Month: May 2008
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I Want It Wednesday: Cool Police Shorts
I thought Dickies had cool shorts, but compared to the 511 Tactical Shorts I am not so sure any more. These puppies are pretty sweet. They are stylish, built to last, and designed to carry bulky stuff. (You know, like your PDA, cell phone, iPod, etc. Gotta love those pockets.) Besides that you get to…
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The Almighty NoFollow Tag
As bloggers we all become relatively aware of the nofollow tag. We might not know what it means or why we use it but we know about it. For most of us the nofollow attribute is automatically added to the links people post in our comments. This is to help us stop comment spamming. (I…
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Summertime Fun, Summertime Safety
When the weather gets warmer and school’s out American’s head out to the waterways. Each year there are numerous accidents and even deaths caused by inexperienced boaters and in appropriate behavior on our nations waterways. Fortunately fatal boating accidents were down last year, but incidents of accidents, injuries and property damage were all up in…
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Sydney Pollack Dies of Cancer
Actor / director Sydney Pollack has died today of cancer. He was 73. He may be best remembered as the director of Out of Africa, Tootsie and The Way We Were. Â According to the Associated Press he was surrounded by family at his home this afternoon when he passed away.
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Really Cool Temporary Art
I justed happened across this video this morning while I was avoiding going to the hospital for my tests (still dealing with that accident six months ago). Any who, this video shows some very, very cool artwork done on sidewalks with chalk (unbelievable stuff with such depth and dimension you wish it were permanent) and…
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I Want It Wednesday: Murderous Knife Set
A little kitchen voodoo going on here. I love this guy. Stabbed multiple times standing on your kitchen counter. It is soooo much better than those standard blocks of wood. Available from ThinkGeek.com. This unique artistic knife holder is made of heavy duty ABS plastic and will be the talk of the party! It’s an…
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Does Your Blog Have What It Takes
Do you think you’ve got what it takes to impress the blogosphere? Well then prove it. Write your best post and then head on over to YearBlook.com. Yearblook.com is a contest to find the best blog posts on the net. Each day a winner will be chosen. All the winners will then be compiled into…
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Caught in Captcha Hell
I completely understand sights requesting captcha verification when submitting comments and feed back in online forms. Heck, I have even considered it for my commenting system on this blog due to all the mechanical spam messages I keep getting in my comments. But after tonights little mishap on another blog I whink I will reconsider.…
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Send A Little Piece of Yourself
Sending cards and letters is getting to be a lost art. Why not revive it by creating and sending personalized photo cards. You can use any image and create your own text on the inside too. Use pictures of your family, friends, pets anything that makes it your own. I know, I know. You are…
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Schrodinger’s Cat is Dead or Is It
Okay, my limited physics classes did not teach me about Schrodinger’s Cat, or if it did I did not retain the information. Oddly enough two different TV shows this evening seemed to think the average Joe would know just who Schrodinger was and what was so god awful important about his cat. In quantum mechanics…
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Track Your Family With Live GPS Via The Web
Live View GPS will help you locate anything anywhere. Really. This is great for corporate fleets to keep an eye on there drivers. But who cares about that. What will this GPS Tracking service do for my family and me? Plenty. Use it to track your teenage driver. Is she really at Sally’s house like…
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Kelly McGillis Acting Teacher
Kelly McGillis is slated to teach an acting class here in Reading at the Community School of Music and the Arts. According to Phylllis McLaughlin, executive director of the school, McGillis will teach an eight-week summer acting workshop. The workshop will begin on June 18th and will run from 6pm to 9pm every Wednesday for…