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The Melon’s 2nd Annual Donation Drive/Haiti Relief Fund

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UPDATE: Donation button fixed.


While we here at The Melon value our content and contributors greatly, and hope you enjoy what we are able to do for the community, we realize there are those with way more need than us. This is why we’ve decided to donate HALF of the total donations received to the Friends of the Orphans Haiti Earthquake Relief fund in honor of Molly Hightower, a native Tacoman who passed in the recent Haiti Earthquake while working to aid children in need.

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Local News

ARTS UPDATE 1/15/2010

mount_rainier_over_tacomaAnd so, I heroically – and publicly – declared to my fellow commissioners that the Pierce County Library was out to screw us and the children we support.

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Politics & Business

Dear Editor: When Idiot Partisans Get Ahold of the Op-Ed Page at The Wall Street Journal

I realized that the authors were total jackasses and completely fabricated their point of view and that instead of arguing coherently and bringing me around to their position, I was now resolutely against it.

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Arts & Entertainment

The Late Night Dilemma

Whether or not your average evening consists of sitting back and watching The Tonight Show, chances are you’ve heard about NBC’s situation.

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Health & Living

Epic Sustainable and Local Fastfood Restaurants

strawberry-milkshakeHealthy menus and seasonal local produce are rare commodities at fast food restaurants but I predict that they will spawn a new generation of on-the-go citizens demanding a better option than our current Sad Meals from McDonalds that pander to already nutritionally-starved individuals.

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Science & Technology

More Security Failures in the Intarwebz

2438005410_6100c23246Almost a year ago, I explained a flaw in the encryption system that you use to securely connect to online banking sites and to safely purchase goods from Amazon, eBay, and many others. Today there’s more news about ways for that encryption (https) can fail.

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The Vine

Holy Cow! Former Melon Contributor Writing For Huffington Post

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We just received word from Jen Drake that one of our guest writers and regular contributor to our old KUPS radio show, Walid Zafar, is now writing for the Huffington Post.


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Radio & Video

Melon Visual Presents: Three Very Happy Fellows

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In a new comedy sketch from Melon Visual, Rollie, Travis and Taylor discover a magic lamp and are granted one wish to change the face of humanity.

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