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Before you (or your parents) make a will know this!
Friday, November 26, 2004 3:30 PM

Before you (or your parents) make a will know this!After thanksgiving dinner I was reading a retirement book my parents had lying around and I learned something very important that I had no clue about. While I'm sure we all know that you have to

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CRT TVs aren't dead yet
Friday, November 26, 2004 3:09 PM

CRT TVs aren't dead yetWell looks like Phillips has made a new CRT that will let the CRT live on (for now). It's the world's first thin CRT.

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posted by travisowens (Comments Off)

Is the internet a resource or a service?
Friday, November 19, 2004 3:44 PM

Is the internet a resource or a service?I saw in the news that in Philly, the state level government is getting pressure from the ISPs & Telcos to ban a state ran wireless service. I'm starting to really be dead against any attempt to ban a

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Vacuum Tube turns 100 today (Tues the 16th)
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 4:13 PM

Vacuum Tube turns 100 today (Tues the 16th)I'd thought this day would never come (just kidding) but I read at SlashDot today that the vacuum tube turned 100 today. So if you see vaccy around the office today, wish him a happy 100th!

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Proof that InkJet cartrigdes are a scam
Monday, November 15, 2004 5:23 PM

Proof that InkJet cartridges are a scamA always thought InkJet carts were a rip off, but after reading this it really opened my eyes.http://marshallbrain.blogspot.com/2004/02/price-of-things-price-comparison-last.htmlIn a nutshell: Why does a microwave

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Better than desktop grade laptops?
Monday, November 15, 2004 4:58 PM

Better than desktop grade laptops?I should have posted this 2 weeks ago when I first heard about it. In case you haven't been aware, companies are making laptops (for almost a whole year) that can compete with desktops in features & speed.

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The Worst Coding Idea Ever
Monday, November 15, 2004 4:54 PM

The Worst Coding Idea EverLately, because of a post on another blog I have been reading the DailyWTF blog. Today's post has got to be the worst design idea I've ever seen or heard, even programmer jokes haven't been this absurd.In a nutshell,

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Fix older Firefox extensions/plugins to work in new Firefox
Friday, November 12, 2004 4:02 PM

Fix older Firefox extensions/plugins to work in new FirefoxIf you use Firefox (and if you're into web developement at all, you should be) you'll find out that at least during the beta/PR/RC releases, everytime you upgraded Firefox, it broke all your extensions.

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New Official Windows XP/2003 Theme
Tuesday, November 09, 2004 6:30 AM

New Official Windows XP/2003 Theme Actually I've been using a pre-release of this theme for months, but I just noticed today that a month ago, MS realesed the final theme. It's basically a more shiny version of the blue theme with richer gradients.

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FixedSys is finally fully ported to a True Type Font aka FixedSys.TTF
Monday, November 01, 2004 3:47 PM

FixedSys is finally fully ported to a True Type Font aka FixedSys.TTFAbout 2 years ago I ported FixedSys from a bitmap font to a TTF because it was the preferred font in IRC and when I got my first high res desktop (1280x1024) the default bitmap font

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This year's must have Christmas toy
Monday, November 01, 2004 2:33 PM

This year's must have Christmas toyNot that they will be in short supply as every company and their mother are making one (which means nice low competitive prices) but I truly believe this years "Elmo" will be the MP3 player. Although I'm talking

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