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Chalk up another environmental benefit for shade-grown Latin American coffee: University of Michigan researchers say the technique will provide a buffer against the ravages of climate change in the coming decades.
Over the last three decades, many Latin American coffee farmers have abandoned traditional shade-growing …continue reading
Windows 7 to Make Shutdown Options More Prominent
And I thought it was just me who found it plain old stupid that Vista hid the shutdown button.
Flash Is Under Development for the iPhone
Crisis averted. The world can rest easier tonight.
GeekBrief.TV is reporting that Adobe is working on a Flash player for the iPhone. Finally! As soon as we hear more about this, we will post it.
We all know sound in Windows 95 uses SB16, right? Well that goes right down the crapper, so try an Ensoniq card; I’ve heard most of them work but I used the ‘es1371′ card. I know this one works and works very well.
How to …continue reading
OK, here’s one you don’t hear often…
My coworker told me he is often mistaken for Jewish. He’s Greek, so I guess it’s all the same neighborhood anyway.
Today he told me about his son, who’s starting college and living in the dorms this year. …continue reading
Frankly, this reminds me of using Linux software repositories for keeping software up to date on another *nix platform. Wild as it may seem, it I can see OS X making improvements that I have had for a long time elsewhere. But that is …continue reading
Recently I received a confusing email asking me about getting paid for idle CPU time. Thinking back a bit, I finally recalled a piece I put together back in 2006 on the subject. Unfortunately, it does look like you will no longer be able …continue reading
Hundreds marched on Wall Street to protest the bailout. Yet this was completely ignored by the mainstream media. Nada. Nothing. Not a peep.
What do you suppose it will take to wake up the Great Unwashed? These boobs are not doing you any favors (unless …continue reading
My friend Charlie in California sent this link to me. Take the survey and see who you agree with, either Obama or McCain.
Click here to take the survey.
Comments welcome.
Over at ZD-Net they are citing a French source that is making a big deal out of the fact that one, yes one, single Mac Pro owner says his computer made him sick. In the article it states that testing has shown that the Mac …continue reading
For a limited time, save $9 on the Apple iPod Nano 8GB (4th Generation), making it as low as $139.94! Or the Apple iPod Nano 16 GB (4th Generation) for as low as $189.94!
These are the latest generations iPod Nano models …continue reading
If it seems like there’s no shortage of project management tools on the Internet, then you’re exactly right, because there isn’t. When the employees of a company work together in an office, it’s not too much of a challenge for all of them to stay …continue reading
Xen from the chat room here. Just thought I should give the community my top five list for computer troubleshooting!
Your computer isn’t turning on? “Oh, no!” You think, “I’d better get a new one!” STOP right there. Before you get too frustrated, be …continue reading
Each page in Word is divided into an invisible grid. When you create an object, it is lined up against the nearest gridlines. By default, the squares in the grid are set to 0.13″ by 0.13″. You can adjust the increment of the squares, up …continue reading
On the lookout for business desktops, printers, notebooks, or accessories? The HP Small Business Store has some more great offers for us to pass on to our fellow Gnomies:
Save $933 When You Buy 3 HP Compaq dc5750 Business Desktops and Get 1 Free …continue reading
The list of products contaminated with Chinese milk is increasing. Heinz has recalled products:
“…”In order to reassure consumers about the safety of Heinz products, Heinz has made the strategic decision to switch our milk supply in China and Hong Kong to non-Chinese sources,” the …continue reading
Do you have a video that makes you say “There’s no WAY that’s even remotely possible?” Well the Mythbusters want you to send them some YouTube videos so they can test it themselves in a future episode!
A few days ago the Mythbusters uploaded a …continue reading
Remember Mystery Science Theater 3000 (aka MST3K)? The premise: A mad scientist stranded a human guinea pig in a satellite orbiting Earth and forced him to watch the worst movies ever made in an attempt to see what would make him crack — potentially …continue reading
I don’t take a lot of pictures with my digital camera because I’m just not into photography in this aspect, however, I do enjoy looking at interesting pictures just like anyone else. The Internet has made accessing and viewing pictures very simple, but most online …continue reading
This is probably the most useful gadget I’ve bought in a long time.
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Calling all geeks, entrepreneurs, startups, angels, VCs, etc.!
Startonomics, Dave McClure’s new conference on startup metrics, takes place this Thursday (October 2nd, 2008) in San Francisco.
Startonomics is a one-day workshop designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs on how …continue reading
Each page in Word is divided into an invisible grid. When you create an object, it is lined up against the nearest gridlines.
If you have a difficult time lining up drawing objects in Word, you can display the drawing gridlines to tweak positioning. The …continue reading
I just located a copy. It’s a 1990s Miss Alaska pageant and there’s our proud future vice-presidential candidate, strutting her stuff and looking for all the world like, well, Miss Alaska.
Now you’re probably thinking to yourself `Oh great – here he goes. He’s going …continue reading
Emitations.com strives to provide consumers with reproductions of “public domain” designs, or “original” designs that are comparable in quality and/or look to products sold by famous designers/manufacturers. Until November 1st, it’s offering some fine deals, including:
Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm for Hudson Soft, has announced the official launch of Bomberman Blast, an all-new Bomberman available for digital download on WiiWare for the Wii. Retaining many of the classic features that fans of the award-winning series have come to …continue reading
What does one do with a such a souvenir? Does it go on the coffee table or the fireplace mantel? An Air Force Officer thought that a missile launch control device would be a good souvenir:
“An Air Force supervisor says a Minot Air Force …continue reading
Dell and Paramount Pictures are joining forces to bring digital content to new computers. Consumers will have the option to have preinstalled movies loaded onto their new computers during the ordering process. Currently only Iron Man will be available, but more should be following. Dell …continue reading
