• ACDSee Photo Software - 50% off ACDSee Pro, now only $64.99
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• Backcountry.com - 50% off DC Howitzer Shorts using coupon code 1RY-1-UFLAN
• CardScan - Buy CardScan and ACT! together and save $70
• Dell Small Business - $260 off Dell Vostro 1500 Notebook w/ Intel CoreTM duo processor, 1GB memory, 160GB hard drive and CD/DVD burner, now just $599
• Eddie Bauer - End of Season Summer Clearance: Up to 70% off
• Golfsmith - Semi-Annual Sale & Clearance Event
• Golfsmith - $10 off $100 using coupon code TENOFF807
• Ifrogz - 15% off Purchase using coupon code alexscoupons (EXCLUSIVE)
• JensonUSA - Save 33% or more on Camelbak hydration packs
• Kodak Gallery (formerly oFoto) - 25% off $30 using coupon code ENDLESSSUMMER25
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• Microsoft Windows Marketplace - $40 off Uniblue PowerSuite, now only $29.95
• Office Depot - Toshiba Satellite A135-S4727 15.4
• Office Depot - Save 15% When You Buy 2 Lexmark Inks or 1 Multi Pack
• Office Depot - Free HP Deskjet D1341 Color Inkjet Printer after rebate ($69.99 value) w/ purchase of HP Computer
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• Palm Store - Palm GPS Navigator Smartphone Edition 3 only $169
• Palm Store - Free Palm 1GB MiniSD Expansion Card w/ SD adaptor w/ purchase of Palm 2 in 1 Stereo Headset Pro
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• Palm Store - Free Backpack w/ purchase of select Accessories
• Panda Software - $20 off Panda Internet Security 2007 (EXCLUSIVE)
• Parallels - 10% off Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac Upgrade for existing customers (EXCLUSIVE)
• PeaPod Grocers - $15 off First Purchase using coupon code ALXCPN15 (EXCLUSIVE)
• Pfaelzer Brothers Steaks - $50 off $200, $30 off $150 or $20 off $100 using coupon code 845608
• Registry Booster - $10 off Registry Booster 2 using coupon code ALEXRB10 (EXCLUSIVE)
• Restaurant.com - 50% off Purchase using coupon code PICTURE
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• SpeedUpMyPC - $10 off SpeedUpMyPC 3 using coupon code ALEXSP10 (EXCLUSIVE)
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• ZIRH Men’s Skin Care - 15% off $20 using coupon code alex15 (EXCLUSIVE)

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• Stable Debian? Is eldergeek the Linux whisperer?
• Even if Barack Obama’s not your choice for the next president, this might be worth a read.
• The computer guy always rings twice. Then it’s off to The Bahamas! If only.
• Kicking all this junk around - there ought to be a law!
• AT&T gets half a decade with the iPhone? That’s a whole lifetime for a five-year-old!
• And here we were thinking an apple a day might help improve bad eyesight.
• Trouble with public relations? Gee, maybe they should start with the name “Redskins.”
• What are we going to do about these kids, today?
• The price of gas, along with American ire, rises.
• Cheat? I wouldn’t dream of it! Besides, I don’t even know the code.

Today’s Live Links

• Graffiti Creator
• Arkanoid in your Web Browser
• Tripbase - Travel Your Way
• Tetris in your Web Browser
• download DivX subtitles

Today’s Random Thoughts

1. Do companies still pay for radio jingles?
2. Zonbu Linux PC Unboxing video online: tinyurl.com/yrvauv
3. Breakfast: PopTarts. Lunch: Chicken sandwich. Snack: PopTarts. Dinner: Chicken PopTarts.
4. Okay, seriously - why must envelope paste taste like bull snot? Not like I’d know what that tastes like…
5. Life would be so much simpler without allergies and NDAs.
6. Why can’t Verizon FIOS be available everywhere right now?

[Okay, there are no lady links here - I just have Fergie on the brain.]

• What to do when your Web cam bites the hand that installs it.
• Registering a domain name is easier (and cheaper) than you may think.
• Make no bones about it: dog fighting is criminal.
• Run BASIC (don’t walk BASIC)!
• Outlook 2007 looks out for your note-taking needs.
• Continuing to point out the security vulnerabilities in Web.config files (in case the first five weren’t enough for you)!
• How many copyrights make a wrong?
• When it comes to laptops, it’s never too late for spring cleaning.
• Have The Sopranos finally gone out of whack?
• The chips are down, but what’s the game?

