Social Blend becomes legal with the eighteenth episode in which we are joined by special guest Bill Kocik from Mixx, who gives us the rundown of the upcoming API feature for the site. We also send a shout out to everyone at Mixx for adding a link to the Bowl; and we examine the holiness that is mighty Donut Eye Joe. Oh, and LOLmixx is up at The-TrukstoP.com too.

For our Stories of the Week, Reem brings up the new chat feature at Facebook and explains how you can add it to your Firefox browser. Greg discusses a photo posted by Yoda entitled The Day We Said Goodbye. Brian highlights an article focusing on an old US plan to nuke Vietnam and Laos, while Jay introduces us to the concept of a Phone Fight.

We also discuss weapons, the military, and politics – and dive into the world of Twitter for a while.

Our User Focus is The_Rooster this week – and as usual we talk of some Comments of the Week and jump into the Mixx Lounge.

Social Blend and Mixx News
Mixx API Coming Soon
http://mixxingbowl.com/forums/index.php/topic,513.0.html

Social Blend Live on May 2
http://mixxingbowl.com/forums/index.php/topic,657.0.html

Hitting the Off Ramp
http://www.mixx.com/offramp.html

Vote this up if you think Joe should use this for his new avatar
http://www.mixx.com/photos/217529/vote_this_up_if_you_think_joe_should_use_this_for_his_new_avatar

The First Miracle: Donut Eye Joe logs onto Internet without Laptop
http://www.mixx.com/photos/225721/the_first_miracle_dejoe_logs_onto_internet_without_laptop

Joe Scouts for Disciples
http://www.mixx.com/photos/226012/joe_scouts_for_disciples

THIS JUST IN – New Da Vinci Artwork discovered!
http://www.mixx.com/photos/226709/this_just_in_new_da_vinci_artwork_discovered

LOLmixx Part One
http://www.the-trukstop.com/articles/2008/lolmixx1.html

LOLmixx Part Two
http://www.the-trukstop.com/articles/2008/lolmixx2.html

Stories of the Week
How to put Facebook chat in Firefox Sidebar
http://www.mixx.com/stories/232402/how_to_put_facebook_chat_in_firefox_sidebar_talk_from_any_web_page

The Day We Said Goodbye
http://www.mixx.com/photos/223298/the_day_we_said_goodbye

America’s secret plan to nuke Vietnam & Laos
http://www.mixx.com/stories/224605/america_s_secret_plan_to_nuke_vietnam_laos

When you get bored at the office… PHONE FIGHT!
http://www.mixx.com/videos/206737/when_you_get_bored_at_the_office_phone_fight

Military’s choice of gun under fire
http://www.mixx.com/stories/225808/military_s_gun_of_choice_under_fire_military_msnbc_com

Want breaking news at 4am? Check Twitter
http://www.mixx.com/stories/220995/want_breaking_news_at_4_30_am_check_twitter_jedimom_blog

User Focus
The_Rooster
http://www.mixx.com/users/the_rooster

Comments of the Week
Pretty much anything related to Donut Eye Joe this week

The Mixx Lounge
http://www.mixx.com/lounge

The Social Blend Mixx Group
Post stories you’d love to see discussed on Social Blend. Reem chooses a new article with each new episode
http://www.mixx.com/groups/socialblend

Greg’s Mail Sack
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Music Credits
Music by Corey Hodgetts / West of October
http://www.myspace.com/coreyhodgetts
http://www.myspace.com/westofoctoberband

If you get a chance…

http://www.kodewulf.com/cub

We’re joined this week our very special guest Lee Garnett, aka nComment, the artist behind the new and outstanding comic strip that focuses on Social Media.  We discuss the recent April fool’s Day pranks on the web, the success of Mixx Campaign II, web thieves, and another Greasemonkey hack for Mixx.

