Red Is A Flavor

• The Benefits of Swearing [mental_floss]
  God Damn right!
• A baby picture in your Lost Wallet, Increases Chances of Return [Lifehacker]
• How the 20 Question Electronic Ball Works [mental_floss]
  I've built applications that have "learned" just like this.

Become Dumber

• $41k to Decorate your House....idiots [Gizmodo]
• Soldier Refuses Deployment; saying Obama isn't POTUS [ledger-enquirer]
  Well, I guess he'll just be deployed to (Leavenworth) Kansas then.

"I want to go there", Liz Lemon (AKA Things I want)

• Better Views, Scenic Blinds [Gizmodo]

Awesome

• DIY 12v Portable Air Conditioner [instructables]
  Oh, I so want to build this.
• Dark Flash for Cameras [Gizmodo]
  What a simple concept.

Everything Else

• Remembering Justin Wilson [mental_floss]
  A comedian, a cook, and a great story teller.  One of my late dad's favorites.

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Become Smarter (Know More)

• Perfect Fries [Serious Eats] (via Lifehacker]
• The RAND Corporation: The Think Tank that Controls America [mental_floss]
• How long the US could last without Oil Imports [mental_floss]
  Why should we even try? We do not need to cut our dependence on "foreign" oil.  We need to cut our dependence on "ALL" oil.

Become Dumber

• Email finally replaces fire trucks for delivering documents in Indiana [OhMyGov]

Make Life Easier (Do More)

• The Noguchi Filing System [Get Everything Done]
  I've done a vertical variant of this for years.

Build Things Better

• Make Color Pallettes from Images [Lifehacker]

Awesome

• Billy Mays Caps Lock Key [Gizmodo]

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• Poor Money Choices Ruined My Parents' Life [Lazy Man and Money]
  Great read.  It looks like her parents were successful in one way: they're failure produced a fiscally responsible daughter.
• A Retro Plastic Box [Google Operating System]
  Just move to Google Apps...it will make all of our lives easier.
• Should you go Beyond Relational Databases? [Vitamin]
  Great brief summary of the "other" ways to store data.

Make Life Easier (Do More)

• Decorations with a Purpose [uncluttered]
  We do this all the time with decorations. We always by furniture w/hidden storage or decorations that are containers. We have microfiber dusting cloths hidden all over the house like this.

Build Things Better

• 27 Must Have Starter Kits for Web Designers [hongkait]
  Really good collection of design tools for your toolbox.

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• Age Based Plan for Teaching Kids about Money [Frugal Dad]
• All About Sriracha Chili Sauce [NYtimes] 

Awesome

• BPM Analyzer [Lifehacker]
  Free tool that determines the "beats per minute" in a song, and updates the ID3 tags automatically.  Can you say instant running playlists?
• Free QuickOffice upgrade for Nokia E-series [SymbianGuru]
  Office 2007 Support.  Suck it (again) iPhone.

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• MonaVie - Official drink of Jesus [Queercents]
• The Hooray Zone - How to be Happy in Business [Lifehacker]
• Google Wave Highlight Reel by Gina Trapani [Smarterware]
• 30Rock is a rip-off of The Muppet Show [Brian Lynch]

Become Dumber

• Microsoft is pulling Money [Generation X Finance]

Make Life Easier (Do More)

• Easy Backups with NasBackup [Lifehacker]
• Free HTML Resume Template [WebResourcesDepot]
• Gmail Notifier for Windows [Lifehacker]
• Don't have time to [INSERT ANYTHING HERE]? [Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist]
• Foreign Language Filter for Gmail, to Reduce Spam even More [Digital Inspiration] (via Lifehacker)

Awesome

• Prey, Laptop security Software [Lifehacker]
• Swiss Army Kitchen Organizer [Gizmodo]

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• Study reveals government printing waste [OhMyGov!] - It constantly amazes me how much waste there is at DoD.
• Great Review of OffiSync - MS Office plugin to integrate Google Docs [ReadWriteWeb]
• Angel Food Ministries under FBI Investigation [OnlineAthens] - I have always suspected Tom Foolery from this organization.
  [RELATED TO ABOVE] Great write up about Angel Food by Trent from The Simple Dollar
• What would happen if marijuana were decriminalized? [Freakonomics]

Make Life Easier (Do More)

• EeeRotate [via Lifehacker] - Make your eeePC into a e-book reader
• KeyRingThing Space Saving Loyalty Card Maker [via Lifehacker]
• Uncommon uses for Common Household Items when Traveling [RealSimple] (via Lifehacker)

Build Things Better

• EyeTrack III: How people "see" websites [via Problogger]

WTF?

