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2008 April

How I Rick Rolled my Brother for the First Time

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I’ve been in Iowa for a few days, visiting with my family. Can you believe my brother Adam had never been Rick Rolled? I tried not to bust out laughing, really I did!

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Are There Computer, Technology and Internet Ethics?

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Are Ethics important… especially in relation to Technology. I had an email from Justin, asking questions about Ethics on the Internet.

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Do You Protect Yourself from Identity Theft?

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Identity theft is rampant these days. Your information can be taken faster than you can blink. However, there are several very easy ways to protect yourself. Are you careful enough? Do you know how to protect your identity? I received the following tips in an email, specifically related to tax return theft.

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What do you Need for a Wired Home Network?

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Mattstech writes: “Thought I’d share a basic top 6 list on how to hardwire a home network. For power users like me, wireless just doesn’t provide the speed and reliability that I need. I ran some CAT5e over to my room about a month ago, and wanted to share some tips with the community on how to get started.”

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Here’s how to Spring Clean – Geek Style!

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It’s that time of year again. It’s time for Nature to bloom, for allergies to go crazy, and for Spring cleaning to commence. How do you clean? Have you ever considered cleaning Geek style? I know the Windows need to be washed. The OS X needs to be flipped. And of course, Linux likely needs a batting down. Ok, ok… that’s not the case. But chances are, your family is bugging you to do some type of chore. Here are some tips to help you not only clean and do chores, but to remain Geeky, as well.

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What’s the Geekiest Show on TV Today?

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I’m here to report to you the top five shows with Geeks in the program. We have agreed in the chat room on a list of shows you can watch to up your Geek quotient. Here they are, as voted on by our Live Chat Room.

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Accessing IRC Chat via a Web Browser: Mibbit

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Just to prove that all sorts of people come into our chat room, I’m going to leave the chat unmoderated… which can be quite dangerous at times. You’d be surprised. Even at 11:30 at night, we have several hundred people awake and talking live with us. What if you can’t get into our chat? You could always try Mibbit.

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What Will you do with Your Tax Refund?

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My Uncle Sam just called. The day this video was recorded was April 15th… Tax Day here in America. Let’s say after I paid in taxes I deserved a refund! What am I going to spend that money on? What are you going to spend yours on? Here are some ideas I put together that I think are pretty good.

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How do you Relieve Stress During Tax Season?

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What do you do when you’re stressed out? More importantly, what do you do when you know you have to do something that will stress you out. Here are my recommendations for dealing with stress in these situations… such as doing your taxes!

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Where Would you go in Brazil?

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Victor is a community member who happens to be from the gorgeous country of Brazil. Brazil is a large tourist area, and there are just some places you shouldn’t visit on your trip. Here are Victor’s recommendations for places to stay away from.

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How do you Keep up with all Your Comments?

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An old friend from Iowa recently emailed to ask me how I manage to keep up with all the comments I receive on a daily basis. I have comments on my blog, YouTube, MySpace, Twitter, Facebook, and so on. He wondered if I have advice for all of you to help manage your comments.

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Earth Day Green Tips – Green Coffee

More Earth Day Green Tips from Ideal Bite. Less than two days till Earth Day – Tuesday, April 22nd…

Do you count on your coffee beans for more than just taste?

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Twitter / Geek Meetup in Des Moines, Iowa?

I’m still planning to return to Des Moines in May, so that meetup is still “on” for those of you who are interested in gathering informally.

But we can meetup in Des Moines even SOONER than that, given that my plans have shifted such that I’ll be traveling there tomorrow and staying through Wednesday (early) morning. I sent out a couple of tweets – and consensus may point me to being somewhere specific on Sunday evening, but if you have any interest or inclination to do something over the next few days, please either leave a comment or continue to follow my Twitter stream.

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Mac Software Promo Bundle Discount

I had a chance to breeze through the apps being offered in this MacUpdate Promo, and… it’s well worth the price of admission (if only for Leap alone). Will likely grow to love these others even more over time, too:

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The Ultimate Wine Geek Book / Dinner in Seattle

Gary Vaynerchuk from twitter.com/garyvee has extended an offer to you through me – so listen up if you love wines (and/or Gary himself). If you buy two of his new book on Amazon, and then send your receipt to pirillo@winelibrary.com he’ll be doing a drawing and pick 2 people to have dinner with us in Seattle this December. He’s even offering to fly you out to join us!!!

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