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I May Have to Download Firefox After All

2009-11-23T19:31:00.002-05:00

ESPN 360 doesn't work with Flock so I may have to download Firefox after all.

The problem is the browser plug-in required by ESPN 360. The Move Media Player plug-in web site showed me this (I'm in Windows 7):

So like I said, I'm on Windows 7 which comes with Internet Explorer 8. I like Flock and I don't know if I want to download Firefox just to watch ESPN 360. I will wait for now, hopefully a version of Move Media Player for IE 8 is released soon. Here's the Install Move Player web page.

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How to remove the DiggBar

2009-11-19T12:11:00.001-05:00

A while ago Digg added the DiggBar to all user accounts. It's not a browser toolbar but a window frame that has handy links to all sorts of Digg features. I don't like the DiggBar at all. Here's how I got rid of it.

Log-in to your Digg Profile > Settings > Viewing Preferences (right-hand column)

The top portion under the Settings tab should then look like this:

Simply use the drop-down menu to select Never show DiggBar for external links and then click Save Changes (in the Comment Preferences section) and that's it, no more DiggBar!

When you're done then check out my Digg Profile.

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Can I Trade Rosie for Emeril?

2009-11-18T22:00:00.001-05:00

Later this month celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse (pictured) is joining Sirius XM Radio but he won't be on XM Radio. Can I trade Rosie O’Donnell for Emeril?

A few weeks ago Rosie Radio started on Sirius Stars Too which is available on XM Radio. I subscribe to XM Radio (without the 'Best of Sirius') and I read a few reviews of it that said Rosie Radio was 'good radio' so I gave it a try. I listened to her for a few days but I don't think she is entertaining. No offense Rosie fans, but she's just not for me.

Now comes word that Emeril Lagasse will host a radio show on Sirius XM Radio but it turns out that you need Sirius Radio or XM Radio with the Best of Sirius to listen to him. He will be on Martha Stewart Living Radio (Sirius 112, XM 157) twice a week with a one hour show.

I would probably like Emeril's radio show but not enough to add the Best of Sirius package to my XM Radio subscription. So Emeril may kick up radio a notch or two but I won't be listening.

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Best Buy is ready for Black Friday

2009-11-16T20:48:00.003-05:00

Last night I went to my local Best Buy in Plymouth Meeting, PA for their special Sunday night members-only sale and the shelves and aisles were all stocked and ready for the holiday shopping season.

Best Buy seems to think that HDTVs will continue to be big sellers and Blu-ray disc players were also prevalent. Next to to Best Buy's Insignia brand stacked prominently in the middle of the store was a Samsung player that also had wifi for Netflix and Pandora.

In all of this plenty I noticed a few things that were absent or scarce. There were no Palm PDAs. Months ago I was keeping an eye out for a sale on them as I knew they were going to be discontinued. Well, I guess I forgot all about the Palm and missed any sale Best Buy might of had.

Scarce were eMusic cards. Last holiday season there were many more of them. last night there were very few of them and the $50 cards outnumbered the $30 cards. I'm guessing eMusic is on the way out of Best Buy stores.

Also there were very few slotRadio cards. Those are the micro SD cards with 1,000 songs on them. A few music genres were sold out and the few they had had only a few units available. SlotRadio like eMusic cards are probably on their way out of Best Buy stores as well.

Best Buy put XM Radio in the corner. The satellite radios used to have a more prominent place in the store with an end-cap and displays standing in aisles but no more. It's back in a corner for satrad. Best Buy did have the Pioneer XMP3 portable unit, the XpressRC and the new Onyx. However I didn't see home docks for the XpressRC or Onyx.

The HP netbooks looked nice as did the small point-and-shoot Nikon Coolpix S220 digital cameras. My Nikon camera is getting old and I don't think Windows 7 supports it so I may be getting a new one this holiday season.

This concludes my little scouting mission to Best Buy, I didn't stay long as I was depressed by the Eagles loss just minutes prior to my arrival.

