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Google Voice for Students
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Google just announced they’re giving away Google Voice invites to students. If you’re a student, visit google.com/voice/students and enter an email address that ends in .edu. Your Google Voice invite will arrive in your inbox within 24 hours. Keep in mind that only one invite will be be sent per email address and Google Voice…
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Quick, Grab Your Arabic Domain Name
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Icann has switched on a system that allows full web addresses that contain no Latin characters. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the first countries to have so-called “country codes” written in Arabic scripts. The move is the first step to allow web addresses in many scripts including Chinese, Thai and Tamil.
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40% off Borders coupon (thru May 1)
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40% off Borders coupon for any one list-priced item through May 1, 2010.
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Open Wide
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As seen from the second floor of the Academy of Sciences. Ten cents goes to the person who doesn’t feel like yawning after staring at this picture.
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Sweet Escapes
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This is the time of the year when I track airfare prices to Asia. For flights within Asia, Ctrip.com usually has pretty good prices. I got this email from them today. I archived it so I can come back to it later, but something about the email seemed odd to me, but I couldn’t tell…
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Emcee Hash
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Ran into Emcee Hash and a video crew doing a shoot. Brad hijacked the shoot and got a few snaps. This image was shot with the Zeiss 35mm f/2 manual focus lens that he rented. The images from the lens look pretty sharp, but it was definitely hard for me to use the manual focus…
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The Penguin (and People) Exhibit
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At the Academy of Sciences.
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Video: Around the World in 80 Seconds
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Pretty cool. I immediately recognized those shots here in SF. If he hadn’t turned left, you would have seen this intersection.
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Free Noah’s Bagel on Fridays
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Get a free bagel at participating Noah’s Bagels on Fridays before 11 a.m. when you present a print-out coupon.
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Free Academy of Sciences for SF Sunset this weekend
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Free Admission to the Academy of Sciences this weekend for Sunset residents…woohoo!
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Photographers Prepare for a Moment in May
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Photographers around the world will be taking a picture of one moment in time on May 2 at 15:00 UTC. That’s 8:00 a.m San Francisco time. Oh boy…
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Tuesday 2: COOpon or CUEpon?
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Just wondering how you say the word COUPON? Would be interesting to see if there are any differences by region too, so leave a comment to say where you’re from or where you grew up. [poll id=”7″]
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Free Starbucks- April 15
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On April 15th, bring a reusable travel mug into your local Starbucks and get a free brewed coffee.
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BOGO Free Jamba Juice
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Jamba Juice-Buy one, get one free between 4/12 and 4/25.
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Ching Ming 2010
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The Qingming Festival (清明节, 清明節, QÄ«ngmÃngjié, or Ching Ming Festival in Hong Kong), Clear Bright Festival, Ancestors Day or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice (or the 15th day from the Spring Equinox), usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. The Qingming festival falls…
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Darkness into Light
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In addition to Tony’s list, I watched a documentary on portrait and fashion photographer Richard Avedon called Darkness and Light. Here’s a quote from the video that really resonated with how I’ve been approaching photography: What drives him is this deeper more profound genuine interest in the people that he’s seeking out, in the stories…
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The Google ReaderAdvantage Program
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OOOh, anyone who knows me (or who is a google contact of mine) will know that I’m a prolific Google Reader user. Look what I found today! The Google ReaderAdvantageâ„¢ program is simple. You get one point for each item you read. The more you read, the more you get. Then you can trade in…
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Nothing Rhymes with Orange and Silver
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As seen in front of the Ferry Building, San Francisco.
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COME TO MY 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!!!
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I’ve posted a picture of Enzo before. Here’s one I took with his dad’s new D700. I was actually playing around with the camera and taking pictures of Enzo when he bust out this face on me. Apparently, his dad liked it so much he used it on the evite for Enzo’s 1st birthday party.
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For Old Times’ Sake
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I haven’t posted up many any black and white photos, at least none that I can remember. I see a lot of street photographers using b/w–guess it gives images that “timeless” feel, as if the images could have been taken in any era. The image above was taken last week, March 21, 2010. Mini MINI…
More geeky than girly.
