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From the Boston Globe: Listen to an iPod during a storm and you may get more than electrifying tunes. A Canadian jogger suffered wishbone-shaped chest and neck burns, ruptured eardrums, and a broken jaw when lightning traveled through his music player’s wires. Last summer, a Colorado teen was hurt when lightning struck nearby as he …
Someone posted a great video on YouTube that is a promotional video created for Digital Equipment (DEC). One of the creators said that DEC “distributed thousands of copies of this video, using it to help spread the word about the business potential of the Web, which, at that time, many business people found difficult to …
If you are into tinkering or fixing things, and are looking for a copy of a repair manual, a great place to start is RepairManual.com: Find repair manuals, owners manuals, parts books and a growing line of tools and shop supplies to help you repair your ATV, motorcycle, car, truck or tractor. RepairManual.com – the …
I’m sure many of you have seen this before, but CareerBuilder has a page on their site with a funny little flash tool called Monk-e-mail. The tool lets you send a message to someone and have it spoken in a browser by a monkey (get it? … monkey email). You can customize the monkey, its …
From ZDNet: Microsoft is in the early stages of a plan that will see virtually its entire lineup of underlying Internet services opened up to developers, the software maker made clear this week. In addition to making available its existing services, such as mail and instant messaging, Microsoft also will create core infrastructure services, such …
From the New York Times: Averting a court battle over how it has handled the exodus from its Internet dial-up service, AOL has agreed to make it easier for its remaining customers to leave as part of a $3 million settlement with 48 states and the District of Columbia. The resolution, announced Wednesday, was driven …
Many of the software packages that come with digital camera’s as well as a lot of the photo editing software applications have features that let you stitch a series of images together to create a panoramic shot. There are a few steps you want to take before hand though to be sure you have some …
I’ve mentioned Sysinternals a couple of times before. They make fantastic system utilities for Windows operating systems, and were recently acquired by Microsoft. On Monday, their blog posted that there is a new Active Directory utility, and 3 updates to other utilities. Most of the tools are particularly useful in an environment where there are …
From MSNBC: Teenagers can be serious jerks. You don’t need research by the Pew Internet and American Life Project on cyberbullying to know that. It’s interesting to note however, that at the dawn of the 21st century, teenagers have effectively transferred their jerk skills from corporeal to virtual, launching torments once reserved for the lunchroom, …
Michaels is a large arts & crafts store with hundreds of stores. One opened up in our city this Spring, and my wife was ecstatic. She was there a few days ago and picked up a flyer about their Family Craft Times newsletter. this is a monthly email newsletter where you get craft ideas to …