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My Craigslist Flea Market

2009-10-27T20:56:00.003-04:00

Today on Craigslist I posted for sale several items. Each entry includes several photos.

SOLD! Philadelphia Phillies DVD, High Hopes, the Anatomy of a Winner. The story of the 1993 Philadelphia Phillies.

SOLD! Cutco Knife Set, 3’’ paring and 5’’ trimming. Like-new condition.

Neverwinter Nights 2 Gold, video game for Windows.

Neverwinter Nights, video game for Apple Mac.

Baldur’s Gate 2 Shadow of Amn, video game for Apple Mac.

XFX GeForce 8600GT video card, PCI Express, certified for Windows Vista, Nvidia chip-set.

Thanks for taking a look!

Week In Review: July 13 to July 26, 2009

2009-07-28T13:49:00.001-04:00

The ‘Best of’ all my online activity from the previous two weeks. Normally this covers just one week but I took a vacation last week.

“Goldman Sachs are scum”

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FX making a comedy about fantasy football. TV Squad.

What is the best way to drink whisky? The Daily Dust. This is still generating discussion.

A Portable Xbox Looks Pretty Certain. PC Magazine. Can Microsoft take on Nintendo?

Tom Baker returns as the Doctor. TV Squad.

Red wine increases women's sexual desire. Telegraph. 117 comments as of this writing.

Whistleblower tells of America's hidden nightmare for its sick poor. The Guardian. 80 comments as of this writing.

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1968 King Assassination Report (CBS News with Walter Cronkite).

1985 Ebony magazine FAIL: What Michael Jackson will look like in 2000. Photo.

Video: U2 Beautiful Day. Amsterdam 2009-07-20

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BackType . Find, Follow and Share Comments.

15 Really Useful Web-based HTML Editors. Haven't tried any of them, but may be worth a shot.

L0pht Heavy Industries . They're back baby! . . . not really. Back in the day I learned a lot from their web site.

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Week In Review: July 6 to July 12, 2009

2009-07-14T15:12:00.001-04:00

The ‘Best of’ all my online activity from the previous week.

Peel a banana like a monkey.

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Coffee 'could cure Alzheimer's. Telegraph.

Through chess, reaching out to at-risk youth. Philadelphia Inquirer.

Does 'Heroes' need more lesbians? TV Squad. No.

Springsteen's Guitarist Steve Van Zandt Warns on State of Rock. Bloomberg.

Will the stars align for space-based solar power? Ars Technica.

Intel backing Google OS. The Inquirer.

The truth about Kona coffee. Examiner.

Syfy in talks to try and revive 'Quantum Leap' as well. TV Squad.

Top 10 Tips and Tricks for Better Coffee. Lifehacker.

Movie Theater Streams 2K Resolution Film Using BitTorrent. Torrent Freak.

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China riots: 140 killed and 816 injured. video. Telegraph.

Mai Nishida, J-Babe Of The Week #30. photo.

Squirrel Gets Head Stuck in Yogurt Cup. video.

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Address Munger. Easy to use address munging tool to hide your webpage email address from spam bots.

Netwox. Bandwidth monitor, bandwidth speed test, bandwidth and traffic monitoring tool for Windows.

Taking Aim. Photography tips from LayersMagazine.com

YoVille.com . Another online world.

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Week In Review: June 29 to July 5, 2009

2009-07-07T15:30:00.001-04:00

The ‘Best of’ all my online activity from the previous week.

Jimi Hendrix plays National Anthem.

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'Alien Nation' is coming back. TV Squad.

Google, the toothless Big Brother. Telegraph.

Review: Borders eBook - finally a rival to the Sony Reader. The Times.

Apple Issues Heat Advisory for iPhone 3G, 3GS. Gear Log.

New Fossil Primate Challenges "Missing Link" Ida. Science.

Rumor Confirmed: Star Wars Live Action TV Series. Fanboy.com.

IPhone 3GS owners bemoan its battery life. LA Times.

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Cloud computing explained.

Hi! Billy Mays Here! cartoon.

Lao-Viet Cultural Hall of Friendship. photo.

