opinion-and-editorial
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W00T – Empty Inbox. Thanks GTDinbox
I’ve been a big fan of the GTD methodology (see What is GTD, and GTD on Wikipedia). I can’t say that I’ve mastered it, but it works when you actually follow through. My problem is procrastination, or short attention span to things I don’t really want to do. But I’m working on it… One of…
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More Google Privacy Issues, Norcal is Not Happy.
More about the whole privacy issue with Google and Streetview. I think going to a private road is crossing the line, no pun intended. I see both sides of the argument and as a photographer, I can see where Google may feel its okay to do this. In the other hand, if I went out…
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Spore coming out soon! – Interview with Will Wright
I’m getting more excited about Spore coming out soon. The date is getting closer closer. Did you check out the trailer? Well, Cnet put out an interview with Spore game-master Will Wright on their site. The interview is short and easy to read, but it brings the spirit of the game forth and frankly it…
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Leaving Jesusland lyrics by NoFx
We call the heartland not very smartland, IQ’s are very low but threat levels are high They got a mandate, they don’t want man-dates, they got so many hates and people to despise In the dust bowl, cerebral black hole, the average weight is well over 200 pounds I hate to generalize, but have you…
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Trivia that matters to you
Trivia that matters. 1,000,000. The number of plastic cups we use on airline flights every 6 hours. 40,000,000 – Paper cups we use a day for hot drinks. Out of all the countries in the world, US has the largest percentage of its population imprisoned. 400,000 People die each year from smoking cigarettes. “On 911…
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Lucky number eight
In just a couple of weeks, the 2008 Summer Olympic games will begin. China as you know, will host this year’s event. Back in March I heard that China had been biding to get the rights to host the games on 2008 for quite a while, and apparently when they first requested this, it became…
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If Looking for a new Webhost, skip XO.
I’ve had the misfortune of dealing with a particular webhost recently. They’ve been around for quite sometime. They were one of the early players of webhosting. This is the worse customer support experience I’ve dealt with in webhosting. When I asked for help, all I got was the classic response “read the documentation.” I had…
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Keep up with the latest WordPress version, its good for ya.
The latest WordPress version has been released, and it comes loaded with dozens of cool features, bugfixes an what I call “efficiency tweaks”. Its worthwhile to get your site upgraded if you’re using WordPress, remember, if you have a vanilla WordPress installation you can use the InstantUpgrade plugin and be on your way in under…
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Get rid of your old iPhone and get bucks
Check this out. Cellforcash is a cool site that buys your cell phone from you. Right now, iPhones seem to have one of the best payouts. So if you’re going to get the brand new iPhone, you might want to sell your old one to these guys. check out this link to sell your old…
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Follow-up, PicLens awesomeness.
If you didn’t read my last post about PicLens, you should. I want to highlight a few of the really cool features this addon has. I have had a bit more time now to play with it, and I’m very impressed. Even more so than when I started using it. Last night, while I was…