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Hey There Diatribers! We’re off to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for a little R&R. Enjoy you week, and we’ll catch up with pics when we come back on Sunday.

Finally. I get it. George W. Bush has ties with an alien race. Don’t believe me? Just watch this CNN video and look at the alien overlord peering through the window right behind Bush’s right shoulder. Here’s a screen capture: Freaky, man.

I happened to be poking around the iTunes Music Store last night, trying to find some ring tones to try out — I still haven’t found any — and I happened to stumble across what is known as iTunes U. It’s basically a list of universities that are offering classes online that you [...]

Well, wouldja look at this neat little site. It’s called BlogPulse and it was developed and owned by a division of Nielson known as Nielson BuzzMetrics. While I’m not totally clear on how it works, it’s a very cool way to track trends and fads that occur in the blogging community. Take for example, this [...]

If you’ve been with me to the Googleplex, you’ve likely seen Tan Chade-Meng’s photo wall on my abbreviated tour of the campus. There’s actually a very nice article about the tradition in Today’s New York Times. If you don’t have time for the article, here’s a link to his Photo Gallery of Famous Folks on [...]