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Grantland (And ESPN Page2) RSS Feed

Grantland is now up and running. Grantland is Bill Simmons’ new sports/pop culture thing with ESPN. Grantland will feature long-form articles and has an impressive roster of contributors including Malcolm Gladwell, Dave Eggers and Chuck Klosterman, Katie Baker, Molly Lambert, and others. The New York Times Magazine did a great profile of the new site last weekend. The site takes its name from the legendary early 20th century sportswriter Grantland Rice.

In some respects, Grantland is meant as an antidote to the revolution Simmons helped start. The site will more closely resemble a traditional print publication than a Web site. Its name is a homage to the legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice; its designer is a former art director for New York magazine and Esquire. Unlike news aggregators like The Huffington Post, Grantland will feature only exclusive content. Stories will run long and often include original reporting.

A lot of people have been disappointed that Grantland doesn’t have an RSS Feed. It’s a little hard to find, but it does. Here is the official RSS feed for Grantland. Try this if you’re looking for the full-article feed for Grantland.

UPDATE: Upon frequent request, here is the RSS feed to ESPN’s Page2.

Eight Bit Hubs

Eight Bit Hubs

Eightbit.me is a fun little site that lets you 8bit yourself a new avatar and twitter icon. Those of us who grew up playing early video games will find this aesthetic deeply pleasing. Rumor has it that eventually the plan is to let all these personal avatars participate in some kind of game experience (are you listening SXSWers?).

131 Alternative Default Facebook Profile Pictures

The wispy-haired, default, Facebook guy can get boring after a while. Why not liven-up your profile with a new and improved default silhouette? Thanks to David there are plenty of alternatives to choose from. You can mouse over each silhouette to see who it represents. Click on each picture for a larger image to download. Have fun.

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Your Face In Space

I’m not exactly sure why, but NASA has launched a program to get your face into orbit. They want to put a picture of you on one of the two remaining space shuttle missions. You can choose between mission STS-133 with an expected launch date of 11/01/2010 and mission STS-134 with an expected launch date of 02/26/2011.

Simply visit NASA’s Face In Space website, choose your mission, upload your photo, and get into orbit. Return to the site after mission launch to print your Flight Certificate – a commemorative certificate signed by the Mission Commander. You can also check on mission status, view mission photographs, and follow the commander and crew on Twitter or Facebook.

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