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NBC Sports snags Major League Soccer

The deal covers 45 games. The majority of the games will be on cable, but NBC will broadcast two regular-season games and two playoff games as well as appearances by the U.S. men’s national team. via latimes.com I’m not sure if todays announcement by NBC adds credence to the growth of soccer in the States or [...]

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Mexico eats USA in Gold Cup Final

Football

The US Men’s National Team suffered a sobering 4-2 defeat to Mexico in the Gold Cup Final on Saturday night. The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA was host to over 90k soccer fans. The Good the first 20 minutes freddy adu national awareness of soccer The Bad clunky, predicatable playing style tim howard defensive line [...]

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Trickle is auto-scrolling tweets via iPhone

iphone

I love the execution of this simple yet excellent third/fourth/fifth-screen app. As we progress into the multi-device era, the demand for increased usefulness from non-active devices will only increase. Save your visions of fully extensible interconnected consumer screen experience happening anytime soon. This developer took the most sensible path. He made a dead simple app [...]

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FIFA World Cup announcement mystifies and intrigues

Football

The FIFA World Cup committee announced this week that Russia will be host to 2018 World Cup and Qatar will be host to the 2022 World Cup. With the the vast cultural and economic implications of hosting the world’s largest sporting event came responses both as varied as they were emotionally intense. England delegates the [...]

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EPL Matchday – Dec. 3, 2010 – Everton vs Chelsea

Football

Chelsea start strong then sputter Chelsea’s draw at home against a robust Everton squad brings their haul from the last six matches to a measly five points. Hardly the form you’d expect from last years Premier League winner and certainly not the form that will win the league again this year. There were moments in [...]

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Favorite domain name search engine – Domize

Technology

Domize is a wonderfully competent domain name search engine that was launched in March 2008. Domize sports an intuitive interface, lightning fast results, and to top it all off, SSL encryption. The searches are secure and never leave the Domize servers. Take that domain name squatters! Domize domain name search

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Future Now: A Hundred Bucks for Genetic Testing

Science

It’s the holiday season. A time of year when we buy gifts for our loved ones. Maybe a big ticket item like an iPad? Or maybe something more adjusted to the semi-post-recession mindset of smart spending and practicality. Like an iPad. Or maybe a winter coat, or a pair of socks, or a take-at-home-and-mail-away genetic [...]

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