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How the iPhone winner from Viddler TARDED out! 11/30/2007

OMG! OMG! OMG! I am a TARRDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!

Got Caffeine? Caffeinated oatmeal and cosmetics?! 11/29/2007

When Starbucks launches their IV Coffee Drip line, will you be sleeping on the sidewalk like some iPhone crazed MacAddict? The primary method of caffeine delivery is obviously the beverage…it was only a matter of time before budding entrepreneurs started expanding the ways you can get your caffeine on. They don’t disappoint…

Care packages for US soldiers overseas with holiday blog contest 11/20/2007

Blog contest that supports US soldiers overseas and you can win an iPhone or Kitchen Aid Mixer. Each blog post builds one item in a comforts of home care package - 5 posts build 1 package to help soldiers stay in touch with their family during the holidays.

Apple Iphone now available on contract in the UK on o2 Network 11/09/2007

iPhone combines three amazing products - a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough internet communications device with the best email ever on a mobile phone, web browsing, maps, and searching - into one small and lightweight handheld device.

Apple Store Sales Guy Nearing Meltdown. [Overheard + Story Description] 11/04/2007

Overheard Conversation–about the iPhone. Arrogant Apple Store sales guy vs. confused seemingly meek customer. Turns into mini-drama. (Overheard text, plus description of front & back stories.) Not for everybody. But amusing, different. Guy seems to go through a mini-story arc in a few minutes.

13-year-old shot when the cop mistook a cellphone for a weapon. 10/14/2007

According to information released at a Police Department news conference this morning, the officer was patrolling the area near the 2500 block of East Yesler Way around 3 a.m. when he saw two people acting suspiciously. We will see how this story plays out, I’m not calling it one way or another…..except was it an iPhone?

What Do You Buy For The Guy With An iPhone? 10/07/2007

So you need a gift for your man. He’s got an iPhone. No problems. There’s lots of great iPhone accessories that you can buy him that make great gifts.

Ron Paul using an Iphone? 10/05/2007

Does he use a mac too?

This Guy Really Diggs Math Class (Pic) 9/26/2007

Hilarious picture taken with an iPhone showing a spiral notebook and a MacBook (displaying the Digg homepage) on a desk in the foreground with fellow students and the teacher in the background.

An IPhone for Dinner 9/21/2007

Just a Regular Dinner for Two, Ordered Straight From the Menu, Costs over $1000.

Kevin Rose’s cracked iPhone [big ol’ PIC] 9/14/2007

Oops. You broke it.

Study compares digg, reddit, etc. to mainstream news. 9/12/2007

“In a week when the mainstream press was focused on Iraq and the debate over immigration, the three leading user-news sites–Reddit, Digg and Del.icio.us–were more focused on stories like the release of Apple’s new iPhone and that Nintendo had surpassed Sony in net worth.” Ouch.

Top 10 Things You’ll Need When Running From an Assassin 9/05/2007

Ok, I get why would you want a Swiss Army Knife and the Adidas running suit… but why do you need an iPhone? :)

Are Cell Phones Getting A Little Too Small?? (FUNNY CARTOON) 9/01/2007

YUP, Expect a lot of this after they launch the Super Nano iphone!!

Teen trades first unlocked iPhone for Nissan 350Z 8/28/2007

The iPhone has been perhaps the most hyped tech gadget of 2007, and a 17 year-old from New Jersey recently achieved fame by being the first to “unlock” the Apple device. For his epic hack, Hotz was given a free Nissan 350Z and three 8 GB iPhones.

Church Offers Free iTunes and iPhone 8/19/2007

Church by the Glades is hoping to bribe - its word - new people into attending.

Long Lived Paper 8/17/2007

people have been complaining about their iPhone bills coming in an encyclopedia of paper … but paper is still the most efficient medium going, whatever the size of the bill…

Man underwent thumb surgery to better enable him to use the iPhone 8/08/2007

Thomas Martel, 28, of Bonnie Brae is a big guy. So he has a hard time using the features on ever-shrinking user interfaces on devices like his new iPhone.

Man Undergoes Vasectomy to get iPhone 8/03/2007

— “Honey, how badly you want the iPhone?” — “Badly”, he said, puppy eyes again, no doubt - very badly. — “Would you be willing to finally make that appointment for a vasectomy?” she replied. Mr. Johnson absolutely loves his new 8GB iPhone.

When an Apple rumor becomes a stock reality 8/01/2007

“The stock market seems inexplicable. In June, when Engadget posted a memo, later proved fake, about delays in the iPhone launch that later proved false, Apple shares sank but instantly recovered. Yesterday, when TheStreet.com ran a story based on a supposed Wall Street report on iPhone production cutbacks, shares dropped 7 percent”…

The Best iPhone Cake Yet [PIC] 7/30/2007

Title says it all. This cake is awesome!

The Dark Side of Digg 7/29/2007

Burying is an important way of keeping unworthy stories off the front page - but are the bury brigades too allergic to stories about Ron Paul, iPhone, and other hot topics? An examination of this problem, with historical perspective.

Laser iPhones shrink your brains 7/28/2007

But overpriced booze doesn’t - honest….

The 10 Types of Diggers 7/25/2007

The Explanatory Burier: He has candor. He WILL bury your story, but at least he will tell you why. For example: “Buried for containing criticism about the iPhone” /me runs for cover…

No iPhones Here, But We Have Plenty of Propane [PIC] 7/24/2007

Just as the title says.

6G iPod UI video: Apple’s new interface??? 7/22/2007

The new iPod interface will look a lot like the iPhone. Go figure. Of course, there’s always the chance that this video might be a fake, but if that’s the case, why is Apple so worried about it? See for yourself after the break.

Philly Mayor and Guards Rescue Boy, Cat (same iPhone camp out mayor!) 7/22/2007

The Mayor (who camped out for the iPhone) and two of his bodyguards happened upon a house fire and ended up rescuing a cat, helping a victim and warning neighbors, officials and witnesses said. Neighbor Dorothy Young said she saw the smoke Friday morning and went outside to find two children who lived in the house crying at..

[PIC] Can’t Afford a Real Apple iPhone, Get a Knitted Version 7/09/2007

Yea the knitted version, can’t make calls, take pictures, go on the internet or even listen to music. But it sure is soft and wont break if you drop it.

Toronto’s CN Tower gets lit up with LEDs 6/30/2007

“Canadians may have been shut out of today’s iPhone madness (some may say mercifully) but they now at least have some blinkin’ lights to distract them, as Toronto’s CN Tower has been bathed in LEDs just in time for Canada Day.”

BEST Scavenger Hunt List in the world 5/11/2007

Containing such items as “Gingerbread House of Ill Repute,” “Hentai Henna,” “one Apple, Inc., iPhone” and hundreds of other hilarious items to acquire before Sunday afternoon. Just about the funniest list in the history of the world, involving daft punk, parkour, brad neely, the hypercube–check it out!