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Archive for August, 2007

By noon it will feel like ONE HUNDRED THREE degrees!
Seriously, I think I might just go home. Why try to work in these conditions? Yes, I do have a desk job…

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Eagles fastest growing NFL "brand"

According to Forbes this month, the Philadelphia Eagles are the fastest growing team brand in the NFL.  The Eagles achieved the feat by doubling their brand value over the past 3 years. 
So how’d they do it?
The Forbes article mentions the removal of Terrell Owens as the main reason for this rapid growth. 
“Bad-boy receiver [...]

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Pennsylvania Drivers License

 
I just got my Pennsylvania driver’s license and - wow - what an ordeal that experience was.  Be sure to take your family’s lineage traced back three generations, DNA sample, and shoe size or they’ll make you wait another 6 hours.
I’m not sure I was prepared to sit in that stuffy building for FOUR [...]

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So there’s definitely not anything posted on the Sidewalk Soundbites page - but there is most certainly a concert happening at Commerce Square today.
Unfortunately I couldn’t get the name of the band, although they were decent. Mostly jazz instruments with a singer. They kept the music upbeat and the crowd was quite large (the 72 [...]

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One of the hardest things to find when I moved into my place was a desk that wasn’t built for a traditional desktop computer. I have a laptop - so I didn’t have any use for a clunky keyboard tray or a big cabinet to store the CPU. I was surprised at the lack [...]

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New Guidephilly series

We’re going to be starting a new series/category soon - called “City Living Alerts”. In it, we’ll highlight city living deals, events around town, last-minute dining/travel options, and other items that we get notice of with limited time to act - think of them as flash alerts.
You’ll see them start popping up soon!

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