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Japanese latte artist Nowtoo Sugi uses syrup to add vibrant colors to his lattes pictures. I'm especially impressed by the detail in his depiction of Iron Man.At the link, you can see more photos of his lattes as well as two videos showing Mr. Sugi at work.Link
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SupermanFrench animation designer Andry imagined comic book superheroes in the act of walking their sidekicks to school. Aren't they adorable? Link -via The Mary Sue
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©Michael AbrahamsonMichael Abrahamson makes amazing balloon sculptures. Browse his gallery to see startlingly realistic motorcycles, cartoon characters and even a full-sized couch that can support the weight of three adults. My favorite, though, is this xenomorph chilling at a pub.Link
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(YouTube link)The annual Dance Off with the Star Wars Stars is back as Disney's Hollywood Studios launch their Star Wars Weekends. This year's dances include "Bad," "Fight for Your Right to Party," "Hey Ya," and since this is the first Dance-off since Disney bought Lucasfilm, a special appearance by…
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Don't Make Me Release The Flying Monkeys BangleFace it, some days you feel like a kind and gentle Dorothy and some days you feel like the mean wicked witch. Now you can have an accessory that quietly expresses the darker side of your split personality with the Don't Make Me Release the Flying Monkeys…
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Faced with the daunting prospect of having to sit through hours of commencement speeches, Dominique Zamora of Foodbeast came up with the perfect solution: she put a flask in her graduation cap.Luckily, the process for making this thing is painless enough. Just pop off the top button with a pair of pliers,…
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We already know that cats will steal anything that's not tied down. But what about the rest of the animal kingdom? The tendency to steal food is a beneficial adaptation for a species, and taking what another critter has is not really rare. For example: Flowers produce nectar to attract bees for pollination…
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It's never occurred to me that tea could be a pie flavor, but it has to Sarah Baird, a writer and cook in New Orleans. Her pie filling recipe includes ground cloves, cardamom, ginger, cinnamon and the contents of chai tea bags.Link(Photo: Sarah Baird)
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Image: Igor Kolos/ShutterstockFor the fourteenth year in a row, Jacob is America's most popular baby boy name - but there are new entries in the list as compiled by the U.S. Social Security Administration. Here are the most popular baby names in 2012:Boys:Girls:JacobMasonEthanNoahWilliamLiamJaydenMichaelAlexanderAidenSophiaEmmaIsabellaOliviaAvaEmilyAbigailMiaMadisonElizabethAs…
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(YouTube link)One Minute Galactica made this using the audio from the 1949 educational film You're Driving 90 Horses and creatively-edited video from the 1971 made-for-TV movie Duel, starring Dennis Weaver and directed by 24-year-old Steven Spielberg. -Thanks, Nick!
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Got a beard? Then you've got potential ad space to rent! Cornett-IMS, an ad agency in Kentucky, came up the idea. It has already leased billboard space to the restaurant company A&W:At least, that’s what A&W was thinking when they signed up with a Kentucky-based agency to create “beardboards.”…
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Exercise: most of us hate it and wish we did it more often. The key? Finding a routine that doesn't take too long but also doesn't try to pack two hours of work into four minutes, leaving you feel like you're lucky to be alive. Over the last couple of years, tons of of quick exercise routines you can…
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When aspiring rapper Baba Brinkman went to Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, he decided to mix a little rap into his studies in Medieval and Renaissance English Lit. In fact, he recreated Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in rap for his Master's thesis, thus making him the only peer-reviewed rapper…
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Luo Gang was five years old when he was kidnapped from his home in Sichuan province, China, and taken to Fujian province. He was adopted by a family 1500 miles away.“Everyday before I went to bed, I forced myself to re-live the life spent in my old home,” he said. “So I wouldn’t…
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Great discussions are par for the course here on Lifehacker. Each day, we highlight a discussion that is particularly helpful or insightful, along with other great discussions and reader questions you may have missed. Check out these discussions and add your own thoughts to make them even more wonderful!Read…
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Lifehacker This Chart Helps You Find the Right Career Based on Salary and Growth | Gawker We Are Raising $200,000 to Buy and Publish the Rob Ford Crack Tape | Gizmodo Warning: Don't Drink and Internet | Jalopnik Lexus LFA Owner Forces Town To Remove Speed Bump Because He Can Read more... …
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At some point you've been told to fake it 'til you make it, and that's because with a little effort you can delude yourself into believing—and then becoming—whatever you hope to be. As A.J. Jacobs, author of Drop Dead Healthy, points out in this quote, we're a lot more flexible and less stubborn…
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Many tunnels in Sydney, Australia aren't tall enough to permit tractor trailers to move through safely. This animated gif shows a warning system that informs truck drivers when they're about to crash into a tunnel entrance. When sensors detect a vehicle that is too tall, the system pours water across…
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A sudden burst of piping hot (or freezing cold) water is a showering human's worst nightmare. But what's the cause? And how can you prevent it? The DIY experts at Stack Exchange provide a few tips.Read more...
