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Have a Digital Holiday

12. November 2008

A trip to Wal-Mart will really bring the home the fact that the holidays are on the way. It may be a couple weeks until Thanksgiving, but Christmas accessories are aplenty.

What the McG is Happening to My Electronic Murderer?

10. November 2008

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What the McG is Happening to My Electronic Murderer?

It is my belief that there are two kinds of Terminator fans. There are the kind that enjoyed the first three films, and eagerly await the next episode of the Sarah Connor Chronicles, and there are those who love the first two, thought the third one was somewhere between bad and mildly decent, and are not very interested in either the Sarah Connor Chronicles or the upcoming Terminator: Salvation. If you fall into a different category, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Hackers, Hacking, Hacks

7. October 2008

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The art of hacking in a technological world is generally a negative thing. To hack into something, usually means a breach in security and some form of data altered. However, hacking, and being particularly skilled at it, can pay off – if the skills are used appropriately.

Oh Joss I have foresaken thee. I did not know. Truly. I knew not.

24. July 2008

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Oh Joss I have foresaken thee. I did not know. Truly. I knew not.

There’s no way around it. I’m guilty. I’m guilty of doing a very bad thing. I don’t know if there’s a way I can be forgiven for the sin I have brought unto myself. I mean *how* HOW could I even consider myself to be a fan of Joss Whedon *and* be oblivious to Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog? I could use the excuse that I don’t have iTunes, but really, is that a good enough excuse? No. No it is not. For those of you who have been like me, living in a cave- I give you 'A brand new day, last song act 2'. It should be coming out on DVD, but in the meantime you can catch pieces of it on Youtube (thanks Cavtroop for showing me the error of my ways and pointing me in the right direction. One day, year, decade; I hope to be on good side of the Whedonverse again).

World of Warcraft for old fogies

8. July 2008

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Gus over at GiantRealm has an easy to read, insightful and. . . and. . . what was I talking about? Oh yeah, and informitive article on how to survive and thrive in WoW if you’re over 30, have kids and don’t want to dedicate your life to doritos, pasty skin and undead elves. Check [...]

What is the sound of 10,500,000 firecrackers? Why, it’s this.

5. July 2008

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Now that the 4th is over, here’s a little tidbit for you. 10,500,000 firecrackers - at the time this was filmed, a world record. Also a second record for most firecrackers blowed up in 5 seconds (a mere 800,000 of ‘em). snap-snap-snap-snap-snap-BOOM! Technorati Tags: boom, firecrackers, millions, world record, lotta gunpowder, BOOM Click the [...]

To Wii or Not to Wii

14. June 2008

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Wii. While I can’t afford all the new consoles out there, I must slowly take my time to decide which would be the best for me and my son. I’m an old school girl; it started with a paddle, ball and a wall, then scribbling two walls on a piece of paper and zipping my [...]

Can we call it a constellation prize?

11. June 2008

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For those who have felt bad for our little Pluto who was stripped of its title a couple of years ago of being considered a ‘planet’, perk up, all other little psuedo planets shall from hence forth be called a plutoid in honor of Mickey’s dog. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pluto, demoted from planet status in 2006, [...]

Skyscraper of steel toy parts sparkles in New York

10. June 2008

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Holy glittery goodness Batman! If you’re going to be in the NYC area before July 19th, make sure you add this to your “Must See” agenda. NEW YORK (Reuters) - A million pieces of stainless steel toy parts assembled into a nearly seven-story model skyscraper glimmered under the hot sun in New York on Tuesday, in [...]

Darth Vader Soundboard

26. May 2008

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On my quest for really fun widgets, I found this one at Widgetbox There were a few issues I have ran across: 1. Adjusting the size still didn’t make the boxes legible 2. Clicking on “Full Screen” only took me to a site with the google ads. The game didn’t show up. Regardless, it’s still uber fun to randomly click [...]

The new wave of online dating. Part 1

26. May 2008

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I have to admit that when I saw this on E! Entertainment I thought it was a little weird, yet at the same time I was both curious and impressed.In this day and age where almost every minute and mile counts, why not take a virtual date before you go on the real thing? It’s [...]

Fun, creepy way to save the ever increasingly rare “spare change”

26. May 2008

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Get your own face bank Click the icon, share the link:

Review: Into the Wild

13. May 2008

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I didn’t know a lot about this film before I had it delivered to my mailbox. I knew it was a coming of age story about a man bent on going to Alaska. In fact I didn’t even read the synopsis until after I watched it: Sean Penn directs this feature based on best-selling author Jon [...]

Severe OpenSSL vulnerability reported - affects many Debian based (i.e. Ubuntu) distros

13. May 2008

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Right from the horses mouth as it were - this affects a huge number of Ubuntu releases along with other Debian based distros. Be sure to regenerate ANY SSL key’s you may have out there that were created with the older version, even if they were just imported on to non-Debian based machines. =========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice [...]

The “Hello World” Program, in 366 Programming Languages!

4. May 2008

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“Hello World” is the traditional first program you write when learning a new language, first appearing in K&R’s “The C Programming Language” book in 1978. Since then it has been implemented in almost every programming language on the planet. This collection has it in 366 coding languages (even LOLCode!) and 58 human ones! [...]

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Have a Digital Holiday

What the McG is Happening to My Electronic Murderer?

Hackers, Hacking, Hacks

Oh Joss I have foresaken thee. I did not know. Truly. I knew not.

World of Warcraft for old fogies

What is the sound of 10,500,000 firecrackers? Why, it’s this.

To Wii or Not to Wii

Can we call it a constellation prize?

Skyscraper of steel toy parts sparkles in New York

Darth Vader Soundboard

The new wave of online dating. Part 1

Fun, creepy way to save the ever increasingly rare “spare change”

Review: Into the Wild

Severe OpenSSL vulnerability reported - affects many Debian based (i.e. Ubuntu) distros

The “Hello World” Program, in 366 Programming Languages!

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