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RIAA goes off the deep end. Fines a woman 1.92 million for sharing 24 songs… :P

From the article:
Does a $1.92 million award for sharing 24 songs cross the line into ‘grossly excessive’?
Does a bear !@#$ in the woods?!!!?
Analysis: $1.92M fine in music piracy case could hurt RIAA – iPod/iPhone – Macworld UK

Pontiac 2010 Solstice Orders Cancelled

It’s very sad to read this. The Solstice GXP is one of the best cars that GM has put out in the last 5 years. However, it’s not surprising given the bankruptcy of GM, and the announcement of Pontiac’s demise. But still, you’d think GM would want to sell these cars [...]

YellowPages.com Sucks

For the last year my wife’s small-but-growing, word-of-mouth based business has been listed with YellowPages.com. The Networking Group my wife was a member of included in their ranks a sales rep who pushed that this would be an outstanding way to expand her business. That they could setup an online coupon with my [...]

Borland… a once great company. Now gone the way of the Dodo…

After a 26-year run that saw it adopt multiple personalities in going from influential to non-entity, the tools house that once challenged Microsoft and Lotus is being acquired by Micro Focus for $75 million cash, a buck a share.
Borland has been operating under an acting president since CEO Tod Nielsen, an ex-Microsoft star, jumped ship [...]

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The Next MacHeist is Finally Out – Get “Process” Free

The (in)famous free Mac software bundle is finally out.
For those of you who want the freebies but do not want to do the heist (like me):
1. Be sure you’re logged into
http://www.macheist.com/
2. Go to
http://mainframe.macheist.com/
3. Copy/Paste each of these URLs into the box and click on the button after each one: *You’ll have to right click -> [...]

Digital Simulacrum of John Lennon Promotes XO Laptops in OLPC Ad

Digital Simulacrum of John Lennon Promotes XO Laptops in OLPC Ad:
Creepy as hell. See for yourself.
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(Via Daring Fireball.)

God Bless America

So the American people have spoken and our new President will be Barack Obama…  I thought I’d write something about it.  However, while I’m rarely at a loss for words, this time I wasn’t sure what to say.  However a dear friend and someone I truly admire and respect DID write something about this.  And [...]

Make your own ringtones for your BlackBerry

When you get a ringtone from a website or from a CD rip (like in iTunes), you might like the song but you might not like the part that is playing as your ringtone.
Here’s one way to put a ringtone in a Blackberry:
1. Get the mp3 file of the song that you like.
2. (You’ll need [...]

Please Excuse the Technical Difficulties…

Between being hacked a couple of weeks ago and some database problems the blog hasn’t been feeling well..  Hopefully everything is restored and back online now. 

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