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Looks like Steve has done some work to redmonk.net, redesigning to focus on work. Very nice!

Congratulations to Claire and Big-P, and their new baby daughter, Amelia Joan!

MP10K!

Heather’s Mirror Project hits 10,000 submissions!

10 questions by Melissa

1. Open up your CD player, what’s inside?
Dave Matthews Band: Everyday

2. Look in your VCR, is there a movie?
nope, TiVo or DVD usually

3. If there happens to be music playing right now, what is it?
MP3’s from converted old Pentium box

4. What are you wearing?
faded Levi’s, polo from Eddie Bauer

5. Look down, what’s the first thing that catches your eye?
Some cool stickers I received in the mail

6. Turn on your TV if it’s not on already, what network is it?
ABC

7. Look out the window, what’s the weather like?
Hot, really humid and overcast. Expecting monsoon rains tonight

8. If you were to hit redial on your phone right now, where would it call?
Other than my dialup ISP, a rep at Putnam Investments

9. Say “hello?“ out loud, did anyone answer?
Nope- I’m the only one home

10. What are you planning on doing next as soon as you get offline?
Go get the mail and call a friend

Mile-High club loses 2 members. An elderly couple who chartered a small plane on the pretext of having sex in the sky died when the plane plunged into the sea off the Florida Keys after they tried to hijack it to Cuba. A small tour company called Fly Key West, advertises "Mile High Club" tours on it’s website for people who want to have sex in a plane. "Once we were up in the air…they demanded to be taken to Cuba", said pilot Thomas Hayashi. A scuffle ensued causing the pilot to lose control of the plane, plunging it into the waters between Key West and Cuba.

three things I see:

1. The Gengar Pokemon character with light up eyes, staring at me on top of my monitor.
2. A printout of a story by Keith on my cubicle wall.
3. A multi-colored Hawaiian lei, hanging from a calendar. A reminder from a past "Hawaiian Day" here at work.

three things I hear:

1. My small desk fan sitting on a shelf beside me.
2. Mouse clicks coming from the other side of the cubicle wall.
3. The beeping from an unoccupied computer, announcing it has completed it’s task.

three things I smell:

1. A fresh peach sitting in front of my keyboard, waiting to be consumed shortly.
2. Peanut M&M’s from a Dilbert candy dispenser on my desk.
3. The dampness and humidity from a previous rain outside.

three things I feel:

1. The breeze from the fan sitting on my shelf.
2. My hair touching the top of my ears as it has grown too long, to be shortened tomorrow.
3. Tired, lazy and listless from the heat and humidity. Pretty much like this.

three things I taste:

1. Pepsi One from the can on my desk.
2. Peanuty-goodness from earlier said peanut M&M’s.
3. How good that peach is going to taste.

Derek relaunches the new site for his new book, using new software designed by Ben.

I don’t care what your friends have told you…..Memes Don’t Exist!

Marked down from $29.99 to a mere $19.99, who wouldn’t want a Bart Simpson radio control skateboard? (batteries not included)

Lost, is a tiny village in Scotland. Or the signpost, at least. The signpost for their village has gone missing.

"It’s quite difficult to find at the best of times…Now that someone has taken the signpost, people are getting even more lost”, stated one spokeswoman for the local tourist board. "We are appealing for Lost to be found and for the signpost to be returned."