Leonard Nimoy once made a music video. video, Ballad of Bilbo Baggins.

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Fifty Books for Our Times at Newsweek.

Socialbrite Social tools for social change.

Piwik - Web analytics - Open source.

Beethoven.com Classical Music internet radio station.

Copyscape Search for Website Plagiarism and Duplicate Content Online.

Fax Zero Free Internet Faxing.

CookieSafe Add-on for Firefox, control cookies.

Metaplace An online virtual world, no download required & it's free.

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Week In Review: June 22 to June 28, 2009

2009-06-30T13:46:00.001-04:00

The ‘Best of’ all my online activity from the previous week.

The Last Airbender trailer.

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TiVo Wants to Be the Google of Television. How? Business Week.

The week's other crackdown: the Karen. Global Post.

Cyberwar guide for Iran elections. Boing Boing.

Ladyboys 'kill' Kung Fu star David Carradine over sex. Australian News Network. I doubt it.

Apple's Management Obsessed With Secrecy. NY Times.

NPD: Consumers Are Dissatisfied with Netbooks. Business Week. This generated a lot of comments.

Apple's iPhone 3GS: What It Costs to Make. Business Week.

Study: Twitter users buy more music than average 'Net users. Ars Technica.

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He’s Barack Obama Jib Jab video.

Terrell Owens is Sorry for Everything. video.

Raiders Logo a Clear Endorsement of Gay Rights. video. Colbert Report.

Phila. Mob Talk: Ron Previte. Video.

Coffee Drinks Illustrated. graphic.

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Looking for a Job? Phishers Are Looking for You. Washington Post.

How to Spot a Phishing Scam.

sevenload. Web TV, Videos, Photos, Video Clips and Movies.

Chess Tweets. Play chess on Twitter.

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Week In Review: June 15 to June 21, 2009

2009-06-24T13:40:00.001-04:00

The ‘Best of’ all my online activity from the previous week.

Iran on Fire

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Brother and Arms Dealer compel an elaborate heist on 'Burn Notice' . My review of episode three of this season’s Burn Notice.

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Is there hope for a new Star Trek TV show? TV Squad.

8 Starship Enterprise Facts Every Trekker Should Know. Neatorama.

'Dollhouse' Had Largest Share of Viewing From DVRs, Did That Save The Show? TV by the Numbers.

Bono: the shades come off. The Times (UK). Lengthy article.

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Lost’s Friends Opening mash-up

Ong-Bak 2 Movie Trailer. video. Tony Jaa is back!

Iran’s power struggle behind the scenes. video. Al Jazeera, English.

Cool trick with a baseball bat. YouTube video.

Bill Maher video: Democrats Have Moved To TheRight … video. … And The Right Has Moved Into A Mental Hospital.

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All For Good. Find where you can volunteer locally.

Germania by Tacitus, free audio book.

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Week In Review: June 8 to June 14, 2009

2009-06-17T16:29:00.001-04:00

The ‘Best of’ all my online activity from the previous week.

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'Burn Notice,' welcome back old friend. My review of the season premier of USA Network’s popular show Burn Notice.

Is Setanta Sports' financial trouble good for soccer fans in the U.S.?

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Comcast reportedly redirecting DNS traffic. Electronista. No cool Comcast, it’s craptastic!

Virgin Mobile Launches Pay-As-You-Go Mobile Broadband. GigaOM. Nice, but still too pricy for me.

Brazilian soccer: a guide. Global Post. A complicated topic but explained well.

Sorry, There’s No Way to Save the TV Business. Business Insider. The internet will soon come for TV.

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Linday Lohan Engaged? Photo.

Mug shot shows bald Phil Spector. Photo.

Sayaka Isoyama, J-Babe Of The Week. Photo.

Colbert Gets His Head Shaved in Iraq. Video.

Jon Stewart on Cable News’s 3-Way Race to the Bottom. Video.

Formidable Opponent. Video. Stephen Colbert Debates Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in Iraq.

Video: David Carradine’s final TV appearance. Video.

