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World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Announced at BlizzCon 2011
In front of an audience of 26,000 live and 60,000 BlizzCon virtual ticket holders, Blizzard’s Chris Metzen unveiled a new expansion for World of Warcraft that will be released when it’s ready. Undoubtedly one of the most significant updates to the game in years, Mists of Pandaria will include a new playable race, class, continent, [...]
3 Simple Ways to Manage Your Privacy on Social Networks
It’s the hottest and reoccurring topic when it comes to social media – especially Facebook. People are either obsessed or completely careless about their privacy on social networks, especially with the launch of dozens of new features on Facebook in the past few months. Other social network users, including those who have accounts with LinkedIn, [...]
How to Make the Perfect Sandwich
The definition of a perfect sandwich differs greatly between people. One ingredient may be hailed for its richness in flavor by one person, and chastised for its potency by another. After all, not everyone enjoys the same foods or flavors. Of all the tasty delights one can make without the use of too many cooking [...]
How to Buy a World of Warcraft Server
World of Warcraft is undoubtedly one of the most popular games ever made. Played by well over 10 million people worldwide, it’s become a benchmark on which new MMORPGs are judged. For many players, the server where they play has become a sort of a second home. This is a space in which they, and [...]
Review of Untitled Jersey City Project Episode 1
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Untitled Jersey City Project. All opinions are 100% mine. A new experiment in television drama is underway, and this one is far more open than most. The Untitled Jersey City Project is a work in-progress television drama set in the developing Jersey City waterfront, [...]
Google Announces Upcoming Changes to Google Reader
Do you love Google Reader? If you don’t, you should. Google’s RSS Reader — which has been available to Google users since 2005 — is the easiest way to read all the blogs you could ever want to read, all in a glance. With Google Reader, you can scan the headlines to choose only the [...]
Find a Job on Facebook with the Social Jobs Partnership
Looking for a job on Facebook? A new partnership between the US Department of Labor, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), DirectEmployers Association (DE), and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) has launched a resource page on Facebook to help US Facebook users find a job through the use of social [...]
How to Troubleshoot Car Issues with CarMD
While there is certainly no substitute for a trained and experienced mechanic, having a device handy that can help point you in the right direction when it comes to car trouble is never a bad idea. Sometimes, problems present themselves to the internal systems in your vehicle before you even notice them. Enter CarMD, a [...]
Ancient Cairo Genizah Gets 21st Century Treatment
Because Jewish law forbids worn out religious texts from being simply thrown out with more mundane garbage like turnip shavings and old soup, such texts have traditionally either been buried or stored away in a synagogue’s genizah — a special library used for this particular purpose. The Cairo Genizah in the loft of the Ben [...]
Silly Walks Help Stroke Victims Relearn Motor Skills
“Now, the Japanese have a man who can bend his leg back over his head and back again with every single step…” John Cleese as an official at the Ministry of Silly Walks, Monty Python’s Flying Circus As it turns out, there really is a Ministry of Silly Walks! And researchers at the Kennedy Krieger [...]
