Eliot

Eliot Phillips is a mechanical engineer who until recently was based in Nebraska. Growing up on a dairy farm he gained a strong mechanical aptitude; he dedicated time to more electronic pursuits as well. He is the lead hacker at Hack-A-Day and how-to editor emeritus for Engadget. Eliot stopped attempting to keep a regular sleep schedule years ago, finding it much more fun to go crawling through search results for new bizarre bits of knowledge. His personal blog is RobotSkirts.

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Producers reveal title of new James Bond

Movies – "Quantum of Solace" is the title of the new James Bond film, the 22nd Bond adventure.

View Story Discuss (9) (cnn.com) 177 days ago by shead

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Live Blogging 2.0

Gadgets & Tech – If you're a blogger who is into covering live events, like keynotes, press conferences, meetings, or sports events, you may be interested in the new, free service from CoveritLive. In development since 2006 and emerging from beta in November of 2007, the CoveritLive platform gives you an easy way to blog events as they happen and it also provides t

View Story Discuss (1) (readwriteweb.com) 178 days ago by Dramaturg

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Rumor: Wikipedia's Redesign?

Gadgets & Tech – A friend showed me this really weird look-in on Wikipedia -- could this be the new version of Wikipedia?

View Story Discuss (1) (centernetworks.com) 178 days ago by peredos

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Children are 'scared of hospital clowns'

Health & Fitness – Hospitals are being urged not to decorate children's wards with paintings of clowns in case they upset young patients. State-funded research has found that in a survey of more than 250 children aged four to 16, all disliked the use of clowns in hospital decor, with even the teenagers seeing them as "scary".

View Story Discuss (2) (telegraph.co.uk) 186 days ago by ThrillKillBill

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WWII Inspired Roush P-51A Mustang
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WWII Inspired Roush P-51A Mustang

Autos – The new Roush P-51A Mustang was inspired by the WWIIP-51 Mustang airplanes. This is the most powerful road car (in terms of HP) the company has produced so far, with more than 500 pavement pounding horsepower.

View Story Discuss (25) (coolsupercars.com) 262 days ago by mdvaldosta

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Poll for who Is The Most Influential Person On Propeller
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Poll for who Is The Most Influential Person On Propeller

Politics – The survey is completed and the poll is up and running. Share this with all your friends and lets have some fun with this.

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Silicon Valley Offline due to San Francisco Power Outage

News – Much of the Web 2.0 giants and the start ups are offline - 30 years to the week that New York city suffered their black out for two days

View Story Discuss (1) (techcrunch.com) 361 days ago by SearchEngines

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Disclosing Gasoline Price Differences for Cash and Credit Card Purchases
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Disclosing Gasoline Price Differences for Cash and Credit Card Purchases

Money – New Jersey officials today reminded motorists that gasoline retailers may be charging two different prices per gallon of gasoline, depending on whether payment is made by cash or credit card.

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Comix Worst to Best

Movies – Rotten Tomatoes counts down from the worst reviewed comic book movie to the best.

View Story Discuss (3) (rottentomatoes.com) 430 days ago by Eliot

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It's the Constitution, Stupid

Politics – since it's a Republican president and his Congressional enablers who have treated their oath-taking -- their swearing to defend the Constitution, to take care to enforce the laws -- like a horny teenager at an abstinence-only ring ceremony -- it's Republicans in particular who should be forced by these debates, by the media, and by the public to an

View Story Discuss (2) (huffingtonpost.com) 437 days ago by populist

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Hiro's Paradox
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Hiro's Paradox

Television – A common theme in Science Fiction is that of the time paradox. If you go back in time and kill your grandfather, do you cease to exist? In an early episode in season one Peter Petrelli was visited by "future" Hiro with a message: "Save the cheerleader, save the world."...

View Story Discuss (6) (hmtk.com) 445 days ago by charbarred

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Avatar uploading fixed
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Avatar uploading fixed

News – We know many of you have been waiting for this and we're pleased to announce that all avatar uploading issues are now fixed. Visit your profile settings page to upload a new avatar. Remember: It may take 5 minutes or more for the changes to appear. Please be patient. Let us know in the comments or via sitemail if you run into any new issues. Enjoy!

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Easy Ways To Save Some Cash!
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Easy Ways To Save Some Cash!

Money – Regardless of what industry you are in, where you want to work, or who you are, being able to save money and effectively use it is something we all should consider doing. With consumer debt constantly rising, I thought I would share the following ways to save money.

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The flying saucer snapped up by US army

Gadgets & Tech – The former hovercraft engineer has designed and patented a flying saucer from his workshop in Peterborough that has grabbed the imagination of the American military establishment.

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TV Squad Daily with Brigitte: 03-20-2007
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Partner Content Video TV Squad Daily with Brigitte: 03-20-2007

Television – Today: Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie to be "fat camp" counselors, it's time to name a new Miss USA but the organization doesn't want you to forget about Tara Connor, and oh joy - 'Days of our Lives' is letting you choose Sami's wedding presents.

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