• Paddington Bear is Real, and he lives in London [Gizmodo]

Awesome

• Screw IMAX, this is how to see Star Trek [Gizmodo]
• Amazing Business Cards [Smashing Magazine]
• Spaghettification [Wikipedia] - My new favorite word
• RunPee [via Gizmodo] - A service to help determine the best times during a movie to go to the bathroom.

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• The KEEP CLEAR Desk [Lifehacker]
• Free Twitter Designer [via ShareBrain]
• Better Grilled Chicken [Lifehacker]

Save Money

• Sub-Savings accounts with INGdirect [Lifehacker]

Build Things Better

• Free AdobeAIR app to create TiltShift images [via Lifehacker]

WTF?

• Toilet Kneeler?! [Gizmodo] - Just sit the fuck down

Awesome

• Your Kids are Filthy E-Cards [CDC] (via http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/consumerist/full/~3/RYByx-h1eoY/use-these-cdc-e+cards-to-anonymously-tell-your-friends-their-kids-are-filthy">Consumerist]
• FutureFeed [via TechCrunch]
• Finally, a way to get kids to study [Gizmodo]

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• Possible Original Recipe for Dr. Pepper found [Associated Press]
• Extend Flash Memory Life by not leaving in your PC [Digital Photography School]
• Money isn't Everything: Why some choose to Earn Less [The Simple Dollar]
• Free Download: Everything you Ever Really Need to Know about Personal Finance [The Simple Dollar]

Make Life Easier (Do More)

• Twiiter Unclutterer [Unclutterer]

Save Money

• 122 Ways to Trim your Budget [Frugal Dad]

WTF?

• Eyebrows-a-Plenty [Reuters] - They do have clippers in Britain, right?
• Fat Separating Belt [Gizmodo]

Awesome

• Flexible Concrete [Gizmodo]
• Tuscan Whole Milk, Reviews [Amazon]

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• The Three Words that Can Ruin your Life [Zen Habits]

Make Life Easier (Do More)

• Gutter Gardens [Lifehacker] - I've used rain gutters for wire management, but I've never thought of this.
• Receipts: Which to Keep and Which to Pitch [Lifehack.org]

"I want to go there", Liz Lemon (AKA Things I want)

• Fail Stickers – For publicly calling out those real-life failures.

WTF?

• US Airways now charging a Fee Fee [Consumerist]

Awesome

• Launch of 36' Saturn V Model [Gizmodo]
• Laptop Thief Mocked Remotely [Gizmodo]
• Tweenbots – Human Dependent robot project. 

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• Speech written for Nixon, in case Apollo 11 were marooned on the Moon [Watergate.info]
• PBS Launches New Video Portal [Read/WriteWeb]
• 10 Latin Phrases you Pretend to Understand [Mental_Floss]
• Eddie Albert - A member of the Greatest Generation [Mental_Floss]

Make Life Easier (Do More)

• Make any Windows App Portable [Lifehacker]

Save Money

• Wilson, NC vs. Time Warner/Embarq [Consumerist] - Go Wilson!!

WTF?

• Count Carl con Cosel: This is the definition of "obsession" [Wikipedia] (via Mental_Floss)
• Pet Umbrella [Amazon] (via Unclutterer) - Your dog will so get beat up at the park if you use this.
• Six Flags Charges YOU $5 to use YOUR printer [Consumerist]

Awesome

• Lebowskifest [Mental_Floass Blogs]
• HereBeforeOprah [via TechCrunch] - Prove your Twitter "street-cred"
• T-38 takes out (invincible) F-22 in exercises [Gizmodo] - T-38 has always been one of my favorite planes in the US arsenal, along with the A-10.
• Two Techies Quit Day Job due to "BaconSalt" [ABC] (via Consumerist)
• Burger King Gives Ronald McDonald a Beatdown [Consumerist]

Everything Else

• Culinary Business Incubators [Queercents] - What a freaking awesome idea.

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