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		<description><![CDATA[There have been some good ones and some clunkers this year. Good: Switzerland&#8217;s Mountain Cleaners. The Guardian&#8217;s announcement that it is switching to an all-Twitter format. Lonely Planet&#8217;s guide to Bakpakhistan. Nine Inch Nails&#8217; Strobe-Light album. Expedia&#8217;s $99 Mars travel special (I especially like the Colbert Orbiting Hotel lodging option). The special booking offer on [...]<p><em>This is a post from <a href="http://www.randomduck.com">randomduck.com</a>.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There have been some good ones and some clunkers this year.</p>
<p><strong>Good:</strong></p>
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<li>Switzerland&#8217;s <a href="http://www.myswitzerland.com/">Mountain Cleaners</a>.</li>
<li>The Guardian&#8217;s announcement that <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/01/guardian-twitter-media-technology">it is switching to an all-Twitter format</a>.</li>
<li>Lonely Planet&#8217;s guide to <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/Bakpakhistan">Bakpakhistan</a>.</li>
<li>Nine Inch Nails&#8217; <a href="http://www.nin.com/strobelight/"><em>Strobe-Light</em></a> album.</li>
<li>Expedia&#8217;s <a href="http://www.expedia.com/daily/mars/flights-to-mars/?mcicid=Mars_home_us">$99 Mars travel special</a> (I especially like the Colbert Orbiting Hotel lodging option).</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/homedisplay.asp?force=true&#038;home_id=85801">special booking offer on Buckingham Palace</a>.</li>
<li>ThinkGeek&#8217;s <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/squeez-bacon.html">Squeez Bacon</a>.</li>
<li>VeloNews&#8217; announcement of <a href="http://www.velonews.com/article/90087/uci-releases-new-eyewear-regs-impacting-lance-armstrong">new eyewear regulations from the UCI</a>.</li>
<li>Washington City Paper&#8217;s takeover by <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/">The Huffington Post</a>.</li>
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<p><strong>Bad:</strong></p>
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<li>Google&#8217;s <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/cadie/index.html">CADIE</a> &#8211; what&#8217;s the point, exactly?</li>
<li>Ashton Kutcher&#8217;s questionable-taste <a href="http://twitpic.com/2biw7">Twitpic</a> of what, presumably, is Demi Moore&#8217;s posterior.</li>
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<p>And as a cyclist, <a href="http://sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html">this 2007 post</a> from the late, great Sheldon Brown on how to get your bike chain <em>really</em> clean is still priceless.</p>
<p>Did you see any fun ones?  Leave &#8216;em in the comments!</p>
<p>Also: if you&#8217;re reading this post via RSS, get out of your reader and look at the site directly before midnight (EDT) to see the special theme of the day.</p>
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