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Liquids on a Pate

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

Doc put me on a liquids-only diet for a few days. Thankfully I didn’t have to give up my daily matcha green tea latte with soy. But now each mealtime is a delightful game of “Soup base or juice?”. Any recommendations?

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Send me a voice message

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

See that groovy little pink box that says “send me an odeo“? If you click that and have a microphone connected to your compy you can send me a voice message. So go for it – tell me how much you hate broccoli, love monkeys and about your indifference toward flavorless gum.

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Talking to Americans About Canada

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

Being a Canadian that visits America often is fun. We’re the stealth minority in the US. Telling someone you’re from Canada usually either earns a “cool!” or a silly joke about Canada that just shows how little Americans know about our culture. Well finally someone has uploaded the show where one Canadian comic makes college professors, politicians, celebrities and ordinary Americans look silly for it.

Someone’s uploaded a segmented version of Rick Mercer’s CBC special, Talking to Americans. Talking to Americans was a segment on the uproariously funny “This Hour Has 22 Minutes” CBC news/commentary show, in which Rick Mercer would go to the USA and ask Americans whether they believed that Russia should given the Chechens in Saskatechwan their freedom, or for help defending our national igloo, or for congratulations on legalizing insulin. This show is a national institution, but it has never been aggressively marketed to Americans. You’d be hard pressed to get a funnier outside look into the USA. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things

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Web 2.Ooh: Me vs. Matt Mullenweg

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

Uh oh, this is tough competition. First round and I’m up against mega-loved Matt Mullenweg. Please go vote for me, or I’m out!

Will Pate Memorial Web 2.0 Hotties Showdown

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

My mom must be so proud…

Valleywag’s non-readers have grumbled lately that the site is shallow, flighty, and obsessed with “pretty people.” Damn right.

That’s why next week, we’re holding the Will Pate Memorial Web 2.0 Hotties Showdown, a single-elimination tournament of the cutest guys and girls running the New Shiny Internet. Send your nominations to tips@valleywag.com with the subject “Web 2.0 Hottie” — and include a photo that you own the rights to (or a Creative-Commons-licensed photo). All nominees must be core team members of a Web 2.0 startup.

Valleywag, Silicon Valley’s Tech Gossip Rag

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