Japanese confectionery powerhouses Lotte and Calbee have teamed up to celebrate the mutual 50th anniversaries of two iconic snack favorites, Ghana Milk Chocolate Bars and Kappa Ebisen Chips, by rolling out limited edition "Kappaebisen Ghana" chocolate covered shrimp-flavored chips. Hey, it worked for Reese’s!
Because every single person on the Internet decided to force induce viralness by not really doing the Harlem Shake while making those ridiculous Harlem Shake videos, it’s time to kill this meme with a “Harlem Shake” video that no one can ever top: Porn Stars doing a naked “Harlem Shake”. Yep, naked. More »
By Lexi Petronis
Some strategies for success have been the same since Helen of Troy rose from mere pretty face to The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships: Never give up, have oodles of confidence, appear in a reality show (oh, wait, wrong century). But in these fast-paced, high-tech, self-promotional times, there are whole new tactics for acing life.
It isn’t some magical quality. We can all get grit. So, if the only grit you have in your life is in the grout between the tub tiles, then it’s time to take on some grit-building behaviors.
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The stress and strain of constantly being connected can sometimes take your life — and your well-being — off course. GPS For The Soul can help you find your way back to balance.
GPS Guides are our way of showing you what has relieved others’ stress in the hopes that you will be able to identify solutions that work for you. We all have de-stressing “secret weapons” that we pull out in times of tension or anxiety, whether they be photos that relax us or make us smile, songs that bring us back to our heart, quotes or poems that create a feeling of harmony, or meditative exercises that help us find a sense of silence and calm. We encourage you to look at the GPS Guide below, visit our other GPS Guides here, and share with us your own personal tips for finding peace, balance and tranquility.
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Not surprisingly, Twitter has put the kibosh on Posterous, which it acquired just under a year ago. Posterous made its grand appearance in 2008 as a startup offering users the ability to simplify their online sharing using Spaces. Come the end of April, the service will officially be shutdown, including its mobile apps. Fret not, however; two of the company’s co-founders are creating an alternative service.
Posterous announced the upcoming shutdown on its blog earlier today, stating that it is a move that allows the company to focus all of its efforts on twitter. Once April 30 rolls around, those who use the service won’t be able to edit or view their Spaces, and so users who want to preserve their content should back it up before then.
Backing up Spaces is a rather simple process. Users should navigate to “Posterous.com/#backup,” where they’ll need to log in if they’re not already. Once logged in, the user will then need to select “Request Backup” next to the Space they want to archive. The backup will then be created, and once it is completed, an email will be sent to the address tied to the account. Returning to the backup URL will then present the user with a ZIP file to download containing the Space’s content.
According to the folks over at TechCrunch, Posterous’s co-founders Garry Tan and Brett Gibson are working on a new service called Posthaven, which they promise will be around forever, specifically saying that it will never be acquired, and that its URLs will always be kept online. The service will cost $5 a month, with users being able to reserve a name now.
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Twitter to shutdown Posterous on April 30 is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Originally presented without comment, this mysterious short film by Takahiro Suzuki poses many difficult questions while providing precious few details—who are these people, what are they agog over, and does anyone else smell smoke? Your guess is as good as any. More »
Peters, like Kane, couldn’t grasp the real reason for the Hagel filibuster: the unanswered pleas from multiple GOP senators for factual information on what the White House’s role was in the Benghazi, Libya attack.
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It turns out that Microsoft’s planned March 15th transition from Messenger to Skype is more of a soft target than a hard cutoff. Microsoft will switch off desktop Messenger that day only for a “test group,” the company tells ZDNet; if all goes smoothly, the transition will start in earnest with English-speaking countries on April 8th. Every desktop user should be off the boat by April 30th. Messenger will still work on mobile devices, as well as in multi-network clients like Adium or Trillian, but that’s not expected to last long — and it might get quite lonely. Most of us ultimately get a slight reprieve, but the writing is most definitely on the wall.
Filed under: Internet, Software, Microsoft
Source: Skype (Twitter), ZDNet
I noted Barack Obama’s formidable power as a transformational leader and partisan politician entering his second term as president. Now, I’d like to consider what America might look like when he leaves the White House.
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