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FeedMingle . Join multiple RSS feeds into a single RSS feed. I haven’t tried it but it looks good.

Smell of Books . Add the smell of real books to e-books. Is this for real? lol.

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Week In Review: June 1 to June 7, 2009

2009-06-08T19:50:00.001-04:00

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PSP Go revealed in detail - it's real. Ars Technica. The new PlayStation Portable.

Poised to Sell E-Books, Google Takes On Amazon. NY Times.

Opera passes iPhone to lead mobile-browser market. Reuters.

David Carradine found dead in Bangkok, detailed report. The Nation (a Thai newspaper).

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The Pageantry of the “Third Gender”. Video from Global Post.

Tank Man Stories. YouTube video of a single man standing up to a tank 20 years ago.

Microsoft iPod. YouTube video. What if Microsoft marketed the iPod?

Kung Fu opening. Video of the old David Carradine TV show.

What Obama’s Socialism Looks Like. Graphic from The Atlantic magazine.

How to Tell Real Breasts from Fake. YouTube video.

Leo Laporte Blows up at Mike Arrington on the Gillmor Gang - June 6, 2009. YouTube video.

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SoapBlox.net Building Online Communities. I have not tried it but it looks interesting.

That’s it, it was a slow week!

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Week In Review: May 25 to May 31, 2009

2009-06-03T12:13:00.001-04:00

The ‘Best of’ all my online activity from the previous week.

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Forget plasma and LCDs: How the 3mm-thick, eco-friendly OLED is the TV of the future. Daily Mail.

Rumors: iPod, cameras expecting offspring. The Unofficial Apple Weblog.

Scooplet: the Palm Pre syncs with iTunes. Fortune magazine.

'Lost' episode synopsis reveals identity of four-toed statue. TV Squad.

Goodbye Sy Fy! 'Doctor Who' on BBC America. TV Squad.

Doctor Who: David Tennant tipped for leading role in film spin-off. Telegraph.

Can self-published books gain respect? Christian Science Monitor.

Doctor Who: new companion is 'unknown' 21-year-old actress. Telegraph.

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Kim Kardashian plugs her family’s new clothes shop… by posing in ANOTHER new bikini. Photo. And a nice bikini it is.

Mr. T Sings! Video. He sings at a Cubs game.

Stephen Colbert, One Angry Man. Video.

Slave Leia pillow fight. Photo.

Sexy New Vietnamese Cafes. Video. It’s service with a smile, bikini and high heels.

Miss Tiffany Universe 2009 in Pattaya, Thailand. Photo.

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10 Websites To Start Off a Creative Day

13 Awesome Collections Of Free Wordpress Themes

How to Design Programs. Introduction to programming and computing. Free book online from The MIT Press.

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Week In Review: May 18 to May 24, 2009

2009-05-25T15:12:00.001-04:00

The ‘Best of’ all my online activity from the previous week.

Leonard Nimoy on the Spock “Star Trek” Vulcan Salute.

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NRA: The new face of the American right? Christian Science Monior.

Mac Sales Hold Up In April; iPod Sales Not So Much. Business Week.

Jimmy Kimmel Demolishes ABC's Upfronts. NY Times.

Excessive cola consumption can lead to super-sized muscle problems warn doctors. PhysOrg.com

Apple under fire in Taiwan. Global Post.

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Saturday Night Live: Jeopardy.

Elephant polo: It’s kind of a big deal. Video. Global Post.

Britney Spears unveils bikini body as she shows off ‘new man’. Photo. Daily Mail.

‘I feel great’: Confident Kim Kardashian cavorts around in a bikini after overhauling her fitness regime. Photo. Daily Mail.

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Webs.com Make a free website, get free hosting. I haven’t tried it but it looks interesting.

Wetpaint.com Create a free website about anything you love! Again I haven’t tried it but it looks interesting.

Twine.com Discover information that matters to you. Collect and share bookmarks and other content. Receive recommendations based on your interests. Again I haven’t tried it but it looks interesting.

