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Compost, The Lazy Woman's Methods

I am a lazy composter. I don't pay attention to the ratios of greens and browns. I don't turn my compost. I basically make a pile, well, 2 piles and let them rot. But I think that my stuff comes out pretty good in the end. So here it is, the... about 3 hours ago From From Seed to Table

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Apple Patents Suggest You'll Soon Rely On Apps To Get Dressed Or Travel [Apple]

#apple As if some of us aren't already too attached to our iOS devices, Apple seems to be working on ways to add to our addictions: Recent patent applications show that Apple may be creating virtual... 33 minutes ago From Gizmodo

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Amazon Tote Hand Delivers Your Orders Weekly, In a Bag, To Your Door [Amazon ...

#amazontote As an (greener) alternative to Amazon Prime's free two-day shipping, there's Amazon Tote, which gives you all your orders from the last week delivered once a week in a snazzy reusable tote... about 1 hour ago From Gizmodo

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T-Mobile back on top in customer care

After finishing behind Verizon Wireless in an earlier J.D. Power wireless customer care study, T-Mobile has again risen to the top of the rankings. Originally posted at Dialed In About 1 hour ago From CNet: Crave

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Motorola's Sales Jump 600% Since Last Year [Motorola]

Selling 8.3 million mobile phones, 2.7 of which were smart phones, provided Motorola with earnings of $162 million this quarter, compared to $26 million this time last year. Motorola's success is largely due to the Droid, which was dropped late... about 1 hour ago From Gizmodo

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HTC EVO 4G to Get Android 2.2 Froyo Tomorrow

It looks like Sprint's finalizing details with HTC as we speak to rollout Froyo as early as tomorrow on the EVO 4G according to the carrier's plans, which were leaked. According to Engadget, which obtained the plans, the firmware update could be... about 2 hours ago From Ubergizmo

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If You Want a Second Drive in Your iMac, You Better Get It From Apple

According to a new report by One World Computing, it will be extremely difficult, though not impossible, to install a secondary solid state drive (SSD) to the new 27-inch iMacintroduced earlier this week as part of Apple's desktop upgrades. While... about 2 hours ago From Ubergizmo

Cocktails And Spirits
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lapsang martinez

2 oz Beefeater 24 Gin1 oz Lillet Rouge1/2 oz Lapsang Souchong Tea SyrupShake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist. Recipe was provided by the bartender serving it, although I found a 1 1/2:1:1/4 recipe in one of... about 2 hours ago From cocktail virgin slut

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Canadian iPhone 4 Gets iPad Sharing Data Option

Canadian users will be the envy of many American iOS consumers as the Canadian iPhone 4 will get a 6 GB iPhone plan from wireless carrier Rogers--compared to the $25 2 GB on AT&T--as well as an option for iPad sharing. That's right, you can share... about 2 hours ago From Ubergizmo

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TotC: Bitters & Amaros

I’m bitter about this post, unfortunately. Oh, how I hate you sometimes, Eee... When I sat down to see six glasses of gorgeous looking amaros I was quite excited.  Mmm, nice bitter, dark loveliness. Jacob Briars started up the session, talking... about 3 hours ago From Scofflaw's Den

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Steampunk USB Drive inspired by narrow bridge road sign

I can’t say that I see much resemblance between a narrow bridge sign and this USB drive, but if that’s what it takes to create this kind of art then that’s fine by me.  Actually I think it looks a bit more like the robot off of The... about 3 hours ago From Coolest Gadgets

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Producer of Beowulf tells Pocket-lint "no health risks with 3D" There are several fallacies about 3D, not least its effect on the eyes. Many believe that prolonged exposure to, and viewing of, three-dimensional content through... about 8 hours ago From Pocket-lint

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Moms
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Thank you, Kate

Flowers from a friend, a much needed beautiful moment this week. click image above to see the photo on dooce.comby dooce in Daily Style© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originally published by Heather B. Armstrong for dooce.com as... about 1 hour ago From Dooce

