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The Dying Art of Thanks and Gratitude

Today I was walking out of a local coffee shop and saw a woman coming towards the entrance. She was about 30 feet from the door so I had every right to just keep on walking. Instead I decided to wait and hold the door for her as she made her way up the stairs. As she approached she made no eye contact with me. As she walked passed me through the door she didn’t even pause to slide me a quick thank you or a smile. I even followed up on the phantom Thank You with a “your welcome” but that did not slow her down. She was stuck in her own little world walking with an air of righteousness that made me laugh out loud inside my head while holding back my innate desire to stick my foot out.

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Limitless Factors That Go Into Finding New Music

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As I do on most Saturdays, I went to my local record store, Newbury Comics. They were having a moving sale which meant there was less to choose from but I could buy twice as much as I normally do. What a good start to the day.
As I browsed around, I began to [...]

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Social Media Case Study – How JetBlue Used Twitter to Treat Me Like A Human

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People often ask me why I use Twitter. Until recently I found it hard to explain. I have to admit, it took me over 5 months to post my 2nd update after my first “Trying out twitter” post. It just didn’t click with me the first time around. Until I took the time to use [...]

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Raffaele Family Style Antipasto

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When asked to bring a food item to a holiday party or other gathering, it is always nice to have a “go to” dish that you know will be a hit. The Raffaele Family-style Antipasto is my weapon of choice. It is a dish that my family, to this day, starts every family dinner with [...]

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5 Things – Week 3

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If you are a Tag Cloud fan then Wordle is your Nirvana. Paste in a block of text, Blog URL, or a del.icio.us user name and the service will create a random word cloud based on the contents. You can change the look and feel yourself or just hit random to have Wordle determine the [...]

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Sunday Walk – Walden Pond Concord Massachusetts

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This afternoon, 5 inches of fresh snow and a few free hours turned into a walk around Henry David Thoreau’s old playground, Walden Pond. Even though the sun wasn’t able to break through as expected, the lack of wind and the fresh snow made it a great day for a walk around the pond with [...]

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5 Things – Week 2

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The Jing Project allows you to take screen shots (png) or video captures (flash with audio) on your computer and quickly share them. I used Jing for all of the images you see in this post by simply going to each site, clicking on Jing’s little sunshine in the corner of my screen, selecting image [...]

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iCall Brings Voice Over IP Capabilities to the iPhone

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iCall is a company I have been watching ever since I saw this video:

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Clearing the Brain by Walking and Taking Pictures Around Harvard Square

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I just picked up a new lens for my Nikon D70s yesterday and it has quickly pumped life back into an old hobby. I have been using the Nikkor 18-70mm that came with my camera for the past 2 years. It is a great lens but I really have been hankering for a some more [...]

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5 Things – Week 1

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Never find yourself looking for a toilet again. SitorSquat will tell you where the nearest clean bathroom is. They even have an iPhone app for those tech junkies who find themselves in a bind. Add toilets and you have a chance to win prizes. Great idea and it’s free!
Snocator is an iPhone app that [...]

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This Movie Mistake Makes Me Laugh Everytime

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I was reading Neatorama’s “Movie Mistakes of 2008” this morning and it reminded me of one of my favorite movie mistakes. One, obviously uneventful, day back in college, my roomates and I were watching “Homeward Bound” and found this little nugget. It became one of those things that we showed everyone who came over and [...]

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