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8 Jun, 2014

The Penguins of Madagascar

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1402260457002-main-PENGUINS-MADAGASCAR-MOV-jy-5096-In the animated film The Penguins of Madagascar, Cumberbatch voices the character of agent Classified – the head of a covert protective force of animals. In this film, Classified must team up with the Madagascar penguins to take down Octavius and save the animal kingdom.

I don’t know what it’s like to be a penguin, but I do know what it’s like to be a super-duper-smooth classified agent.

Maya Angelou funeral

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Obama speaks at Maya Angelou’s private memorial service. In her speech, she mentions how Angelou taught women self-worth and was an inspiration in her own life.

That was the power of Maya Angelou’s words, words so powerful they carried a little black girl from the south side of Chicago all the way to the White House.

Full Remarks: First Lady Michelle Obama

Radio Ink keynote

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McAfee delivers the keynote speech at Radio Ink’s Convergence conference. He says that Google is trying matchmaking services:

I don’t want the perfect  mate. I don’t want Google to search 5 billion women to find the perfect one. I would shoot myself in six months.

He says privacy is difficult due to the access to personal data that companies like Google and organizations like the NSA have:

Privacy is a choice. If everybody here knew everything about everybody else, there would be fistfights in the hall. The only way we can live together as a society is if we deceive each other. Tragic, but true […] If you have something to hide in this world, you’re screwed