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Monthly Archives: August 2006
Mozilla Releases Firefox 2.0 Beta 2
Some people would tell you that running beta copies of software is a bad idea. Considering though that I ran Firefox with it “Phoenix” and only at version .3 and when it was Firebird at version .11, I can say … Continue reading
MySpace Webcam Girls Take Note…
If you send me a friend request and I goto your profile and all I see are guys, you are spam and will be DENIED.
HBO setting up ‘Entourage’ as their next big show; lot of episodes coming
The 3rd season finale just aired and they are already filming 8 more episodes that HBO was planning on showing in January after ‘The Sopranos’ (to hook more viewers), both will now likely be seen in March, with the possibility … Continue reading
The Hard Drive Turns 50
It cost about $50,000 a year to lease in 1956 dollars — equivalent to nearly $350,000 today — and had 5 megabytes of information, about enough space to store one song on an iPod. 50K for 5MB that’s 10K per … Continue reading
Build Your Own Wind Generator
Step by step instructions on how to build your own wind generator can be found here. With my electric bill going up monthly, I wonder if something like this could help lower it, even if it’s just by 20-30 dollars … Continue reading