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There's no KFC in the Gaza strip, a 140-square mile coastal strip 1.7 million Palestinians call home, but that doesn't mean that you can't get the Colonel's finger lickin' good chicken there.Where there's a will, there's a way - and by way, we mean smuggling tunnels:... after Mr. Efrangi brought some…
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Your Android phone isn't just for widgets, talking, Google Now and photos. It can also be one of the world's best gaming platforms, if you're willing to spend a little time on it.Read more...
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Cooking at home can save you a lot of money, but you can also rack up a huge grocery bill learning to make certain dishes that don't always turn out better than their cheaper counterparts. What are your favorite inexpensive, home-cooked meals?Read more...
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Getting that precise, straight line on edges of a wall or where the wall meets ceiling is one of the hardest parts of painting. It's even worse if you have textured walls or ceilings. The Make It & Love It blog reveals this "pro painter's secret" to sharp lines perfection.Read more... …
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Sombrero Booze Hat Bottle StopperCinco de mayo may be over, but that doesn't mean the sombrero fun has to end. Now you can dress up your favorite liquid refreshment whenever you want with the Sombrero Booze Hat Bottler Stopper from the NeatoShop. This fantastic bottle stopper is reusable and dishwasher…
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(YouTube link)Australian magician and comedian Nicholas Johnson invites you to a games party in which he cheats his way through every game. It won't take you long to figure out how it's done, but even afterward there's some weird stuff that will make you scratch your head. Not that scratching your head…
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Every day at Lifehacker, we share with you tips on how you can work or live better using stuff you probably have just lying in front of you. But like our compatriots at Gawker, we've decided to make a definitive list that tells you which of those things is the best. Read more... …
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If you haven't settled on a career yet, this interactive chart from Rasmussen College can help you find the best options. It organizes occupations into four quadrants based on salary, expected job growth, and number of opportunities available.Read more...
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Teens can sleep through anything. Well, almost anything. While a sleepy Napa, California teen was reaching for her alarm clock she was bitten on the hand by a large boa constrictor. The really strange part, neither she, nor her family, own a boa constrictor.The teen had crossed paths with a cold-blooded…
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Putting on a pillow case isn't all that hard, but it can start to get a little unwieldy if you have a lot of pillows to case and they're kind of big. Use these two tricks to get it right quickly, every time. Read more...
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Windows 8 comes with a couple of new or tweaked commands that may actually be pretty handy if you use the Command Prompt to do things faster on your computer or a bunch of PCs.Read more...
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When we last saw master bladesmith Tony Swatton, he made a fully functional axe modeled after Gimli's from The Lord of the Rings. Most recently, he created a battle-ready version of the bat'leth, a sword from Star Trek. Qapla'! His tempered steel sword is ready to sever Jem'Hadar heads.At the link,…
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Dear Lifehacker,I'm considering getting my DNA tested through a service like 23andMe or DNA Traits, but I'm not really sure I want to learn that much about myself. What can I expect from these genetic tests, and are they worth it?Read more...
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Today's featured workspace belongs to professional photographer and graphic designer Jonathan Moultroup. So, as you might imagine, it's packed with some impressive equipment and plenty of storage space.Read more...