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Week In Review: May 11 to May 17, 2009

2009-05-18T21:27:00.001-04:00

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Color e-paper displays look to pigmented past. Ars Technica. A color kindle soon?

Jamie Oliver signs US TV deal to make Americans give up hamburgers. Telegraph. Good luck Jamie.

Google launches new search capabilities. Telegraph.

Former FBI agent who went undercover with al Qaeda tells Senate hearing extreme Bush torture regime was 'ineffective' . Daily Mail.

Food Companies Try, but Can't Guarantee Food Safety. NY Times.

CPR: ABC's Lost, NBC's Heroes Franchises Tops in Value to Marketers. Media Week. CPR = Content Power Ratings.

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Miss California Topless — Oops, She Did It Again. Photo.

SUBS Rock China - hen hao!! Video. The SUBS are a Chinese rock band.

Star Trek vs. Star Wars. Video. Funny, I never knew the two were so similar.

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Scintilla. Open source source code editor. I haven’t tried it (I use Notepad++) but it looks interesting.

Definitive Collection Of Moleskine Hacks, Tips And Resources. Has links to some useful sites.

Introducing the Piazza at Schmidts. An open piazza in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia that will have a lot of free entertainment.

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Week In Review: May 4 to May 10, 2009

2009-05-11T19:15:00.001-04:00

The ‘Best of’ all my online activity from the previous week.

Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’.

Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As 'Fun, Watchable'

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London 'dirtiest and most expensive city'. Telegraph. And they don’t dress that well either.

Hobbits 'are a separate species'. BBC. Not Tolkien's Hobbits.

A Primer to 'Star Trek' Food and Drink. Serious Eats.

How a 1995 court case kept the newspaper industry from competing online. Online Journal Review.

Comedian sneaks into US State department. Telegraph. And it’s not Al Frankin.

Containers full of bodies reported to have been discovered off the coast of Sattahip, Thailand. PattayaOne.net. Maybe 20 years old.

Is David Attenborough set to reveal the Missing Link in human evolution? Daily Mail. I hope this TV special airs in the States too.

The American Press on Suicide Watch. NY Times.

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Star Trek film given glowing praise by YouTube Klingons.

Hanes Her Way. The Red Neck Tank Top. picture.

Yuka, J-Babe Of The Week. Photo.

Top Ten Lines Never Before Said In a Star Trek Film. Video. Leonard Nimoy on David Letterman.

Digital Short: Motherlover. Video from Saturday Night Live.

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aTunes. An open source alternative to iTunes (in Java). I haven’t tried it but it looks interesting.

MP3tunes. Music locker: Your music everywhere.

D.I.Y. Dharma. This site is the online home of the D.I.Y. Dharma sangha – a peer-led community of freaks, geeks, queers, rebels, outcasts, stream-enterers and their friends, who meditate together in the Buddhist tradition.

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Week In Review: April 27 to May 3, 2009

2009-05-04T16:26:00.004-04:00

The ‘Best of’ all my online activity from the previous week.

Enemy Swine: A Pigcalypse Now

The Colbert Report

Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

Enemy Swine: A Pigcalypse Now

colbertnation.com

Colbert Report Full Episodes

Political Humor

First 100 Days

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Apple to be sued for 'stifling free speech' about iTunes. Telegraph.

Claire Bloom 'to star as mother of Doctor Who'. Telegraph.

Rare Roman glass bowl found 1,700 years after it's buried in East London. Daily Mail.

"Pirate Google" sets sail to show copyright hypocrisy. Ars Technica.

Apple to introduce more affordable Macs, sources say. Apple Insider.

Survey: Support for terror suspect torture differs among the faithful. CNN. Who would Jesus torture?

Swine flu? There's an app for that. The Unofficial Apple Weblog.

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The Daily Show’s Larry Wilmore grades Pres. Obama’s first 100 days

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

M - Th 11p / 10c

Grading Obama

thedailyshow.com

Daily Show
Full Episodes

Economic Crisis

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Michael Emerson talks about the Smoke Monster, Lost fans, and the show’s 100th episode. Video.

