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Reuters – Get a Grip!

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Lonny Paul

Reuters, one of the biggest news organizations in the world, has a major flaw on their website.  When watching a video, when you click their full screen icon, it instead pops up a new window, far less than full screen, … Continue reading →

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Google News Undergoes Redesign leaves brains at home

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Lonny Paul

Google NewsI’ve used iGoogle for about 7 years after leaving myYahoo after iGoogle did it better. I’ve read via Google news and iGoogle – ALL of my news for seven (7) years. Google tracks everything. They know how many times I read each story in my predetermined News configuration. So when Google rolled out a news update, they have a convenient little bar that shows how your Google News Setup is progressing. Now, they want me to identify for them which news I read on a Never/Sometimes/Always basis. WTF, THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT I READ!!!

This is a flaw. Google, I trust you to know what is best for me. You know what stories, genres, sites and headlines I like to read. You know what I click through to, what a read via FastFlip – can’t you customize my news for me after all this time? Continue reading →

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YouTube – Snake Slithers Into Reporters Pants On Live TV

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Lonny Paul

Cedar Rapids KCCI-TV Meteorologist Kurtis Gertz got quite a surprise during a live broadcast from the Iowa State Fair on Thursday when a snake slithered up his pants. The worst part was – they couldn’t get it out of his pants. Continue reading →

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