For our Stories of the Week, Lee discusses a great new social site focusing on images and photography called WeHeartIt.com, while Greg follows up with some pics from Mixx including a fabulous post from Worth1000.com.  Brian discusses the idiocracy of failed scientists criticizing the Large Hadron Collider (in which the Bdog2g2 man almost – almost – loses his cool), and Reem discusses the issues surrounding potential censorship of other social networks at Digg.  Meanwhile, Jay brings our attention to the outstanding feat of a young man who dives shirtless into cactus.  I mean, who wouldn’t want to do that, right?

Our User Focus is GBarberi this week (who pwned Greg at The Mixxing Bowl last week) – and as usual we talk of some Comments of the Week and jump into the Mixx Lounge.

Also, we issue a Star Wars challenge to Reem; which we will follow up on in the next episode!

Social Blend and Mixx News
April fool’s Day – Mixx Challenge
http://www.mixx.com/stories/184389/mixx_campaign_2_5_april_fool_s_challenge_caption_chris_mcgill

Mixx added to FriendFeed!
http://www.mixx.com/stories/192065/mixx_and_netvibes_added_to_friendfeed

Something look familiar?
http://www.mixx.com/stories/187958/something_look_familiar

Modified Greasemonkey Hack – Now with Breaking News
http://www.mixx.com/stories/179803/modified_greasemonkey_hack_now_with_breaking_news

NComment
Official nComment Web Site
http://ncomment.com/blog/

NComment Flickr Photostream
http://flickr.com/photos/25036088@N06/

Stories of the Week
WeHeartIt
http://www.weheartit.com/

The White House during Earth Hour
http://www.mixx.com/photos/180669/the_white_house_during_earth_hour_pic

Time Travel is Possible
http://www.mixx.com/photos/188963/time_travel_is_possible

Try this headline: Black Hole Eats Earth
http://www.mixx.com/stories/187523/try_this_headline_black_hole_eats_earth_international_herald_tribune

Kid jumps into cactus
http://www.mixx.com/videos/187526/kid_jumps_into_cactus

Social Blend Group Selection: Is Digg censoring Mixx, Propeller, and Buzz?
http://www.mixx.com/stories/187888/is_digg_censoring_mixx_propeller_buzz

User Focus
GBarberi
http://www.mixx.com/users/gbarberi

Comments of the Week
Bukowsky
http://www.mixx.com/stories/184389/mixx_campaign_2_5_april_fool_s_challenge_caption_chris_mcgill

The Mixx Lounge
http://www.mixx.com/lounge

Greg’s Mail Sack
Send your hate mail to:
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Or
cGt2099@sbcglobal.net

Music Credits
Music by Corey Hodgetts / West of October
http://www.myspace.com/coreyhodgetts
http://www.myspace.com/westofoctoberband

Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), and Reem Abeidoh (Nomadelle from ReemAbeidoh.com), the Social Blend examines the latest news and opinions hitting the world of social media. The main focus is on Mixx.com, yet focuses on other sites and contenders in the social media field.

We’re joined this week by Joshua aka Honest_Ape, who sits in for Brian. We follow up on the recent Mixx challenge, discuss a little more about the Breaking News feature, and highlight latest Greasemonkey script made by MikeonTV for Mixx and The Mixxing Bowl.

We also take a look at Google’s odd TOS, some great photos, and we RickRoll Brian via cell phone while recording. Honest_Ape brings up a sad and tragic news story he had posted, and Jay discusses a recent submission by Syxle that focused on gang members in the US Military.

Our User Focus is Yoda this week – and as usual we talk of some Comments of the Week and jump into the Mixx Lounge.

