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Win A $100 Best Buy Gift Card
2007-10-15 19:00:00 Want a chance to win a $100 gift card from Best Buy? It’s easy. Just take the Dice Salary Survey and provide your email address at the end of the survey to enter. I just completed the survey and it only took about ten minutes… really no big deal. The offer expires October 26, 2007 ... More About: Card , Giveaways , Gift
How Do You Organize Your Desk?
2007-10-15 17:13:00 Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons. More About: Organize , Humor , Desk , Organ
Friday Song Of The Day - Emotional Rescue
2007-10-12 17:56:00 Emotional Rescue by The Rolling Stones appears on their Forty Licks album from 1980. I love the song as with many of The Stones songs. The content though appears to be a guy pleading with some woman to leave her husband or boyfriend to be with him. Hmm… a song of adultery, possibly? Of course ... More About: Song , Friday , Emotional
Frank Herbert?s Dune - Audiobook
2007-10-11 18:30:00 I just finished Frank Herbert’s Dune on audiobook and am completely stoked. It really made the commute back and forth to my new job so tolerable. I saw the old movie made back in 1984 for which I have always been a fan. However, I never read the actual book and now I regret that ... More About: Entertainment , Audiobook , Frank Herbert
PC Problems - The End In Sight
2007-10-11 03:49:00 As per my last couple of blogs I have been having some problems using my PC… I can’t use it. I have been receiving the error “A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license for this computer. Error code 4: 0×80090006“. This is one of those elusive problems that has many postings on ... More About: Operating Systems , Problems , Sight
A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license for th
2007-10-10 17:10:00 Well, the saga of the broken PC continues. I’ve tried running Windows recovery console from my Windows XP disc, but have not been able to get back up and running. The computer still boots fine and I can see all of my files there at the console, but no login in normal Windows mode. I ... More About: Operating Systems , Problem , License , Accu
PC Woes
2007-10-08 14:57:00 Well my PC took a huge dump this weekend. It’s an odd sort of problem as you can actually boot the computer up. There are a few unknown exception errors that popup as the login screen appears. Then when I try to login it gives me some strange error about validating my Windows license and ... More About: Hardware , Operating Systems
How To Convert Tab Delimited Text To HTML Using AWK
2007-10-05 16:46:00 Have you ever needed to quickly process a text file into some other format… say HTML? Well, I run across this problem more frequently than you might suspect and there is one tool that I use quite often to solve the problem. AWK is a general purpose programming language that is designed for processing text-based data, ... More About: Tutorials , Text , Convert , Html , Deli
5 Tips For Finding New Things To Blog About
2007-10-04 16:06:00 Have writer’s block? Need some fresh ideas for content? These are just a few sources of blog material that you can utilize to get the creative juices flowing. Solving A Problem A lot of what I do as a software engineer includes solving problems. Many of them are small like: Problem) I need to display X, Y ... More About: Tips , Blogging , Blog , Things
ProBlogger Is Giving Away $54,000 In Cash And Prizes!
2007-10-03 16:01:00 Darren Rowse is running a Birthday Bash Giveaway in celebration of the ProBlogger.net blog’s three year birthday. Congratulations, Darren! Anyway he has acquired giveaway/prize contributions from sponsors of many prizes ranging in value from a few dollars to several thousand dollars. The giveaways are already underway and are happening fast, so you should head over ... More About: Blogging , Giveaways , Prizes , Giving , Cash
Web Host Highlight - Web Hosting Buzz
2007-10-01 02:46:00 I’d like to take a bit of space to highlight a web host - Web Host ing Buzz . If you are looking for a good place to host your website you should check out the services and features Web Hosting Buzz has to offer. Features Overview Upto 25 Free Domains for Life FREE Shopping Carts FREE Photo Album Scripts Multi Language ... More About: Highlight
Color Palettes For The Non Artist
2007-09-26 06:21:00 I do not consider myself an artist by any means and so when it comes to picking out color combinations for web work I am usually at a loss. I can generally pick out when something looks really bad, but I’m not that adept at finding subtle color variations that will match another. So what’s ... More About: Color , Artist , Palette , Artis
How Can I Tell If My Bash Script Is Already Running?
2007-09-24 05:51:00 A lot of times I have to write Bash scripts that get scheduled to run over and over again. These scripts can also take a while to run depending on the task I have for it. There could be a huge problem if I crank up multiple versions of the same script on accident and ... More About: Running , Tutorials , Operating Systems , Script , Ready
Where Do Shooting Stars Come From?
2007-09-23 02:26:00 Here’s a hilarious and somewhat scientific look into space, space travel and shooting stars. It’s all about perspective. (Click through to the site if you cannot see the video) More About: Video , Stars , Humor , Technology , Shooting
How To Make A Glowing Tomato
2007-09-22 20:42:00 Check this cool video out. It’s a tutorial on how to make a tomato glow. Ooh. This would make a great science project for your kids. (Click through to the site if you cannot see the video) Make A GLOWING TOMATO ! - Click here for this week?s top video clips More About: Video , Tutorials , Tomato
Tech Bundle - September 21
2007-09-21 13:42:00 10 Things You Need to Know About WordPress 2.3 - The big news of the week! WordPress is releasing version 2.3 on Monday, September 24. This article outlines some of the new features you can expect… including tags! 25+ Ways To Synchronize Your Bookmarks - This article on Mashable.com is a great list of tools and ... More About: Tech , Bundle
Friday Song Of The Day - The Streak
2007-09-21 12:20:00 I love comedy and that includes in music. Ray Stevens is one of the all time great comedy singers. Here is one of the top known songs most of you have probably heard before, The Streak. (Reporter): Hello, everyone, this is your action news reporter with all the news that is news across the nation, on the scene ... More About: Song , Friday , The D
What Happens When You Open Every Application On A MacBook Pro?