Megan Fox reminds fans of her killer figure in a body-hugging dress. Photo.

Lost / Star Trek comedic short video.

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Top 5 Free Resume Hosting Websites

CSS Creator. Online CSS generator.

Pristine Classical's Newest Releases. Online classical music download store. FLAC available.

Spotify. A world of music. Instant, simple and free (not currently available in US). I hear in Ogg Vorbis.

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Week In Review: April 20 to April 26, 2009

2009-04-27T16:51:00.001-04:00

The ‘Best of’ all my online activity from the previous week.

Star Trek’s UK premiere a hit.

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Is Ilana working for the Others? About the TV show Lost.

Wizards defeat Red Bulls on an early penalty kick. The MLS Game of the Week on ESPN 2.

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Blu-ray in every home? Backers aim for $99 players. Ars Technica.

Will Smith producing for Sci Fi. TV Squad.

NBC banishes 'Kings'. Zap2It.

The Pirate Bay case: Not necessarily a victory for Hollywood. Christian Science Monitor.

Gillian Anderson being lined up for Doctor Who appearance. Telegraph.

Why Everybody Lost The Pirate Bay Trial. Torrent Freak.

Apple found guilty of willful patent infringement. Ars Technica.

Conficker virus begins to attack computers. Telegraph.

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Librarians stand up to the Patriot Act. Video, FORA.tv.

A Gaythering Storm. Video, Funny or Die.

I hope you learned your lesson Pirate Bay! Cartoon.

Denise Richards’ Funbags. Video, Funny or Die.

Cheryl Cole is voted FHM’s World’s Sexiest Woman. Photograph.

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The Grammar Cheat Sheet

64 Things Every Geek Should Know

Five Types of Effective Headers in Web Design

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Week In Review: April 13 to April 19, 2009

2009-04-20T19:25:00.001-04:00

The ‘Best of’ all my online activity from the previous week.

Twitter’s Co-Founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone Speak!

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Who are Lost's Adam and Eve?

Late goal by Olsen salvages a point for DC United

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Human ancestors 'less ape-like'. Telegraph. It’s in the ankles.

'US Navy pirate hunters' TV show announced after Phillips rescue. Telegraph.

Microsoft face $388m damages bill for infringing software patent. Telegraph.

How to Ditch Your Cable Provider Without Giving Up on TV. Popular Mechanics.

Why Google Is The New Pirate Bay. Forbes.

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YouTube symphony orchestra heads to Carnegie Hall.

Harry Kalas cartoon. Thanks for the memories Harry.

Joe Pantoliano talks about mental illness. Video.

Lindsay Lohan’s eHarmony Profile. Video by Funny or Die. (Windows Live Writer wouldn’t let me embed this one.)

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11 Useful Twitter Tools That Don’t Require Your Password.

W3Schools. Online Web Tutorials, free. HTML, CSS JavaScript and more.

How to Spot Quality within Web Design: Examples & Tips.

Sentenc.es . A Disciplined Way To Deal With Email.

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Week In Review: April 6 to April 12, 2009

2009-04-13T19:36:00.001-04:00

The ‘Best of’ all my online activity from the previous week.

11 Year Old Nirvana Fan. Smells like pre-teen spirit.

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Five things that could be in Hugo's guitar case. A light-hearted Lost article.

MLS SuperClásico tonight on ESPN 2. My brief recap of the match is in the comments.

Each Monday I publish TV This Week and each Friday TV This Weekend. Here’s the link.

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New Web address endings could be start of turf wars. USA Today.

U2 blames Apple for switch to BlackBerry. Electronista.

I hope you didn't get too attached to 'Kings'. TV Squad.

How Apple will kill satellite radio this summer. Computerworld.

Xbox game based on Iraq conflict battle angers veterans. Telegraph.

Darth Vadar actor claims he is missing out on 'Return of the Jedi' payment. Telegraph.

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Protest on the streets of Bangkok.

Baracknophobia - Obey. Video. The Daily Show. Only now with the advent of Potato Day has tyranny come to our shores.

