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Another day, another study: The study finds that instant messaging language does mirror patterns in speech, but that teens, surprisingly, are actually using a fusion of different levels of diction. Teens are using both informal forms that their English teachers would never allow, yet they also use formal writing phrasing that, if used in speech, would [...] The hateful Christianbasher who created the Flying Spaghetti Monster as an insult to Christians and the absurdity of believing in God is out with a book of those hatemails. We’re all supposed to be offended, I guess, that he’s getting nasty hatemail after pimping that stupid thing specifically to rile up Christians. Of course Boing [...] Technorati Tags: kitten, cat, cute, sleepy var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, twitter, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’; I feel a fisk coming on… I saw this post on Dell’s new blog, and my brain immediately jumped into must-respond mode. Most people understand that the direct model helps us deliver better value by eliminating the middle man and establishing a personal relationship with our customers. What’s not as obvious is how much that relationship with [...] From C-Net: Users of Symantec Norton Antivirus 2006, or any product that contains Norton Antivirus 2006, such as Norton Internet Security 2006, or Systemworks 2006, may have experienced difficulties due to an faulty update sent via Norton LiveUpdate over the weekend. Users reported getting on screen messages stating that “Norton AntiVirus 2006 does not support the repair [...] It’s truly tragic… An icon of video games for years is now being relegated to the dustbin of history, despite the spin. Next Generation delivers the obituary: As Next-Gen exclusively reported Sunday, all major exhibitors have effectively pulled their support from the show, prompting the majority of game publishers to also cancel plans for [...] Good thing we don’t live in a country like China where they arrest photographers for doing the… Wait… WTF? PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia family said they are outraged over the arrest of one of their family members. The family of Neftaly Cruz said police had no right to come onto their property and arrest their 21-year-old son simply because [...] Some guys are just jerks. Darren Sherman would appear to be one of those types. In a nutshell, Peter Shankman summarizes: Our story opens with some background: For the uninitiated, (those who don’t live in either New York, Florida, Los Angeles, or Israel,) J-Date is match.com for Jews. I’ve used it. I’ve had a few good [...] Everyone knows that just about the only way to get an immediate clean and fresh restart in the world of credit and finances is bankruptcy. What happens, however, if you have an e-mail debt? Thousands upon thousands of e-mails just piled on top of each other. The truth is you’re never going [...] Click here to read more about it. The fun thing about Information Salad is that it’s just me and Slobokan just shootin’ the shit about the stuff we’re interested in. We still would love to get your e-mails and suggestions, though. We have some big plans for this puppy and we hope you enjoy the show! Technorati [...] Stefan’s Stuff: My Mini Photoshop How To… Stop PDF files from opening in Firefox – Lifehacker GBA Player’s Choice round two announced – Joystiq When you write a post with this money shot, you have to expect a reaction: On top of that, I haven’t found anything that Thunderbird can’t do that Outlook can (things that I would use anyways). The post in question was about how much greater Thunderbird is than Outlook. Should I yawn now or yawn later? [...] Check out the prices for Intel’s new Core 2 Duo desktop chips (aka Conroe): * Core 2 Extreme X6800 – 2.93GHz – $999 Considering how [...] Not for nothing, but it seems like every time Andrew Baron opens his mouth, Amanda Congdon takes his foot, angles it ever so gently, and shoves it right into his mouth. Rather than give the explanation, just read the latest from Amanda’s blog: I’m bored of this. Really. It’s getting older than old. But this new fact [...] Thomas Hawk has claimed, with IP’s that back him up, that Yahoo! (Owner of flickr) has edited the Wikipedia Entry of Zooomr, a “competing” service, mocking it as an “exact copy” of flickr. Ouch. Thomas comments: So today when checking out the latest edits to Zooomr’s Wikipedia entry I noticed that a recent change had been [...] Advice Goddess Blog Aptana: The Web IDE var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options [...] How does one make Vinny really happy? Why release Flip4Mac for Intel Macs, of course! No joke! It’s finally here! You can grab it from Microsoft here. Now you can play WMV’s with no drama. Truth is, the best would be if people would stop using closed standards like WMV and start using more open [...] Quest For A More Mindful Mac – The Apple Blog Boing Boing: Israel/Lebanon conflict: death counter webpage Delphi Providing Inserts for [...] If you have a Mac (or Linux or Windows for that matter), there’s a great cross platform flickr uploader you need to take a look at. It’s so good, in fact, that Zooomr has adopted it as their bulk uploader (which, as of right now, is the only reason I’m wasn’t using the service; [...] Every once in awhile you have a bedeviling little problem that might require the services of a programmer, but unless you’re some kind of high-up professional, you don’t have one at your disposal nor do you have the money to hire one. Until now. Slacker Manager lets us in on a nice little service that, [...] |
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