Archive for July, 2009
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
As if the cost of an iPhone wasn't steep enough already, I just heard about one that's pretty much gone all the way over the top in over-priced, over-decorated, over-asinine custom design work for almost any electronic gadget.
It seems that Peter Aloisson, an Austrian Jeweler, is known for this kind ...
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Since the "Big Switch" to all digital television signals broadcast tv has become a thing of the past in my part of Northeast Arkansas. A situation that's aggravated me no end. I did the right things, I got the converter box well ahead of the switchover and when ...
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Ok, I don't know exactly how recent this really is but in terms of my just having discovered it on sale, it's certainly "the latest" from my point of view.
In any event, "The World Series of Poker 2008: The Battle for the Bracelets" isn't just a mere poker game. ...
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
All the recent talk about digital television and the storm of excrement that is flying around over the conversion from analog to all digital signals has gotten me thinking about movies. I've got a pretty decent collection that took the better part of the last twelve years or so ...
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
I just saw something on slashdot that gave me something of a laugh. It seems that scientists have once again proving things that most of us have known almost like forever.
This time, instead of declaring that things like ephedra actually can have a positive effect in a weight loss ...
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