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An unnamed man in Cork, Ireland, stopped by a McDonalds outlet early Tuesday morning. For some reason, he sat in a high chair designed for infants and toddlers. When he couldn't get out, police were called. They managed to free the man from the high chair, and no charges were filed. However, witnesses,…
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Chrome: Having too many tabs open is a pretty common problem that has all kinds of solutions. Tabman is yet another one of those solutions, but instead of trying to organize your tabs, it merely shows them to you in a list that's easy to browse and reorder. Read more...
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io9 How Humans Will Evolve Over the Next Million Years | Jezebel Your Favorite Stores Aren't Signing the Bangladesh Safety Act | Deadspin UFC Fighter Uses Homophobic Slur, Manager Offers Moronic Defense | Kotaku Nintendo Re-Writes Rules of E3, Letting the Public Play...At Best BuyRead more... …
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It's Friday. That means it's time to share what you know, ask what you don't, and generally partake in some conversation. Right here, right now!Read more...
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No, Doctor, I'm not going to lecture you on where to park your TARDIS. You can disregard my advice. But let's make sure that we lock the door when we leave.-via Nerd Approved(Photo: unknown)
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Even though Google Now offers convenient time- and location-based reminders and there are approximately a gazillion to-do apps you can use, if you're a die-hard Evernote user, you probably still crave this one missing feature: The ability to set reminders on your notes. Here's how to get those sorely…
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Last week we told you about the seven minute workout and showed you how to do each exercise. If you don't feel like setting up your own 30 second timer for the workout, the Seven Minute Workout timer does it for you. Read more...
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(YouTube link)Star Wars: Episiode VII is too important to mess up. J.J. Abrams went on Jimmy Kimmel Live and took suggestions from the audience. Which he would do well to ignore. -via Tastefully Offensive
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Mac: Two great Mac apps are on sale at a deep discount today. The secure note-taking app Bluenote is just 99¢, on sale from $9.99, and the multiple monitor manager Multimon is on sale for $1.99 from $9.99.Read more...
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The sheer number of Twitter clients available for Android is staggering, but few of them are actually worth considering. Times have changed, and the best Twitter app for Android has changed along with it. We think that Falcon Pro deserves the nod, and is well worth your money if you use Twitter with…
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The Chesapeake blue crab is a symbol of Maryland, so in 1984, Baltimore artist Jackie Leatherbury Douglass made this enormous sculpture of that creature. A Baltimore Sun article from 2000 describes it:The county, wanting an eye-catching tourism display, commissioned the crab's creation more than…
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Once you realize you don't need a recipe for everything, you may find yourself cooking a lot more often. Stir-fry is a perfect example—the steps stay the same, and you can use whatever is in the fridge. The pros at Food52 walk you through the quick and easy process. Read more... …
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If you have work to showcase and you don't want a nameplate site that looks like everyone else's, try Hoverboard.io. It's brand new, is completely free, and looks fantastic. It's also built for writers, developers, and makers who want to show off their social profiles, Github projects, blog posts, and…
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(Photo credit: Wolfgang Sauber)1. Diego Rivera’s “Man at the Crossroads”The Moral: Never hire a communist to do a capitalist’s job.During the Great Depression, Mexican artist Diego Rivera was on a roll. In 1931, he painted a massive mural for San Francisco’s Pacific Stock…
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Many men's suit jackets have three buttons down the front. Leave them all unbuttoned and you look informal. Button them all and you look like a schoolboy in his first suit or a school uniform. So which should you button and which stay open? This rule is easy to remember: "Sometimes, Always, Never,"…
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You don't need expensive or specialized products to organize the cable clutter hanging down from the back of your desk. Justin Klosky, from the OCD Experience, shows us in this video how he does it, using some simple black PVC pipe and some metal mounting strips.Read more...
