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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Letterman: Obama Promised 'The Tonight Show' In 5 Years (VIDEO)



Love the joke about Obama being promised "The Tonight Show" in 5 years - could be earlier, as some other commenters have suggested. When Dave is on, he's on. Leno - well, I do think NBC needs to be looking for a replacement in just a few years as that move was by no means a long-term fix.

Watch as this begins about 30 seconds into this part of Dave's monologue:



David http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/
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Mike Bennett, Florida State Senator, Caught Looking At Porn During Floor Debate On Abortion Bill



After further review, he did click out of the pic - but, it wasn't terribly fast. He also didn't make the move to close his laptop immediately either. Plus, I think the fact that he's watching a wet dog video while legislation is being debated on the floor is just as bad. And if he's watching one dog video, I'm sure that he's been watching many, many more. Of course, I can throw stones because I don't have any other windows open while I'm typing this out :-)!



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David http://wyld-about-technology.blogspot.com/

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BumpTop Acquired By Google: Is A Tablet With 3D Interface In The Works? (VIDEO)



Who wouldn't be excited to be acquired by Google! Seriously though, this is very interesting technology and we'll likely see it emerge in new and exciting ways - and before we know it! Of course, those with messy desks in real life and messy desktops on their present computer screens will soon have piles of icons and folders building-up on their tablets - in 3-D!

Here's a video on what the BumpTop Interface looks like:



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Are Facebook Users Sex Obsessed? Survey Shows 'Sex Sells' On The Site



I'm shocked, shocked that sex sells on the Web and on Facebook? Of course, it made me click on the article, too! Who knew??? The margin though is a bit stunning - nothing comes close (insert your own joke there, of course).



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Very interesting research - well worth reading both the original Zarrella post on his blog and the WSJ piece the study.

Data Shows: On Facebook, Sex Sells

The Most Shared Stories on Facebook



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The Atlantic: America the Overweight



Fascinating article from the Atlantic. Here's their May 2010 cover story on "America the Overweight":

Beating Obesity


And for those of you curious to see (or with not enough time to read the full article), here's an interview with the article's author, Marc Ambinder:



Food for thought....

David


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Yashi

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