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Top 10 signs you might be spending too much time on social media sites

The list is over on my work blog. I'll cop to a guilty plea on at least five. You?

Sing it, sister

Has this one been around for awhile? My boss sent it around the other day & I had to share. If you're a mom or a dad, or if you've ever had a mom or a dad (that about covers it), you'll relate.

If I hear the word futuristic one more time ...

Sorry to anyone who was still enjoying that Heineken spot. It had to come down. I couldn't stand to hear that song at full volume even one more time.

Next time you design an interactive advertising experience, dear Heineken, I suggest including some user controls for the final product (play, pause, volume, etc.).

Because it's not very often that I know something the NPR announcer doesn't know

I'm Trying to Buy an iTunes Gift Card

It's for a gift. For someone else. Who already has iTunes downloaded on her computer. Makes sense, right? So why do I need to download iTunes7 to buy the gift card? Shouldn't I just be able to provide my credit card number and the gift recipient's e-mail address and be on my way? No matter what path I follow, clicking on "purchase git card" leads me directly to the Download iTunes page. Come on. My computer is already running slow from the handful of media players I've downloaded in the past. I don't need another. Anyone know how I can get around this? Maybe I can buy an iTunes gift card at Amazon or through UPromise or something.

Logo A-Gogo

This is harder than you'd expect.

I scored a 41% - and I frequent each and every one of those sites. What did you score?

(h/t HOW blog)

I Don't Wanna Go Pro

Why didn't anyone tell me that flickr cuts you off after you've downloaded 200 photos?

Why Send a Regular E-mail When You Can Send a Monkey's Head?

That's the question Jeromy asked after Jen sent this note. Here's the monkey's head that I created for Sarah. The one Jeromy made for his brother Mike contains some not-so-public info, so we'll have to leave you guessing about its content.

None of the rest of this is related in any way to the monkeys.

If you want a good resource for how not to eat dairy, start here. Or here. If you've stopped eating dairy for the sake of your breastfed infant, start here. I've been falling on and off the non-dairy wagon since shortly after Moe was born. He had a problem digesting dairy, we think. But now he seems not to mind it, we think. How anyone figures any of this out for sure while they're nursing, I have no idea. I can tell you that I'm personally not one of those people who feels healthier without milk in her diet. I've missed it and craved it the whole time.

Recently, I did a quick search on the side effects of a certain antibiotic and found these candid first-person reports that amused me more than I should probably admit.

Jakob Nielsen says 90 percent of you aren't commenting, 9 percent of you comment only rarely and 1 percent of you are stealing the show with the interaction features on this here blog. Which group do you fall in to?

I keep running across cool online zines that I want to read, and then promptly forgetting all about them. Maybe someone else here will remember to read this one.

But really what I wanted to write about is the RDU airport and a few recent trips there from CLE. Instead, I give you nonsense links and monkey heads. You can thank me later.

Because Some Spam are Too Much Funny to Delete

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... Like a Hole in the Head

Here's another fun blog game found at ambivablog: the need game. You google (or blingo!) your name and the word needs, all in quotes, then make a list of what you find. I first tried blingoing "Alison needs" and quickly found that two other bloggers had already completed that list. So I searched "Ali needs" instead, and here's what I found

• Ali needs a passport photo for his US visa
• Ali needs to speak to the consumers agency to make sure we’re set to “do business"
• Ali needs all the help he can get
• Ali needs an 18-inch zip to replace a broken one in a cushion
• Ali needs more sources of funds, equipment, and resources
• Ali needs some answers and her first question is if Caleb turned Elizabeth into a vampire
• Ali needs someone to blame for her loss
• ALI needs virtual volunteers
• Ali needs someone on her side
• Ali needs 4 million squid to make his new film Boka
• Ali needs to back up her words

Now you're supposed to underline the ones that are true, but I (as usual) agree with amba - they all apply. Tell me the vampire question isn't nagging at you now too. And that four million squid? I'm not making a film, but I'll use it to "do business" for sure.

This is fun. You have to try it even if you don't have a blog. Put your best results in the comments section or send them to me via e-mail. If you play on your blog, let us know in the comments section when it's up.

Barry - I'm calling you out on this one in particular. I think you're ready for your first blog meme - no?