J-Babe Of The Week #23 Easter Special. Photo.

Chi.mp’s Funny Maintenance Message. Screen-cap by me.

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Google Strikes Again! Why Your Links Are Now Worthless.

10 things I bet you didn't know about domain names.

Komodo Edit. The Free and Open Source Dynamic Languages Editor.

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Telephone Phishing Scam from 402 982-0763 ?

2009-04-07T12:26:00.001-04:00

Today I got a phone call from 402-982-0763, the caller ID said ‘Card Services’ so I did not answer it. Here’s what I found out about that phone number at WhoCalled.us (comment by Terrell):

Received the call 4/6/09 at 10:38 am. Recorded message "from your credit card company" offering to lower interest rates. "Press 1 to speak to someone, 2 to no longer receive these messages." I pressed 2 and was connected to a man with a thick accent. I asked his name twice before he told me "Jack." I asked what company he was working for, he said "Visa and Master Card." I pointed out they were two different companies and he said that his company supplies credit cards to both (!). Then he asked if I had a credit card. I told him we are on a no call list and that what he is doing is illegal. He said, "I'm calling from your credit card company." I said, "No you're not, you just asked if I had a credit card, you don't even know!" He hung up.

This is an obvious pfishing scheme - an attempt to steal your credit card information.

I’m on the Do Not Call list, how do you report something like this?

Week In Review: March 30 to April 5, 2009

2009-04-06T15:56:00.001-04:00

The 'best of' all my online activity from the previous week.

Note: I usually embed several videos but Windows Live Writer won't let me right now.

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I wrote these.

Jozy Altidore & Hat Trick defeat Trinidad & Tobago. US MNT win again and lead the CONCACAF in World Cup Qualifying.

Real Salt Lake make the most of Crew mistakes and lackluster play. This was ESPN's MLS game of the week, I preview and review each ESPN match.

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George Soros, the man who broke the Bank, sees a global meltdown. The Times (London). Not good news.

Star Trek "sequel" already has writers. TV Squad. I guess they expect the new Star Trek movie to be a success.

Coffee Lessens the Pain of Exercise. Live Science.

Europe wants a black-box speed spy in every car. The Times (London). Big Brother wants into your car!

Free Stanford course on developing iPhone software. Stanford.

Andy Reid kidding himself about Eagles' needs. NJ.com. Mark Eckel column.

Radiohead to Testify Against the RIAA. Torrent Freak. Record companies do NOT really care about recording artists.

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Fun and interesting videos and photos that I have found online.

Lewis Black in: No Free Lunch. YouTube video.

What was it again that the terrorists hate? Editorial cartoon.

"Cougars" nuDia video news.

Steve Wozniak Replaces Zac Effron in Footloose. YouTube video.

The Glenn Beck Apocalypse. Video from Current.

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Free Twitter Badges For Your Website or Blog

Penzu.com . Free Private Journal and Diary.

14 Most Usefull design cheat sheets and coding cheat sheets

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Week In Review: March 23 to March 29, 2009

2009-03-31T12:15:00.002-04:00

The 'Best of' all my online activity from the previous week.

Banned from TV Family Guy Clip.

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'Galactica' ends on a high note. TV Squad. Good ratings for the finale of BSG.

Why Advertising Is Failing On The Internet. Tech Crunch.

5 Spices for Better Health. Readers Digest. And it's not the Spice Girls.

What a great city looks like. Ottawa Citizen. Hint: it's not New York, London or Tokyo - it's Philadelphia!

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How To Give Your Business Card

Sri Thep Cineplex - Nakon Phanom, Thailand. I have been posting a lot of photos from The Southeast Asia Movie Theater Project.

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher captured in pub on Google Street View. (video)

Ron Paul questions Bernanke on Capitalism. (YouTube video)

The U.S. Constitution is Dead? FORA video, Justice Antonin Scalia.

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34 Amazing Tumblr Themes.

Academic Earth. Video lectures from the world's top scholars.

All 120 Crayon Names, Color Codes and Fun Facts.