Social Blend and Mixx News
MikeonTV: Greasemonkey Script for Mixx
http://www.mixx.com/stories/176483/greasemonkey_hack_mixx_forums_shortcut

Stylish Extension for Firefox – Mixx Blue Style
http://mixxingbowl.com/forums/index.php/topic,506.0.html

Stories of the Week
Google TOS: No One under 18 allowed to use Google
http://www.mixx.com/stories/176053/google_tos_no_one_under_18_allowed_to_use_google

Above the Clouds
http://www.mixx.com/photos/172617/above_the_clouds

The Sad Death of a Digg Comments Thread
http://www.mixx.com/photos/173519/the_sad_death_of_a_digg_comments_thread

Rick Astley talks about the Rick Roll
http://www.mixx.com/stories/171487/rick_astley_talks_about_the_rickroll_

A new way to Rick Roll your friends!
http://www.mixx.com/stories/175722/a_new_way_to_rick_roll_your_friends_

Parents allow girl to die… and they’d do it again
http://www.mixx.com/stories/175550/parents_allow_girl_to_die_and_they_d_do_it_again

Gangs in the Military
http://www.mixx.com/videos/176586/gangs_in_the_military

Yahoo, Google, and MySpace form non-profit OpenSocial Foundation
http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9902585-36.html?tag=nefd.lede

User Focus
Yoda
http://www.mixx.com/users/yoda

Comments of the Week
RobDiana
http://www.mixx.com/photos/167368/important_life_lesson
Edith01
http://mashable.com/2008/03/25/mixx-breaking-news/
cGt2099
http://www.mixx.com/stories/175766/one_of_these_things_is_not_like_the_other

The Mixx Lounge
http://www.mixx.com/lounge

Greg’s Mail Sack
Send your hate mail to:
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Music Credits
Music by Corey Hodgetts / West of October
http://www.myspace.com/coreyhodgetts
http://www.myspace.com/westofoctoberband

Honest_Ape
Check out Honest_Ape’s site at
http://www.honestape.net/

We’re proud to announce and welcome our new permanent co-host, Reem Abeidoh aka Nomadelle, to the Social Blend crew.  She will keep us in line!  Also, we’re continuing the latest Mixx Challenge – and our objective is FriendFeed.com.  Hit them up at feedback@friendfeed.com and tell them you want Mixx to be added to their service!  And while you’re there, sign up for what they’ve got running too!

Following Chris McGill’s big announcement for Mixx we dove straight into Social Media news: examining specifically how Mixx is currently ahead of the social media game.  We discuss how certain social news sites who once were innovators, now are copying these new features being rolled out by Mixx for Mixxers…

We also take a look at a real life Rick Roll (who would have thought?), and discuss the story of the Moroccan Facebook Poser.  Greg takes a dive into some more Mixx photos, and Brian brings up the sad news of Arthur C. Clarke passing away.  Jay and Greg get overexcited about Boondock Saints news, and following this, the crew gets involved in a debate surrounding the story of a prisoner unable to see his dying daughter.

Our User Focus is Edith01 this week – and as usual we talk of some Comments of the Week and jump into the Mixx Lounge.

Mixx Campaign II: FriendFeed.com
FriendFeed
http://www.friendfeed.com/

E-mail them!
feedback@friendfeed.com

Social Blend and Mixx News
Reem Abeidoh – new Social Blend co-host
http://www.reemabeidoh.com/

An open DIGG campaign to MIXXERS
http://www.mixx.com/photos/160153/an_open_digg_challenge_for_mixxers

An Open Mixx Challenge to Displeased Diggers
http://www.the-trukstop.com/articles/2008/displeased_diggers.html

Is Digg Growing or Stalling?
http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/6190/Is-Digg-Growing-or-Stalling?tickers

Stories of the Week
The Real Life Rick Roll – Live
http://www.mixx.com/videos/161924/the_real_life_rick_roll

Jailed Moroccan Facebook Poser Released and Pardoned
http://www.mixx.com/stories/160862/jailed_moroccan_facebook_poser_released_and_pardoned

Could this be a Good Reason to Boycott the Olympics?
http://www.mixx.com/photos/157690/a_good_reason_to_boycott_the_olympics_

