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Rust-oleum makes parenting easier with NeverWet November 8, 2013 10:36 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, Technology
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This will be a great addition to baby deliveries. As soon as the newborn is delivered, spray the child down with NeverWet and parenting becomes so much easier!

Small child won’t wake up in the middle of the night to do its business? No problem! Spray those sheets with NeverWet!

Kid doesn’t know how to swim? No worries! Remember that when it was born you coated it in NeverWet. Throw the child in the lake! Swim lessons complete.

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Anti-rape Shorts November 5, 2013 9:39 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Clothing, Of Interest, Technology
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This is a brilliant piece of technology for clothing! As both a flaw and a feature, if the woman becomes drunk, she cannot take the shorts off herself…which will result in some rather wet pants after a few pints.

ARWEAR from ARWEAR on Vimeo.

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Get an invite November 4, 2013 12:39 pm

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Permamarks could be the next thing in content curation. Sign up for an invite now!

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You call this news?! October 23, 2013 11:01 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : News, Of Interest
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With the current state of paywalls and news organizations, I am pretty sure I could grab a handful of journalist students from a university and put a hurt on the Boston Globe or Scripps Newspapers such as the Knoxnews. Yes, you read that correctly. I believe am amateur hack like me plus a handful of inexperienced young journalists could take on the major publishers and win.

Why? Because they have forgotten their core business is delivering news! And don’t whine to me about monetization. Or that I don’t understand the challenges of funding a news business because from the looks of it the big organizations don’t know how either! I’ll rest my case with this screen capture of Boston.com. Look closely for the story. There is none! Why? Probably because I’m not logged in. All it shows is a tabloidish title "Builders of Obama’s health website saw red flags" designed to drawn in pageviews then a webpage full of links to social networks, unrelated articles, and a couple of ads. This is not news:

bostonglobe

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Meanwhile, not in America… October 2, 2013 11:20 am

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2016 is going to be weird September 10, 2013 9:02 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, Politics, Touchy Subjects
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Walt Gives Hank the Wrong CD September 6, 2013 5:21 pm

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How to sell paper books? Give away the digital edition! September 3, 2013 1:33 pm

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Amazon encourages purchase of physical books by giving away Kindle books.. Brilliant move!

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The Real Reason Jessie Pinkman Sold Drugs August 27, 2013 7:22 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, TV / Movies
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Source, BoingBoing, Breaking Bad actor Aaron Paul (Jesse) on The Price is Right, 1998

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He’s Batman! August 23, 2013 8:03 pm

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Breaking Bad’s Newest Druglord August 19, 2013 12:44 pm

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RIP Google Latitude August 9, 2013 4:47 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Of Interest
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I loved the concept of a mapping service that would show me where my friends and family were in real time. In use though, it never really worked so I’m not surprised to see Google shutdown Latitude. I’m still disappointed. I saw such opportunity. Perhaps Waze will make up for it.

Google Latitude was retired on August 9th, 2013. Products retired include Google Latitude in Google Maps for Android, Latitude for iPhone, the Latitude API, the public badge, the iGoogle Gadget, and the Latitude website at maps.google.com/latitude.

[Source, Google, Latitude has been retired]

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Gyroscopically stable beer device August 8, 2013 12:40 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest
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Ever been at a club and wondered, "Man, how can that white dude keep from spilling his beer?"

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Bryan Cranston Chats with Walter White August 3, 2013 4:15 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, TV / Movies
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I love Breaking Bad. And Bryan Cranston and Jimmy Fallon are brilliant.

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Computers are magic August 1, 2013 8:57 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Technology, TV / Movies
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And this is why non-techie people think I can do anything.

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