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Quick Poll: Taylor Lautner and Steroids, Does It Matter?

First off, I’m not inferring anything about Taylor Lautner actually taking steroids, human growth hormones, or any other performance enhancing drug. But with steroid use tainting the sporting world, I merely wonder its impact on the movie industry and pose the question, “Would it matter?”

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To maintain his role as Jacob Black in the Twilight saga, Taylor’s been devoted to working out and getting in shape for his physical transformation to a lycan. Would it matter if it was discovered that Lautner supplemented his workouts to get pumped?

Who doesn’t envy the kid for looking great in the New Moon trailer? Personally, I don’t think it matters, but I’m interested in what you think.

Great Article on Implementing Web 2.0 in Your Organization

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Wow, read a great and very pertinent article, “A Practical Guide to Implementing Web 2.0 (aka Social Networking Tools) in Your Organization” which hits very close to home. I’ve been experimenting and pushing the use of social networking tools at work and see lots of what is described in the article. And after attending a recent Knowledge Management Conference and meeting others working similar issues, the points of the article are driven deeper even more.

I have to blog more about this at work! But here are some interesting quotes from the article:

users have to resort to the dreaded search bar on the Intranet, too. Most people I speak to use this only as a last resort, and rarely find anything useful — they quickly give up and look for a real person to provide what they’re looking for

The final lemon in our trio is groupware (though the term, which is now disparaging, is rarely used). Groupware, of which the most notorious example is SharePoint, was designed to facilitate ‘communities of practice’ (CoPs)

Most groupware tools are so horrifically over-engineered and bloated with ‘features’ that they require full-time IT resources to manage, and to set up and ‘authorize’ new CoPs

From my experience, you should question the need for everything on the Intranet beyond directories and policies

Ah heck, there’s too much to list! Read the entire article for all it wisdom.

Muffin Tops Can Cause Nerve Damage

So now here’s a medical reason why you shouldn’t muffin top – it can cause nerve damage. Well, the tight jeans creating the muffin top, not the unsightly damage muffin tops inflict on viewers’ eyes.

Wearing tight jeans can cause the medical condition, meralgia paresthetica, where you feel prickly or even burning sensations in nerves in your legs

The fix? Get bigger jeans. 🙂

Anecdotes from Gillette

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Gillette.com has an interesting and humorous take at body shaving. Here are some of the sayings:

  • If your grass is patchy, mow the lawn. (Head)
  • A sweater should be bought not grown. (Chest)
  • Wall to wall carpet is okay, shoulder to shoulder isn’t. (Back)
  • An empty stable smells better than a full one. (Armpits)
  • Trees look taller when there’s no underbrush. (Groin)

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Thanks to @abaggy for the lead.

MacUpdate Promo Spring Bundle Available

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Other than MacHeist, the other great deal of bundled software apps for the Mac comes from MacUpdate. Their Spring Bundle is now available for $50 and includes 11 apps plus 2 more for the first 15,000 buyers.

The Spring Bundle contains:

  1. TechTool Pro 5. Comprehensive tools for your Mac and hard drives.
  2. Parallels Desktop. Run Windows, Linux, and more alongside Mac OS X.
  3. Notebook 3. Organized your digital life.
  4. NetBarrier X5. Robust firewall and intrusion detection.
  5. DVDRemaster Pro 5. Backup your DVDs and put them on other Apple devices.
  6. Multiplex. Your Mac is your new DVD player.
  7. RipIt. Get your movies off DVD and onto your Mac.
  8. MoneyWell. Manage your personal finances.
  9. Paperless. Digital document manager.
  10. Posterino. Create posters, postcards, and more.
  11. BetterZip. Create and manage compressed archives.
  12. Jets’n’Guns Gold. Bonus for first 15,000 buyers.
  13. CuteClips. Bonus for first 15,000 buyers.

TechTool and Parallels alone make this deal worthwhile, but I wanted to check out DVDRemaster, RipIt, and Posterino as well. So $521.71 worth of apps for $49.99? Got to get it!

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