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I’ve been playing this long enough, it’s time somebody else got addicted! http://weboggle.shackworks.com I usually play the 4×4 version. Don’t be disappointed if you don’t score very highly. I’m sure some of the people cheat, and many of the others have been playing for a long time. I’m usually happy to be in the top […]

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Be sure you have updated to the latest version of Firefox (1.5.0.5). If you are set to automatically receive updates, it probably already happened. There are some potentially dangerous loopholes in the previous version that this one fixes. If you use it (and I recommend that you do) Thunderbird email client also needs to be […]

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As we were getting ready to go to Peru next week, I realized that our camcorder had died. I’ve got one closet shelf full of Hi-8 tapes, and another shelf full of MiniDV tapes. The only way I can view either of them is to play them through their respective camcorders, each of which is […]

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Here’s a story with photos about a laptop that burst into flames. Could be a problem if it were on your lap, especially if you were on a plane.

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See here for an interesting, interactive map of the world showing which points are exactly opposite each other. Could you get to China by digging a hole straight through the earth from the USA?

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Strap on wings to use by the military to deposit soldiers well behind enemy lines. They can glide for miles, then open a parachute at the last minute to drop safely to the ground.

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Here’s an interesting set of puzzles. They come with no instructions; you have to figure out what to do, and how to do it. It’s a little like playing “Myst”. Experiment! The set of puzzles is called “ClickDragType”. There’s a clue right there. Find it here. Click on the link “Play This Game”. Note that […]

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I mentioned a few days ago about the spam fighting company “Blue Security”, with their program “Blue Frog”, and how they were in a war with spammers. Don just pointed out to me that it looks like the spammers won. BlueSecurity has given up and gone out of the spam fighting business. They said they […]

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There’s an interesting major Internet battle going on right now. There’s a company called Blue Security. (I won’t provide a link because they are down.) People can download their software (the Blue Frog) which sends emails to spammers whenever they receive a spam message. This overloads the spammers server, slowing them down or halting them. […]

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Version 1.5.0.3 has been released, less than 2 weeks after 1.5.0.2. Nothing major, just a security fix (which I guess is really pretty major). If you have automatic updates turned on, it will happen automatically, though you will have to restart Firefox to finalize the update. If you don’t have automatic updates turned on, you […]

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