Ahhhhh!
http://www.mixx.com/photos/153589/_ahhhh_

Arthur C. Clarke dies at the age of 90 in Sri Lanka
http://www.mixx.com/stories/158167/arthur_c_clarke_dies_at_age_of_90_in_sri_lanka_los_angeles_times

Boondock Saints: All Saint’s Day – officially announced
http://www.mixx.com/stories/159994/the_boondock_saints_2_gets_a_greenlight_film

Girl’s Dying Wish Denied; Imprisoned Father not coming home
http://www.mixx.com/stories/162021/girl_s_dying_wish_denied_imprisoned_father_not_coming_home

User Focus
Edith01
http://www.mixx.com/users/edith01

Comment of the Week
AlbionShores
http://www.mixx.com/photos/160153/an_open_digg_challenge_for_mixxers

The Mixx Lounge
http://www.mixx.com/lounge

Greg’s Mail Sack
Send your hate mail to:
socialblend@gmail.com
Or
cGt2099@sbcglobal.net

Chris McGill from Mixx joins us on this special episode of Social Blend, where he announces the brand new feature from Mixx.com – Breaking News. The Breaking News feature will help bring more attention to developing news stories, and is yet another unique feature brought out by Mixx.

We’re proud to announce a brand new Mixx Challenge – and our objective is FriendFeed.com. Hit them up at feedback@friendfeed.com and tell them you want Mixx to be added to their service! And while you’re there, sign up for what they’ve got running too!

This week, it was an absolute honor, to be joined with Super Kerry Parkins from Mixx. She was totally awesome and answered all the questions Mixxers had, and even more – during the podcast she gives us a preview of things to come from Mixx, and there is a lot to be excited about!

We also talk about recent Mixx news with her, including SXSW, The New York Times, Mixx Messaging updates, and much more. In the world of social media, we discuss the unveiling of “Kristen” via the Internet, Delicious dropping the dots, and StumbleUpon using CAPTCHA.

Our stories for the week included Disconnection Anxiety, Pi Day, Lucchina’s Through a Baby’s Eye video, some interesting photos found at Mixx, and a great Lesbiatopia article about the Secret Lesbian Viking Enclave! Oh, and by the way, feel free to check out Jay’s new group: “Pirates! Ninjas! Jedi! Unite!!!”

Our User Focus is EVILmonkey this week – and as usual we talk of some Comments of the Week (*cough, cough* Honest_Ape) and jump into the Mixx Lounge.

Mixx Campaign II: FriendFeed.com
FriendFeed
http://www.friendfeed.com/

E-mail them!
feedback@friendfeed.com

Social Blend and Mixx News
Mixx @ SXSW
http://blog.mixx.com/2008/03/04/mixx-at-south-by-southwest/

Mixx Messaging ReMixx
http://blog.mixx.com/2008/03/13/mixx-messaging-remixx/

We’re in a New York (Times) State of Mind!
http://blog.mixx.com/2008/03/12/we%e2%80%99re-in-a-new-york-times-state-of-mind/

Stories of the Week
68% of Americans suffer disconnection anxiety, should probably go outside
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/12/68-of-americans-suffer-disconnection-anxiety-should-probably-g/

Pi Day: Pi Explained
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi

Happy Pi Day, 2008! ? Let’s play math!
http://letsplaymath.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/happy-pi-day-2008/

Happy Pi Day to You
http://dponline.org/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/p3130035.JPG

Pi Day Song (Lose Yourself in the Digits)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmXkDbGdD4Q

Through Baby’s Eyes
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1147090/through_babys_eyes

The Beauty of Sea Shells
http://funnytogo.com/pictures/sea-shells/sea-shells-walls.htm

Didn’t even have time to call for help
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kateanth/2267606723/

The Times Found Kristen
http://www.mixx.com/photos/148264/the_times_found_kristen_

Delicious Drops The Dots
http://www.mixx.com/stories/151744/del_icio_us_drops_the_dots_as_site_gets_makeover

The Secret Lesbian Viking Enclave
http://www.mixx.com/stories/149582/the_secret_lesbian_viking_enclave

