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Tom Drapeau is the Director of Propeller social news. He enjoys all manner of geekery and internet foolishness. He has seen every episode of Battlestar Galactica and the West Wing.
Tom's Email: tom at propeller dot com
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Headline Links - Propeller Blog »
Posted by: 3 weeks, 2 days ago in Science & Technology
As we continue to explore ways to improve the Propeller experience, we sometimes come across decisions that benefit one group of members yet hinder the ...
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BREAKING: Gorilla Wins Halloween Avatar Contest »
Posted by: 3 weeks, 6 days ago in Family
Congratulations opiczka2 on winning the 2009 Propeller Halloween Avatar Contest! The field was particularly strong this year, and our celebrity panel of Netscape and Propeller ...
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Launch of the Ares I-X - The Big Picture - Boston.com »
Posted by: 3 weeks, 6 days ago in Science & Technology
On Wednesday, October 28th, NASA launched its Ares I-X prototype vehicle, the first launch from Kennedy's pads of a vehicle other than the space ...
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Meet the Contestants of Propeller's Halloween Avatar Contest - Propeller Blog »
Posted by: 4 weeks ago in Family
As the deadline for submissions approaches (5pm EST today), we thought it would be fun to take a look at all of the submissions thus ...
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Latest News From Our Friends - Propeller Blog »
Posted by: 4 weeks, 1 day ago in Science & Technology
As you may have already noticed, over the past few days we have been testing a new module on Propeller's home and category pages ...
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Propeller Halloween Avatar Contest »
Posted by: 1 month ago in Family
The Propeller team invites all Propeller members to submit their entry for the 2009 Propeller Halloween Avatar Contest! Entries are being accepted right now, and ...
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Rescuing The Reporters -- Clay Shirky »
Posted by: 1 month, 3 weeks ago in News
Last week I gave a talk on newspapers at the Shorenstein center . (They did an amazing job with the transcript , including a remarkable amount of ...
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Another Comment Filter Update »
Posted by: 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
After last week's comment filter update, we received numerous reports from the community that the filters weren't quite right. Many were not interested ...
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Comment Filter Update »
Posted by: 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
As a follow-up release to the moderation features launched a few weeks back, today we have released new comment filters. These allow members to choose ...
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Al Franken Can Draw the U.S.? So Can We! Oh, Wait ... - Lemondrop.com »
Posted by: 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Humor
So everyone on the internoodle is so excited that Al Franken drew a map of the U.S. from memory. "Big deal," we thought, and ...
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Kevin Smith: Connects Again, Says Pirates Lead To Converts | Techdirt »
Posted by: 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
A few months back, I wrote about how director Kevin Smith (who's most well known for Clerks, but has done plenty of other stuff ...
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Introducing News Dots - By Chris Wilson - Slate Magazine »
Posted by: 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Like Kevin Bacon's co-stars, topics in the news are all connected by degrees of separation. To examine how every story fits together, News Dots ...
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Loopt Location To Update In The Background On iPhone (AAPL) »
Posted by: 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Loopt, a location-based social networking service, will be the first third-party iPhone service to work in the background while you're not actively using the ...
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Google App Engine Blog: App Engine SDK 1.2.5 released for Python and Java, now with XMPP support »
Posted by: 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Today we are releasing version 1.2.5 of the App Engine SDK for both Python and Java, our first simultaneous release across both runtimes ...
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Ze Frank Tries to Understand Health Care Reform »
Posted by: 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
The current debate about healthcare reform... turns out it's complicated.
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