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Seven Entertaining Things Online This WeekPR Crisis Management: Damage Control vs. Being ProactiveSigns of Intelligent LifeWords We Live By: How Certain Brands Defy GravityDoes Lance Armstrong Still Have An Impact?LeaderShaping your Way out of the DownturnIntroducing Guest Blogger Stuart Karten: Advice to the Design-ChallengedFinal Stage of the Tour de FrancePlans For Microsoft Retail Stores Leak OnlineCompanies Embrace Innovation Through Their BuildingsCarrot v. Stick24th Anniversary of the Electric Dylan IncidentThere’s No Place Like Home—Especially in MemoirTime and Identity: What Your Clock Says About Your PersonalityChicken Feather Biofuel Something to Cluck AboutCan a Wall Made of Solidifed Sand Dunes Stop Desertification?Texting Etiquette: Avoid the Winky FaceThe Central Park International Airport Hoax, ExplainedHeadcount Can Mean LESS to CountSuicidally Fast Company: Watch This Daredevil Ride a Rollercoaster–on RollerbladesTime and Identity: What Your Clock Says About Your PersonalityMotorola to Inject Life Into Android, With Developer ProgramMillerCoors Might Be Sustainable, But Believable?WHAT CAN AMAZON AND ZAPPOS LEARN FROM EACH OTHER?Well, That’s the End of Flip: iPods to Get CamerasSuicidally Fast Company: Watch This Daredevil Ride a Rollercoaster–on RollerbladesNational Tequila DayThe Sustainable Cola Wars March On With Coke’s “Commitment 2020” PlanWell, That’s the End of Flip: iPods to Get CamerasTexas to Host Biggest U.S. Offshore Wind Farm, but T. Boone Pickens Isn’t InvolvedA Millennial’s Guide to Millennial GuidesApple Takes the Bite Out of Microsoft’s Bargain Hunter AdsWork/Life: Back Up ThereHow Dr. Anthony Atala Grows Organs: “Like Baking a Cake”U.S. Recruiting Cyber Patriots to Defend the InterwebsEveryone Loves the “Lotto” Especially If They Know The OddsInnovations in Health Care as Simple as Picking Up the PhoneThe Real Reason for Bill Gates’ SuccessMotorola to Inject Life Into Android, With Developer ProgramAre You Planning a Vacation or a Staycation?Brand Storytelling: Connecting With Your AudienceWeight of the NationCompanies Embrace Innovation Through Their BuildingsSunburnt! Solar Security Systems Prevent Burglars From Snatching Solar PanelsCan Twitter Save California’s Budget Crisis?Burn Rubber, Baby: Tires Made From WoodHow do You Find Out What Your Customers Want?Plans For Microsoft Retail Stores Leak OnlineHow One Grasshopper Is Boosting Employee MoraleSeven Entertaining Things Online This WeekYahoo Revamps Its Homepage, but Will Anyone Notice?What Message Are You Sending?Should We Bulldoze Underused Neighborhoods and Return Them to Nature?‘Continue Clock’ and More Furniture That Will Make You Go Huh?Piles Versus FilesAn Electric Car That Charges in 10 MinutesJob Loss and HealthAndroid Surpasses Windows Mobile in Web TrafficF-22 Fighter Gets the AxeIs Verizon Giving Up the Storm Too Soon?Riff on the Future of MusicRising Trend of Social Venture CapitalTV Report Ignites iPod Fire Scare, We Throw Water on ItSummer Movies We’re Afraid to See: Tyler Perry’s Madea Diversifies Her PortfolioShould We Bulldoze Underused Neighborhoods and Return Them to Nature?Scrapbooking, for the RFID AgeMeet the 27-Year-Old Who’s Hijacking Twitter, One Quiz-Crazy Tween at a TimeOpening Day of Comic-Con, San DiegoPiles Versus FilesOnline Gambling: The Internet’s Multi-Billion Dollar BetThe CellScope Disease-Diagnosing Microscope Gets a Color UpgradeDisney CEO Hints at Online Movie Store. Why It’s a Wonderful World of WrongTV Report Ignites iPod Fire Scare, We Throw Water