| Online dating site's creator isn't really jumping in blind
Online dating requires a leap of faith, but a new Web site is hoping adventurous Austinites will be open to an even wilder idea: online blind dating. Sam Yagan, the New York-based founder of the site OkCupid!, has introduced a new site called CrazyBlindDate, which launched this month in its first city, Austin. Potential daters enter only a small amount of personal information to get set up on a local blind date or double date in a location they choose. CrazyBlindDate hunts for matches who are willing to go on a short-notice date that incorporates text messages and an after-date rating system. We talked to Yagan, who came to town to promote the new site. .
Beliefnet launches social-networking site
NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Beliefnet has launched a social-networking service intended to bring together religious devotees, spiritual leaders and faith groups, the U.S. Web site said. The idea behind Beliefnet Community is to provide a forum for connecting religious individuals and groups, or those seeking spiritual inspiration, through social-networking tools common in sites such as MySpace and Facebook, Beliefnet said. An estimated 82 million people in the United States, or 64 percent of U.S. Internet users, perform spiritual and religious activities online, a 2004 Pew Internet & American Life Project study found. "Social networks aren't just about dating or bands anymore; they've evolved into powerful and very real communities," Beliefnet.com Chief Executive Officer Steven Waldman said in a statement.
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Recycling is good. So, we're happy to see Britney's reusing her wedding-ish gown from one of her pre-K-Fed receptions as she makes the scene with photo boy-toy Adnan Ghalib. Gossip mogul Perez Hilton thinks Britney is trying to tell us something, and that she may be headed for the altar. Perez's antennae often pick up what others miss, and it's easy to believe any crazy thing about bonkers Britney, especially after she and Adnan were seen smoching outside Tiffany's this week.There's only one hitch in all this talk of getting hitched. As Insider decider Pat O'Brien noted on his Friday show, 'razzi boy Adnan is separated, but not yet divorced. Of course,such a roadblock makes him just Brit's type. If only Adnan had fathered kids with Shar Jackson, too, he'd be perfect! .
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