Tooter, which Twitter-like network that broadcasts Kutcher’s flatulence emissions, or “gissions.” It’s up to you to decide how funny the sketch is, but it’s certainly an entertaining poke at the celeb’s love for the microblogging network and social media.

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• ‘My Way’ a dangerous song in Philippines
  GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines, Feb. 7 (UPI) — Singing the U.S. hit “My Way” in a karaoke bar in the Philippines can result in death as part of a troubling trend across the country, authorities say.
• Even if you’re careful, drugs can end up in water
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  At last I found a companion for my Fallout3 BobbleHead that sits on my desk. He is so lonely, being alone all the time. He was very happy as my kids started to play with him but after a while it did hurt him.

  Now he will get some friends. I hope that he won't have any problem with the fact that the friends will be non-biological. In any case they are more friendly then super mutants

  One of the signs that shows that a brand is well established is when the community starts to create fan art around the brand. Is seems that Android has matured so far. New York based artist Andrew Bell has designed several neat Android figures as a secret project.

  

  Since February 1. the project is not secret anymore. Production of the first series will start in a few days. Head over to Dyzplastic to claim your figure or rather box of figures. The figures will come in 12 different flavours in blind boxes, that means, you will not know which figure you get. To bring in even more excitement, there will be some very rare figures that collectors will WANT to have.

  

  The figures can rotate their head and arms and seem to be very friendly. There is no information on prices and availability yet. If any new information comes, I'll keep you posted. 

  

  I could imagine to put some identification tags in/on the figures to provide additional fun. For example you could track your collection with your Android device, or you could let the figure sneak into your phone as a background image. Anyways that is a great idea, BobbleHead will be so happy…

• BlackBerry has spyware risk too, researcher says
  Veracode researcher demonstrates spyware that allows someone to steal a stranger’s contact list, read text messages in real time, and track the location of the phone.
• Report: Tiger Woods to make grand gold return at Tavinstock Cup
  Tiger Woods is planning to play around again – at a golf tournament near his Florida home in March, TMZ.com reported Sunday.

  

  

• Man arrested on pot charge
  A 22-year-old man was stopped by police Saturday for snow-covered vehicle windows, but was arrested after he revealed a bag police said contained marijuana residue.
• Tailgating cop car leads to DUI arrest

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