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January 13, 2008 - January 19, 2008 Archives

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Pre-game prep: Recipes, weather and what M.Charles Bakst will wear

11:37 AM Sat, Jan 19, 2008 | | Write a comment
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I just posted a great gameday recipe for Spinach & Cheese Squares over on the Football Food & Spirits blog -- here's my photo of one step of it. (Hey, it's the most exciting photo of parboiling I've ever......

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Chess prodigy Bobby Fischer, 64, dies in Iceland

10:00 AM Fri, Jan 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
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AP Then-15-year-old chess star Bobby Fischer, left, and Russian grand master Tigran Petrosian play a practice game at Moscow's Central Chess Club, June 30, 1958. BBC: Chess legend Fischer dies at 64. From the BBC's obituary, "The reclusive player......

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Social bookmarking, phone tricks, art studios, violin CD, 5 strange instruments

11:50 AM Thu, Jan 17, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Social Bookmarking in Plain English from Common Craft, which hosts several similarly useful intros. Top 10 Telephone Tricks may be useful. Studio Visit visits (New York-area) artists' studios and museums, and brings back photos. Thumbnail page gets you started.......

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Fashion Week photos from Milan and Hong Kong: Like concept cars...

5:22 PM Wed, Jan 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
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  Reuters Tom Brady lookalike on the runway? At left, a model displays part of Alexander McQueen's Fall/Winter 2008/09 men's collection during Fashion Week in Milan, Italy. At right, a dress by Indonesian designer Ika, shown as part of Fashion......

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Manning up: The perils of being Peyton

9:39 AM Wed, Jan 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Peyton Manning's loss along the way to the Super Bowl has pumped up the wags. Jeff Tydeman at Bleacher Report deadpans (Manning Coup: Eli Snags Peyton's Endorsements), In a bloodless coup, Eli Manning seized his older brother Peyton's TV and......

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PGeeks tomorrow; Wired grocery carts; Scalping at eateries; Open your wifi; Scrapbooking scandal; Goofy NFL endgames

9:08 AM Tue, Jan 15, 2008 | | Comments (1)
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Geeks tomorrow: . Providence Geeks meet monthly at AS220, 115 Empire St., from 5:30-9 p.m. and Wednesday's the day. Nametags, beer and startuppers. Details at the link. Eat me! MediaCart. AP: Video Ads Are Planned for Grocery Carts. As you......

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Baby & the pols; LPs are back; 1 Laptop Per (U.S.) Child?; Darwin Awards; Colts choke

1:03 AM Mon, Jan 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Darren Garnick New Mexico governor Bill Richardson holds writer/filmmaker Darren Garnick's 5-month-old daughter Dahlia. Richardson ended his bid for president after the New Hampshire primary. Wonderful: The Baby Primary: Can I get my 5-month-old daughter photographed with every presidential......

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Sunday morning pigskin links: Jaguars awe, Dungy done?

11:33 AM Sun, Jan 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Providence Journal /Glenn Osmundson Flying Elvis: New England Patriot Donte Stallworth goes airborne for a first down on a fourth-down play in the fourth quarter as Jacksonville's Rashean Mathis does a swan dive. Pats clinched the AFC East title,......

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