Category Archives: Technology & Internet Media

The Game: Michigan Wolverines vs. Ohio State Buckeyes

November 14, 2009 – 11:00 am

Scoreboard by mollyali The Game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Ohio State Buckeyes starts at noon on Saturday, November 21, 2009. It doesn’t have quite as much on the line, but it’s always a big one. Read on for the our massive post on history of this rivalry with tons of links to historical [...]

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Veterans Day Special: How Detroit Won the War

November 11, 2009 – 10:16 am

Today is Veterans Day, commemorating the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month when Germany signed the Armistice Agreement ending World War I. You can read more about Veteran’s Day on Absolute Michigan and also on Michigan in Pictures. Life Magazine has a feature titled WWII: How Detroit Won The War that [...]

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Michitwitter November 2009

November 2, 2009 – 5:39 pm

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Detroit Pistons 2009-2010 Season Preview

October 27, 2009 – 12:21 pm

Pistons Shoe by Kevin.Ward The almost completely revamped Detroit Pistons open the 2009-2010 season tomorrow night at Memphis (who will possibly be sporting their brand new Allan Iverson). On the subject of the dramatically changed Pistons including the not-so-dearly departed AI,   Natalie at Need4Sheed (repping the D regardless of where Sheed is now) had [...]

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Very Cherre – Michigan grown cherry juice

October 15, 2009 – 11:40 am

Leelanau Tarts (fo-lomo) by farlane Old Orchard Brands debuts ‘Very Cherre’ premier line of cherry juice on mLive begins: Move over exotic pomegranate, acai and mangosteen. The All-American tart cherry could be the next rage in superhealthy “superfruits.” Old Orchard Brands is giving the simple pie fruit a chic makeover with its introduction of a [...]

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Michitwitter October 2009

October 5, 2009 – 12:51 pm

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Assignment Detroit: A year in the Motor City

September 24, 2009 – 8:51 am

Is reality the next reality show? The Nature Bar by SCOTTS WORLD Time, Inc. bought a house in Detroit: Why would we ever do such a thing? Because we believe that Detroit right now is a great American story. No city has had more influence on the country’s economic and social evolution. Detroit was the [...]

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2000 photographers in the Absolute Michigan pool

September 16, 2009 – 9:25 am

On Monday the 2000th photographer (Sam Mrdeza) joined the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr. The pool is where we get most of the photos for Absolute Michigan and Michigan in Pictures and it’s not at all a stretch to say that without Sam and the other 1,999 shutterbugs who have contributed almost 80,000 pictures, Absolute [...]

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Report from the 2009 Michigan Downtown Conference

September 15, 2009 – 11:30 am

Michigan downtowns, courtesy the photographers of the Absolute Michigan pool. [iframe http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/show/?q=downtown&m=pool&s=int&w=70057581%40N00 500 375] Today I’m at the Michigan Downtown Conference in Lansing. This morning I’ll be posting some updates from the conference as I’m able. This afternoon I’m on a panel with Julielyn Gibbons, Ryan Knott and Bigby Coffee co-founder Bob Fish, talking about [...]

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Seeking Michigan: Hot dogs, Strohs and the President

September 7, 2009 – 7:43 am

by Bob Garrett, Archives of Michigan, courtesy Seeking Michigan. The goal of Seeking Michigan is simple: to connect you to the stories of this great state. Visit them regularly for a dynamic & evolving look at Michigan’s cultural heritage. On September 1, 1980, Emil and Mary Petri hosted a Labor Day picnic to remember. Their [...]

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