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Seems no one safe from txt’ing teens. Dentists the newest victims.
NBC Chicago - 46 percent of dentists say in-chair messaging is disruptive. That's according to a survey by the Chicago Dental Society, whose tooth jockeys says patients are all too likely to sit through a cleaning session with thumbs a-blazin'. “Many times the patient sits up during treatment to answer a call or text,” said one mouth [...]
The Summer People Stopped Watching Network TV
gawker - (Yes I know a lot of my stuff is coming from gawker) - Already in a down-trend this whole year, network television is suffering from drastically low ratings this summer. ABC, for example? They just posted their lowest. ratings. EVER—ever!—in the 18-49 demographic. Other nets aren't doing much better. Not that the summer was ever a [...]
GIRL FIGHT!!!! oh and some dudes too.
thefightins.com - During yesterday’s excruciating loss to the Blue Jays, some broads (and a couple heavyweight men) out in right field decided they no longer wanted to watch the Phillies game and would much rather toss some haymakers around. Click picture to see video.
Bar owner sued by music publishers for letting bands play cover songs…no really.
Would you pay almost $14,000 to hear a local band play a cover version of Tom Petty's hit "I Won't Back Down"? Randy White might, and he's not happy about it. White's problems began Aug. 10, 2007. It was a Friday night, and a crowd came to his club, called Randzz, to drink beer, play pool and maybe listen to the band. At least one person [...]
The iPhone 3G S explained in detail video!
Here is a video from Apple explaining all the details about the new iPhone 3G S. It's pretty much what you expected from Apple and after today's announcements of all the exciting stuff on the way it's just 'one more thing' to wet your technologic appetite. Enjoy. (Link goes to Engadget post in which you can get to the video) Source
Tiered broadband might be here sooner than you think. Ugh
Engadget - Guess what everybody? Time Warner Cable isn't the only one who thinks tiered broadband is the future -- so does the American Cable Association (ACA). (more...)
Texas school district considers grading snowflakes on feelings and good intentions
Only in Texas...... Plano officials consider alternative grading policy for middle schools. Source
The media thinks the media’s obsession with the media’s coverage of the media’s influence on that shoe-thrower in the media might be bad news for the media, says the media
I couldn't have said it better myself. Source
Man jumps from plane and ends up making guacamole.
A sky diver with parachute problems missed his mark and landed in a Southwest Miami-Dade avocado grove Sunday, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said. Fire Rescue crews said they found him with serious injuries but still in good spirits. The rescuers rushed the 27-year-old to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami for treatment. Fire Rescue said officials [...]
