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LPGA tour hottie Anna Rawson, tried to give Kevin Rose golf lessons at a recent live episode of Diggnation. There were a few putting greens setup on stage, however Rose decided to skip the planned golf lessons and slapshot a few balls into the audience.

Unfortunately one of his balls ends up smashing into a fan's forehead - who happened to be filming the whole thing. [video]

 Definitely a classic moment in Diggnation history.




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Here's a remix edit of Steve Jobs latest Apple keynote address. Is Apple brainwashing us into buying their great incredible really cool amazing easy gorgeous beautiful awesome products like the new iPod Nano?!

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As your iTunes Library grows, you will probably lose track of exactly what media you have already imported. Eventually you will end up with duplicate songs and videos. For example, you might accidentally import a CD twice or add files from Limewire or BitTorrent. Or maybe a friend with a big Terabyte hard drive loaded you up with a lot of music recently.

Here are a few tips and techniques on how to get rid of duplicate songs in your iTunes Library as well as some precautions you should take before deleting duplicate tracks.

Tutorial: How to Remove Duplicates From Your iTunes Library


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Does your significant other complain that you're not "romantic" enough? Perhaps this dating video from the 1980's might help set them straight.

After coughing up a few of these terrible pickup lines, simple everyday conversation like "Please pass the salt" will sound romantic.

Here are some of our favorite lines from the video. Enjoy!

• I'm an executive by day and wild man by night.
• Hi my name is Phil. Most of my good friends call me big Phil.
• I'm not afraid to get sand on my Tuxedo.
• I do fashion photography.
• I consider myself a refined valley dude.
• Who so binds to himself a joy thus a winged life destroy.
• I'm looking for the Goddess. Are you the Goddess?
• I'm a 25 year subscriber to both Playboy and The New Yorker.
• At night I operate a damsel in distress hot line. I guess you'd call me at night.
• I'm just sugar and spice and all those things that are nice.
• I like to wear bright socks.
• Life is a playground and I want somebody to play with.
• I will cry at a commercial.
• I'm interested in most phases of data processing.
• Type "A" I'm not. Comfortable, caring and serious about a relationship I am.

Want to save this YouTube video on to your computer? Here's a step-by-step methodshop.com tutorial on how to rip video files off YouTube.com and convert them for any iTunes compatible device like an iPod, iPhone or Apple TV.


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What's Conan O'Brien's all-time favorite clip from his 16 years hosting Late Night with Conan O'Brien?

VIDEO: Conan Playing 1860s Baseball.


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"Ahoy darlin'! Prepare to be boarded!"

Have you noticed people randomly talking like pirates today? Are you wondering why several major websites have added pirate flags to their logos.

Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The parody holiday was invented in 1995 by John Baur ("Ol' Chumbucket") and Mark Summers ("Cap'n Slappy") who proclaimed September 19th each year as the day when everyone should talk like a pirate.






For example, an observer of this holiday would greet friends not with "Hello," but with "Ahoy, me hearty!" Here are a few Pirate Pickup Lines if you decide to hit the bars after work and want to go home with a mate:

10 . Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly?

9. Have ya ever met a man with a real yardarm?

8. Come on up and see me urchins.

7. Yes, that is a hornpipe in my pocket and I am happy to see you.

6. I'd love to drop anchor in your lagoon.

5. Pardon me, but would ya mind if fired me cannon through your porthole?

4. How'd you like to scrape the barnacles off of me rudder?

3. Ya know, darlin’, I’m 97 percent chum free.

2. Well blow me down?

1. Prepare to be boarded.

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Looks like this odd trend of publicly interrupting people is feeding an Internet meme.

Here's a funny video mashup of Kayne West's interruption of Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Music Video Awards and Republican Rep. Joe Wilson's "You Lie" outburst during American President Barack Obama's speech to Congress last week.





And in case you missed it, here's the unedited video of Kanye West grabbing the mic as Taylor Swift tries to accept her award and telling the audience that Beyonce "had one of the best videos of all time."

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If you've watched TV lately, then you've probably seen the new Snuggie for Dogs commercial. That's right. Snuggies aren't just for humans anymore. As you might expect, the Snuggie for Dogs ad follows the "As seen on TV" commercial formula perfectly. It even has one of those back and white "before" scenes that makes you realize how miserable your life is because you don't already own this product.

Here are some classic moments from the Snuggie for Dogs commercial:

• Dog owner attempts to pull an obviously uncomfortable sweater over her dog's head.
• Sleepy dog finally able to nap comfortably now that it's wearing a Snuggie.
• Small white dog throws a doggie tantrum because stupid owner makes it wear a non-Snuggie jacket.
• Old lady and her dog wearing matching Snuggies while sitting on the couch together watching TV and knitting.
  

