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A new riff: When the Internet failed me

Photo: C. A. BridgesI was at a Jon Bon Jovi concert in New Jersey with my wife a month ago and he was talking about the next Bon Jovi album. The last one, "Lost Highway,"...
 
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The Browncoats lost another war; this one to the Colbert Nation

In the battle of the fandoms, Stephen Colbert wields a mighty force. Even in space.Fans of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" have marched forward on his behalf many times before. All he has to do...
 
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Need an idea? Here are 999 of them

Missed this when it came out, but some time back the folks at the SAMBA blog decided to see how tough it was to come up with new ideas for products or businesses, and offered...
 
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"Machine Man" - a free book, a page a day

One Tuesday afternoon my left leg was severed. It wasn't as bad as it sounds. Well, it was. It was agonizing.And so begins a free(ish) book by a reasonably best-selling author. Max Barry's new novel,...
 
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Why you should embrace "Syfy," you geeks

Spaceships by any other name... According to TV Week, the Sci Fi Channel soon will be announcing a name change and rebranding themselves as (wait for it) "Syfy." "The name Sci Fi has been associated...
 
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