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Nov
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AppleInsider | Rumored 'Google Phone' said to be coming in 2010

Google to sell their own phone?!  Can’t wait to see what this will look like…
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Nov
2nd
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Frederick - AM 930 WFMD Online Poll for Mayor

Hey City of Frederick - Online poll for mayor. Vote now and vote for real tomorrow!
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Oct
30th
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American Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) The American Yellowwood can put on one of the most spectacular flowering displays of any tree species. The blossoms appear in late spring, when numerous wisteria-like foot-long flower clusters droop from the branches. The color is normally white, but can be pink. In either case, a mature tree in full bloom is a stunning sight. In recognition of its beauty, the species was given the prestigious Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Award in 1994. (via American Yellowwood ) The City of Frederick just planted one of these in front of our house.

American Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) The American Yellowwood can put on one of the most spectacular flowering displays of any tree species. The blossoms appear in late spring, when numerous wisteria-like foot-long flower clusters droop from the branches. The color is normally white, but can be pink. In either case, a mature tree in full bloom is a stunning sight. In recognition of its beauty, the species was given the prestigious Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Award in 1994. (via American Yellowwood

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The City of Frederick just planted one of these in front of our house.

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Oct
28th
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Google eviscerates GPS-nav industry

Have an Android-based phone? Then GPS-nav turn-by-turn service from Google is now free. Roll over Tom-Tom, Garmin, Nuvi as you are basically now dead.
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Oct
19th
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Joint Verizon Wireless + Google "Droid" Targets iPhone

Starting to heat up in smartphone marketing land…
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Oct
6th
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Lot's of news about Flash and Smartphones this week...

Flash 10.1 available on 19 of 20 Smartphones and Flash CS5 to support ‘save as’ iPhone app. The ‘missing number 20’ of course is Flash 10.1 for the iPhone, i.e., the Flashplayer which Apple still won’t permit. As a very nice work around, Flash CS 5 will provide a mechanism to publish a Flash app as a native iPhone app (.IPA). The value of this is pretty compelling as a developer can now leverage one toolset to produce content that seamlessly targets multiple devices (PC, smartphone, and soon TVs), multiple browsers and multiple OS (9+). Last estimate I saw put the Flash developer community at 1M+.
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Oct
1st
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Personal Health - Parents Need to Tune In and Engage a Young Child With Talk - NYTimes.com

Very interesting article that indicates talking to young babies from day one is critical and not happening enough. I remember talking to Jasper about things we saw on our walks when he was 2 months old…
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East Frederick Rising

new group focused on redevelopment of Frederick, MD’s east side. Bring it on!
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Fossils Shed New Light on Human Origins - WSJ.com

New perspective on origins of the human species; details released today of “fossils from a 4.4-million-year-old human forebearer they say reveals that our earliest ancestors were more modern than scholars assumed and deepens the evolutionary gulf separating humankind from today’s apes and chimpanzees.”
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Philips' Bright Future for Lightbulbs - BusinessWeek

Get ready for LED screw-in light bulbs. I recently priced one of these at ~$120 PER BULB. Needless to say, I passed even if they are supposed to last 50,000 hours. They’ll need to drop significantly in price before the masses move and Philips’ move should help in that regard.
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