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Stop spending ages coming up with finely-detailed outlines of each presentation, and instead leave more to real-time interaction and be comfortable. Hopefully you’ll be a natural, but if not, maybe these tips will help.
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Some Florida cities would like to throw a dog a bone — or maybe a burger and some fries. Dogs would be able to sit with humans at outdoor restaurant tables in some communities under a measure advancing in the Florida Legislature.
The bill, approved by a House committee Wednesday, would create a three-year test program […]

One of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the world, Hong Kong has an overall density of nearly 6,700 people per square kilometer. The majority of its citizens live in flats in high-rise buildings.
In Architecture of Density, Michael Wolf investigates these vibrant city blocks, finding a mesmerizing abstraction in the buildings’ facades.

US fans of the flamboyant cartoon character SpongeBob Squarepants have set up a church in his name.Read more.

Web 2.0 eats itself. A web application that creates the design for other web applications, using all the W2.0 tricks everyone is already getting bored of. pretty funny.
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Board expected to endorse project Thursday to ease eastbound traffic.
For commuters who sit at a snail’s pace along Interstate 580 during peak traffic hours, some relief may be coming by way of a new eastbound high-occupancy vehicle lane. The lane would be constructed on the median side from Hacienda Drive in Pleasanton to east of […]

Here is a collection of various textures. May come in handy.
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NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Ibanez had a very cool display of guitars styled by HR Giger, best known for the creature of “Alien” fame. “H.R. Giger’s collaboration with Ibanez is a natural pairing when delving into the world of string instruments,” commented H.R. Giger’s agent Les Barany at the convention site. “Mr. Giger is an […]

DIY Project. The quest to get a Mac Mini with audio and video working in the Toyota Prius.
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A list of quality freeware to make Mac OS X a much more productive place.
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