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What Podcast have risen to the top of my list.

Every once in a while I talk about what I’m listening to as far as podcast, things have changed a little bit as of late. There are a few podcast that I have added to my list of favorites. sadly there are a few that I barely listen to anymore.
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Teach yourself that Computer based skill you’ve been wanting to learn with Lynda.com

Have you ever had a website idea but didn’t know how to go about creating your own website?. Back in 2005, I had a website idea and I wanted to teach myself how to create a website. I bought a couple of books and while they were helpful, I dont think I got what I [...]

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What makes a Browser an African American browser?

I just heard of a browser that claim to be a web browser for the African American community. I wondered, how can a browser be a “black” browser. Of coarse being an African American myself, I decided to download the Blackbird browser to see what it is all about.
The Blackbird browser is built on top [...]

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Watch Hulu even if you arent in the US, View firewalled websites with Hotspot Shield.

A while ago, there was a BBC tv show that I wanted to watch. If you aren’t in the UK and have tried to watch a BBC show online, you’d know that you get the this message.

So whats the sensible way to get around this? Find a proxy that would fool the BBC to think [...]

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Free CD/DVD burning software with Nero-like features.

CD and DVD burning is something I find I don’t do as much anymore. With good reason. Most music I listen to is either done on my PC or on my portable music device. Most video I watch is either DVD’s or through websites like Hulu or Netflix. Since I have pieced together a full [...]

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How far along has MMORPG’s come? Part 3

Ok, here we go again with my MMORPG comparison, If you want to read up and get familiar with what I had been talking about, make sure you check Part 1 and Part 2

Everquest 2 was the next game on EQ comparison list. I have to say, I was really looking forward to this [...]

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All…Most of your web video at one place socially with FFWD

Do you make a habit of watching online video on your PC? I mean regularly, not those rare occasions where your trying to catch something at work or while traveling. I ran across a new site the other day that I thought was pretty cool that is great for those people that do.
www.ffwd.com is a [...]

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What do you think about the new non-Seinfeld Microsoft commercial?

We all have seen the Microsoft ads featuring Gates and Seinfeld right? Yea we’ve all seen them, its been the focus of a lot of criticize lately (if not look here and here). Last night I was watching a re-run of My Name Is Earl and what do you know? A new Microsoft commercial came [...]

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An evening with Google Chrome

Well I’m a day late with this post but I happen to spend a good amount of time with Google Chrome after the download was made available Tuesday. What do I think? Well lets first go through my experience (briefly) and I’ll get to that.
Download and installation was pretty standard for me. Chrome installed then [...]

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Is it Cool to be Cuil?

If you remember, I have tried using just Ask.com, and Live.com as my main search engine for a time. Just to see what it would be like if Google went away. It wasn’t that bad, I could actually do that if needed. I know this is a little premature, but I figured Id try the [...]

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