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Most Hmm-worthy posts from November 18, 2006 - December 1, 2006
- The day after Wii are out of shape (0) [nov 20]
- Yahconfoosed! (3) [nov 20]
- Seinfeld alumni Kramer self-destructs in racist tirade (3) [nov 21]

“I know far too many white people (one is too many) who vehemently insist that they’re not racist, yet they will casually throw down the “N” word to disparage black people.”
– Comment by Vince Williams — November 21, 2006 @ 12:35 pm

“I too must mention that the use of the N word between African Americans to me is as offensive as it is with any other person using it. The only time I find it acceptable is when it is used in a dramatic sense to point out ignorance (such as movies and such).”
– Comment by Ron — November 22, 2006 @ 5:42 pm

- Communal slots could pave path to legalized internet gambling in US (3) [nov 21]

“This is pure genius. By creating group excitment around a slot machine, they’ll be able to replicate one of the major draws of the crap table. No longer is it one vs. the house, it’s us vs. them. It would not surprise me to see this as the dominate slot technology in five years.”
– Comment by Davis Freeberg — November 21, 2006 @ 1:09 pm

- All we need is hugs (1) [nov 23]
- How to search quickly for acronym definitions like: BTW, IMHO, NSFW (0) [nov 24]
- Black Friday madness (2) [nov 25]
- Coming Zune defense again (6) [nov 26]

“If there’s anything in my review that I wish I’d re-worded, it’s the “dead in six months” line. I’m confident that in six months’ time the Zune will have failed to make a serious dent against the iPod or the family of WMP-based players, and will have become irrelevant and mostly forgotten. But not dead and buried, not beyond revival with a terrific 2.0 firmware update … Anyway. Like I said, I thought your post was very illuminating.”
– Comment by Andy Ihnatko — November 27, 2006 @ 5:05 am

- Customers vs. users and being accused of astroturfing (16) [nov 27]
- Official blog snow day (7) [nov 28]
- Google puts brakes on Google Answers (1) [nov 29]
- Hmm & Tell Episode #1: Psychedelic BitWine Man (3) [nov 30] 4,000th Hmm post

“Are all Hmm and Tell episodes going to be as bite-sized and as hilarious as this inaugural voyage?”
– Comment by peter — December 1, 2006 @ 9:20 pm

- *How to add clickable Skype links inside Second Life and elsewhere (4) [nov 30]

Historical news events and releases
- 176 newspapers and Yahoo get together on project
- Microsoft Office 2007 for business launches, also HD-DVD drive for Xbox 360
- Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 launched, Wii takes early sales lead due to higher number of produced consoles
- US Copyright office shows cell phone users some love, you can break the lock on phones to use with competitors
- Wal-mart starts offering digital download (for Windows only) along with sale of Superman Returns DVD and soon others
- Google Answers gets pink slip
- MPAA gets anti-pretexting bill killed

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