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• Wired News: How to Pop a Cork With a Sword
  This could come in handy someday
  (tags: howto)

• Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection: How About Those 2006 Predictions!
  Looking back on incorrect predictions for 2006
  (tags: 2006predicitons)
• 2006 LifeHack Review: Best 50 hacks for your Life – lifehack.org
  (tags: bestof2006)

• Flickr Wallpaper Rotator
  (tags: flickr wallpaper)
• NPR : NPR Listeners Pick the Best CDs of 2006
  (tags: music bestof2006)
• YouTube – 1,200 Square Feet Under the Sea
  A virtual tour of the Poseidon underwater resort
  (tags: future video)
• Poseidon Undersea Resort
  Opening in 2008
  (tags: travel)

Barry Zito has reportedly signed a 7-year $126 million contract with the San Francisco Giants. I think this deal makes a lot of sense for the Giants and I love the fact that Zito is not going to either of the New York teams.

• Is ‘Web 2.0′ Another Bubble? – WSJ.com
  (tags: web2.0 bubble)
• Do you AOL-Yahoo? Maybe you will, if they merge
  Y-AOL-hoo?
  (tags: yahoo)
• Vimeo / everyday video clip (from Noah K.)
  The video that made Noah K. an internet sensation
• He Oughta Be in Pictures – Celebritology
  Background on Noah K’s latest project: self portraits with celebrities
  (tags: flickr)
• everyday/celebrity – a photoset on Flickr (slideshow)
  Noah K – self portraits with celebrities
  (tags: flickr celebrity)

• YouTube – SNL – Digital Short – A Special Christmas Box *Uncensored Ve
  SNL uncensored!
  (tags: funny youtube snl)
• NBC – Saturday Night Live – Special Treat in a Box – Report – New York Times
  Details on the bleepless version of SNL’s “Dick in a Box” sketch
  (tags: snl youtube)
• Digg the Blog » Blog Archive » New Digg Features O’ Plenty
  A video showing some new features on Digg
  (tags: digg)
• A VC: Web 2.0 Is A Gift, Not A Threat, To VCs
  (tags: vc web2.0)
• Common Sense PR – Management by Train Wreck – Publisher Fires Editor by E-mail, Flames Him on Blog
  Analysis of the TechCrunch UK debacle
  (tags: techcrunch)
• 2007 Web Predictions
  Here come the predictions for 2007
  (tags: 2007predictions)
• How Microsoft Botched Marketing The Ultra-Mobile PC — And Why You Might Want To Buy One Anyway – News by InformationWeek
  Makes a case for the UMPC
  (tags: umpc)

Continuing with the South Park Christmas theme, Cartman tries to sing ‘Oh Holy Night’…

Kids from South Park – Oh Holy Night

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More South Park Christmas tunes here.

This was my first taste of South Park back in the day. Still hilarious after all these years. The dialogue is very NSFW so make sure you’re wearing headphones.

• CrunchNotes » The Truth About TechCrunch UK
  Whatever happened to people resolving disputes over the phone? This public feud is getting ugly.
  (tags: techcrunch)
• Vecosys > Arrington’s audition for Le Pantomine
  Sam Sethi’s response to Arrington’s latest accusations
  (tags: techcrunch)
• Computing | Work-life balance | Economist.com
  “Consumer technologies are invading corporate computing”
  (tags: trends enterprise2.0)

• VentureBeat » Renkoo launches event service — in time to schedule holiday cocktails
  A Web 2.0 version of eVite
  (tags: webtools web2.0)
• Oboe Locker @ MP3tunes.com
  1 GB (about a thousand songs) for free. They charge extra for more space.
  (tags: music webtools filesharing)