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Lifehacker had a great little piece of software today called Deskpins. It gives you the ability to take any window and make it “always on top.” Great stuff and works pretty damn well. Go give it a try. It’s free, spyware and adware free, and useful. Technorati Tags: deskpins, cool, software var addthis_language [...] Short video, sweet move. Yes, I got into curling this Olympic season. So shoot me. Technorati Tags: curling, shot, amazing, cool var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, twitter, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’; The parent company of a Dubai-based firm at the center of a political storm in the US over the purchase of American ports participates in the Arab boycott against Israel, The Jerusalem Post has learned. The firm, Dubai Ports World, is seeking control over six major US ports, including those in New York, Miami, Philadelphia and [...] One of the most repulsively fascinating facts about contemporary black popular culture is how it continues to reach fresh lows. It finds new ways of leaping all fences that would bar it from falling into a bottomless pit of tastelessness. All of the insults and burdens of minstrelsy have been bested by black comedians and [...] It’s funny, really. I know this site offends people. In many cases, I say stuff specifically with the intention of putting people up over the edge screaming and hissing. I take pride in making people pull their hair out. In fact, at a recent family function, my cousin (Alan H. to [...] CBS has filed suit against Howard Stern… The 43-page complaint charges: * Howard Stern repeatedly and willfully breached his written contract You Passed 8th Grade Math Congratulations, you got 8/10 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Math? var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, twitter, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’; In an effort to innovate beyond the iPod, Samsung has hired one of the software designers behind the iPod for its initiative mentioned here (January 10th) the first player he’ll work on being the YP-Z5, a Nano knockoff. Looking at the pictures that have been floating around, it’s not really surprising that they would hire an [...] var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, twitter, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’; Hey Bode… Now that you sucked like a high-end vacuum for two weeks, can you shut up? SESTRIERE, Italy – Bode Miller’s five-ring washout reached the end of its cycle yesterday, 13 days after it began. He left the Olympic hill for good at 3:52 p.m., about a half-hour after he ran over a gate [...] I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The next time some Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackon clone comes forward and says the police aren’t doing enough to protect young black men, you are hereby required to spit right in their racebaiting faces: Busta Rhymes has no time for the cops investigating his bodyguard’s [...] I’ve had a PSP for a few weeks at a time, and it’s a fun little system. The load times, however, suck. Apparently THQ has taken that sucktitude to a whole new level of suckiness. The video below is long, but you’ll feel this guy’s pain: Now, I have never had loadtimes that even come [...] Ryan Brenizer, a friend of mine, is someone I look up to in photography. Along with Travis Ruse, I’ve learned so much watching their work it really has helped my own ability to take pictures. On Ryan’s LiveJournal today, I saw a paragraph that I thought really sums up my feelings about many of the [...] So I finally got around to fixing some stuff around here. It was quite fun doing the cleanup, and you can definitely see the difference in site load times. Speed, in the end, is of utomost importance Here’s what’s changed: 1. Blogs for Terri: Gone. Why? Because they’re nuts, [...] The NYPD, as usual, is overstepping its bounds with regards to what’s legal and illegal. Police, MTA Officials Crack Down On Subway Photography The vice president of the New York Press Photographers Association says police are routinely cracking down on amateur and professional photographers alike on city subways, even though it’s perfectly legal to take [...] PARIS (Reuters) – After backing calls by Muslims for respect for their religion in the Mohammad cartoons row, the Vatican is now urging Islamic countries to reciprocate by showing more tolerance toward their Christian minorities. Roman Catholic leaders at first said Muslims were right to be outraged when Western newspapers reprinted Danish caricatures of the Prophet, [...] Bill O’Reilly, instead of responding to the relentless ankle-biting by low-rated failure Keith Olbermann (who incidentally has less than half the ratings of O’Reilly), has decided to hit the incompetent ratings-bomb where it counts… In his non-existent ratings, by offering a petititon to people to bring back the higher-rated Phil Donohue: February 22, 2006 Chairman Robert [...] The Supreme Court overturned a dismissal of a woman’s case. Here’s a brief outline of the case: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A woman who tripped and fell over letters, packages and periodicals left on her front porch can sue the U.S. Postal Service for damages, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. The 7-1 ruling was a victory [...] From Worldnet Daily: A community college student in Massachusetts faces possible disciplinary action for shouting “Remember Chappaquiddick!” during an on-campus speech by Democrat Sen. Edward Kennedy yesterday. Paul Trost, 20, a student at Massasoit Community College in Brockton, Mass., says he was upset by an introduction of Kennedy given by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., in which the [...] Mike Wise from the Washington Post: [I]t came as a surprise to see Gumbel eviscerating the Winter Olympics in the closing monologue of HBO’s “Real Sports” earlier this month. “So try not to laugh when someone says these are the world’s greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a [...] |
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