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Week In Review: March 16 to March 22, 2009

2009-03-23T18:33:00.001-04:00

The 'best of' all my online activity from the previous week.

The Great White North - Disco Sucks!

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Sci Fi Channel becomes Syfy... as if that makes a difference. TV Squad. Wha?

Passwords of 8,000 Comcast Customers Exposed. NY Times. It's Craptastic!

Kindle e-reader: A Trojan horse for free thought. Christian Science Monitor. DRM is bad where ever it is.

Dead Sea Scrolls were work of the Sadducees, claims academic. Daily Telegraph (UK). Not the Essenes as was thought?

Too much red meat could leave you blind, scientists warn. Daily Mail. Chicken is good.

This is the way the Internet ends: not with a bang, but DPI. Ars Technica. Deep Packet Inspection is not good for the user/consumer.

Steve Martin joins the ranks of banned playwrights. Guardian. Yes, the comedian. This is still generating a lot of comments today.

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Caesar Meets the Druids (Dramatization, Part 1).

Lindow Man, Druid Sacrifice? (With Dramatizations). Part 2 of the above video.

Did Vladimir Putin meet Ronald Reagan as an undercover KGB man? Photo.

U2 at Live Aid — 1985 - Top 10 Music Festival Moments - TIME. YouTube video.

Richard Pryor on Sesame Street. YouTube video.

17. Claudia Schiffer. (photo) Top 26 Sexiest Women Of The 1990s.

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17 New Wordpress Themes That Will Rock Your Personal Blog. Some real nice ones here.

Top 5 Sites To Learn Some CSS Programming.

CSSloaf.com

Vampire Killers. Thirteen Vampires. Thirteen Ways to Die. Online TV show.

50 Most Beautiful Icon Sets Created in 2008.

The Streamy Awards. Awards for online videos.

10+ Best Firefox Addons for Security and Privacy.

The Ultimate Guide To Twitter.

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Week In Review: March 9 to March 15, 2009

2009-03-16T16:41:00.001-04:00

The 'best of' all my online activity from the previous week.

Eisenhower warns us of the military industrial complex.

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'V' casts its evil alien leader. TV Squad. A remake of the old TV show is in the works.

U2 jumps ship from Apple to Research in Motion. Apple Insider. Doesn't U2 like Apple anymore?

Hackers crack Apple's iTunes gift card algorithm. Apple Insider. Those darn pirates.

General Motors drops PBS filmmaker Ken Burns. Baltimore Sun. Hopefully he will still make films for PBS.

Drug Mergers: Killers for Research. Business Week. The free market deciding we need fewer medicines.

Q&A with Alissa Hamilton: What you're really pouring from that carton of orange juice. Boston Globe. Mmmm, yet more chemicals allowed in foods but not required to be listed on food labels.

How to make green beer, leprechaun style. Mix That Drink. Just in time for St. Patrick's Day.

Monsanto's Michael Taylor is BAAAAACC...KKK ... this time to control "Food Safety" from the White House. OpEdNews.com . Will he look out for your best interests or Monsanto's?

The coming evangelical collapse. Christian Science Monitor. Really?

Google Begins Behavioral Targeting Ad Program. Electronic Frontiers Foundation. Also has a link to plug-ins to opt out.

Culinary Picks and Pans - TV. MSN. Tony Bourdain comments on various food shows on TV.

Patent bares rumor: Apple TV gearing up for games? C/Net. An Apple game console?

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The Mysterious Disappearance of Somchai Neelaiphajit.

80 Yard Soccer Goal! Video.

Jack Kerouac Reads from “On The Road”. Video.

Lena Fujii, J-Babe Of The Week. Photo.

5. A mystical dog saved Steven Seagal’s dojo in Japan. Photo from The Top Seven Awesome Things You Didn’t Know About Steven Seagal.

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"Top" four instant sound effect sites. Simple, easy and fun!

GimpUsers.com . News and info about GIMP, a free open source graphics application for Windows, Mac and Linux.

12 Excellent Tools for Picking a Domain Name. Handy if your trying to think up a clever domain name.

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