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Great Mac vs. Vista banner ad

Posted 28 Nov 2007 in pop culture, technology

I’ve been a Mac user as well as fan (and snob, according to my girlfriend) since the days of the first Macintosh computer which sported an 8 MHz processor, 3.5″ floppy drive, 512 KB of memory and 10 MB hard drive. Not only has technology come a long way, so has advertising. Apple has bolstered their fun “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” campaign with this brilliant little banner ad for their new Leopard operating system, placed cleverly on CNET’s Vista page. Click here to view the ad.

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Religion of Peace update: 2 beheaded, 1 crucified in Thailand

Posted 28 Nov 2007 in Religion of Peace update

Crucifying their own believers and beheading Buddhists? More barbarism from the jihadists of Islam. NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AFP) – A Muslim military informant was shot and crucified, while two Buddhist men were beheaded Wednesday by suspected Islamic separatists in Thailand’s restive south, police said. The Muslim man, a 58-year-old who belonged to a government-backed militia, was shot and then stabbed so badly that he was nearly decapitated, police Lieutenant Khanchitthol Kreunor told AFP. Suspected rebels then drove six-inch nails through his head, arms and legs to attach him to two pieces of wood, which were laid out like a cross in the middle of a road in Rueso district of Narathiwat province, near the southern border with Malaysia, he said....

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Florida defeats FSU again!

Posted 25 Nov 2007 in Florida Gators, pop culture

2007 might not have been the greatest season for the Florida Gators, but it’d be hard to imagine a greater end to the season: defeating in-state rivals Florida State 45-12. Gainesville, FL – Sophomore Tim Tebow (Jacksonville, Fla.) was responsible for five touchdowns, three passing and two rushing, as the Gator football team celebrated Senior Day with a 45-12 victory over Florida State in front of 90,664 fans at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday. UF has now defeated the Seminoles four straight times for the first time since 1983-86. Gotta love it! Go Gators!

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Military Asks Wounded Soldiers To Return Bonuses

Posted 23 Nov 2007 in call to action, Hillary Clinton, military, outrage

This is an outrage. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― The U.S. Military is demanding that thousands of wounded service personnel give back signing bonuses because they are unable to serve out their commitments. To get people to sign up, the military gives enlistment bonuses up to $30,000 in some cases. Now men and women who have lost arms, legs, eyesight, hearing and can no longer serve are being ordered to pay some of that money back. One of them is Jordan Fox, a young soldier from the South Hills. He finds solace in the hundreds of boxes he loads onto a truck in Carnegie. In each box is a care package that will be sent to a man or woman serving...

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Upgrading to Leopard

Posted 21 Nov 2007 in technology

The last few days have been… um, interesting. Last week, I bought the new Mac OSX, code named Leopard. I am usually a first-adopter of technology, especially as it relates to the Mac. But financial considerations forced me to forgo the standing-in-line event surrounding the release of Steve Jobs’ newest offering to the Mac faithful. After having received one of the paychecks for which I’ve been hounding my clients for the past 60 days, I was finally in a position to bump up the RAM in my 3-year-old iMac to 1.5 GB and began making preparations to install the new operating system. And by preparations, I mean backing up every file on my hard drive. Good thing I’m so...

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Thursday blogroll roundup

Posted 15 Nov 2007 in blogrolling

Since I’m busy today cranking out yet another website design (damn, I do love this crosstraining), I don’t have time to blog. But there are plenty of good ones out there today. Click the linkies, show the love. Pam Meister: War on Terror or War on Jihad? Defining the Problem Amy Alkon: When Involuntary Fathers Are Forced to Foot The Bill Michelle Malkin: Antiwar protesters block trucks, pour concrete on train tracks to stop military shipments Captain’s Quarters: Dems try timetables again for Iraq Six Meat Buffet: Why Tom Tancredo is his choice Jenn of the Jungle: The war on Thanksgiving Texas Rainmaker: No driver’s licenses for illegals…in Mexico Wyatt Earp: Best game ever?

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Attack of the Mimobots!

Posted 14 Nov 2007 in technology, Twitter

I’ve recently become a fan of Mimobots, cute little USB jump drives that come in a variety of character designs (Halo, Star Wars, Domo, Gloomy Bear, Happy Tree Friends, and several cool artist series). Julia Roy began Twittering about them right before Halloween, and now I’ve got a new gadget to lust after. Curse you, Mimoco!

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Send a facehugger

Posted 14 Nov 2007 in movies, pop culture

Alien vs. Predator: Requiem is coming for Christmas. And they’ve developed some interesting ways to spread the word, like this facehugger widget, or an e-card that allows you to put a facehugger onto your friend’s face and send ‘em a postcard of it. Definitely a different kind of publicity campaign, eh?

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Feel it coming in the air tonight?

Posted 13 Nov 2007 in humor, pop culture

Wonderbra spoofs the Cadbury “Gorilla” commerical.

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Happy Veterans Day!

Posted 11 Nov 2007 in military, patriotism, victory

A huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to all our veterans!

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