on It‘Continue Clock’ and More Furniture That Will Make You Go Huh?Did the Venture Capital Crunch Force Zappos-Amazon Deal? [Updated]Control Your House by iPhone?How Apple Won 91% of the Premium Computer MarketReal-Life Sci-Fi Discovery of the Day: Scientists Make LED Bulbs From Salmon DNAAndroid Surpasses Windows Mobile in Web TrafficYahoo Revamps Its Homepage, but Will Anyone Notice?Is Verizon Giving Up the Storm Too Soon?AP Adds Homing Beacon to Online News ContentThe Best Ways to Write a Crappy MemoirScrapbooking, for the RFID AgeLiveblogging The Jeff Bezos Zappos VideoBig Biz Reforming Healthcare Where it HurtsControl Your House by iPhone?Seeing and Being SeenForget Adamo: Dell’s Real MacBook Air Rival Is the Latitude ZStealthy Threats to Your Job HuntGrow Your Own: Buildings Made From Living TreesHow Can Winemakers Reduce Their Carbon Footprints? Use Miniature SheepCrankLock: A Revolution for Downhill Biking [UPDATED]Samsung Unveils Gesture-Sensing Hologram, but It’s Not World’s FirstForget Adamo: Dell’s Real MacBook Air Rival Is the Latitude ZFujifilm Wants to Take Your Family Pics Into 3-D, ExpensivelyBuzzwords Ain’t So BadIPCC: Monetary Benefits of Global Warming Prevention Outweigh CostsPNC Bank Building Largest Green Living Wall in U.S.A Manmade Mountain, Covered in ApartmentsCrankLock: A Revolution for Downhill Biking [UPDATED]Is This the Kindle Killer?Take That, Toy Story! Mattel’s ‘Avatar’ Action Figures to Offer Augmented Reality [VIDEO]One Designer’s Inspiring Rope TricksPecoBOO Software Watches You, Controls Your Computer ScreenSeeing and Being SeenAmazon Buys Zappos for $847 Million [updated]Downturn, Schmownturn: Apple Just Made a Huge Pile O’ CashThe Central Park International Airport Hoax, ExplainedWhat President Obama Will Learn at Cleveland Clinic About Health CareThree Creative Ways to Remake Old Car PlantsGrow Your Own: Buildings Made From Living TreesMEDL Mobile’s Crowdsourced iPhone Apps: What’s the Catch?If You Want An Organic Garden, You Have To Expect A Few WeedsFacebook Is a Big Employee Distraction, but Is It All Bad?Why Building a Better Mousetrap Is Not EnoughSamsung Unveils Gesture-Sensing Hologram, but It’s Not World’s FirstBuzzwords Ain’t So BadKnowing (Your Audience) Is Half The BattleRebooting the FCCDoes a Film Festival for Green Movies Make Any Sense?Why I Don’t Want the Recession to End YetMach Green Liftoff! Another Advance for Super Clean Flying MachinesFrom an Old-Fashioned Bank to an Heirloom Seed BankThought-based Computing? No Problem for Your Monkey BrainWhy Community Is the Secret to Being One of the “Good Guys” in BusinessGetting It Right the First Time: Incorporating Data Tools Into Marketing CampaignsSam Raimi’s ‘World of Warcraft’ Movie, By the NumbersLiveblogging the Jeff Bezos Zappos VideoThe New GM, Clueless as the Old GMProblems + Pain = Profit (Pay Attention to Spot Opportunities!)Three Creative Ways to Remake Old Car PlantsOne Designer’s Inspiring Rope TricksA Manmade Mountain, Covered in ApartmentsA Tribute to Architecture’s Best Photographer, Julius ShulmanPi Approximation DayTotal Solar Eclipse, Eastern HemisphereWhat To Do With Old Car Plants?How a Simple Design Tweak Could Save Fuel and Keep Bus Passengers CoolMicrosoft Poaches Former Apple Exec for Retail RolloutBurberry and the Next Big Brands to Come From the EastDoes Fighting Piracy Fuel Innovation?The Art of Looking BusyHow Chef’n Cooks Up Clever Kitchen ToolsThe Web Becomes the New Health-Care BattlegroundETV Motors Building Hybrid Electric Car Powered by Jet Turbine EngineBrain Surgery Without the MessMetallica’s