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I am a Senior Software Engineer at Propeller.com. I come from a manufacturing/logistics background, but I've spent the last several years working on Firefox and Firefox extensions. I worked on the newest version of Netscape Navigator and I'm now working on the new propeller site.

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| Member Since: June 16, 2006

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Twitter Away, Folks

Gadgets & Tech – For Propeller members who wish to explore a speedier method of virtual repartee, there is now Twitter. This microblogging service allows users to report on their lives in minute detail--and we have created a special Propeller feed on the Twitter site.

View Story Discuss (27) (newsquake.netscape.com) 5 days ago by JamesMarcus

Voted for on May 07, 2008 11:39am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks

Humans nearly wiped out 70,000 years ago

Science – Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests.

View Story Discuss (0) (cnn.com) 17 days ago by psogle

Voted for on April 25, 2008 09:59am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 171 votes / 2 sinks

Propeller Week In Review: April 18, 2008

News – Barack Obama was back in the spotlight this week at Propeller, along with some lively conversations about God, censorship, Bear Stearns, and Hillary Clinton's rendezvous with a shot of Crown Royal.

View Story Discuss (57) (newsquake.netscape.com) 23 days ago by JamesMarcus

Voted for on April 18, 2008 09:57pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 175 votes / 2 sinks

Earth's Hum Sounds More Mysterious Than Ever

Science – Earth gives off a relentless hum of countless notes completely imperceptible to the human ear, like a giant, exceptionally quiet symphony, but the origin of this sound remains a mystery. Now unexpected powerful tunes have been discovered in this hum. These new findings could shed light on the source of this enigma.

View Story Discuss (121) (news.yahoo.com) 24 days ago by not2needy

Voted for on April 17, 2008 01:03pm

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New Beer's Eve: Happy days were here again

Do No Evil – Breweries and beer lovers around the country are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the return of beer on April 7, 1933, as the Prohibition era was drawing to a close.

View Story Discuss (2) (cnn.com) 34 days ago by Stevis

Voted for on April 07, 2008 07:28pm

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The Stories Behind 10 Famous Product Placements

Movies – I wonder about product placement whenever I see a logo or company name pop up in a movie. Was that a paid deal? Or just something that the moviemakers threw in there?

View Story Discuss (0) (mentalfloss.com) 35 days ago by idyll

Voted for on April 07, 2008 03:09pm

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Genetic link to lung cancer is discovered

Health & Fitness – Although 80% of lung cancer cases are attributable to smoking, scientists have long known that genetics play a role. People who have the gene variant face at least a 30% greater chance of developing the disease, three studies find.

View Story Discuss (0) (latimes.com) 39 days ago by startkidinport

Voted for on April 03, 2008 10:41am

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Journal Issues Warning on Two Cholesterol Drugs

Health & Fitness – Two widely prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs, Vytorin and Zetia, may not work and should be used only as a last resort, The New England Journal of Medicine said in an editorial published on Sunday.

View Story Discuss (10) (nytimes.com) 42 days ago by Beau7890

Voted for on March 31, 2008 10:01am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 82 votes / 1 sink

Out of Print, Death & Life Of The American Newspaper

Money – "...who will have the dubious distinction of publishing America's last genuine newspaper. Few believe that newspapers in their current printed form will survive. Newspaper companies are losing advertisers, readers, market value, and, in some cases, their sense of mission at a pace that would have been barely imaginable just 4 years ago."

View Story Discuss (10) (newyorker.com) 45 days ago by lenseview

Voted for on March 28, 2008 10:46pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 157 votes / 2 sinks

Propeller Week In Review: March 28, 2008

News – The U.S. death toll in Iraq was the hottest topic of conversation this last week. But the Propeller community also sounded off on John McCain, middle-class woes, and the cloak-and-dagger mischief over at the passport office.

View Story Discuss (25) (newsquake.netscape.com) 44 days ago by JamesMarcus

Voted for on March 28, 2008 10:46pm

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Nipple rings cause airport security issue

News – A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation

View Story Discuss (2) (msnbc.msn.com) 44 days ago by Shay

Voted for on March 28, 2008 11:20am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 62 votes / 1 sink

NQ:The Week in Photos 03/28

News – A photo, as the saying goes, is worth a thousand words. And the right photo--the revelatory image--can be worth a great deal more. In that spirit, we've put together ten pictures that capture the turbulent events of the past week.

View Story Discuss (2) (newsquake.netscape.com) 44 days ago by helenephoto

Voted for on March 28, 2008 09:24am

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Did kids find D.B. Cooper's parachute?

News – The FBI says it's analyzing a torn, tangled parachute found buried in Southwest Washington to determine if it might have been used by legendary plane hijacker D.B. Cooper.

View Story Discuss (2) (msnbc.msn.com) 47 days ago by koenkatty

Voted for on March 26, 2008 09:49am