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Just a couple hours ago, news broke of the $99 Copia Wave5 e-reader, or tablet, or whatever you want to call a 5″ LCD-based device focused on reading. That isn’t the extent of the lineup, however: Copia has two more LCD-based tablets coming... about 1 hour ago From TechCrunch

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Sprint set to release 3G-enabling "case" for iPod touch

Recently released FCC documents reveal that Sprint is set to launch what appears to be a new case for the iPod touch that would enable 3G networking on the WiFi-only device. Manufactured by ZTE and called the "Peel," the case is essentially a... about 1 hour ago From Ars Technica

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New Breitling Chronospace Watch Hands-On

First thing I thought of when I saw these new watches from Breitling was "wow, these are pretty big." They even wear larger than their 'mere' 45mm wide steel case would suggest. Probably because the case is on the flatter, broader side of... about 1 hour ago From TechCrunch

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Motorola Droid 2 user manual spills out for your pre-release perusal

You know how we’ll know when we’re living in the future? When user manuals for gadgets start leaking out before that gadget even officially exists. Oh, that’s now. Welcome to the future! If you’re just itchin’ to know all the right... about 1 hour ago From TechCrunch

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Multi-format App Store GetJar achieves 3 million downloads per day

Multi-format app download portal GetJar is provisioning in the region of 3 million downloads per day, according to their latest figures. The company, based in Vilnius, Lithuania with offices in San Mateo, California, has seen steady growth in... about 1 hour ago From Geek.com

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Hitachi shows off new gesture-based interface, touts grand plans

Hitachi's already dipped its toes (or hands, as it were) into the gesture-based waters before, but it looks to have refined things quite a bit for its latest Minority Report-esque demo, which the company is showing off as part of its 100th... about 2 hours ago From Engadget

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Want anti-aliasing in StarCraft II? Hope you have an Nvidia GPU.

How long did Blizzard spend developing StarCraft II? Since 2003, give or take some time here and there when the company needed all hands on deck for World of Warcraft. So you’d think that would be enough time to figure out how to implement... about 2 hours ago From TechCrunch

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Major Corporations Are Downloading Those 100 Million Facebook Profiles off Bi...

#bittorrent Remember that torrent yesterday that contained the personal information off of 100 million scraped Facebook profiles? I thought it was strange that the guy didn't sell this information,... about 1 hour ago From Gizmodo

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Steve Ballmer On iPad Sales: Not Happy [Blockquote]

#blockquote Asked by analysts about the 3 million magical iPads sold in 80 days, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wasn't very happy. I'm not surprised: They only sold 1.32 million Tablet PCs in 2008, with... about 1 hour ago From Gizmodo

Cats
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An Inbitashun!

Hai, Notty Kitty Furriends!   We wants to ibite all our furriends, notty and nice, to our big blog pawty next month.  Yoo kin mark your calendars now....we iz gonna haff a huge house-trashing celebrashun on August 20th.  You... about 1 hour ago From The Naughty Kitty Club

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Merseyside Fire Service trials fire-fighting motorcycles

Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service will be joined by a couple of new recruits from next month. For the first time in the UK, two specially-kitted-out firefighting motorcycles will begin attending small rubbish fires as part of a six month... about 2 hours ago From Gizmag

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How many trees must die for iWave's Earth-friendly headphones, iPhone cases?

We're not experts or anything, but cutting down trees to manufacture your headphones ($30), ear buds ($20), and iPhone cases ($25) does not really seem all that "green" to us. But what good is selling stuff made from "reusable, environmentally... about 2 hours ago From Engadget

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Jailbreak Matrix Matches Your iOS Device to the Right Jailbreak Tool [Jailbr...

