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It has been a little chillier than previous days this morning, we have some clouds. Once the sun comes through, it should quickly warm up. Whenever I post comments about the weather, I remember Mark Twain's great quote: "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." 
. He was certainly a quotable character, here's another good one: "A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. "
You can check out many more of his quotes here.
This is a very popular site by now, but some people may still not be familiar with it: Daily Candy, good example of word-of-mouth marketing.
Also, yet another clever use of Google Maps in Gawker, a trendy site for Manhattanites. Gawker Stalker plots celebrity sightings in quasi real-time. Sparked some controversy recently because celebs were supposedly concerned about being tracked, haha. The response from the site was delay postings by 15 minutes.
Talking about maps, I've recently been impressed by Microsoft's Windows Live Local. The service is currently in Beta. It's powered by Virtual Earth. The detail of the aerial views is impressive, and the bird eye's views, see sample below, are even better - although only available for certain areas. You can zoom into both aerial and bird's eye views.
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