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The punch that knocked Hatton out

I’m sure most, if not everybody saw it, the punch that knocked Hatton out in the second round of the match. Wouldn’t you like to see it again? I bet it’s already in YouTube. But they could be long and you only want the punch… the exact moment. Well, here’s a gif image I found [...]

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Gig Book Story Writing Contest

I just want to share a ‘real world’ writing contest that I stumbled upon the other week. Winners in this contest will be publish in a book, of course with other prizes too. This the Gig Book Story Writing Contest which is organized and sponsored by Gig and the Amazing Sampaguita Foundation Inc. with business [...]

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Yahoo! GeoCities closing down

I could have posted this on my new technology blog, being about internet and technology. But somehow the news that Yahoo! Geocities is closing down has some personal effect on me that’s why I opted to post it here. With Geocities being closed down by Yahoo! I can’t help but be nostalgic. Because before I [...]

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iBlog5: The 5th Philippine Blogging Summit

My Bad! I almost forgot about this event — the 5th Philippine Blogging Summit, and the deadline for registration is already on April 30, 2009! I actually registered here as early as February, and because of two many blogs to take care of, it slipped my mind. I do hope it is not yet too [...]

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What did an innocent font do?

I am a fan of Comics Sans font, in fact I used it often when I still have my personalized items business. You can’t go wrong with the children’s giveaways. But what did an innocent font do to merit a movement calling for its eradication? Yes, there is a Ban Comic Sans movement (and a [...]

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Chavez gift to Obama makes a book bestseller

A book that was given as a gift to President Barack Obama became an instant bestseller! The book given by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to Obama during the Americas summit, and in just two days it became a hit! The book, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent has [...]

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Oprah is on Twitter!

Oprah is on Twitter! The picture above is her first official tweet on the hottest microblogging / social network now.

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Susan Boyle Got Talents!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY”

She’s 47 year’s old, she’s single and as she have said she has “never been kissed” and lives alone with her cat. When she entered the stage, you can see people laughing a bit as Simon Cowell was talking to her. But as she started to sing, everybody became quiet as she has proven that [...]

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Introducing: Short Stories Blog

Yes, it’s another blog from the struggling blogger, because writing opinions, echoing news, sharing techniques and other blogging stuffs isn’t enough for me. I also want to write short stories… it’s an ambition that have been kept for a while. There were times I was able to inject some stories in my other blogs, but [...]

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Demi Moore tweets, saves woman from committing suicide

There are good things that can result from Twitter after all. An example is a tweet from Demi Moore which helps save the life of a woman. Demi Moore replied to a tweet which she received, about a woman who threatened to commit suicide. She was in southern France, with actor-husband Ashton Kutcher, when she [...]

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