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Sounds like Google Apps is the culprit this time. Marco brought it to my attention this morning, hat tip to you!  I’ll have to take a look at this in depth, and update my Gmail Outage guide to reflect the new options that Google Gears provides when used in conjunction with Gmail.

Other coverage:

• When Gmail fails, users adapt
• Google Mail Outage
• A hole in the cloud
• Google users hit by mail blackout
• Gmail experiences worldwide crash
• Google Groups page shows adult material during outage
• Trouble in the clouds: Gmail turns into Gfail
• Oops: Gmail outage lasts two and a half hours
• Official Gmail blog
• Google blames Gmail outage on maintenance goof

Update: Check out the new Google Apps dashboard for the latest from several of the gApps.

Given the nature of Steve Jobs health problems, I’m not entirely sure that this ad placement is the most appropriate.

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I saw this today while home for lunch. Sarah and I were watching it live and were absolutely shocked at the ending. See for yourself.

After being handcuffed, he got up on his own and appears to be uninjured.

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My wife wondered what hosting the modern Olympics cost a nation. My GoogleFu has initially failed me, but I think I’ve found some rough estimates. If anybody can fill in the details or find better estimates, please leave me a comment.

• 2008 Beijing: $42 billion
• 2006 Turino: ?
• 2004 Athens: $15 billion
• 2002 Salt Lake City: $1.3 billion
• 2000 Sydney: $3.4 billion
• 1998 Nagano: ?
• 1996 Atlanta: $1.8 billion
• 1994 Lillehammer: ?
• 1992 Barcelona: ?
• 1992 Albertville: ?