1. When is someone going to invent a proprietary adapter for adapting proprietary adapters?
2. Outlook’s junk mail tool is just as effective as ketchup packets are to stopping terrorism.
3. I don’t mind eating dinner in front of the television… so long as we don’t have to watch Oprah.

Today’s Photos

• Just because you want to print a blank calendar in Outlook 2007 doesn’t mean you’re dateless.
• I remember when a shave and a haircut was much less than 64 bits.
• My God! These buttons! They’re so beautiful!
• How much is identity theft protection worth to you and your evil twin?
• Email newsletter design ain’t an easy task when confronted with endless variables. But there are solutions.
• Was Edith Bunker right about the nature of rumors?
• A machine that squeezes a good night’s sleep into three or four hours? Pinch me, I must be dreaming!
• Ridiculous California real estate prices may prompt name change to The Arm & Leg State.
• Did Microsoft make a tremendous blunder in its dealings with Novell?
• Marc Erickson learns that the road to marital bliss is sometimes hitchhiked.

Today’s Live Links

• How Big Is Bill Gates? Yacht?

Today’s Media

• Better Than a Digital Photo Frame
• Customize Windows XP
• Conference Calling Video
• Cheap Auto Insurance
• Data Migration (Windows Vista to XP)
• How to Create Widgets
• No Cheats for Halo 3
• Emergency Supplies
• YouTube Videos
• Battery Tester
• QuickTime vs. RealPlayer vs. Windows Media Player
• Drupal vs. WordPress
• Mindmapping
• Game Emulation
• Recording Skype Calls

• I’m not the only one! Chris Leeds has discovered the magic of Popfly, too!
• Panoramio isn’t an opera. It’s not even a restaurant. Nor is it a salad dressing.
• Instead of letting Windows give him the blues, Bob Littell finds himself Linspired.
• George Tenet tells us what it was like At the Center of the Storm.
• What turns an ordinary musician into the Ace of Bass?
• Betagnome hits a home run with his baseball-loving son.
• Check fraud’s back in fashion! Summer must be coming.
• When weighing the options between personal loans and credit cards, it’s good to know the facts.
• Boo! Is the Internet haunted?
• Come and get it! Doggies by the pound!

Today’s Live Links

• Search Music Videos
• Get Your Next Job Based on Merit
• Software to Download and Convert YouTube Videos
• Get a Private Public Phone Number
• Hosts File Statistics, information, and FREE Utilities
• ShoZu - Publish Media from your Cell Phone

Today’s Random Thoughts

1. Popcorn! http://music.tenhauser.com/popaw_01.mp3
2. My math teacher was wrong - I never needed to understand long division in my adult life.
3. Beginning to wonder if the weekend is going to disappear as quickly as this week did.
4. Ergh. Pixie decided to leave her lunch on the carpet.
5. Wondering when I’m gonna play the Halo 3 beta (live on cam) this weekend?

Today’s Photos

Today’s Media

• Recording Skype Calls
• Parallels vs. Boot Camp
• Best Photo Sharing Site
• HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray vs. Downloading
• Is it Safe to Leave my Computer on at Night?

• Does Firefox need a diet?
• Gnomie Steve Hobberstad gives us a couple of good tips on maintaining our systems.
• Ever needed to add a line break to a cell in Excel 2007?
• With writing, sometimes the inspiration comes from practice.
• Wait a minute! A credit card has to be repaid? Thanks, LordKaT, for taking all the fun out of it.
• Got clients? Don’t just hand them a bill.
• Pardon me, but your kilt’s on fire!
• Did you know that your USB flash drive may be infected? Now turn its head and have it cough.
• The Blade is wondering how to sharpen his edge. Feedback, please!

Today’s Live Links

• Top 10 HDTV Myths: Fact vs. Fiction, Hi-Def Style
• Here’s My Jaiku
• Make Your Own Custom Wine
• Google is better than Limewire for downloading Music
• The Ultimate Linux Reference Guide for Newbies

Today’s Random Thoughts

1. No doubt about it. Scrubs is one of the best shows on television. Ever.
2. Why on earth do hardware manufacturers keep building equipment with Serial ports?!
3. Wondering if I’ll ever open my news aggregator again?
4. It’s nice to see Ponzi painting again (I can tell she really enjoys it).
5. Ponzi, when I handed her a new Zune: “What is this? An iPod?”
6. Summer is cooler with a picnic cooler: urltea.com/kn3

Today’s Photos

Today’s Media

• Where to find cheap gas?
• Free Audio Program
• PNG vs JPG
• 32bit vs 64bit Windows
• What is IRC?

