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How to spot an NFL draftnik


Posted at 12:01 am by Doug Parry, Herald staff

It's the most exciting time of year for football "draftniks," people who dedicate countless hours researching the NFL draft.

Draftniks are easy to spot -- they've got lots of time to surf the Internet at work, but they quickly toggle to a spreadsheet when you walk by. That said, not every engineer at Boeing is necessarily a draftnik.

For the hard-core among them, today's Seahawks draft preview features kicking prospects. Key qualities in a kicker: resemblance to the water boy, ridiculous-looking face mask and willingness to make the punter your only friend on the team.

Microsoft has developed a cool BlackBerry application called TellMe. It looks up things such as traffic, movie times and the weather using voice commands and GPS technology.

Microsoft says a version for Apple's iPhone is planned, just as soon as hell freezes over.

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Local residents, of course, already knew there's a fault on the map in that area. We call it Lynnwood.
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