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• WSJ: France Seeks to Raise Retirement Age in Bid to Tame Deficit http://bit.ly/aOLehu #

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• @lahondaknitter Paula: You got it! That is Baldy… #

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• WSJ on the oil spill: If only we lived in a world where “Data and Geordie” existed. http://bit.ly/98w2Gw @levarburton @brentspiner #

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• Audio hacking: sounds from a keyboard can be used to reconstruct what was typed — including passwords. http://bit.ly/cFduI7 #

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• @cpen just tried to email you at your old address! Congrats on the new gig. Your former coworkers may appreciate this: http://bit.ly/bKg7jo #
• Apple “Reality Distortion Field” fading? Post WWDC keynote sentiment for HTC runs strong. http://bit.ly/anmmZI @jowyang @gartenberg #
• @keithnowak FYI. Apple “Reality Distortion Field” fading? Post WWDC keynote sentiment for HTC runs strong. http://bit.ly/anmmZI #
• @RogerWCheng @nsheth17 Twitter data validates your article in that HTC is “a force to be reckoned with.” http://bit.ly/anmmZI #
• @akovacs Andrew: FYI. early Twitter data indicates pro EVO sentiment running 2.5 to 1 over iPhone 4. http://tinyurl.com/2uw9bvh #
• @RogerWCheng @nsheth17 sorry. Bad link. This should work: http://bit.ly/bKg7jo #
• In Focus: TheOnion Report: 90% Of Waking Hours Spent Staring At Glowing Rectangles http://onion.com/agVr6f (via @baoki) #

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• @jason swear to god I thought up my video b4 seeing your analogy. Great (old) minds think alike. Thurm goes back to what – 1980? #
• Starting analysis on 99,000 tweets about WWDC. 54% reference the iphone by name. Specific sentiment(s) coming soon. @jowyang @Gartenberg #
• Wild predatory cats *love* Obsession for Men cologne. Has helped produce “breakthroughs” in wildlife research. http://bit.ly/a4jJry #

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• Forget Zuckerberg. The real sweating came when Mossberg and Swisher grilled Nathan Thurm. #d8 http://bit.ly/cjnw1q #
• Forget Zuckerberg. The real sweating came when @waltmossberg and @karaswisher grilled Nathan Thurm. #d8 http://bit.ly/cjnw1q #
• Playing with givemebackmygoogle.com – provides google search results without incl. shopping sites. http://www.givemebackmygoogle.com/ #
• Gartner: HTML5. “a threat” to Flash and will “become the mainstream” but is not really less of a resource-hog. http://bit.ly/a2YYGq #
• Send/decode tweets in morse code. Combine with predefined search and replace, send tweets in “secret code”. http://www.morsetweet.com #

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• More people (2x) watched final episode of ST Next Gen than saw Lost. Households? 2.6x. @levarburton @brentspiner http://bit.ly/9GO0l1 #
• Article by Yale Professor articulates why my friend (Fortune 500 top mgt) stopped hiring Ivy Leaguers. http://bit.ly/oLM76 #
• Despite unemployment not seen since the 1980’s, Seattle area malls/restaurants seem busy. Now I know why: http://bit.ly/bbDUeI #
• Pee Wee Herman and the European Meltdown – They Meant to do That http://bit.ly/bHNW2B #
• WSJ on Morningstar fund ratings: Not predictive. Five stars tend to underperform. http://bit.ly/cmHbvf #
• @sujamthe awesome! How are you and Perrine doing? Miss you guys… #

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In the video below, Pee Wee Herman has captured the essence of a central philosophical debate regarding European vs American economic systems, and the final conclusion we are seeing played out now.

Essentially Pee Wee presents 40 years of history in 25 seconds.

Seconds 0 to 16: Prosperity and slacking? YES! Large-scale leisure funded by the productive classes is like a free lunch.

Seconds 16 to 19: Wait, maybe not.

Seconds 19 to 25: who needs lunch?

• hilarious and ominous: Clarke and Dawes on the European Debt Crisis In a Nutshell. http://bit.ly/aM2FEg #

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