Oct
31
2005
So long Blogger, hello WordPress!
After far too long putting up with Blogger’s problems (slowness, entries either not publishing or getting lost), I’ve finally made the move to something else. My choice? WordPress, the open-source blog publishing platform. I’m working out the kinks here, but I already have most things set up correctly, and have imported all posts from Blogger [...]
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Oct
23
2005
The Daily .WAV
The Daily .WAV “Now in our 10th year of annoying your cubemates.” A new, short wav file every single day. They just really, really need an RSS feed!
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Oct
23
2005
Planet PDF’s Free PDF eBooks
So what’s beetter than Project Gutenberg’s free text eBooks?How about Planet PDF’s PDF format free eBooks? Planet PDF apparently took a bunch of Guttenberg’s text files, turned them into high-quality PDFs, and have them free for download. Produce your own quality prints of Leo Tolstoy, Great Expectations, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and more.
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Oct
22
2005
TV Cream’s Top 100 Toys
Talk about a blast from the past! TV Cream is running an article listing the Top 100 Toys from the ’70s and ’80s. Looking through the list has been a blast. I didn’t have a lot of the toys growing up, but it’s been quite fun seeing the ones that I did have. My favorite [...]
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Oct
22
2005
Mess with Outlook user’s minds!
This looks like a fun activity: hack email headers to mess with Outlook user’s heads!
Microsoft Outlook uses a rectangular bar above the message header to display information and warnings about the message you’re reading. It may report that you replied on such a date, that an attachment was suppressed, or that line breaks have been [...]
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Oct
20
2005
Geek News Central Podcast
What’s that? I’m linking to a non-Linux tech podcast? Well, yeah! Because the Geek News Central Podcast is a very well-done podcast. It’s entertaining and often amusing – something that most people cannot do well. Sure, the host tends to be a little too Microsoft-oriented at times (endorsing Outlook? puh-leaze!). But Todd Cochrane is also [...]
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Oct
19
2005
Joke of the day: “Slashdot Redesign: Scared by Digg?”
Here it is, yesterday’s Joke of the DaySlashdot Redesign: Scared by Digg?: “Is Digg scaring Slashdot into a fast and sloppy redesign? It is quite convenient that as Digg creeps up in the ranks Slashdot is suddenly getting an overhaul.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I just spit coffee all over my monitor, but it was so worth it!
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