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		<title>Gatorade&#8217;s &#8220;Ball Girl&#8221; Viral Video Directed by Baker Smith of Harvest Films</title>
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The video above, produced for Gatorade (owned by PepsiCo), was part of a stealth viral marketing campaign. Gatorade is never mentioned, but a Gatorade bottle does appear under the the ball girl's chair at the end of the video.  As of this writing, this video has been viewed several ...</description>
		<link>http://siliconvalleymusings.com/166/gatorades-ball-girl-viral-video-directed-by-baker-smith-of-harvest-films</link>
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		<title>Senator Obama&#8217;s &#8220;The Country I Love&#8221;</title>
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		<link>http://siliconvalleymusings.com/165/senator-obamas-the-country-i-love</link>
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		<title>Twitter Scaling Issues</title>
		<description>Robert Scoble states: "First of all, Twitter doesn’t store my Tweets 25,000 times. It stores them once and then it remixes them."

I do not know how Twitter is built. However, "back in the day," I was the development manager for a real-time, stock quote delivery system, so I do have ...</description>
		<link>http://siliconvalleymusings.com/164/twitter-scaling-issues</link>
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		<title>Intel to Work with Grameen Bank - PodTech Video</title>
		<description>From PodTech post.

Your browser does not support JavaScript. This media can be viewed at http://www.podtech.net/home/5163/intel-to-work-with-grameen-bank

In a surprise announcement at the 16th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett informed a keynote audience that the world’s biggest chipmaker would work together with Grameen Bank. ...</description>
		<link>http://siliconvalleymusings.com/163/intel-to-work-with-grameen-bank-podtech-video</link>
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		<title>Ruby J Dog Sings The Blues</title>
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		<title>Intel ISEF 2008: Atlanta Hosts Global Science Fair</title>
		<description>Your browser does not support JavaScript. This media can be viewed at http://www.podtech.net/home/5124/intel-isef-2008-atlanta-hosts-global-science-fair

In this video podcast, Dr. Oren Shriki, a science teacher at the Israel Arts and Sciences Academy, speaks about Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair, taking place in Atlanta, May 11-16. (As excitement builds toward the event’s opening, ...</description>
		<link>http://siliconvalleymusings.com/160/intel-isef-2008-atlanta-hosts-global-science-fair</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Unbelievable&#8217; sportsmanship in softball game</title>
		<description>Updated ESPN Video:




Original ESPN Video




From MSNBC 

...Then, members of the Central Washington University softball team stunned spectators by carrying Tucholsky around the bases Saturday so the three-run homer would count — an act that contributed to their own elimination from the playoffs... </description>
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		<title>Car Family Tree Diagram</title>
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From Too Many Cars. </description>
		<link>http://siliconvalleymusings.com/157/car-family-tree-diagram</link>
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		<title>XKCD&#8217;s Travelling Salesman Problem Comic</title>
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Gotta love math humor. See more at XKCD.com </description>
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		<title>Rick Roll&#8217;d</title>
		<description>You have been Rick Roll'd!

  
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