Archive for January, 2007
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Yes: dots.
Some hiking trails in the Northeast rely on this system to show the path. I’ve been worried before, that we were going to have to sleep in the woods overnight - at least twice. That is: both times we went hiking.
So print this out or tattoo it onto your arm if you ever plan [...]
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Activating Your Own Phone With A Cell Phone Company: You can buy a used phone, or an unlocked phone, for full price and avoid signing a contract.
Why They Hate It: Cell phone companies want you to sign a contract. They need you to sign a contract. They burn with desire for you to be under [...]
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
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Monday, January 29th, 2007
From the two or three times I’ve sat down and watched this show I’ve come to the same conclusion: it’s sort of fun to watch but it’s also kind of disconcerting that so many people accept the premise without any analysis or discussion about how totally fucked up it is:
Another principal problem of the program [...]
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Saturday, January 27th, 2007
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Friday, January 26th, 2007
Be sure to sing along!Here’s a link incase it doesn’t load
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Friday, January 26th, 2007
I’ve talked about wanting this for a while. It’s essential to have all your Firefox’n backed up and movable from computer to computer.
Finally I found a tool that will let me do it!
Firefox Extension Backup Extension (FEBE) | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation
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Friday, January 26th, 2007
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Thursday, January 25th, 2007
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Thursday, January 25th, 2007
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Get yer tentacle porn while it’s hot at Walmart…
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While yer there pick up some fashionable Nazi wear:LinkLink 2
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
“This isn’t a smoking gun; climate is a batallion of intergalactic smoking missiles.”
Link: ‘Smoking gun’ report to say global warming here - CNN.com
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
Photos of a decommissioned secret sub base in Russia. Apparently after the fall of the soviet union this was turned into a visitors center…
Until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 Balaklava was one of the most secret towns in Russia. 10km south eas of Sevastopol on the Black Sea Coast, this small town [...]
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
BAD:
- Read your email to get new product ideas
- Censor search results
- Bundle their desktop software with stuff you didn’t ask for
- Share their data on you freely with third parties
GOOD:
- Be very transparent about everything
- Create tools and services to circumvent censorship
- Be conscious about their gatekeeping role and always maintain the best possible [...]
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