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Ask not what your country can do for you…

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Red meat from a blue-collar messenger – Yahoo! News
“I’ve never seen a time when Washington has watched so many people get knocked down without doing anything to help them back up,” Biden said.
Kind of the opposite of JFK’s timeless quote on country, eh?  I’ve never seen a time when so many expected so much from [...]

IE 8 Privacy Mode

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Enterprises Likely To Turn Off IE8 ‘Porn Mode’ – Yahoo! News
Yawn.  Apple Safari has had this option for like years now.

What Jeremy Wariner should have said…

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/share.html?videoid=0821_HD_ATB_HL_L1148
Not sure why I am blogging this now, but I guess it just hasn’t sat well with me.
About 3:15 into the interview, the questioner asks Jeremy Wariner if his coaching change like a year ago was the reason he just took Silver.  I don’t know about you, but I can’t stand when the media thinks [...]

Is Joe Biden’s net worth really only $150K? It’s gotta be a typo!

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

newsobserver.com | Biden quickly adopts role as attack dog
[Biden's] net worth of $150,000 is decidedly middle class among the millionaire members of the U.S. Senate
I find this really scary.  Either it’s a lie, a typo, or Joe Biden doesn’t know how to save money.  Seriously, how does one spend 35 years in the senate, where [...]

Microsoft Picks Seinfeld To Push Vista Against Mac Ads – Yahoo! News

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Microsoft Picks Seinfeld To Push Vista Against Mac Ads – Yahoo! News
Many users of Vista have only complained, and Cherry said education should be part of the campaign at some level. If a parallel campaign taught vendors how to help consumers select the right PC to use Vista, he said, it could be a winner.
“I [...]

Breakthrough in Charging Mobile Devices Reported – Yahoo News

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Breakthrough in Charging Mobile Devices Reported – Yahoo News
Can you say cancer causing?  I have a hard time believing it won’t be…