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Tom Drapeau is the Director of Propeller social news. Although it is the job he always dreamed he'd have, he's had a pretty good time for the last decade, writing code and building sites for Barnes & Noble, Online Retail Partners, Yahoo!, and Ask Jeeves. Tom is an excellent speller, having taken first place in his second grade spelling bee, and hates wearing ties. Tom's Email: tom at propeller dot com

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Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets in History
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Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets in History

Gadgets & Tech – Visiting Lego's Memory Lane--the secret vault guarding almost every Lego set ever manufactured--touched me in a way I didn't expect. It wasn't just the impressive view of the 4,720 Lego sets. These were tickets to ride a time portal to emotions and simpler days long forgotten.

View Story Discuss (2) (gizmodo.com) 14 days ago by tdrapeau

Submitted and Voted for on June 24, 2008 04:36pm

Taking the New Propeller For a Spin
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Taking the New Propeller For a Spin

Gadgets & Tech – For the last few months, the Propeller team has been hard at work on a major upgrade to our social news experience. As we near our community's two-year anniversary, I am pleased to announce that this work will soon be complete. We have a lot of exciting news to share!

View Story Discuss (102) (newsquake.netscape.com) 32 days ago by tdrapeau

Submitted and Voted for on June 06, 2008 12:06pm

Performance Problems on Propeller.com
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Performance Problems on Propeller.com

Gadgets & Tech – I wanted to apologize for the poor stretches in performance on Propeller.com that our loyal members have had to endure over the past months. I have seen a number of members mention bad performance when submitting stories, comments, etc in comment threads for other stories, and I wanted to mention that we are grateful for the feedback, and...

View Story Discuss (122) (newsquake.netscape.com) 94 days ago by tdrapeau

Submitted and Voted for on April 05, 2008 07:58pm

Interview: Socialthing! Founder Matt Galligan
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Interview: Socialthing! Founder Matt Galligan

Gadgets & Tech – Recently people have been comparing lifestreaming services FriendFeed and Socialthing!, trying to determine which one will win or whether they even compete. In this post, guest blogger Muhammad Saleem, a Propeller scout, talks with Matt Galligan about Socialthing!, FriendFeed, and more.

View Story Discuss (0) (readwriteweb.com) 106 days ago by tdrapeau

Submitted and Voted for on March 24, 2008 10:57am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 29 votes / No sinks

Why Yahoo! Buzz is a Brilliant Idea

Gadgets & Tech – As soon as the online press got hold of a sliver of information about Yahoo! Buzz, the predictable cries of "Digg clone!" were loud enough to drown out anyone who thought that Yahoo! Buzz might be something more than a lame attempt at socially driven news (without the social elements).

View Story Discuss (0) (readwriteweb.com) 132 days ago by tdrapeau

Submitted and Voted for on February 27, 2008 05:04pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 39 votes / No sinks

Wedmore, England asks to be removed from the map

News – This little village would seem to be an obviously poor place through which to drive your average large truck. It is in an obscure, rural location. Its streets were built in the days of horses and carts. There is no room to pass and no room to maneuver. Some residents are trying to have their village removed from the navigation devices used...

View Story Discuss (1) (nytimes.com) 216 days ago by tdrapeau

Submitted and Voted for on December 05, 2007 05:40am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 26 votes / No sinks

Private School Education at No Cost?

Money – Consider Phillips Exeter Academy, John F. Kennedy Jr.'s alma mater, in Exeter, N.H. Your child would have 450 courses in 19 subjects to choose from and the opportunity to participate in special programs, such as interning for prominent politicians. And your child could receive that exclusive private education free. That's right -- completely free.

View Story Discuss (3) (lowellsun.com) 220 days ago by tdrapeau

Submitted and Voted for on December 01, 2007 12:16pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 60 votes / No sinks

Google as a Password Cracker?

Gadgets & Tech – While doing forensics, I thought it would be interesting to find out the account password. Wordpress stores raw MD5 hashes in the user database (despite my recommendation to use salting). As with any respectable hash function, it is believed to be computationally infeasible to discover the input of MD5 from an output.

View Story Discuss (14) (lightbluetouchpaper.org) 231 days ago by tdrapeau

Submitted and Voted for on November 20, 2007 05:19pm

Netscape Social News Update
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Netscape Social News Update

Gadgets & Tech – We promised you in our last communication about the Netscape.com site that we would get right back to you about where your current social news site will live after we redirect to the new Netscape portal. The Netscape social news experience that you are currently using today will be migrated and revealed soon at...

View Story Discuss (103) (blog.netscape.com) 301 days ago by tdrapeau

Submitted and Voted for on September 11, 2007 07:32pm

AOL.com for the Netscape Community
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AOL.com for the Netscape Community

Gadgets & Tech – Just launched this week, there is a new AOL.com site available for the Netscape Community. Over the past year, there has been a lot of feedback regarding some of the features of the previous Netscape.com site that have gone away, and this site hopes to bring some of that functionality back. Check it out!

View Story Discuss (12) (netscape.aol.com) 334 days ago by tdrapeau

Submitted and Voted for on August 09, 2007 11:25am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 25 votes / No sinks

Adventures in Fitness: Irish Step Dancing

Health & Fitness – You may ask, "Is Irish dancing exercise?" In an article in Irish Dance magazine, there was a teenage girl, Alexandra Hahn, who is an Irish dancer and her friends insisted that her dancing didn't take as much effort as other "sports." Fed up, she decided to find out...

View Story Discuss (1) (nashobapublishing.com) 347 days ago by tdrapeau

Submitted and Voted for on July 27, 2007 01:43pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / No sinks

Nashoba Publishing Online - Adventures in Fitness: Riding at Bobby's Ranch

Health & Fitness – Why is exercise easier when you're a kid? When I was in grade school, I was in great shape: no cellulite, no love handles and no unsightly sags.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2007 12:44pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / No sinks

Nashoba Publishing Online - Adventures in Fitness: Hiking

Health & Fitness – If you are looking for a great workout, and something you can do with friends and family, try hiking. It really is terrific exercise. For ideas on where to hike in Massachusetts, visit www.localhikes.com and put in your ZIP code. Oak Hill is great for families, but also try the Pine Meadow conservation area in Ayer, Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge in Bolton, the Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Wachusett Reservoir in Clinton, Mirror Lake on Devens, or Groton Place in Groton.

View Story Discuss (5) (nashobapublishing.com) 361 days ago by tdrapeau

Submitted and Voted for on July 13, 2007 09:53pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 18 votes / No sinks

Adventures in Fitness: Group Groove with Global Fitness at Roll-On America

Health & Fitness – Global Fitness Center is pairing with Roll-On America to sponsor a day of fitness dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of domestic violence prevention and education, and they are calling it "A Fitting Cause."

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Submitted and Voted for on June 02, 2007 06:48pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 18 votes / No sinks

Adventures in Fitness: Harvard Therapeutic Massage

Health & Fitness – I came across an Internet magazine titled "Inspired, Informed and In Shape" written by Jon Gestl, a personal trainer and U.S. national aerobic champion. Gestl writes that massage improves circulation and general nutrition of muscles, while also improving flexibility and range of motion and decreasing injuries often caused by overtraining.

View Story Discuss (0) (nashobapublishing.com) 416 days ago by tdrapeau

Submitted and Voted for on May 19, 2007 03:57pm

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