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2007 February

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Political Views and Technology Views Don’t Mix

I was scrolling through the latest lists of crashed sites (aka Digg) and noticed a worthy article for me to read regarding shared hosting and their tech support.  I was stunned and pretty much decided not to read the rest of the article half way through the first paragraph.  Not because I didn’t think the […]

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Apple and Cisco Make Nice Over iPhone Trademark

Aww… Isn’t that cute.  Two major players in the technology industry are making nice and are all kissy-kissy.  I was really hoping Cisco would bury Apple under an iPhone lawsuit just to put Apple in their proper place regarding trademarks but my wish will not be granted according to MacNN:
Cisco and Apple today announced that […]

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Sirius and XM Have to get Past FCC to Merge

usrbingeek told you about the attempted merger between Sirius and XM. What he didn’t tell you is that there is a FCC provision that specifically prohibits the two satellite radio companies from merging. It would create a monopoly the likes of which we haven’t seen since the early 20th century.
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Software Firewalls Are Not The End-All, Be-All

Recently, A Canadian Geek pointed out that Microsoft Vista’s firewall did little to firewall outbound traffic.  This is no surprise to me because software firewalls have one flaw; they allow the user to make the decision on what flows in and out.  Hardware based, external firewalls are going to allow you to configure them but […]

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Daytona 500 Sausage Potato Soup

For those of us in the areas of the country where it’s still plenty cold the Daytona 500 does not mark the start of Spring. It’s still chilly in a vast majority of the country and I have just the race day recipe for you. It requires a little preparation and all day […]

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ImageMagick Guru Wanted

I’m having a helluva time getting ImageMagick operating on one of my servers.  I need an ImageMagick guru to get it working.  Name your price.

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Yahoo! Pipes

If Yahoo! Pipes were a little easier to use and more intuitive it could easily take the world by storm.  Four years ago I wanted to create an online RSS aggregator that would rank, filter, and sort content from multiple RSS feeds and provide you with the best possible articles on every subject dumped into […]

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12-Year-Old Blogger Weighs in on Traffic

David Wilkinson is a 12-year-old blogger that covers some very diverse topics.  He also gets a decent amount of traffic and doesn’t spend a dime doing it.  He has written an article for ProBlogger detailing how he does it.  Care to guess what his first method in getting traffic is?  Search Engine Optimization.
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Interview with Gina Elise of Pin Ups for Vets

If you’ve never heard of Gina Elise and her project Pin Ups for Vets prepare to become very informed and amazed. Gina Elise is a 24-year-old who majored in theater at UCLA. It’s not often that someone of Gina’s age gets interested in helping people. It’s even less often that someone from […]

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Desktop Earth - The World as Your Wallpaper

While looking for dual screen wallpapers at work one day I stumbled across what I find to be the last wallpaper you will ever need. Desktop Earth is a wallpaper generator for Windows. It runs whenever you’re logged on and updates your wallpaper with an accurate representation of the Earth as […]