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Clouds from Above

What clouds look like at 40,000 feet above where you are.

     
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Filed under  //   Air   Cloud   Photo  

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The Hurt Locker - See It Now

Some movies don't get the hype they deserve.  The Hurt Locker is one of them as it provides an intense account of a bomb diffusing team in the Iraq War.   

"A Near Perfect Movie" - Time Magazine
"Best Film" of the Venice Film Festival (1 of 5 awards won that day)
97% Rating on Rotten Tomatoes - meaning that 97% of professional reviews written on the movie have been positive (95 of 98 to be exact).  Rotten Tomatoes, another great Website to Know.

It's time for you to go see this movie.  Buy your ticket now.


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Filed under  //   Movie   Rotten Tomatoes   The Hurt Locker   Trailer   Video  

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MGD Ad at its Finest

Courtesy of my buddy, Brian

While I can't support Miller Genuine Draft beer, they make an entertaining ad.  Perhaps some TV commercials to come as a spin-off of these ads...I don't think she's coming back.

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SI's Curious Venus Williams Swimsuit Photos

SI Vault

Great idea to feature every single Sports Illustrated article even written for free



While I understand the importance and did stress integration of brand properties while I was there, poor execution to make the site virtually unsearchable and to feature swimsuit pictures of Venus Williams at age 10.  Oops.
In case you're looking for real Swimsuit photos of Venus Williams, click here.

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Bing Travel (Farecast)- Smartest Travel Tool Ever

   
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A new feature of my posterous that you'll be reading about is called Websites to Know.  In this space, I'll be telling you about various websites and tools that you should absolutely be using (if you aren't already).

First up is Bing.com's Travel tool (the website formerly known as Farecast.com).  I'm a fan of the former name and will refer to as such.  Anyways, Farecast needs to be your go-to site for booking airfare.  Not only is an aggregator with Web 2.0 tools like Kayak, but it also gives you a prediction tool which tells you whether now is the time to buy or whether you'd save yourself a fair amount of cash by waiting just a few more days or weeks.  No longer is there a guessing game for the best time to buy.

So get smart, save some money and start using Bing Travel.  Happy travels.

Learn about TripIt (quick and easy trip organizer) for the trip to AwesomeTown you just booked. 

Or check out GroupOn to find an absurdly great deal on restaurants or activities in a major US city you're heading to.  Great deal meaning up to 70% off.  Yes, I'm talking about that level of Great Deal.  Check it out.

 

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Filed under  //   Bing.com   Farecast.com   Prediction   Travel   Web 2.0   Websites to Know  

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Friday Beach

Something just very peaceful about an empty beach.

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Posted from Santa Monica, CA

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iPhone Copy and Paste Photos!?

Saw this iPhone commercial last night, giving me another reason why I heart this phone.  There was a lot of hype about being able to cut/copy/paste on the new iPhone OS, but what I didn't know was that you could cut, copy and paste Photos, and not just text.  Mind explosions.  I know.

Another piece of the fine print that you can see on this screen grab is that by late Summer 2009, we'll all be able to finally send and receive picture and video messages.  Cheers to that.

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Filed under  //   iPhone 3GS  

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Couple Takes at the Arenal Volcano

I promised more Costa Rica and here it is.  Played with the coloring on a couple shots of the allegedly active volcano.  I say that without any bitterness....kinda. 

   
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Dog Days of Costa Rica

Dog chillin' at the beach during sunset at Jaco Beach, Costa Rica.  CR's a place you gotta see...and expect to see plenty of it here in the coming months.

     
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Filed under  //   Beach   Best Of's   Costa Rica   Dog   Jaco   Photo   Sunset  

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Goodbye CompuServ

Apparently CompuServ has finally been deemed outdated and futile.  They dominated the information superhighway for a long while, but those days have long been gone.  Who's next for the death pool, perhaps Prodigy?

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