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Three kinds of chocolate, all good!

4 Feb 2009

I was at the Deli Next Door when I saw Shawn Askinosie of Askinosie Chocolate giving out samples of their new chocolate bars. He was sharing how the bars were made — from finding farmers they can work closely with to developing the final product. There is no way I am turning down chocolate. First [...]

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Tea in IT

In: Tea

4 Feb 2009

We’ve had a tradition here in the IT department of drinking tea and learning about tea for a few years now but we’ve held off posting much about tea. I think our original concern was that it wasn’t really what we were about. It’s true, we aren’t about tea, we are a group of geeks [...]

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Tags: Tea

IT helps (make a) Better World

In: Good Stuff

4 Feb 2009

Matt Bauer of BetterWorld Telecom gives an awesome shout out to the ZCoB and one of our fellow Zing Geeks. Thanks for helping him out, Elph!

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Wesabe + Twitter = Cash Spending Tracker

In: Geek Finds

3 Feb 2009

Awhile back, Elph posted about the online personal finance manager, Wesabe. They’ve been continuously improving the service and have recently created an add-on for Twitter so that you can enter transactions in your cash account from your cell phone. howto: http//www.wesabe.com/connections

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The Most Unhealthy Drink in America

In: Good Stuff

2 Feb 2009

Baskin-Robbins Large (32oz)Heath Bar Shake 2,310 calories 108 g fat (64 g saturated) 266 g Let’s look at America’s Worst Drink in numbers: 73: The number of ingredients that go into this milkshake. 66: The number of teaspoons of sugar this drink contains. 11: The number of Heath Bars you would have to eat to [...]

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Mac Power Adapters: Lifetime Warranty?

In: Geek Finds

1 Feb 2009

Brian found this on Apple’s support page for MagSafe power adapters, Whether your product is in or out-of-warranty, you can take your adapter to an Apple-Authorized Service Provider or Apple Retail Store for evaluation and replacement if necessary. You may be eligible for a replacement adapter free of charge provided there are no signs of [...]