First, let’s look at today’s Headlines…

• Walking through the desert on stilts would save gas money, come to think of it.
• Add Costco to the pet food recall list. Sigh.
• “Dispatch to Cab 128, our GPS shows you dawdling at a Krispy Kreme on 2nd Street. Back to work!”
• Even skeptics can be overwhelmed with wonder. Not sure about those God-hating communists, though.
• I never promised you a rose garden, but I know someone who can help you take care of one.
• Watch out, would-be villains! The Pink Stinger keeps this neighborhood safe!

Today’s Live Links

• Windows Vista Battery Saver
• The Future of Media Distribution?
• PowerToys for Internet Explorer - Updated
• iPodifier - Free Video Sync Tool for Windows

Today’s Random Thoughts

1. So, what happens if I decide to cross the streams? I mean, I’m cross-posting anyway!
2. Will my Inbox ever drop below 25 messages again?

Today’s Photos

Today’s Media

• Firefox vs Internet Explorer vs Opera
• What is a DOCX file?
• Peets Coffee Addiction
• How To Pursue A Career in Technology
• Miranda vs Adium vs Meebo
• WinZip vs WinRar

• You Don’t Have to Spend A Fortune to Make Your PC Immune to Malware — In Fact, It’s FREE!
• Has everyone forgotten what representative means?
• AMD Processor Roadmap
• TV or not TV : The Dual Nature of Television
• Stand and deliver!
• Security Updates As Of May 13, 2007
• Some Short Takes On Computer Stuff - May 13, 2007
• Senator Brownback Stumbles in Wisconsin
• What is a FICO Score?

• Virgin Moblile
• Wanna See My Etch?
• Google - More Than Just A Search Engine
• Americans Are Being Ripped Off As Gas Prices Rise Again
• War in Iraq: Another Vietnam?
• Congratulations to Nola Ochs
• How To Get Out of Credit Card Debt
• Zonbu - Linux To Go Box - Maybe?

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• Make the most of that family reunion with a little genealogy research.
  (tags: genealogy, family, history, crest, reunion, familyreunion, familyhistory)
• What does Spybot S&D have against nearly naked dancing girls?
  (tags: spybot, spyware, threat, trojan)
• Did you know Word 2003 lets you add watermarks to documents? Here’s how!
  (tags: word, word2003, microsoftoffice, document, doc)
• Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 keeps it simple (but don’t call me stupid)!
  (tags: antivirus, anti-virus, security, virus, scan)
• Gnomie "M" wants to start a computer repair business; Matt Hartley has some advice.
  (tags: pcrepair, business, computerrepair, techrepair, it, gotomeeting, selfemployment, selfemployed)
• Did you know that Google can help you de-stalker-fy?
  (tags: google, googlemaps, phone, phonenumber, business, listing, removal, privacy, security, stalker)
• You! Back away from the blog! You know who you are! Or do you?
  (tags: ezine, email, publish, write, promote, market, business, sales)
• Brandon Watts invites you to touch his Leopard! Does it bite? I promise nothing.
  (tags: leopard, brandonwatts, weatherbug, programming, education, school, student, teacher)
• Mother doesn’t need an e-card this year. Or any year.
  (tags: mothersday, security, hacker, malware, e-card, ecard, virus, greeting)
• Sometimes, love really is all you need.
  (tags: technology, friend, disability, husband, blessing)
• Vikings get unhinged about iBook defects.
  (tags: apple, g4, ibook, defect, consumer, complaint)
• A visit to the library does not always lead to reasonable conclusions.
  (tags: intelligentdesign, creationism, astrology, darwin, evolution, michaelshermer, probability, pseudoscience)
• Could goats be Hollywood’s surefire cure?
  (tags: fire, disaster, firesafety, firefighter, fireman, emergency, preparedness, crisis, prevention)
• A widget, by any other name… would still make most people say: "What’s a widget?"
  (tags: widget, development, web2.0, desktop, widgets, sidebar, dashboard)