By the way, we're pretty sure "Snuggie for Dogs" is one of the signs of the apocalypse.



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The new iPod Nano unveiled by Steve Jobs last week has a serious design flaw: Stupid Camera Placement!

The camera is actually on the back BEHIND the click wheel -- exactly where your hand is! There is virtually NO way to hold the new little iPod Nano and NOT have your damn finger in the way of the lens. No joke. What was Apple the thinking?

I went into the Apple Store yesterday and wanted to buy a new Nano. The video camera was so poorly placed that I refused to buy it. I looked at five different Nanos and all of them had test shots by customers. Virtually all photos had fingers in the picture.





Think I'm kidding? Go try it. I asked an insufferable hipster Apple employee about this flaw and he nervously confessed they've heard nothing but complaints since the new iPod Nanos arrived. (This pimply-faced, unshowered hipster by the way, was wearing a wool ski cap inside on a sunny, 80 degree New York day.)

Insane! Apple is usually excellent at this sort of common sense... Who puts a f-ing camera right where your hand holds the device?

99.9% of all shots have the user's finger in the way!


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Last week, a still kind of recovering Steve Jobs, equipped with a new liver, unveiled new iPods with increased multimedia functionality and a new version of iTunes.

iTunes 9: New Features

• Smarter "Genius" Feature: The new and improved iTunes now makes "Genius" recommendations for not just music but apps, movies and TV shows too.
  
  
• Improved Syncing and File Transfers: iTunes 9.0 also improves syncing functionality and makes it easier to transfer downloaded media from iTunes to multiple computers.
  
  
• iTunes LP: Looks like the project "cocktail" rumors we heard in July we're true. Apple and the 4 major record labels, Sony, Warner Music, EMI and Universal Music, have gotten together to invent a new digital album cover format called iTunes LP. These "digital album covers" include extra media such as photos, lyrics, videos and additional songs not available to users who only purchase singles.
  
  
• iTunes Extras: Another feature called iTunes Extras gives iTunes users access to extra content for movie and TV purchases typically only included with DVDs. including documentaries, deleted scenes and interviews.
  

New iPods

• iPod Touch: 50 percent faster than the older models, smoother game play, cheaper prices, and larger storage. Ability to purchase pre-made ringtones.
  
  
• iPod Classic: more storage.
  
  
• iPod Shuffle: more storage, available in new colors: black, silver, blue, green, pink and a special edition in polished stainless steel.
  
  
• iPod Nano: new colors, a larger screen, FM radio, and a built-in video camera.

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What's the best way a clever way to promote the new MSI X-Slim Series laptop? How about making a viral video of some guy catching it with his butt. The video is obviously fake. But MSI makes it pretty obvious how light-weight and slim their new laptops are.



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Unless you're a huge fan of the American late night comedy show, Saturday Night Live (SNL), you might have missed a skit called Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals. The skit features Andy Samberg talking to animals as Mark Wahlberg. The concept might sound a little strange but the skit is hysterical. Samberg is both the perfect sound and look alike to Mark Wahlberg.









Here's a transcript of the skit:

Don Pardo: And now: Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals.

[graphic]

Mark Wahlberg: Hey! I'm Mark Wahlberg. You guys know me. Let's go talk to some animals.

[walks over to a dog]

Mark Wahlberg: Hey, dog. How's it goin'? I like your fur, that looks really great. So you're a dog, right? What's that all about? [dog just stares ahead, oblivious] Okay, well it was great to meet you. Say hi to your mother for me, okay? [stands up] Now I'm gonna talk to a donkey.

[walks over to a donkey and bends down]

Mark Wahlberg: Hey, donkey. What's goin' on? You're a donkey, I like that. You eat apples, right? I produce Entourage. [donkey just stares ahead, oblivious] Okay, talk to you later, donkey. [stands up] Now I'm gonna talk to a chicken.

[walks over to a chicken on top of a crate]

Mark Wahlberg: Hey, chicken. How's it hangin'? A lot of people wanna eat you, but I just wanna talk to you, okay? We should do a film together, whaddya think? [chicken looks around uninterested] Hey, chicken, I'm not joking around, okay? This is the real thing, I mean this could be huge! [chicken continues to look uninterested] All right, well, think about it. Say hi to your mother for me, alright? Now I'm gonna talk to a goat.

[walks over and squats next to a goat]

Mark Wahlberg: Hey, goat. It's good to see you. I like your beard. I had a beard like that in The Perfect Storm. Did you see that movie? [goat stares ahead oblivious] Did ya, did ya see The Perfect Storm, goat? [goat still stares ahead blankly] Say hi to your mother for me, okay?