Pirates! Ninja! Jedi! Unite!!!
http://www.mixx.com/groups/piratesninjajediunite

User Focus
EVILmonkey
http://www.mixx.com/users/evilmonkey

Comment of the Week
Honest Ape
http://www.mixx.com/stories/147604/aquaduct_bike_purifies_water_as_you_ride

The Mixx Lounge
http://www.mixx.com/lounge

Greg’s Mail Sack
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We find out what Steven Hawking has to do with Lego, and we also take a look at KrazyKorean’s top 10 geek gifts for Valentine’s Day. Joe enlightens us about the joy of watching Asian Girls beating the hell out of a Yuppie, and then he and Greg totally geek out over the Indiana Jones trailer, and the recent Star Wars movie news.

Reem brings up the recent news of Yahoo Buzz, and the reactions from people into social media. Brian’s story of the week is the launch of HeyMonkeyBrain.com.

The user focus this week is on Syxle, who recently hit the 10,000 Karma mark – and AlbionShores yet again scores the place for comments of the week.

Social Blend and Mixx News
Joe Fowler aka SilentJay74 banned from Mixx
http://www.mixx.com/videos/103453/joe-fowler-aka-silentjay74-banned-from-mixx-

Juicy Snake: Banned from Mixx? Naaaahhhh.
http://www.mixx.com/stories/103664/juicy-snake-banned-from-mixx-naaaahhhh-

Meet ImposterJay
http://imposterjay.wordpress.com/

So, there is an imposter!
http://juicysnake.blogspot.com/2008/02/so-there-is-imposter.html

Stories of the Week
I DO NOT HAVE A ROBOT VOICE
http://www.mixx.com/photos/100891/i-do-not-have-a-robot-voice

Top 10 gifts for a geek on Valentine’s Day
http://www.top10kid.com/2008/02/14/top-10-gifts-for-a-geek-on-valentines-day/

Hot Asian girls beat down white guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3tRwwgXoMw

Teaser trailer: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
http://gizmodo.com/356366/indiana-jones-iv-trailer-makes-us-wet-our-pants

Introducing STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS
http://www.starwars.com/video/view/000623.html

New STAR WARS feature coming to theaters!
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117980757.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Screenshots of Yahoo Buzz
http://www.mixx.com/stories/104981/exclusive-screenshots-of-yahoo-buzz-a-digg-competitor

Yahoo buzz beta – meh
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19085884

HeyMonkeyBrain.com Launches
http://mashable.com/2008/02/11/squidoo-moneybrain-lens/

User Focus
Syxle
http://www.mixx.com/users/syxle

The Mixx Lounge
http://www.mixx.com/lounge

Greg’s Mail Sack
Send your hate mail to:
socialblend@gmail.com
Or
cGt2099@sbcglobal.net

This week’s episode brings in two very special guests: Andy Sorcini aka Mr. Baby Man and Reg Saddler aka Zaibatsu from The Drill Down podcast. The guys join us towards the end of the program, where we clear the air on some of the assumptions and criticisms recently made about the 2008 Digg Revolt.

But first, we focus on the Mixx and Social Blend news, including the launch of the new Mixx messaging system. We send Honest Ape a shout out for his Smilies, and briefly discuss the Social News Central website.

As for stories of the week, Tamar discusses how she lost her taste buds for a few days, and explains how that particular experience lead her into thinking about Google page rank ethics! Greg brings in some macro snake photos and talks about running to the Pope mobile over a porno magazine. Following up on the recent news about tornadoes in his home state, Silent Jay introduces us to his weather man – better known internationally as the “boob” weather man.

Amypwnsnoobs aka Amy Ngyuen is our User Focus for this week – and Liam Victor scores comment of the week. As usual we quickly storm through the Mixx Lounge.

Oh, and by the way, there’s no Greg’s Mail Sack this week – because we wanted to use the most of our time with Andy and Reg! But, he still wants your hate mail – so send it in. Sarcasm and death threats are also welcome.

