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Mario Live Wallpaper for Android [zOMG!]

Here's another one for my fellow Android fans: a Super Mario Live Wallpaper! If your phone runs Android 2.1 or higher, this FREE download allows you to mimic a non-interactive game right in the background of your phone. The game isn’t pre-recorded, but it’s not playable either; it is created on-the-fly using random level generators and an artificial intelligence that controls Mario. There are three visual themes for the levels — outside, underground and castle — all based on stuff that should be familiar to anyone who has played the old Mario games. The only downside is that the live wallpaper would (unsurprisingly) drain your battery pretty quickly. As such, I imagine that many Android users will download it for the fun factor but...

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The Circle of No Life, Blogger Edition

You've all seen The Circle of No Life. Now, check out its blogging counterpart: I must admit that I only use three of the services in this circle: Google Analytics, Twitter, and an RSS Reader (I'm not sure why the RSS symbol is lumped in with the online bookmarking/sharing sites, so I'll just assume that they mean Google Reader). However, I can definitely see how a professional blogger would prefer and utilize all of these free services to their fullest extent. Via Geeks are Sexy....

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Most Common Restaurants by Zip Code [NYC]

I have never heard of Very Small Array before, but after browsing through just a few pages I immediately added it to my Google Reader. Chock-full of interesting charts, graphs, maps, and illustrations, the blog is right up my alley. Currently, it is running a series of NYC maps that display the most common type of restaurants by zip code based on The Village Voice Restaurant Guide. ...

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Everyone’s a Winner

My high school had a weighted GPA system that took into account the level of different classes. For example, receiving an 'A' in a regular class would count as 4.00 while receiving the same grade in an honors class would earn you a 4.33. An AP class would raise the average even higher with a 4.67, so it was no surprise that the valedictorian of the class graduated with a GPA that was above a 4.5. I always thought the system to be fair until I entered my junior and senior years, when the arts requirement was no longer necessary and "the smart kids" stopped taking them altogether. I continued taking music and art classes until I graduated because I loved these subjects; I also...

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