Archive for November, 2007
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Miami U sports TE fraternity: Chicago Tribune
Cool piece in today’s Chicago Tribune! Vaughn McClure wrote about the elite group of tight ends that have played for the University of Miami football team in the last ten years, including Bubba Franks, Jeremy Shockey, Kellen Winslow and Greg Olsen
It’s even cooler as I’ll get to watch the Chicago Bears and New York Giants […]
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Video of the Day: Chocolate Rain + Cherry Chocolate Rain
Okay, so there’s this new viral video, “Chocolate Rain,” starring Tay Zonday:
Now check this out. Dr. Pepper turned it into a (semi) real hip-hop video to promote its new flavor, Cherry Chocolate Diet Dr. Pepper. Take a look:
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Site of the Day: YouTube presidential debate pages
Still undecided for the presidential primary?
YouTube is now hosting video clips of all of the questions answered by candidates in both its sponsored Republican and Democratic debates.
Check them out! (Thanks, Todd.)
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Chicago 2016 Update: Spain hopes to celebrate success by winning Olympic bid
Here’s a Reuters story that appeared in the Guardian Unlimited last Friday about Madrid’s bid for the 2016 Olympics.
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Tidbit of the Day: Perfect 300 score in Wii bowling!
On DanielHonigman.com, I generally take a look at the cooler side of life: cigars, restaurants, Chicago 2016 news, and the occasional bit of booze. But anyone who knows me will tell you I sometimes suffer from, well, bouts of dorkiness.
Here goes: Just so you know, I bowled a perfect 300 in Wii bowling […]
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Cigar of the Week: Graycliff Professionale Pirate
(Note: This review originally appeared on CigarJack.)
Brand: Graycliff
Line: Professionale
Vitola: Pirate (Torpedo) 6 x 52
Origin: Bahamas
Wrapper: Indonesian (Java)
Binder: Indonesian
Filler: Brazilian, Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos
Body: Medium-to-full
Strength: Medium-to-full
Box Price: $374.99 (Box of 25)
The nice folks over at Graycliff sent me a couple of cigars for a piece I’m currently working on, but I figured I’d share my reviews […]
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Tidbit of the Day: Marketing News blog hits the 3,000 subscriber mark.
Yup, that’s right.
Yesterday, I thanked readers on the Marketing News blog for helping it become so successful.
Let’s see: Blog gains 1,000 new subscribers in three months — a 50% increase, by the way. Yours truly is there for three months.
Connection? Perhaps. Now, I wish I could get some of that traffic on DanielHonigman.com!
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
Tidbit of the Day: New feature for DanielHonigman.com
As you may have noticed, I added the Similar Posts Wordpress plug-in on my site. Now, when you read a blog post, you’ll have some links to check out posts on, well, similar topics.
Please let me know what you think!
(Thanks, Todd, for giving me the 411 on this plug-in!)
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Saturday, November 24th, 2007
Chicago 2016 Update: Azerbaijan oil fuels nation’s Olympic bid?
Here’s an interesting piece in today’s Chicago Tribune about how the Baku bid for the 2016 Olympics may hinge on the money it can squeeze out of Azeri oil.
Evidently, the nation’s National Olympic Committee doesn’t have anything left for its Web site. Take a look for yourself.
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Site of the Day: FreeRice
You absolutely have to check this site out. FreeRice, a sister of the World Poverty site, is pretty damn cool.
On it, you’ll find a Web-based, multiple-choice vocabulary quiz, and for each word you get right, site advertisers donate 10 grains of rice through the United Nations to help fight world hunger.
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