Social Blend and Mixx News
You have Mixx Messaging!
http://blog.mixx.com/2008/02/06/you-have-mixx-messaging/

Mixxing Bowl Smilies/Emoticons
http://mixxingbowl.com/forums/index.php/topic,426.0.html

Social News Central
http://socialnewscentral.ning.com/

Stories of the Week
Zicam and the Reputation Management Fiasco
http://www.techipedia.com/2008/zicam-reputation-management/

Snakes and frogs and lizards, oh my! [Macro pics]
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/southamerica/bolivia/features/

Pope John Paul II praying for…
http://www.mixx.com/photos/93003/pope-john-paul-praying-for-

The Weather Man – a classic video
http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/67749/detail/

Baby found alive after tornado
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23050298/

User Focus and Comments of the Week
amypwnsnoobs
http://www.mixx.com/users/amypwnsnoobs

The Mixx Lounge
http://www.mixx.com/lounge

Social Blend Meets The Drill Down
The Drill Down
http://thedrilldown.com/

Mu’s Balls
http://www.muballs.com/

Misunderstandings: the criticisms from commenters
http://www.digg.com/tech_news/So_Called_Top_Digg_Users_Cry_About_Digg_Changes

Response to the criticism – and explanations on how it went down
http://thedrilldown.com/?p=63

The published open letter – pre-revolt
http://valleywag.com/348346/an-open-letter-to-digg-from-top-digg-users/

The straw that broke the camel’s back
http://blog.digg.com/?p=106

Joining the Ban Clan
http://www.digg.com/tech_news/Diggers_Banned_Talk_to_the_Hand

Andy “Mr. Baby Man” Sorcini @ Digg.com
http://digg.com/users/mrbabyman

Reg “Zaibatsu” Saddler @ Digg.com
http://digg.com/users/zaibatsu

Muhammad “Msaleem” Saleem @ Digg.com
http://digg.com/users/msaleem

Andy “Mr. Baby Man” Sorcini @ Mixx.com
http://mixx.com/users/mrbabyman

Reg “Zaibatsu” Saddler @ Mixx.com
http://mixx.com/users/zaibatsu

Muhammad “Msaleem” Saleem @ Mixx.com
http://mixx.com/users/msaleem

Greg’s Mail Sack
Send your hate mail to:
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Or
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Episode 668 begins with a quick glimpse into the MIXX HELP GROUP located at http://www.mixx.com/groups/mixxhelp, and we announce the debut of Honest Ape’s comic strip Social Mediacrity featured every Tuesday and Thursday at The Mixxing Bowl.

Brian kicks of stories of the week with a look at Facebook gathering user data, and Tamar brings up the big news of Microsoft’s $44.6 billion offer to Yahoo. Greg takes a look into the Fog of War, and into something related to McDonald’s and Self-Portraits. Once again, Joe brings us news from Anonymous’ War on Scientology, in the form of some cracked hilarity.

Other big news stories touched upon include Australia’s announcement of troop withdrawal from Iraq (which somehow goes into a discussion of the stolen generation; and then into a travel/tourism promotion for the land down under); the damaged undersea cable that destroyed internet access for most of Asia and the Middle East; and we debate the issues surrounding Social Media and Marketing.

Albionshores kicks his Mixxing into high gear as he gets our user focus this week – not just for a comment of the week, but for numerous COMMENTS of the week!

