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PlayStation 3 in 3D impressions: almost, but not quite

There are plenty of opinions to be had on 3D, and while many of the staff at Engadget could take it or leave it, this particular writer is a pretty firm fan of the concept. Notice the word "concept." 3D is hard to pull off well. We've all had to come to grips with the dimming effect of most 3D tech, due to the fact that we're only seeing about half the potential brightness of a display, and 3D gaming presents a whole different ream of problems. Follow after the break as we walk through some of our experiences with the PlayStation 3 in 3D and see if it can measure up to our hopes and dreams for a world with one extra dimension.
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Twitter’s Performance Problems Explained By a Twitter Engineer

Twitter has just explained the causes of — and remedies for — its multiple and massive failures over the past week. The high number of errors and generally poor performance were reminiscent of the Great Twitter Outages of the summer of 2009. Once again, this summer’s problem has been one of scale: Twitter is growing so much and so quickly that the engineering team has been challenged when trying to keep up with the sheer volume of data going through the service’s internal network. What happened that caused this week’s Twitter issues, wrote engineer Jean-Paul Cozzatti , is that the engineering team made three critical mistakes: The team put two important, fast-growing, high-bandwith components on the same segment of Twitter’s internal network.
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Rent a Home While Investing Like a Homeowner [Personal Finance]

Many financial advisers recommend buying a home to take advantage of the associated tax benefits. If you want the investment portfolio without the hassle of home ownership, life management blog My Life ROI has some suggestions. Photo by TheTruthAbout...
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The Zendo Workspace [Featured Workspace]

Many people often remark that they wish their workspace was more relaxing or meditative, very few people actually construct their workspace to be a Zen meditation chamber. Lifehacker reader Scott Zagarino wanted a workspace that brought the reflection and creativity of his experiences as a Zen practitioner into his present work. He writes: As a former zen buddhist monk, I spent a great deal of time on a cushion in silence.
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WordPress Down: WordPress.com Experiences Outage

As the tweets pour in, Wordpress confirms that the Wordpress.com hosted service is down. The company is working on restoring the service as we speak. We’ll update this post with more news about the downtime as it comes in. Do you have any sites affected by today’s Wordpress.com outage
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Bad Valentine: On Finding Awkward, Geek Love [Bad Valentine]

Love can be difficult. Throwing tech into the mix can complicate things even more. We've got tech that can put us in touch with so many people at once, but can keep us from real intimacy with our closest few: Facebook friends don't have to meet, tweets don't require thoughtfulness, movie dates don't require talking, and sexting obviates touching. But we still need to get down to brass tacks for love and fucking.
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Honk: Car Shopping With a Social Twist

Even in the age of the Internet, shopping for cars can be a chore. There are so many different models to choose from that comparing reviews for current models, past models, looking at stuff like fuel efficiency and maintenance costs can be confusing, and that can happen before you ever even visit a showroom. Because most of us enlist advice from friends on their experiences when shopping for cars, it makes sense to bring social networking into the car rating and car buying process. That’s what Honk , which bills itself as a social platform for car shoppers, aims to do
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Disrupt a Workplace Bully’s Aggressive Behavior [Office Culture]

No one likes a bully, especially in the workplace. They not only affect your mental wellness, and increase stress, but can cost your employers big bucks due to a lack of productivity. But you can help kick their bad bullying habits.
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Eat Pastrami, Save an Endangered Deli

What we’re looking at on the Web today …Photos: David Sax’s book “Save the Deli: In Search of the Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of the Jewish Delicatessen” details the decline of the Jewish delicatessen in New York and the rest of the world. [The Daily Beast]Jessica Dulong gave up her career as a dot-com executive and freelance journalist to become one of a handful of American women to serve on fireboats. She details her experiences on a New York fireboat in her new book, “My Rive
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"Most, if not all" Sidekick data recovered

October 15th, 2009 Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 3:22 amCategories:Microsoft, Mobile TechnologyTags:Sidekick, Backups, Adrian Kingsley-HughesThe Sidekick data wipe debacle rolls on. There is, however, good news on the horizon for Sidekick users.Roz Ho, corporate vice president for Microsoft’s Premium Mobile Experiences division apologizes for the recent upheaval experienced by Sidekick users and also offers the good news that “most, if not all” of the lost Sidekick data has been recovered.
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