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Guys, forget cute puppie - they're messy and poop a lot. Instead, grab a guitar when you're trying to meet women. A new study has proven that women love musicians:According to the study’s abstract, they enlisted a young man to flirt with 300 women under three different scenarios: holding a guitar…
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The diet can wait until...well, let's not kid ourselves.Sarah J. Gim used already made glazed donuts and slow churn ice cream to make the sandwiches. She froze them, then dipped them in melted chocolate and served them to undoubtedly thankful people. You can find process photos and her recipe at the…
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Dead Inside Banshee BagAre you looking for an accessory that will really touch your soul? Behold the Dead Inside Banshee Bag from the NeatoShop. This striking purse features a sugar skull / calavera design. A kiss lock metal closure and shoulder strap help make the bag both functional and beautiful. Be…
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Venezuela is facing a dire crisis. The economy is in deep doo-doo and the government is now scrambling to wipe out the unexpected problem of ... toilet paper shortage: First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities – toilet…
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John Cheese at Cracked is 39, and starting to recognize the signs of aging. I can relate to several of these. I don't mind slang terms yet, but I find that it now takes a lot to impress me.Eventually, you reach a point where you have heard virtually every debate point for every topic ever conceived…
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In the Nineteenth Century, artisans in Eastern Europe made amazing smoking pipes out of meerschaum, a soft mineral. Roy Ricketts has assembled a collection of outstanding examples of this crafting tradition. Ben Marks of Collectors' Weekly explains why craftsmen used meerschaum:Meerschaum is a relatively…
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After a successful stint hosting "Saturday Night Live" this past weekend, Justin Timberlake is making NBC his home for the next week. It's officially "Justin Timberlake Week" on "Late Night," with Timberlake on every night. For his first visit, he quickly addressed his so-called beef with Kanye West.The…
67 days ago From TV on HuffingtonPost.com.
It was the final week for the contestants on "The Biggest Loser" Ranch. The two-hour show found several different ways to look back at the progress the final five contestants have made over the past eleven weeks. They got to watch their video messages to themselves that they made on Day One, and they…
67 days ago From TV on HuffingtonPost.com.
A piece of presidential history walked into the shop on "Pawn Stars." Rick was genuinely blown away at the sight of John F. Kennedy's cigar box that he'd used at the White House. The box even had some of Kennedy's unsmoked cigars still in it.“To actually have a cigar box that sat on his desk in the…
67 days ago From TV on HuffingtonPost.com.
A moving tribute to Larry Hagman and his most iconic role, J.R. Ewing, on the latest episode of "Dallas." After he was shot and killed mysteriously last week, the Ewings came together to lay to rest one of the most notorious villains in the history of television. There were tributes to J.R. throughout…
67 days ago From TV on HuffingtonPost.com.
Halle Berry confirmed that she would be returning to her iconic role as Storm in the newest film in the X-Men franchise. She was appearing on "The Tonight Show" where she said she agreed to do it because it's a great role and -- "those residual checks don't hurt," she added with a laugh."It's a character…
67 days ago From TV on HuffingtonPost.com.
Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you have not seen the season finale of "The Bachelor."It turns out that an elephant, a joyful, loving father, an adorable weepy mother and two children who surely have Pottery Barn Kids modeling deals in the works by now turned out to be more entertaining than the super…
67 days ago From TV on HuffingtonPost.com.
There were plenty of fireworks on the mid-season finale of "Switched at Birth." While the sit-in ended in the students getting dragged out of Carlton by the police, they did manage to keep their school open. Unfortunately, they had to concede some of their demands. Even worse, the school will be integrating…
67 days ago From TV on HuffingtonPost.com.
The depths of the devotion Joe Carroll's followers have was shown this week on "The Following" when they failed yet again to bring his wife, Claire, to him. She'd been put into witness relocation, and only one agent knew where she was. Fortunately for the followers, he was the one they managed to kidnap,…
67 days ago From TV on HuffingtonPost.com.
Note: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Season 1, Episode 9 of The CW's "The Carrie Diaries," titled "The Great Unknown."We returned to a sullen Carrie Bradshaw moping around Castlebury, Conn., in tonight's episode of "The Carrie Diaries." After Carrie's dad caught her partying at Limelight and…
67 days ago From TV on HuffingtonPost.com.
As the star of a television show, Chelsea Handler knows a thing or two about stylists. After all, she's been styled by them on "Chelsea Lately" since the beginning. Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe joined her on the show to talk about the largely unknown trials and tribulations those in her profession go…
67 days ago From TV on HuffingtonPost.com.
If Brandi Glanville was to be believed on "Watch What Happens: Live," then her ongoing feud with LeAnn Rimes should be coming to an end. The "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star said she's done "speaking poorly" about Rimes, who had a highly -publicized affair with Glanville's then-husband Eddie…
67 days ago From TV on HuffingtonPost.com.
