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This Site Features Some of Steve Jobs' Best Quotes

We realize that some of you may have had your fill of Facebook news today, so this is a perfect time to break out some zen thinking thanks to the…

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The story of the 'secret' room at Pixar, frequented by Steve Jobs and many other celebrities

Truthfully, I thought everyone knew about the ‘Lucky 7 Lounge’. It’s a secret room at Pixar that’s really not so secret now. But I took a quick poll of some…

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Here's What Facebook Made More Money Than Today

Facebook, investors, and journalists aren’t the only ones having a hoot-and-half during today’s mega-IPO event. It seems like developers who like to hack together cool little sites to commemorate the…

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It's complicated: Indian woman files for divorce over 'single' Facebook status

Love. It’s not always all you need. In a sure-tell sign that Facebook’s IPO will be a massive failure, an Indian women has reportedly filed for divorce after her husband…

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Facebook Pre-IPO Hackthon Kicks Off with Standing Ovation for Zuck

Facebook revealed that it is seeing in its impending IPO with one final hackathon as a private company, and things are already under way at Menlo Park. The listing is…

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Print Out Your Own Atari 2600 Cartridges

Even though I don’t own one, I’m a huge fan of the MakerBot product and concept. The idea behind the machines that you can buy from MakerBot is that you…

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The Game of Thrones Theme Played on Floppy Drives is Awesome

Not to take anything away from Game of Thrones composer Ramin Djawadi, but there’s just something about this rendition of the show’s theme on floppy drives that really tickles my…

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Here's a Great Way to Fight Spammers & Scammers

Last night I spent a few hours (seriously) reading the hilarious stories at DontEvenReply.com. The website’s author emails people who post classified ads. As he puts it: “My goal is…

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This Site Lets You Predict Facebook's IPO Filing Price

Facebook’s upcoming IPO is dominating tech investors’ discussions and thoughts, but you can get involved in the evident too, even if you’re not one of those ready to put cash…

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Watch Larry Page & Sergey Brin Win a Webby Award in 2000

Ah, how times have changed. 2000 was quite the year: we didn’t die from Y2K, gas only cost $1.26/gallon and we all used to wear silver capes…WAIT! WHAT? Yes, the folks…

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Zuckerberg: The Musical

This will be by far the best thing that you have seen today, if you’ve been keeping clear of archived Metallica concerts. Ladies and bruces, we have the Zuckerberg Musical…

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This Artist Made a City out of Movable Type

Type City, a “metropolis created from moveable type” as NOTCOT calls it, was built by NY-based artist Hong Seon Jang. As you can see in the images below, the feat…

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Martin Luther Hates You

Prithee, dog, dost thou wish to treat with me? No, really, how are you doing today? Good? Alright, that’s perfect. It’s my job to bring you down to level, to…

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Kids Reenact "Sabotage" Video by Beastie Boys

We were all very sad to hear about the passing of Adam Yauch (MCA) of the Beastie Boys, but we will all remember the band’s music and amazing videos. Here’s…

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How to Close a $1M Round With Dave McClure

Update: Dave McClure has clarified in a comment how the deal negotiation actually happened: “We discussed terms via face2face mtgs and phone calls, then confirmed closing via SMS. not exactly…