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by Jenna Wortham, New York Times

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Ben Huh and a fan at a Cheezburger Night event a Safeco field in Seattle.

SEATTLE — Three years ago Ben Huh visited a blog devoted to silly cat pictures — and saw vast potential.

Mr. Huh, a 32-year-old entrepreneur, first became aware of I Can Has Cheezburger which pairs photos of cats with quirky captions, after it linked to his own pet blog. His site immediately crumbled under the resulting wave of visitors.

Sensing an Internet phenomenon, Mr. Huh solicited financing from investors and forked over $10,000 of his own savings to buy the Web site from the two Hawaiian bloggers who started it.

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I’m experimenting with a different format for this post.  Instead of writing one article, I’m going to provide a short list of many different articles.  My busy schedule is making it difficult to post daily or even every few days right now.

Read Don Dodge’s post “The Future of Social Networking” for an interesting perspective on the valuation of social networking websites.

I also ran across a quick post, “Keyboards – More Germs than a Toilet”.  Oh joy!

How about the full transcript of a CNBC interview with Eric Schmidt on Google’s future?

Or, Mark Zuckerberg’s email introducing Facebook’s new PR Chief.  Lord knows they need help in this department!  While we’re discussing Facebook, did you hear the bit about their US$100 million lease to fund server expansion?

Had enough?  Probably not, but you’ll have to enjoy this list for now.  Ciao!

This article originally appeared briefly on the front page of CNN.com last week and was then quickly replaced by other world news & events.

I think it is worth a read even if you don’t know anyone who is affected by this condition.  In addition, it is yet another example of how technology is fostering or, in some cases, even creating new forms of social networking and interaction.

Click here to read the entire article.

On March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund.

Earth Hour was created by WWF in Sydney, Australia in 2007, and in one year has grown from an event in one city to a global movement. In 2008, millions of people, businesses, governments and civic organizations in nearly 200 cities around the globe will turn out for Earth Hour. More than 100 cities across North America will participate, including the US flagships–Atlanta, Chicago, Phoenix and San Francisco and Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

Just for fun, check out Google.com today.

Source: Compete.com

Read the rest of the Compete.com post here.

George Hotz, 17, confirmed Friday that he had unlocked an iPhone and was using it on T-Mobile’s network, the only major U.S. carrier apart from San Antonio-based AT&T that is compatible with the iPhone’s cellular technology.

I also heard on the radio that US law does not prohibit this specific activity.  Read the rest of the article on CNN.com for more information.