#jailbreak Confused on what you need to jailbreak your iOS device? Whether you've got a brand new iPad or a first-generation iPod Touch, Jailbreak Matrix dishes the dirt on what you need to jailbreak... about 2 hours ago From Gizmodo

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App Genome Project Reveals Spyware Capabilities of Smartphone Apps

After combatting many years of desktop spyware, users must be more cognizant now of the apps, webpages, and content they put on their mobile devices as smartphones are gaining more potential. At the Black Hat security conference, Lookout, which... about 2 hours ago From Ubergizmo

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Apple “looking into” poor iPhone 3G performance under iOS 4

Apple has finally admitted that upgrading your iPhone 3G to iOS 4 results in sluggish performance and general unresponsiveness. According to an Apple spokeswoman who chatted with the Wall Street Journal’s Digit blog, Cupertino is aware of those... about 2 hours ago From Geek.com

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Google Apps now lets US government enter the cloud

Google has unveiled a brand new Google Apps edition aimed at the US government that allows federal agencies to reap the benefits of cloud computing without worrying about security. It’s basically the ordinary Google Apps suite with added... 38 minutes ago From Geek.com

Cats
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Helpful Huffle

This week I decided to help dad out in the back yard. First I checked out the area of the deck that dad has already stripped, to see if he's done a good job.Then I made sure he was using the high pressure water sprayer properly.And then I had a... about 2 hours ago From Huffle Mawson, Explorer Cat

Gadgets
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CIA and Google's Joint Investment Raising Eyebrows [Google]

#google Cambridge startup Recorded Future trawls the internet for raw data that it uses in an attempt to predict world events—understandably interesting stuff. But what do both Google and the CIA... about 1 hour ago From Gizmodo

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Google search has been blocked in China

According to Google’s Mainland China service availability page, Google search has been blocked in the region. No information regarding why the block has been imposed has been forthcoming from Google or the Chinese government as far as we can... about 1 hour ago From Geek.com

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EVO 4G's Android 2.2 update starts trickling out tomorrow, loads of new featu...

We're not certain that this date is going to hold -- things like this have an uncanny tendency to slip at the last possible moment -- but we're at least hopeful to see some internal Sprint communication that they're trying to get the EVO 4G... about 3 hours ago From Engadget

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Blow-Up GoCrib

The first thing you have to learn to do as a parent is to blow up random objects.  Actually, you might want to start practicing before you have kids to work those lungs out a little.  You can’t afford to not be prepared for these sorts of... about 2 hours ago From Coolest Gadgets

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New Amazon Kindle

After the recent announcement of the new graphite Kindle DX, you had to figure its smaller e-reader brother would get a refresh soon. Announced yesterday, some welcome changes are hitting the new Kindle like a 21% decrease in size and 15%... about 2 hours ago From Gear Patrol

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DIY Project makes it easier to scan your library

Looking for a way to take your home or work library and scan it into a digital format? Certainly there are flatbed scanners and copiers on the market that can help you with this. But if you have ever tried to copy a book on a flat piece of glass,... about 2 hours ago From Geek.com

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Hacker Develops Program To Make ATMs Spit Out Free Cash [Atm]

#atm ATMs use computers. Computers have weaknesses. Hackers exploit weaknesses. See where this is going? A hacker developed software that can force an ATM's computer to give free cash. Luckily for... about 2 hours ago From Gizmodo

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Internet Explorer 9 Beta Coming September

Speaking at its Financial Analyst Meeting, Microsoft told investors that Internet Explorer 9, also known as IE 9, will enter beta this fall. According to Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner, IE9 is slated for beta in September, though... about 2 hours ago From Ubergizmo

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Parrot AR.Drone now available for pre-order, shipping September 3rd

Been itching to get your hands on the Parrot AR.Drone ever since it first took flight at CES way back in January? Well, you can now finally get your $299 pre-order in to ensure it ships to you on the September 3rd launch date. What's more, Parrot... about 3 hours ago From Engadget

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Camelbak M.U.L.E.

If you’re a gear enthusiast, then hydration packs are likely no stranger. There’s even a good chance you’ve got one (or two) sitting in your closet. If you live in a warm climate it’s doubtful you’ll find a better hydration back for day... about 4 hours ago From Gear Patrol

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Giant Light-Up Snowflake iPhone Dock Will Really Tie the Room Together [IPhone]

#iphone Earlier this week we called on industrial designers to bring consumer electronics back to an age of handsome, dignified character. Designer Sylvain Gerber begs to differ, unveiling an enormous... about 2 hours ago From Gizmodo