• Is Hitler Alive and Well at the RIAA?
• Oh, The Streisand Effect - Now I Can Digg It
• RegisterFly Update
• Scams and Urban Legends
• Security Updates As Of May 6, 2007
• Some Short Takes On Computer Stuff - May 6, 2007
• The Sandmonkey Goes Silent

Saturday, 5 May 2007

• Beware of Evil Twin WiFi Networks
• Another Quizzing Application to help with virtually anything !
• Have Graphs, Need Data ? Then Engauge Digitizer can help you.
• How To: The Anti-Wallet
• The Need To Use FTP
• Technology at school
• Unbuntu/Kubuntu Review And Helpful Hints - Great For Newbies
• How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista
• Fly To Your Local Comic Book Store For Free Comic Book Day

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• [SIMPLE] Turn Off The Interweb
  (tags: power, interweb, internet, fun, funny, prank, joke)
• [TOOLS] Desktop Widgets @ Widgipedia
  (tags: dashboard, Software, gadgets, widget, widgets, web2.0, tools, utilities, tutorials)
• [HELP] DropMyRights and Computer Security
  (tags: malware, freeware, dropmyrights, security, prevention, disclaimer)
• [IMAGE] $10 Off Morpheus Photo Morpher
  (tags: photo, photomorph, morph, morphing, photography)
• [WIFI] WEP / WPA Random Key Generator
  (tags: software, wpa, wifi, wep, key, security)
• [HARDWARE] Card Readers in Windows Vista
  (tags: windows, smartmedia, vista, removable, compactflash)
• [WRITE] Dark Room Text Editor
  (tags: software, writing, windows, tools, freeware, editor, text)
• [REMIX] Computer Game Music Archive
  (tags: music, games, remix, mp3, videogames, game, gaming)
• [RANT] I’m Tired of Social Networks
  (tags: social, network, friends, friendship, community)
• [FREEWARE] UltraExplorer for Microsoft Windows
  (tags: software, windows, Freeware, download, file, XP, manager)
• [MEDIA] Playing with PFCPro 2007
  (tags: powerpoint, media, movies, tools, pfcpro)
• [PEERS] Wiki-Based Software Guide
  (tags: Software, OpenSource, wiki, reviews, tools, technology, freeware)
• [PROTECT] Make a Laptop Sleeve
  (tags: laptop, sleeve, notebook, case, diy, how-to, recycle)
• [DOWNLOAD] Ultimate List of SMART Software
  (tags: smart, hardware, utilities, tools, freeware, software, harddrive)
• [MUSIC] Beating The Snot Out Of DRM
  (tags: drm, music, legal, action, lawsuit, freedom)
• [TRIBUTE] In Honor of the Virginia Tech Victims
  (tags: virginiatech, tribute, honor)

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• [NUMBERS] Share Excel Spreadsheets Online Easily
  (tags: excel, spreadsheet, online, collaboration, web2.0, microsoft, office)
• [MEMORIES] Create a world for your pictures
  (tags: Scrapbooking, photos, photography, blog, tools, blogging, gallery, family, multimedia)
• [MOBILE] GPS phone tracking & friend finding
  (tags: free, location, google, map, tracking, mobile, GPS)
• [HELP] IPv6 Network Troubleshooting Tools on the Web
  (tags: ipv6, tools, dns, network, networking, internet, security, sysadmin)
• [PRIVACY] DNA Testing and Terms of Employment
  (tags: privacy, dna, employment)
• [HARDWARE] Getting a USB Tablet to work in Windows and Linux
  (tags: aiptek, tablet, linux, windows, hardware)
• [COMMUNITY] A Saturday Night With Chris Pirillo And Friends
  (tags: friends, friendship, community, fun)
• [APPLE] Why Does Everyone Think The Delay Of Leopard Means Anything?
  (tags: apple, mac, osx, leopard, delay, software, os, macintosh)
• [MUSIC] The ultimate multichannel jazz radio station
  (tags: jazz, music, sound, listen, hear, audio, radio)
• [FUN] How To Turn Your Photos Into A Comic
  (tags: photo, comic, fun, entertainment)
• [TWEAK] Show Classic Menus and Toolbars on Ribbon of Office 2007
  (tags: excel, microsoft, office2007, software, Office)
• [DOWNLOAD] Software I couldn’t live Without
  (tags: software, tech,