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Netflix style service for Audio Books

Ive never tried audible, but I have listened to a few audio books in my time. but just when you think you know everything there is to know about where to get things from the web, a website like SimplyAudioBooks.com come in and show you, there is still some things about the web you still [...]

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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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Pownce has been aquired, shutting down. May return at a later time.

I don’t know what to think about this, I got home from work the other morning and was checking my Gmail and read this
We are sad to announce that Pownce is shutting down on December 15,
2008. As of today, Pownce will no longer be accepting new users or new
pro accounts.
To help with your transition, we [...]

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Zemanta makes blogging a little less time consuming

When you blog about things you found online, how do you do it? If I find something interesting that I want to talk about here, I usually will do my research on it, then just write from scratch what I want to say about the article or product etc. Sometimes, what I write may be [...]

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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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Obama and Mcain face off, the battle before the election

A friend of mine sent this to me in email, thought it was humorous

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How far along has MMORPG’s come?

Ive been playing Warhammer Online  since it launched and Ive been thinking about MMORPGs in general. Where they were, how far they have came. Thinking about MMOs always bring me back to my first MMO experience, which is of coarse Everquest. Now Ive played a lot of MMOs since Everquest, looking for that one game [...]

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Looking for a NZB client? Try SABnzbd

I talked about NZB files and using the usenet the other day and I mentioned using clients to retrieve files from the usenet but I didn’t mention any clients in particular to use. After reading about NZB files and the usenet. I started looking into clients and there are several. Many of the files do [...]

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