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American Idol updates on Twitter

While I just can’t bring myself to write a full story about American Idol, I have been microblogging about the show on the Trashwire Twitter. You can check out my live tweets on the sidebar during the show or head on over to twitter.com/trashwire to follow the posts and reply. Here’s a few quotes from what I had to say about last night’s contestants: Ah, Simon never disappoints. “So you’re truning your back on your band?” Elijah Scarlett sounded like the distorted effect they put on anonymous witnesses on Dateline. Now I’m worried we’ll find Leah Marie dead in her car outside Kara’s house. This dude actually thought it was a good idea to go to a shop and pay money for a tattoo that says “Sexual Chacolate” Cody Sheldon is like Sanjaya only with over-tweezed … Read entire article »

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Why I didn’t buy the iPhone 3G (yet)

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Charlie Rose sacrifices face for MacBook Air

This isn’t exactly news, but on March 17th, Charlie Rose appeared on his show with a pretty noticeable black eye. Techcrunch solved the mystery by asking the show’s producers: Rose tripped in a pothole while walking on 59th Street in Manhattan. He was carrying a newly purchased MacBook Air and made a quick (but ultimately flawed) decision while falling: sacrifice the face, protect the computer. “In doing so, he pretty much hit the pavement face first, unfortunately,” This proves that people would rather smash up their own faces than try to wrestle with Apple’s warranty policies… but unfortunately it does nothing to confirm the existence of an Old Man Fight Club. … Read entire article »

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