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5 Pieces of Advice for Recent Graduates, Part 1

My office is right upstairs from Madison Square Garden and believe it or not, many schools hold their commencement ceremonies at the Garden. In the past week, I have come downstairs many times to a sea of gowns, caps, and proud families. And I expect this to continue for the next few weeks, just as it has in the previous years. Graduation season is upon us, my friends. Last week the mental_floss Blog posted an article called 7 Memorable Commencement Addresses and I read each word (and watched each video) with much respect. What great sources of inspiration! Can you imagine how awesome would it have been to have had Steve Jobs come speak at your commencement? (The article mentions that Bill Nye is the speaker at Johns Hopkins this...

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Hump Day Hook-Ups

I was at a seminar all day today, so when I got home I had about a bazillion feeds waiting patiently for me. But alas, here they are: my pick of the top 10 posts of the week. Barbara Walters Brags About Notches On Her Bedpost On Ellen, Jezebel. Good ol' Babs wrote a memoir called Audition that's apparently been getting a lot of press due to the admittance of the high number of sex partners she's had over the years. In this clip, she pokes fun at this fact and Ellen jokes along for a good laugh. Although I'm not too much of a daytime talkshow fan, I'm really starting to like Ellen a lot, much more than the sentimental crap that's usually on Oprah. 7 Wizards...

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Going Without My Three BFFs

I had a good chuckle over today's Joy of Tech: I imagined myself in the scene, and thinking about it, I probably would've slammed the door in her face too. Digger deeper into the issue, I realized just how lost and frustrated I would be without my three BFFs: my laptop, cell phone, and a fast, reliable internet connection. In fact, there was a time in the very recent past when my life was devoid of all three: the latter half of my honeymoon. My cell phone obviously couldn't work overseas (and being CDMA, I wouldn't have been able to use it even if I wanted to). I had my laptop, but there's only so much you can do on a computer without internet. The thing is, J and I...

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