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Facebook Now Allowing Spam?

In: Reviews, Technobabble

You can’t turn around lately without hearing about the latest craze on facebook: 25 Random Things.  The premise is, you put up 25 random and usually useless things about yourself, and then “tag” a bunch of people so that they can come read it and praise you for the witty and interesting things you have [...]

I saw this new Microsoft commercial the other day, and I have to say I think it’s brilliant for the following reasons:

It shines light on the fact that Apple is casting an unfair stereotype of PC users
It gives existing Microsoft costumers a group of people they can feel proud identifying with
It makes Apple look like [...]

What’s Your Walk Score?

In: Reviews

When technology meets geography, I get very excited. Toss in the concept of sustainability/green concerns and I get even happier. In that vein, I stumbled across Walk Score today. You put in your address the site maps various types of businesses near your home and calculates an overall score. If you [...]

The Band Marches On… With Extra Action

In: Reviews

After the display put on by the Extra Action Marching Band outside the exhibit hall at RalsConf yesterday, we couldn’t help ourselves. We headed out to a little club called Dante’s across the Burnside bridge and caught their evening act. Dante’s served as the perfect venue for XA, exposed brick and rebar basqued in [...]

Internet Bot Sex

In: Reviews

I recently switched to Gaim so that I could slim down to only having one IM client running. I hate having too many icons in my system tray. I’m a little OCD that way. One of the features that is lacking in Gaim that is present in Yahoo! Messenger is the “report spam” button. When [...]

My Web Comic List

In: Reviews

Last night while playing games at a friends house we started talking about web comics. I’ve always loved comics, and web comics provide a forum for niche audiences that are too offensive, surreal or non-traditional for general consumption. I agreed to post the list of web comics that I read daily, so here it is:

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The Time Traveler’s Wife

In: Reviews

The Time Traveler’s Wife
By Audrey Niffenegger
Rating: 5/5
I just finished reading this book by first time author Audrey Niffenegger. I thoroughly enjoyed her writing style. She has a nice voice, descriptive and enticing, and plenty of plot threads to keep you turning pages even when you start fighting sleep during those late night reading sessions.
The book [...]

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