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4/18/2005 · 3 min read · 1 comment

Adobe Buys Macromedia

Adobe announced today that they will buy Macromedia for $3.4 billion! I’m very torn about this purchase. I really like Macromedia as a company and the applications that they produce. I also like Adobe’s applications. I just don’t…

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4/12/2005 · 1 min read

Google Local… Mobile

Yes, I know two Google posts in a row is a little much… but what can I say, I love Google, and they keep adding new stuff! Do you use Google from your mobile phone or from your…

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4/5/2005 · 1 min read · 1 comment

Google Adds Satellite Imagery to Maps

Google has taken their already-cool maps/directions tool and added yet another great improvement. They’ve integrated their Keyhole technology to bring satellite images to the maps. So now instead of looking at cartoony maps, you can view locations or…

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4/3/2005 · 1 min read · 1 comment

Netdisaster

Want to destroy your favorite (or least favorite) website with a natural disaster? http://www.netdisaster.com/ Meteors Nuke Flood Mars attacks Dinosaurs Fried eggs Spilled coffee Slow burn Worms Mold These are all options for your destruction!

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4/1/2005 · 3 min read · 1 comment

cFree Wireless Network

For about eight months now, I have been spending a chunk of my free time working with a great group of people on a side project to bring free wireless access (cFree Wireless) to key public areas in…

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3/31/2005 · 1 min read

Independent Games Festival

The awards for the Independent Games Festival were announced (a while ago). I knew this was happening sometime in March, but totally forgot to check the site again until yesterday. The Independent Games Festival is an outlet for…

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3/25/2005 · 1 min read · 6 comments

New Mentos Sours!

While waiting for the flight to Phoenix last Saturday I was looking around the magazine shop/news stand in O’hare Airport in Chicago and discovered a new type of mentos… mentos sours. They’re actually pretty good. They come in…

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3/25/2005 · 1 min read

Firefox 1.02 Released

I’m a little late posting this since I was on vacation, but Firefox 1.02 was released a few days ago. There aren’t a whole lot of changes, mainly security fixes and updates (which are always good to take…

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3/17/2005 · 1 min read

Free Software

Along the lines of my free games list post, I ran across another list of free windows software broken down into categories. This is a pretty extensive list covering just about everything you need your computer to do.…

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3/14/2005 · 1 min read · 7 comments

GoogleFight

Who would win in a Google battle between God and Satan? How about the pen vs. the sword? (turns out that the pen really is mightier) This site pits opponents against each other based on their rating in…

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3/9/2005 · 3 min read · 1 comment

Photoshop World

Since I’m at Photoshop World in Las Vegas this week, I figured that I should post something Photoshop related. They showed us a cool new feature that is going to be in the next version of Photoshop in…

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3/2/2005 · 3 min read · 9 comments

I’m Done Feeding the Cable Pig!

This afternoon I made a call that I have been waiting a long time to make. I called the Mediacom 800 number and said, “cancel all my services!” It felt so good! Then after work today I stopped…

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3/1/2005 · 1 min read

Firefox 1.01 Released

The Mozilla Foundation has released a small update to Firefox, mainly to take care of some bugs. What’s new in Firefox 1.01: Improved stability International Domain Names are now displayed as punycode. (To show International Domain Names in…

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2/26/2005 · 1 min read · 1 comment

Free Game List

Need a new computer game to play, but don’t want to plunk down $50 for it? Here is a collections of free games on the internet. Free Games

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