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The Best College Football Conference in the Past Five Years

Could Marshawn Lynch save the PAC-10 from mediocrity?

The Best College Football Conference in the Past Five Years

Originally posted on June 4

I postulated to a co-worker that the PAC-10 wasn’t as bad as everyone makes it out to be. We took a look at the data for the past five years, analyzed it (there’s a chart!), and have the truth. Find out if I was right.

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I have this theory about American Idol

A bunch of finalists from season nine of American Idol

I have this theory about American Idol

Originally posted on April 20

UPDATED MAY 20: I was totally right. The theory was 100% dead on correct. Watch as I predict who cannot win American Idol and read as I tell you why.

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Mash-up: Usher’s Let It Burn vs. Usher’s Papers

Originally posted on January 19

Did you like Usher’s “Let It Burn”? If so, you probably like Usher’s “Papers”. It’s because they’re virtually the same song.

Don’t worry; I created the mash-up. You can listen for yourself here:

[Audio clip: view full post to listen]…

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The Known Universe

Originally posted on January 15

This film shows the known universe as mapped through astronomical observations.

Every satellite, moon, planet, star and galaxy is represented to scale and in its correct, measured location according to the best scientific research to-date.

If you thought you felt…

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Top 5 Best Albums of the Decade: 2000s

*NSYNC on the cover of the March 30, 2000 Rolling Stone

Top 5 Best Albums of the Decade: 2000s

Originally posted on December 29

The 2000s will most likely be remembered for terrorism and a recessions but that doesn’t mean good music wasn’t written. I tackle the five greatest albums of the decade.

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Top 5 Songs of 2009

Shakira from her "She-Wolf" phase in 2009. Umm yes please.

Top 5 Songs of 2009

Originally posted on December 10

The Top 5 best pop (and by “pop” I mean “popular”) songs of the year, all for your listening pleasure. And to make fun of me for.

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WordPress: Guest Author Name and Bio on Template Without All Custom Fields

My brother Barry, the inspiration for writing the Guest Author function spoken of in this post

WordPress: Guest Author Name and Bio on Template Without All Custom Fields

Originally posted on December 2

I wanted a way in WordPress to display a guest author’s name (not through a custom field) and bio (through a custom field). This would allow the author to log in and post by themselves (thus displaying their name) as well as show a custom bio that is relevant to the post they’re publishing. The biggest trick? Getting it to show nothing if it was posted by myself.

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Joe Hewitt on middle men (and more importantly) Apple

Originally posted on November 17

Joe Hewitt, developer of Facebook’s iPhone app, the Firefox browser, and Firebug development tool, recently quit developing the app because of Apple’s approval process:

Middle men exist to reduce the cost of getting a product from A to B, and

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Twenty-Five Days of Horror, Part II

A new release this year, "Drag Me To Hell" could easily be one of the best horror movies released in the past 10 years. (Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures)

Twenty-Five Days of Horror, Part II

Originally posted on October 1

Last year we began the 25 Days of Horror tradition in which we watch a horror movie every day for 25 days leading up to Halloween. This year, it returns with a vengeance. *Cue Horror Music*

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Kelly Clarkson (and JillandKate) cover Miley Cyrus’s “The Climb”

Originally posted on September 21

A perfect, all-female, three-part harmony cover of Miley Cyrus’s “The Climb” featuring Kelly Clarkson.

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