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Monthly Archives: October 2006

Impressive Pool Tricks

27-Oct-06

I was just browsing YouTube (everyone’s favorite video website), and this has got to be some of the coolest pool tricks I have seen. Kudos to him.
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Google Book Search Offering Free Scary Stories

26-Oct-06

For Halloween this it looks like Google Book Search is making a some classic scary stories available for free. Some of them can even be downloaded in PDF format for printing and perusing at your leisure. Personally I prefer to get my digital books through Project Gutenberg, but people love Google so I […]

Tag! You’re Not It .. Ever!!

21-Oct-06

If you are one of those folks sitting on the fence about whether or not lawsuits have gotten out of control, then perhaps a little story about a school banning “touch” or “chase” games for fear of being sued will convince you. From the article:
Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned […]

Residents Leave Landlines Behind

18-Oct-06

According to a Seattle Times article, 13% of the people living in the Seattle area do not have landlines in their home. When I read that, I was a bit shocked. I know a lot of people still have their landlines, but I figured the number would be much higher as most people […]

Much About Less

17-Oct-06

Right around the time I purchased my Macbook, and even today, many people were speculating on when Apple would upgrade their Macbook and Macbook Pro lines. Currently, both notebook models come packed with a Core Duo processor and many people think that Apple will soon start selling them with Core 2 Duo processors. […]

The McDonald’s Boycott Update

09-Oct-06

A little more than a year ago, I publicly declared that I was starting my own personal McDonald’s boycott. And, a little more than a year later, I am proud to say that my boycott of McDonald’s is still going strong. In fact, I would say that my boycott is going stronger than […]

WGA 2.0 and why I have a Macintosh

04-Oct-06

Today Microsoft released some information regarding their WPA (Windows Product Activation), WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) and WVA (Windows Volume Activation) products / services / securities / locks / hurdles / restrictions (it depends on how you look at it) that will be in their upcoming Windows Vista OS (Operating System). If you remember, it […]

Verse Of The Moment (October 2006)

01-Oct-06

I know it has been a few months since I posted a Verse of the Moment, but the switch from Windows to Macintosh threw me out of my routine. In addition, it took me some time to find all of the appropriate tools necessary to post these little soundbites.
Anyway, this month I got an […]