iPod-Friendly Jacket Is Darkly IronicCoca-Cola’s 100-Flavor Interactive Freestyle Soda Fountain in Action [video]Trend Report Card: Mainstream Trends Pt. 1Barnes & Noble’s Plastic Logic E-Reader to Rival Amazon’sWHAT MAKES A GREAT LEADER? THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL PROFICIENCY.Has Jamba Juice’s Controversial Ad Just Pureed Its Billion-Dollar Dreams? [UPDATE]Releasing the Energy Efficiency Floodgates2nd Anniversary of the Final Harry Potter BookToyota’s Big Electric Car BlunderBarnes & Noble’s Plastic Logic E-Reader to Rival Amazon’sThe Art of Looking BusyDid Apple’s Product Secrecy Cause a Suicide at Foxconn?How Chef’n Cooks Up Clever Kitchen ToolsDevelopers Start to Surf Google Wave, And Love ItCoca-Cola’s 100-Flavor Interactive Freestyle Soda Fountain in Action [video]Smart Clothes Save Lives, Let Doctors Spy on Patients at HomeMetallica’s iPod-Friendly Jacket Is Darkly IronicBurberry and the Next Big Brands to Come From the EastBrain Surgery Without the MessLocation Is Everything: 74% of Facebook’s 2009 Ad Revenue to Come From Local AdsThe Web Becomes the New Health-Care BattlegroundSamsung Follows in Wal-Mart’s Footsteps With Multibillion Dollar Green InvestmentDoes Fighting Piracy Fuel Innovation?Our Brains Versus Fast Food? No ContestMicrosoft Poaches Former Apple Exec for Retail RolloutU.S. Army Expands Tracking of Its Carbon “Bootprint”Head in the CloudsWhat Should I Tell Michelle Obama About Design?The Visibility PrincipleDorm-in-a-Box: Designing a Better–And Cheaper–College Prep ExperienceIntroducing Guest Blogger Ellen Lupton: Welcoming Design Into Our Daily LivesWhen it Comes to Creative Boundaries, How Hard Should You Push?Another Person Blogging About Sustainability?Burger King’s New Web Site Becomes Hub For Advertising FavoritesSpace, the Final Frontier…For AdvertisingPure Sleeze: Web sites That Make Fraud EasyAn Online “Atlas of Innovation”Water Footprint Dips Toes Into Sustainability Labeling ZeitgeistSocial Media & CSR: The Top 10 Sites for Creating ConversationPalm Hiring Game Developers to Inject Fun Into the PreThe Visibility PrincipleSpace, the Final Frontier…For AdvertisingBig Blue Meets Big Green With Its SupercomputersDorm-in-a-Box: Designing a Better–And Cheaper–College Prep ExperienceFormat War Ends: Toshiba Has a Blu-ray Player En RouteIntroducing Guest Blogger Ellen Lupton: Welcoming Design Into Our Daily LivesAmazon’s ‘1984’ Kindle Recall Was Legal, Not Big BrotherishPalm Hiring Game Developers to Inject Fun Into the Pre40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon LandingWhy Are We Obsessed With Online Farming?Building Relationships Can Reduce Stress; NY cabbie finds cell phoneGreenpeace Attacks Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony With Their Own Creepy Game Console ScrapsThe Obama And Google Management StyleWeb Design World, SeattleEmbrace the Lemon: Strategies for Helping a Campaign Go ViralHow You Can Land on the Moon Today, July 20 2009What Should I Tell Michelle Obama About Design?AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Has Job for 100 Days, Can’t Shut Up About ItLanguage to Communication to Filling in the Space with Chatter to…Distraction?Pure Sleeze: Web sites That Make Fraud EasySprint Nextel Tells Customer “No” DataAn Online “Atlas of Innovation”Why Your Employees Act Like EmployeesTwitter’s Published Stolen Documents Raises Ethics QuestionsNissan Developing EV That Charges Like an Electric ToothbrushSlow Food: The Restaurant Biz Is FlounderingCustomer Retention in Tough TimesMovie Studios See Redbox as Short-Term ATM