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Monday: March 1, 2010

Popular Today:
Internet manages to overtake print consumptionin the U.S. according to Ars Technica.
Internet manages to overtake print consumptionin the U.S. according to Ars Technica.

Only 17 percent said they read the print version of a national newspaper, however, and 50 percent said they read local papers. According to Pew, newspapers were most likely to be read by people who were over 50 or those who don't own cell phones — yikes.

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Friday: February 19, 2010

Popular Today:
Some highlights from the International Toy Fair held recently in New York.
Some highlights from the International Toy Fair held recently in New York.

No Star Wars collection is truly complete unless you have a carbonite-frozen Han Solo Lego figurine. Side note: this year celebrates the 30th anniversary of when the Empire Strikes Back was released.

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Monday: January 11, 2010

Popular Today:
Some beautiful Tundra landscape photos for your viewing pleasure.
Some beautiful Tundra landscape photos for your viewing pleasure.

This post also serves to let you all know that National Geographic has just recently given their beloved website a bit of facelift.  It's nice to see that their photography now plays a much prominent role on their overall website design.

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Tuesday: January 5, 2010

Popular Today:
Meet the brand new world chess champion, a nineteen year old from Norway.
Meet the brand new world chess champion, a nineteen year old from Norway.

He's already got a clever nickname, 'Mozart of Chess', and he has no interest in becoming the next Bobby Fisher (in the sense that Bobby Fisher went a little crazy and then disappeared).

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Monday: August 24, 2009

Popular Today:
A list of the ninety greatest mustaches of all time.
A list of the ninety greatest mustaches of all time.

Can you guess who the mustache to the left actually belongs to?

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