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When life gives you a lemon….eat it with bacon grease

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:56 +0000

Donna Simpson, 42 year old mother, currently 600 pounds and hoping for gold. What will the gold get her? A 1000 pound body (still the same small brain). Thanks mom, I knew you had it in you, your such an inspiration!

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/16/donna-simpson-nj-woman-ea_n_501245.html

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Liberalism, Atheism, and Male linked to IQ

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:21:22 +0000

This article from CNN pretty much comes to the conclusion that there are links between IQ and beliefs. It appears to only apply to males, still the study is fairly interesting. Men who are liberal tend to have a few more IQ points in their favor. Same goes for atheists.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/26/liberals.atheists.sex.intelligence/#

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China tells Hillary Clinton to Butt Out, ummm duh?

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:35:09 +0000

So Hillary gets all high and mighty about internet freedoms and tells China how it should be done. Forgetting the obvious hypocrisy why would she waste her breath here? It’s my understanding that the US while powerful, isn’t as powerful as we once were. Sure I’m all for nationalism and I love the USA but seriously I wish we would step back and take care of our own before butting into others affairs. China is right here and we shouldn’t tell them how to run their “internet”. Did she honestly think that they would say, “Ohh you know what? You’re right lets open the net to every Chinese citizen and let them see the horrors of the world and our own country.” pretty stupid Hillary, pretty stupid.

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8474011.stm

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NYTimes.com To Make You Pay For Content

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:25:43 +0000

Yup it’s all over the net in 2011 they plan to make you pay for access to their site. It’s a growing trend to those newspapers searching for revenue and dealing with the new tech age. It make sense for them but these days the minute an article is posted or what might be termed an “exclusive”, can’t you find it in 5 minutes on any bloggers site? The answer is yes, the net is a vast regurgitation of junk including this post you just read! hah… anyway good luck New York Times Online.

Links to regurgitation:
http://www.neowin.net/news/2011-to-spell-the-end-of-free-new-york-times-online-access?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+neowin-main+%28Neowin.net+Main+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

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First Time Home Buyer Credit – Form 5405

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:34:35 +0000

Anyone out there in my position? Since the revision to the first time home buyer credit the IRS stated that they were making a new Form 5405. This is the main form that you need to submit to get 7500 or 8000 depending on when you purchased your new home. I’ve been looking for this new form since Nov. 12th and check it nearly 2 times a week. Here is what it states:

this 2008 Form 5405 can be used only for homes purchased before November 7, 2009, for which you choose to claim the credit for 2008. We will issue a new revision of Form 5405 soon.

Typical government, the first time I checked the form it said it would be out late December, then the next week the first week of Jan, now it just says “soon”

Anyone have any information on this? Why are they dragging their feet?

Link to Form – http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f5405.pdf

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Why do IT guys hate Best Buy?

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:20:53 +0000

Best Buy’s December sales top expectations! states Market Watch owned by the Journal (wsj)

You might know a few IT guys, nearly every company has them. Next time you pass by your tech guru ask them if they like Best Buy, I’ll bet my yearly income that 90% of them hate it. Why you ask? Purely ripping off consumers! I’ve been in IT for nearly 10 years working at small and major companies and one thing is apparent in tech, if you aren’t in the know you’ll end up paying for it.

Let me share an experience with you. This week I bought a used Canon 40d camera off craigslist it didn’t come with a compact flash card and I was so excited to start snapping away I went to my local Best Buy. They quoted a price of 169 dollars for a 16gb CF card (x133 speed for you techs). I simply looked at the teen quoting me the price and said “are you serious? wow…” She looked at me dazed and confused. After this I left (duh!), got home, and logged into newegg.com ordered the same brand and size and got it for 54 dollars shipped + tax.

I understand the convenience price hike for some items (returns), but give me a break. I think I would willing to pay an extra 20 bucks for the CF card I wanted, but 100 dollars over the price! you have to be kidding me. It’s really sad, and when I see a report of how their sales top expectations it pisses me off. Maybe some of the price hikes are due to Circuit City being shut down and having no 1 on 1 competitors, who knows.

Now don’t turn on me and get it wrong Best Buy does occasionally have sales on some of their Items, black friday, etc. But overall Bestbuy is a complete rip.

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Video On News Websites

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:59:47 +0000

Does anyone else find it annoying by the overwhelming video clips there are on news sites? Call me old fashioned but I like to read the news not listen to it.

Everywhere you look, from Wall Street Journal to CNN it’s all the same. Its a giant picture on the front page with a flash video 3 lines under the content. Pretty annoying in my opinion.

Check it out below..

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Blackberry App World / Store Website

Jahos — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:16:05 +0000

http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/

Here is a link to the blackberry appworld via the web. It’s nice since sitting on a blackberry can take forever. Here you can view the apps quickly and browse the store. Enjoy

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Americans Pay more for Wireless / Cell Phone Service

Jahos — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:03:14 +0000

It’s pretty much a fact. The OECD, a group that calls for “fairness” in economics worldwide conducted some studies. Each of these included both low, med, and high cell usage from voice, mms, and sms messages.

And the biggest loser is? America. Yup, getting screwed by the man yet again.

In my travels I’ve been to several countries where they provide pay-as-you go service. There is no “activation” fee or any other BS charges associated with the line. In taiwan for example they have cell phones that accept multiple sim cards and a normal user of data/voice the average cost is about 10 bucks per month.

http://www.oecd.org/document/20/0,3343,en_2649_201185_43471316_1_1_1_1,00.html

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Free 411 Service – Google 411

Jahos — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:16:38 +0000

1-800-GOOG-411

I’ve used this for a while but it’s an extremely solid product. It’s entirely voice activated and unlike the other “free” 411 services this one does NOT have ads.

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