As always, we take a quick look into who has been drinking turpentine in the Mixx Lounge, and Greg opens up more mail in Greg’s Mail Sack…

Photo courtesy of Joshua (honest_ape)

Social Blend and Mixx News
The Mixx Help Group
http://www.mixx.com/groups/mixxhelp

Social Mediacrity by Honest_Ape
http://mixxingbowl.com/2008/01/31/loldadcat/

Stories of the Week
Facebook User-Data Gathering Goes Viral
http://soshable.com/facebook-user-data/

Microsoft offers $44.6B for Yahoo… Now what?
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/24591

Yahoo to Microsoft: Cool your jets
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/24643

Microsoft sent offer letter to Yahoo
http://thecontaminated.com/microsoft-sent-offer-letter-to-yahoo/

The Fog of War
http://www.mixx.com/photos/83963/the-fog-of-war

Lugging McDonald’s
http://www.mixx.com/photos/80736/lugging-mcdonald-s

A rare video address from Anonymous to Scientology
http://www.mixx.com/videos/85623/a-rare-video-address-from-anonymous-to-scientology-cracked-com

Big News and Issues
Australia announces troop withdrawal from Iraq
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/30518

Official Australia Travel and Tourism site
http://www.australia.com/

Social Media Marketing Misinterpretation
http://juicysnake.blogspot.com/2008/01/social-media-marketing.html

Middle East and Asia lose internet access after cable fails
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/30/asia.internet.outage

User Focus and Comments of the Week
Albionshores
http://www.mixx.com/users/albionshores

The Mixx Lounge
http://www.mixx.com/lounge

Greg’s Mail Sack
Send your hate mail to:
socialblend@gmail.com
Or
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Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), and Tamar Weinberg (Tamar from Techipedia.com), the Social Blend examines the latest news and opinions hitting the world of social media. The show’s main focus is on Mixx.com, yet focuses on other sites and contenders in the social media field.

In Episode Stripe, we discuss the recent sad news of the passing of Heath Ledger and the impact the news has had on his fellow Australians. We also get into an argument about the Digg Revolt of 2008.

Our user focus this week is on Calinazaret, and Chris McGill answers some more of YOUR questions, while we laugh at the comment of the week. As usual, we drive by The Mixx Lounge and check out what’s going on there.
Metal God Intro
Rob Halford Official Site
http://www.robhalford.com/

Judas Priest Official Site
http://www.judaspriest.com/

Mark Carras interviews Rob Halford
http://www.rockmymonkey.com/interviews/08/01/Halford.php

RockMyMonkey.com
http://www.rockmymonkey.com/

RIP Heath Ledger
Actor Heath Ledger found dead in NYC
http://www.mixx.com/stories/72367/actor-heath-ledger-found-dead-in-nyc-police-say-entertainment-news-story-wnbc-new-york

To Australians, Heath Ledger was MORE than just an actor
http://www.the-trukstop.com/articles/2008/heath_ledger.html

Post your condolences to Heath Ledger’s family here
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23095560-5008620,00.html

Perth was where Heath Ledger could be himself
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23095740-5008620,00.html

Batman director publishes tribute to Heath Ledger online
http://www.newsweek.com/id/105580

User Focus
Calinazaret aka Julie
http://www.mixx.com/users/calinazaret

Digg Revolt 2008
A Revolution is brewing at Digg amongst disgruntled users
http://revoltnation.blogspot.com/2008/01/digg-is-game-lets-play-for-real-this.html

Digg Revolt 2008 hits the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E18002573DA005F4030.html?ref=technology

The Drill Down 025A – RevoltNation Part 1: The Issue at Hand
http://thedrilldown.com/?p=59

The Drill Down 025B – RevoltNation Part 2: Jay and Kevin Respond
http://thedrilldown.com/?p=60

January 24: Social Media’s “Digg Day”
http://mixxingbowl.com/2008/01/24/january-24-social-medias-digg-day/

Digg CEO Jay Adelson’s take on the so-called “Revolt”
http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/01/kevin-rose-jay.html

LOLKevin
http://www.mixx.com/photos/76190/lolkevin

LOLdiggs Part One
http://www.the-trukstop.com/articles/2008/loldiggs1.html

LOLdiggs Part Two
http://www.the-trukstop.com/articles/2008/loldiggs2.html

The Mixx Lounge
http://www.mixx.com/lounge

Greg’s Mail Sack
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