Mingle2 Blog
A blog about dating, meeting people, being social and everything in between.
(and occasionally some geek stuff)
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Everyone uses social networking sites: Teenagers, adults, seniors - even my mother has a myspace account. Anyone can find and connect to anyone, all they have to do is know how to search for a name and submit a friend request. I've always used a fake name on myspace to keep people from my past from finding me. I did...
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posted on 06/13/2007
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Ever heard a woman say she has a thing for a guy in uniform? I've got a similar thing, except it's for baristas. It's an inexplicable attraction to someone who makes coffee for a living. I think this attraction exists because of a few different reasons:
I don't know how to make a latte, therefore watching a barista fly t...
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posted on 06/13/2007
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Being a geek in 2007 is nothing to be ashamed of, the stereotype that once existed is long gone and there are several characteristics of geek culture that could almost be considered chic. Consumating, Threadless, or even Apple are pretty good testaments to this fact.
The picture I'm about to paint is of the ideal, I'm not implying that ...
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posted on 06/13/2007
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Thanks to Jennifer for contributing this blog entry.
First impressions are sensory. Take the time to clean up before the date: take a shower, trim your facial hair, wear deodorant, and don't wear wrinkled clothes. If you want to wear cologne, apply it very sparingly. If there's one thing a man smells like while drenched...
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posted on 06/13/2007
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Please note:
As many of you know Mingle2 was bought by JustSayHi (another dating site) in 2007. JustSayHi's infrastructure runs on Ruby on Rails, and as such Mingle2 was eventually ported over to that framework as well. For those curious what the original Mingle2 was like, I've preserved the original CakePHP version of Mingle2 here:
http...
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posted on 06/12/2007
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