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CSI: Blogs
Last night, CSI: Manhattan Beach Miami aired an episode ('Silencer') where a company blog played a role in solving the Hardy Boys mystery (Oh! Bad, bad episode blog reference). The company blog had the normal realistic, twilrling, Matrix-esque 3D letters that floated on the screen just like LAist does. And just like us, they used bluetooth virtual keyboards to post entries (how else do we sneak blog posts from our day job?).
With such clandestine tools and fun graphics, we are disappointed that the real CSI: Miami blog cannot compare to their own on-screen fanciness. Elyse gives us the gossip on the show (we like the music guide), but as of yet if, she hasn't posted the episode related trivia: check out Blogdaze.com which was mentioned in the show. It was fun to discover, but not as fun as when The Simpsons referenced WhatBadgersEat.com a few years ago.
If you are looking for real crime scene blogs/sites, here are some.
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