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SMASHgods Freebie: Best Picture Oscar Nominees with Free Popcorn!

smash — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:15:47 +0000

I was trying to figure out why this family of four had brought in some throws and pillows to my local AMC movie theatre yesterday. The kids were in tow, too, and they seemed just as eager as their parents to go see…..”Cop Out”? “Tooth Fairy”? It couldn’t be. When I looked closer at the [...]

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The Best and Most Elegant Start Page For Your Browser

smash — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:04:50 +0000

You Gotta Start Somewhere If you’re anything like me, you like to start your browsing day with a start page or “portal” that caters to your daily dose of online interests. Sure there are the more well-known, corporate portals that allow their own brand of personalization [iGoogle, myYahoo, Microsoft Live]. But quite often these mainstays include “value [...]

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A Day in the Internet - Yea, it’s a big place

smash — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:52:48 +0000

I thought this was an interesting and effective way of demonstrating just how huge the Internet is. Scroll down and get a glimpse of some of these numbers. This montage was put together by the folks at Online Education, who proudly feature the stuff they don’t teach you in college.

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SMASHgods Freebie: Free Pancakes this Tuesday at IHOP!

smash — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:41:53 +0000

I have pancakes on my mind. Been craving them for a while now. In fact, I am about to meet a friend at Suppenkuche in San Francisco for brunch, since I just can’t resist both their German-style apple-plum baked pancake and their crisp, tender potato pancakes (served with apple sauce). Hold on –let me just [...]

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Google Energy? Google Granted Right to Trade Electricity

smash — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:51:02 +0000

The Next P.G. & E.? In a word, no. But a multifaceted, octopus-like reach is a trait we’ve come to expect from the stalwart giant Google as of late. The company is moving so quickly and in so many directions & markets that anything it does would hardly seem surprising - with the exception of becoming a [...]

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The Mixable Dancer: YouTube’s first remixable video?

smash — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:06:04 +0000

The Mixable Dancer OK, this is actually a bit frightening. I must admit that the first thing that came to mind here was the disturbing bunny from Donnie Darko and all the nightmarish imagery he brings with him. But after getting past the initial fright, I found the concept rather interesting. This video, Henrik Leichsenring’s The Mixable [...]

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A Little Bit of DNA For Your Valentine

smash — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:32:47 +0000

So you thought that the cuddly teddy bear holding the little red heart box of chocolates really nailed it today didn’t you? You thought you scored with your special Valentine, right? Well, talk about thinking totally outside the box: a company called DNA 11 offers you a gift that is so intensely personal, so unique [...]

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SMASHgods FREEBIES: Free Grand Slam on Tuesday at Denny’s

smash — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:23:43 +0000

There it was —at just over 2 hours into the Super Bowl, just after the Saints scored a touchdown in the 3rd quarter, we got the news via one of the many commercials. This Tuesday, we can go into any Denny’s from 6 am to 2 pm and order a Grand Slam meal, which is [...]

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Smash Gods TV: Food Network to New Cooking Show: Can You Be A Little Less Mexican?

smash — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:06:34 +0000

On her website, Marcela Valladolid recounts how almost 12 years ago, she went to Food Network and initially proposed a Mexican food cooking show. She approached Food Network exec Bob Tuschman, who is still the head cheese by the way, but nothing really came of it. Back in 1998, the Food Network was still admittedly [...]

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5 Surprising Websites that You Cannot Access in China

smash — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:01:55 +0000

So I’m on a business trip in Beijing, living pretty comfortably in a tidy 4-star hotel (actually, it’s a “Green” hotel, with its so-called dedication to the environment, meaning they won’t change your bedding until you tell them). I have all the typical modern (aka “Western”) features you’d find back home in say, a Best [...]

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