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12/13/2004 · 3 min read · 3 comments

My Trip to the Apple Store

This past Saturday I braved the holiday crowds madness at the Jordan Creek Mall in Des Moines. I was doing a little Christmas shopping but only really stopped at three stores in the entire mall. One of those…

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12/10/2004 · 1 min read · 4 comments

Google Suggest Beta

Boy, those folks a Google keep coming up with cool stuff! They’ve added a neat twist to the regular search. It’s called Google Suggest, and it suggests (hence the name) search terms live as you enter them into…

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12/8/2004 · 1 min read · 1 comment

New Magazine from the Publishers of Wired

Wired Magazine is launching a trial edition of a new magazine called “Test” which is basically an entire magazine of the review section of Wired. I’m an avid Wired reader, and their review section being one of my…

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12/7/2004 · 1 min read

Thunderbird 1.0 Released

Mozilla Thunderbird went gold with their 1.0 release today. If you like what Firefox has done for the web browser you may want to give Thunderbird a try. I made the jump to Thunderbird around version 0.9 and…

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12/3/2004 · 1 min skim · 10 comments

Geek Gift Guides Galore

Don’t know what you want for Christmas (Hanukkah, Quanza, Winter Solstice, Festivus, Ramadan) yet? Maybe these gift guides will help you find something. Fortune Magazine “Best Products of the Year: Electronics” (thanks Kevin) Wired “Gifts to Sate Your…

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12/1/2004 · 4 min read · 2 comments

New Netscape Browser Beta Released

I have followed Netscape, and the browser as we know it since NCSA released the very first version of Mosaic in 1993. I watched as Netscape was born from some of the original Mosaic developers. I can honestly…

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11/30/2004 · 1 min read · 2 comments

Mentos in Cody Banks

Who knew that there was a Mentos scene in Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London? (probably anyone that wasted 100 min. of their life watching it!) I have never seen this movie, nor do I want to, but…

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11/24/2004 · 1 min read · 4 comments

Giving thanks and fixing computers

I ran across this article about how an entire generation of people also do tech support while visiting home for the holidays. The Tech-Support Generation via MSNBC Next week, millions of college students and young professionals will head…

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11/22/2004 · 1 min read · 2 comments

Online Secret Santa

Want to get a Christmas present from a total stranger for Christmas this year? All you need is an Amazon wish list and to sign up for Secret Santa 2004. You enter your name, e-mail, a little information…

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11/18/2004 · 1 min read · 1 comment

New Techory.com Winter Theme

With the winter season and the holidays fast approaching, I decided to make a winter theme for Techory. You can change the theme (like always) by clicking on the colored swatches in the upper right corner of the…

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11/16/2004 · 1 min read · 1 comment

I wish my car did this!

Citroën Get Your Funk On Video (mpg) I guess that’s what I get for buying a Honda Civic instead of a Citroën C4. “More than meets the eye!”

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11/12/2004 · 1 min read · 2 comments

Iowa’s Jumbotron up for sale on ebay

The Jumbotron from Kinnick Stadium (excuse me… HISTORIC Kinnick Stadium) is up for sale on ebay. LARGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD WITH JUMBOTRON This large scoreboard is available on 22 Nov 2004. It has recorded some of the most memorable…

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11/11/2004 · 1 min read

No More Winamp

According to this article at BetaNews, Nullsoft, the company that created Winamp is no more. The final developer from the original Winamp team has left. After Justin Frankel, the founder of Nullsoft left last January (right after the…

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