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Surrogate Girlfriend?


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Surrogate Girlfriend?, originally uploaded by dontaskme. Supposedly found at Macy's retail stores. They kind of remind me of the Lonely Men Pillows. The male in the image is giving an example ...

Chimp hacks Diebold electronic voting system


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Baxter the chimpanzee, former star of a German television show, demonstrates that the electronic voting system used in Ohio in 2004 is incredibly easy to tamper with. Includes Quicktime ...

The FBI on Greek row


Posted in Stupid by Derek | 1 Comment

A new fraternity of sorts has moved in on the Greek row at Louisiana State University: the FBI. About 50 New Orleans agents displaced by Hurricane Katrina will be living ...

Open music directory


Posted in AV by Derek | 1 Comment

OpenDir is a valuable asset to add to your bookmarks collection if downloading music is your kinda thing. The OpenDir archives date back to September of 2003. No actual files ...

.htaccess tricks and tips


Posted in Tech by Dan | 1 Comment

If you run a website or a blog, you will learn that the .htaccess file is a invaluable tool to help control who, what, and where your visitors can go. Read ...

Flickr Backup


Posted in Tech by Dan | 2 Comments

Flickr Backup is a utility that allows you to download the pictures you have uploaded to Flickr back down to your computer for personal backup or restore. Best part is: ...

Update: Meebo – Trillian-like Ajax chat client


Posted in Tech by Derek | 164 Comments

Finally. A decent web based chat service which supports all the major instant message protocols. Unfortunately, there's no Jabber support so it's a no go for Google Talk fanatics. Bookmark ...

Uh Oh! Apple has another premature announcement


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According to ThinkSecret people are receiving a yet announced Mac mini. The specs are: 1.5HGz 8x dual-layer SuperDrive ATI Radeon 9200 (64MB) 5,400 RPM HardDrive Bluetooh 2.0+EDR Read More

How-To: Import & Export Gmail contacts


Posted in Howto, Tech by Derek | 1 Comment

It looks like Gmail is rolling out a much requested feature. I was doing my regular contact list cleanup and noticed that Gmail now has an 'Import' & 'Export' feature ...

JotSpot – Take my notes for me!


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Kind of reminds me of the the old days. The days when you could bribe another student in the class to hand over notes from the classes I used to ...

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