10/09/2008 -
High School Musical's Zac? He isn't my type, says co-star Ashley Tisdale
He is the biggest teenage pin-up on the planet. But there's one girl who remains baffled by the adoration he receives - his co-star in High School Musical, Ashley Tisdale.
Source:
Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1076031/High-School-Musical-Zac-He-
isnt-type-says-star-Ashley-Tisdale.html?ITO=1490
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10/09/2008 -
Apollo Heat Shield Uncrated After 35 Years, Helps New Crew Vehicle Design
NASA scientists developing the next generation of exploration vehicles and heat shields for NASA's Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle experienced "Christmas in July" when they uncrated the heat shields used on the Apollo missions some 35 years ago. These shields now are being analyzed to help with the development and engineering process.
Source:
Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008231029.htm
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10/09/2008 -
Bebo users release interstellar spamgasm at Gliese 581
Alien f*ck-off pill expected in 2049 A large amount of information compiled by Bebo users has now been beamed into space, aimed at a planet thought particularly likely to harbour intelligent alien life.?
Source:
The Register
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/09/bebo_interstella
r_gumblespurt/
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10/09/2008 -
NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST
H H H PG-13, 90 minutes. Niantic, Waterford, Stonington, Lisbon and Westbrook cinemas.
Source:
New London Day
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=dae7d405-2f18-4dd8-a419-919cea1336db
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10/07/2008 -
Word Nerd: Man Reads The Entire Oxford Dictionary
There are 59 million words in the Oxford English Dictionary, and Ammon Shea has read all of them. Over the last year, the 37-year-old writer and language lover read the 20 volume, 21,000 page dictionary set from cover-to-cover.
Source:
WCBS-TV New York
http://wcbstv.com/local/oxford.dictionary.reader.2.833948.html
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10/08/2008 -
Yesterday I Saw 26 Minutes of Watchmen
Director Zack Snyder is doing a kind of traveling road show, screening clips from Watchmen 'cross the nation.
Source:
Time Magazine
http://time-blog.com/nerd_world/2008/10/yesterday_i_saw_26_minutes_of.html?xid=r
ss-topstories
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10/09/2008 -
Opus the Penguin Retired
garylian writes "Berkeley Breathed has announced that he has drawn the final comic containing the greatest penguin ever, Opus. The author is now going to write children's books. For those of you in your mid-30s and older, you remember Bloom County as a staple of the comic pages in a similar time frame as Calvin & Hobbes, and that time was probably the greatest the daily/Sunday comics have ever ...
Source:
Slashdot
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/09/1226206&from=rss
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10/07/2008 -
Digital Baubles Alleviate Crushing Pain Of Modern Life [Sadvertising]
Attention nerds: retailers are extremely interested in your imaginary nerd money. And they're coming into your nerd land to woo you! Specifically by purchasing all types of "dynamic in-game ads" in...
Source:
Gawker
http://gawker.com/5059961/digital-baubles-alleviate-crushing-pain-of-modern-life
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10/09/2008 -
Anyway, back to Mel B. She said about her offer:
Great news for fans of nude women as Spice Girl Mel B has stated she?s considering getting her kit off for the Heff and Playboy. Scary Spice is currently the face (and most importantly, body) of underwear brand Ultimo.
Source:
Mega Star
http://www.megastar.co.uk/entertainment-news-celebrity-gossip.html
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10/09/2008 -
Today: H 17 /L 4
Four new films open on the big screens in Canada this week: Body of Lies, City of Ember, The Express, and Quarantine. The Princess Cinemas in Waterloo feature Beaufort and Man on a Wire. The Bookshelf in Guelph features Blindness and Mamma Mia.
Source:
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/arts/article/390205
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10/07/2008 -
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Adam Sandler's movies have become so drearily predictable ? the violent nerd always gets the beautiful girl ? that when he does something a little different, you can't help but smile. Even if a few brain cells die in the process.
Source:
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/512801
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10/09/2008 -
Transit on Thursday: The Zoning and Parking Edition
Here's a question: if you have access to a car, have you ever driven it to the DCUSA complex? Or how about your local supermarket? If you have, chances are that it was under abnormal conditions - you were purchasing a whole boatload of bulky items, or you were running late to a party across town and needed to stop off for something to bring. We'd bet good money that your experiences with ...
Source:
DCist
http://dcist.com/2008/10/09/transit_on_thursday_a_new_color_edi.php
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10/09/2008 -
Citizen journalism fills in the gaps
In the past 10 or so years, journalism has undergone a fairly significant transformation with the advent of user-generated content, message boards, blogs and story comments. Not too long ago, the partition between reporters and readers was more solid, save a few letters to the editor.
Source:
Vail Trail
http://www.vailtrail.com/article/20081008/COVERSTORY/810089987
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10/09/2008 -
Learn about the Innovation in Sports and Energy Food and Drinks: Sustainable and natural performance enhancement
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Food industry is available in its catalogue.
Source:
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/081009/0441832.html
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10/09/2008 -
I Hate Public Transportation
No matter where you are, Murphy's Law will eventually apply. My afternoon was going well. It was the first day of school, I'd been back from Air Force ROTC field training only a few days, and civilian life felt like paradise. If I had suddenly burst into song, everyone around me probably would have sung backup and performed choreographed dance moves like I was in a musical. Everything was great ...
Source:
Blogcritics.org
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/10/09/094910.php
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