2007-09-20 15:44:00 Some guy decided he’d see if his MacBook Pro could handle opening every application on it… at the same time. He says it took quite a while and paused here and there, but eventually had everything up and running. Amazing! Way to go Apple . Here is the original article on Digg. The picture below links to ... More About: Toys , Open , Application , Macbook
Video Tutorial: How To Open Your Xbox 360
2007-09-18 16:18:00 Here is a very well done video tutorial showing you just how to open up your Xbox 360. Why would you want to do that? I don’t know… just because you can I guess. Click the link below to see the video. How to open up your Xbox 360 More About: Video , Toys , Tutorial
Monitor Processes With Bash Scripts
2007-09-18 05:05:00 Have you ever wanted to monitor some processes on your system using a Bash script? Well, I have had to many times. Usually I’m running a script or program that is processing large amounts of data and I want to keep an eye on it’s progress. Well, it’s actually quite easy. Peaking At Processes The foundation of ... More About: Tutorials , Operating Systems , Scripts , Monitor
Win A 46? Toshiba HDTV
2007-09-17 13:48:00 PCWorld magazine is giving away a 1080p 46″ Toshi ba LCD HDTV! All you have to do is go to http://www.pcworld.com/pcwsurvey and answer a few simple questions about your experiences with PCs, cameras, printers and/or various other electronic devices. When I did the survey it just asked me about laptop PCs and WiFi routers, so I’m ... More About: Toys , Giveaways , Hdtv
Extreme Skydiving Video
2007-09-17 04:51:00 This is a cool video someone sent me on YouTube. It’s a collection of swooping, which is one of the more extreme aspects of skydiving. Basically skydivers pilot their canopies in a manner that has them skimming along the ground at insane speeds. They have competitions that include navigating courses, many of which include water. ... More About: Video , Entertainment , Extreme , Skydiving , Trem
Friday Song Of The Day - Long Haired Country Boy
2007-09-14 17:26:00 This weeks Friday Song Of The Day goes out to one of my best buds. He doesn’t have long hair (like me) but he certainly is a country boy and his heart his definitely in this song. This is Long Haired Country Boy by the Charlie Daniels Band (from the Fire on the Mountain album). ... More About: Music
View Source Chart - A Firefox Extension
2007-09-13 21:46:00 A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article titled Instant Source - Hacking Websites The Easy Way. It covered the Internet Explorer extension Instant Source, which allowed a much more informative view source functionality. I really liked this extension BUT being an IE only program I set out to find a Firefox alternative. View Source ... More About: Web Development
What Fire Fighters Do When They Are Bored
2007-09-13 04:25:00 What this awesome video of fire fighters lifting an automobile into the air using water! (Click through to the site if you cannot see the video) Fire Fighters lift car with water!!! - Watch more free videos More About: Video , Humor , Bored
77 Resources to Simplify Your Life as a Web Designer
2007-09-12 05:30:00 This is an awesome list of web designer resources that got dugg. I thought I’d list it here as well because the list is just so darned good! See the 77 Resources … More About: Life , Web Development , Designer , Web Designer
Win A FREE 20? iMac With Intel Core 2 Duo
2007-09-12 05:19:00 DevDad is holding yet another giveaway, the Stay At Home Dad iMac Give-Away! That’s right, this time he has teamed up with SitterCity, America’s leading site for matching babysitters and petsitters with people who need them, to be able to offer a brand new 20″ Apple iMac. It comes with a 2.0 GHz Intel Core ... More About: Toys , Intel Core , Giveaways
One Million iPhones Sold!
2007-09-11 03:46:00 Apple has announced the sale of the one millionth iPhone. 74 days after its release on June 29th, Apple has reached a major milestone. The mobile device that was two years in the making has changed to path of handhelds, spurred development in the industry, and garnered interest from nearly every corner of technology. And ... More About: Apple , Toys , Million , Sold
How Can I Access My Home PC Remotely?
2007-09-10 17:22:00 Mashable.com has the answer! There are lots of reasons why you?d want to access your PC remotely, and luckily there are also plenty of ways to do so. Crossloop is one of the simplest (it?s also free), but for those willing to venture further, you?ve got lots of options. Excuse us while we get technical for a ... More About: Internet , Home , Access , Mote
400+ Million Firefox Downloads
More articles from this author:2007-09-09 17:00:00 According to the Spread Firefox site they have now reached 400 million downloads of the Firefox web browser. I personally cannot use a computer without Firefox installed. It is in my humble opinion far superior to it’s counterparts, especially Internet Explorer. I even have a U3 version installed on my thumb drive so that I ... More About: News , Downloads , Million 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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