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Justin Bieber Has Dedicated Servers at Twitter

Reading this post at Gizmodo made me LOL. But at the same time, I was a bit confused, because I thought that most teens were not into Twitter. I guess it only goes to show the immense popularity of the Biebs. P.S. — I still don't really *get* Justin Bieber. Are any of my readers a fan? Do you have any songs you recommend I listen to in order to understand his appeal? ...

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Twitter Bug Lets You Tweet Over 140 Characters

A bug in Twitter's new t.co URL shortener allows users to tweet well over the 140-character limit. And some Twitter users are taking full advantage of the flaw, like @sskhybrid who shared a 2,135 character tweet, or @esehara who decided to tweet Genesis Chapter 1 in its entirety (3,157 characters). If you want to join in on the new trend, just head on over to http://twitter.com/share?text=&url=yourtext, add whatever you want in place of “yourtext,” copy and paste your new t.co URL to Twitter (or use the convenient TweetButton), and tweet away. The only caveat seems to be that the long tweets will not be able to viewed on many mobile Twitter clients, only on the Twitter website itself. Via TechCrunch. ...

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Twitter Wall Decals

Yiying Lu, the designer behind the iconic “Fail Whale” graphic, has just released a beautiful new series of repositionable wall graphics produced by LTL Prints. I think these would make a wonderful geeky addition to a child's room — don't you agree? Unfortunately, they would clash horribly with the current decor of our home. Maybe next time. Be sure to check out the site, because there are plenty more adorable decals available for purchase! Via Laughing Squid. ...

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