Desiree Hartsock is the new "Bachelorette."The Season 17 "Bachelor" contestant will be the "Bachelorette" for Season 9 of the ABC spinoff series. "I just can't even believe I'm here," Desiree said on the "Bachelor" Season 17 "After The Rose" special on Monday night. "I just feel so thankful." Tears…
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Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you haven't seen Season 3, Episode 17 of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," titled "No Business Like Clothes Business."Tonight's episode really comes down to one burning question: why is everyone calling Mauricio "Maurice?" Honestly, there is only one person…
67 days ago From TV on HuffingtonPost.com.
Catherine Giudici has won "The Bachelor" and received Sean Lowe's final rose. Catherine is a 26-year-old graphic designer from Seattle, WA, who has impressed Sean with her traditional values all season long, even expressing her reservations about the Fantasy Suite. Sean is reportedly a born-again virgin…
67 days ago From TV on HuffingtonPost.com.
"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" has been canceled ... at least, on Cartoon Network. Though Lucasfilm announced the series will no longer air on the channel, the company said new "Clone Wars" content will be produced ... and distributed elsewhere."After five highly successful and critically acclaimed seasons…
67 days ago From TV on HuffingtonPost.com.
You are invited to join the second in a series of three e-debates on WASH in Schools, inspired by lessons from the SWASH+ Project. Introduction to this second WASH in schools e-debate The key question that we are raising in this e-debate is: When NGOs, donors and other stakeholders fund direct delivery…
226 days ago From The CreateDebate Blog.
Teri Charrois from the School of Pharmacy used online debates in a private community to promote critical thinking with positive results. Both formative and summative debate tasks were carried out. The activity was delivered online using CreateDebate. It provided an authentic learning opportunity for…
242 days ago From The CreateDebate Blog.
Came across this cool video today that perfectly reflects the goal behind our push to get teachers using CreateDebate in the Classroom. Are you a teacher interested in using a web-based virtual learning environment to increase participation, promote critical thinking, and improve the vocabulary and…
962 days ago From The CreateDebate Blog.
Love and Debate, a great new movie by Virgil Films, is a coming of age story about a Jewish Latina girl, Jordan (played by Gina Phillips) who finds her way through the trials and tribulations faced by teenagers. Jordan, who grows up in a Jewish household, where the customary role of a woman is to get…
1340 days ago From The CreateDebate Blog.
Today we launched CreateDebate in the Classroom, which is a culmination of months of hard work put in by the CreateDebate team. Now, teachers can leverage all of the features and functionality of CreateDebate in a private setting specifically designed for a classroom. We have worked with several…
1366 days ago From The CreateDebate Blog.
Watched a very funny VH1 show last night that deserves a shout out. The Greate Debate is a “Best Week Ever” type show where a motley crew of pop culture comedians crack rapid fire one-liners about intense pop culture debates…and hilarity ensues. You really have to watch the video to…
1402 days ago From The CreateDebate Blog.
Congratulations to the winners of both CreateDebate Spring Fever contests. The winner of the “Tell Your Friends” contest will receive a $20 gift certificate to Clutch Tees and the winners of the “Earth Day” contest have won six great books from Hachette Book Group. Tell Your…
1460 days ago From The CreateDebate Blog.
Now that the weather is starting to warm up and everyone is gearing up for Spring, it’s time to make sure you’ve got some sweet gear to rock when you emerge from your winter slumber. To help you out, CreateDebate has partnered with ClutchTees.com to give away a $20 gift certificate for…
1494 days ago From The CreateDebate Blog.
There has been much discussion on CreateDebate about the use / abuse of downvotes on the site and certain participants getting “mass” downvoted, causing their efficiency score to drop dramatically. In order to combat this problem and provide greater transparency around voting, we have…
1523 days ago From The CreateDebate Blog.
Congratulations to the winners of each of the three contests that CreateDebate ran as part of our Mental Stimulus Package in February. This month, we gave away ninety-five books from Hachette Book Group and a $20 gift certificate to Clutch Tees. Love Is In the Air Contest Results Contest Winner…
1536 days ago From The CreateDebate Blog.