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2006 March

The Pledge of Allegiance Gets Product Placement

iPod Allegra, Tootsie Fab, Fuji United Franco-American. Banana Republic, Ford Chicklets Vans, One Nathan's, Wonder Bod, Disney Vagisil, Wish Listerine, Ban Jergens Hormel. (…)

Paging Scoble, Israel, and Vogels

Forget Iraq - we've got a small battle brewing in the blogosphere, about the blogosphere:

Naked Answers Thread on Memeorandum

Much ado about blogging

Amazon CTO Rips Blogging Authors a New One

Amazon Bad Boy - Werner Vogel

Amazon Vs. (…)

411 Sucks

No, seriously. You gotta use 1-800-411-SAVE instead. I've got the 411 on 411: “You'll be given several options once the number has been located. (…)

Heroes of Might and Magic V MP3s

Main Theme (6.2Mb)

Academy Theme (5Mb)

Haven Theme (6Mb)

Sylvan Theme (2.8Mb)

EXCLUSIVE: Andre Vanier of 1-800-411-SAVE

If you use the 411 service tied to your landline or cell phone, the fees start racking up quickly to the point where you could easily spend an extra $10 or $20 per month for the convenience of public information. (…)

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Captain 160

In less than a month, I've gone from ~175lbs down to 160. This brings me to the halfway point of my initial weight loss goal (145, if you do the math). (…)

Not Necessarily the News

Dude. Why is “everybody” writing about Apple's announcement that they're now letting users limit the maximum volume in iPods? (…)

Cool Optool

Like most people, I have to flip back and forth between Firefox and IE (Maxthon, actually). There's no easy way to do it… unless you're running Optool. (…)

T.A. McCann and Adam Loving on HelpShare

Finding the help you’re looking for online can be a challenge. (…)

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Get the 411 on Marketsync Jobster and CTIA

If you’re in Las Vegas for CTIA Wireless April 4-7, be sure to join Jake Ludington of The Chris Pirillo Show in the Waggener Edstrom Blogger Lounge in the swanky Wynn hotel. (…)

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KnockKnock - Get a knock knock joke. (…)

Password Strength

According to the Microsoft Password checker, “A strong password should appear to be a random string of characters to an attacker. (…)

Thank Björn Friðgeir for i18n in Gada.be

We're emotional geeks. When something doesn't work right, we complain. Such was the comment in last night's Gada.be update. (…)

This Can't Be Real

I knew I loved Lenovo for a reason. If you can watch this video without saying “holy sh*t,” there's something wrong with you. I think I'll be a ThinkPad fan for life.

Search Engine for Forums

BoardTracker - awesome service, just added to the default set of results in Gada.be. This is a “must-have” search feed for your brand. (…)