Jan

30

Working online with nothing…

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World of WarcraftIt seems so weird. Many places in this world, folks are making money by playing games, and creating virtual items for sale to other players in their own virtual world. How do you assign a value to something that isn’t really real? Sure, someone took time to play the game, grind out the XP or collect the gold, but it’s not a tangible thing.

Maybe that’s important. The 21st Century is not your fathers century. Values , options . Maybe it’s worthwhile to check it out, and see how you can profit…I am. Turned on to this concept at yardley.ca and the fine Fortune Magazine article.

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Jan

28

How many blades does a man need?

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Gillette Fusion -- sighOk, really. I thought three blades would suffice.  I’m a guy with needs.  Razor with vibration? Who needs it. I received one from Costco a while back and notice no difference in the quality of my cut. But hey, I’m  pedestrian.

So now you can have five blades (plus one extra precision trimmer flipped over on the razor’s back — sideburns..etc). Well, it may keep the shareholders happy, but you won’t see me rushing out to get one. Until they stop selling refills for mine, that is.

[Source: Gizmodo]

Jan

25

Worth Reading….

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Diesel SweetiesYeah, I’m probably so behind on this one, but a recommended Diesel Sweeties; I like it, so I forward the recommend to you.

Jan

22

Review: Complete Guide to Geocaching DVD

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Review: Complete Guide to Geocaching DVD (image: geocac2)A good ordered the aforementioned DVD and offered to it for the local :

“This is the definitive featuring the exciting sport of . Whether you are an active player or have just heard about , this great program is for you. Get your questions answered. Share the sport with your friends. It’s all right here.”

I ordered this item a few weeks ago through GPSCITY.ca on-line for $21.95 CDN along with some Bugs and other GeoSwag. I really thought long an hard about ordering it at first, mainly because like you I already consider myself a seasoned geocacher (with 149 finds under my boots already). So, what could there possibly be in this DVD for me I thought? I’m sure you feel the same so let’s take a closer look.

The entire is here.

Jan

20

Scientists separate spin from speech!

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What do you know, some rather bright computer scientists over at Queen’s University have used a computer progam to analyze recent campaign speeches.

…analysed the usage patterns of 88 deception-linked words within the text of recent campaign speeches from the political leaders. They then determined the frequency of these patterns in each speech, and averaged that number over all of that candidate’s speeches. Martin received a ranking of 124, while Harper and Layton scored 73 and 88, respectively.

Source: online edition of New Scientist.

Jan

20

What the heck…I’m a Pro-User Zealot

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Pro-User ZealotAs long as Canadians concerned about Canadian Digital Rights, Copyright..etc, are going to be branded, we may as well wear the brand with pride ;-) So here’s a bumper sticker for ya!

Ironically, I think almost anyone in the IT customer sector should be a Pro-User Zealot! What’s the opposite, an Anti-User Zealot??

Jan

19

Now you can DELETE your Gmail…

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Now you can DELETE your Gmail... (image: delete_btn2)

Yep, if you use (as I do) you now have a Delete button for unwanted . Before it was buried in the dropdown menu under More Actions… Previously, it was called ‘Move to Trash…’

As far as I know, really doesn’t want deleting their , as it gives their data mining algorithms much more fodder to chew over, so by increasing the prominence of the button, they really appear to be listening to their users.

Well done !

Jan

19

Advertising in Video Games…

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GameVertizingArs technica takes a look into how Subway ads ended up in Valve’s Counterstrike game, without Valve’s permission!

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