Don Pardo: This has been: Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals.

Mark Wahlberg isn't a big fan of the skit. He had this to say in a NY Post interview he did while promoting Max Payne:

"Someone showed it to me on YouTube. It wasn't like Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin, that's for sure. And "Saturday Night Live" hasn't been funny for a long time. They've asked me to do the show a ton of times. I used to watch it when Eddie Murphy was there and Joe Piscopo and Bill Murray. I don't even know who's on the show now."

Wahlberg also threatened to slap Samberg when he was a guest on the Jimmy Kimmel Show.

But everything all worked out in the end. Wahlberg came on SNL to do his own version of Samberg's imitation of himself a week later:



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What does it take to get 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones, and 9 iPods for free?

According to a security video from the Apple Store in Marlton, NJ this week, all you need is four friends, a brick, and 31 seconds.

By the time the security guard was able to run over to the entrance and investigate the sound of the breaking glass, the robbery was already over.

The thieves obviously knew what they were doing. They patiently waited for the security guard to walk away on his rounds before smashing through the plate glass door. They then rush the store, split up, grab as much as they can carry and get out in just half a minute.





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It's been a long time coming, but today AT&T announced that MMS will finally be available to American iPhone users starting September 25. MMS messaging was probably the most hyped feature of the new iPhone OS 3.0 when it was released this past June.

AT&T confirmed the September 25th release date today in an e-mail to Wired.com.

“We know many of our iPhone customers are eager for an update on our rollout schedule for Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS),” an AT&T spokesman said. “We’ve been working for the past several months to prepare our systems and network to ensure the best possible experience with MMS when it launches – and today we can announce that launch date: September 25 for iPhone 3G and 3GS customers. MMS will be enabled through a software update on that day.”

AT&T had originally promised that MMS would be ready by "late summer." Technically, September 21st is the last day of summer, so a September 25th release means a broken promise.

Several class-action lawsuits have already been filed against Apple and AT&T. Both companies aggressively promoted the not-yet-available MMS features of iPhone OS 3.0 and the iPhone 3GS using advertising on TV, radio, newspapers, direct mailers, and on the Internet. Failing to deliver on their MMS promise is a violation of the Unfair Trade Practices Act in several US states.





AT&T also told Wired that tethering is next. Tethering would allow iPhone owners to connect their computers to the Internet through their phones. But currently AT&T's mobile network doesn't have the bandwidth to support this increased traffic. AT&T still hasn't specified a release date or time line for tethering. AT&T just says that tethering will be offered "in the future."

We won't hold our breath for that one.


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You might think that in the current economic climate, spending money on a high-end digital camera would be a luxury that most people couldn't justify.

After all, millions are being lost on Wall Street and in the city every day. High street sales are down, jobs are being lost and nobody is spending money on anything. How on earth could you think about trading up that little point and shoot camera for something serious?

Well, here's the good news. Sony has come to the rescue of your wallet with this, the Sony Alpha A300 - which is available online for a mere £330 including an 18-70mm lens. Now that is a super price for a digital SLR especially one that includes a live preview mode. And you know what? It's just perfect for some credit crunch-busting fun.

Review:  Sony Alpha A300 DSLR Camera



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Rockstar, the company famous for the Grand Theft Auto video game series, sometimes like to flex their creative muscles beyond just games. With the help of documentary filmmaker, Carol Strong, Rockstar released a DVD documentary called Sunday Driver about the lowriding subculture of Compton, CA.

Lowriders have been a prominent part of several of their Grand Theft Auto releases and this lowrider documentary is a natural evolution of their brand and a treat for their existing gaming audience.

The low rider is a little higher...

REVIEW: Sunday Driver: Living the Lowrider Lifestyle


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The era of telemarketing robocalls is over, at least for Americans. As of September 1 (hey, that's today!), the Federal Telecommunication Commission (FTC) is banning all prerecorded "robocalls" unless the telemarketer has written permission from customers opting in to receiving the automated calls. Violators will face penalties of up to $16,000 per call.

FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said American consumers have made it "crystal clear that few things annoy them more than the billions of commercial telemarketing robocalls they receive every year."

But don't be too surprised if you still get a robocall every once in a while. There are exceptions. The following types of robocalls will not be banned by the FTC.

• school cancellations
• flight delays
• prescription notifications
• Politicial related messages
  
• Charity calls
  
• bank and insurance payment reminders 
• survey calls

The robocall ban only leaves one option left for telemarketers: making a live call to someone not on the do-not-call registry. You can eliminate that option by taking yourself off the list here: https://www.donotcall.gov

[image via - How to Stop Annoying Ads And Advertisers]

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