It is like a garage sale - without the price tag. Based on the idea of keeping things out of the landfill, freecycle.org is the internet personification of the axiom that ‘one person’s junk is another person’s treasure’:
“The chief rules are that everything must be free, legal and appropriate for all ages. That means [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Reports of iPhone activation problems are surfacing. An example is the report filed by Jim Dalrymple for PCWorld:
“When I tried to activate my account, I got an error message announcing that my account was incompatible with the iPhone. I called AT&T and explained the situation–the service-provider checked the account and said that it definitely [...]
Greg Oden, the recent number one NBA draft selection, has a blog. He writes at YardBarker. - It is really nice that, in one of his posting, he says “thank you“. Hopefully, the NBA will not extinguish that part of Greg Oden’s approach to people. It is a good, brief [...]
If you happen to see a word underline in red in the new version of Firefox, it is the inline spell checker working. You can disable this feature (or enable the feature) by right clicking in the field in which you are writing. You will see an option to “Spell check this field”. [...]
Firefox Update - Some Extensions Lag Behind
Published by June 29th, 2007 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsFirefox updated to version 2.0.0.4. The update must have been significant because some of the less well known add-ons are rendered inoperable. For my Firefox setup, such extensions as Scrollbar Anywhere, Plain Text Links and some others are not compatible with Firefox 2.0.0.4. Perhaps, in a few weeks, the developers of these [...]
It is clever marketing. Prince is giving away a free CD…
“The eagerly awaited new album by Prince is being launched as a free CD with a national Sunday newspaper in a move that has drawn widespread criticism from music retailers.
The Mail on Sunday revealed yesterday that the 10-track Planet Earth CD will be [...]
Shoelace Information: More Than You Can Imagine
Published by June 27th, 2007 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsI broke a shoelace (yes, - headline news). - I didn’t have a tape measure so I thought I would be clever, go online and find out the length of lace that I needed. That’s when I came upon Ian’s Shoelace Site. It is a site dedicated to all that you [...]
Dell is trying to appeal to the fashion conscious. - Would you like a pink laptop?
“In what Round Rock-based Dell says is a first wave of changes intended to turn around its lagging consumer business, the company on Tuesday unveiled a new line of consumer computer products in a rainbow of eight hues, [...]
You may have some of these computer parts gathering dust in your basement or attic (or bedroom; or kitchen). David Prochnow has a do-it-yourself (diy) project on Popular Science. His cost estimate is seventy two dollars ($72.00), given that you are a good buyer and a good scrounger. The time estimate is [...]
The Los Angeles Lakers must want Kevin Garnett badly. Most news sources are reporting that the Lakers are willing to part with Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum, in exchange for Kevin Garnett. A few news sources are including Kwame Brown in the trade:
“The Wolves might get Lamar Odom, Andrew Bynum and Kwame Brown [...]
