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Bruce Springsteen Free Download for Guitar Hero World Tour
Tuesday January 27, 2009
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Working on a Dream, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s new album, will debut today with an exclusive Guitar Hero World Tour free download for a limited time. The two downloads that will be available are “My Lucky Day” from the new album and classic hit “Born to Run.”I have been a devoted Bruce…
iPhone Geocaching Dana Point California
Monday January 26, 2009
Reading Time: 4 minutes
This Sunday Lisa and I met up with Jshults to do a little iPhone geocaching. The first cache we found was the San Onofre Breccia – Dana Point Earthcache (http://coord.info/GCP80W) to “complete” this cache we should have also gone to see the other half of the San Onofre Breccia that is exposed at Aliso Point…
Myspace Social Networking Friends or Foes?
Sunday January 25, 2009
Reading Time: 3 minutes
Myspace Social Networking Friends or Foes? I use Myspace quite frequently to stay in touch with old friends and from time to time I make some new friends. Recently I have been getting nothing but spam mail through Myspace. With Myspace social networking it can be hard to decide between friends or foes. I get…
Many Ways of Traversing Mount Washington
Saturday January 24, 2009
Reading Time: 11 minutes
National Geographic Feb 2009 The February 2009 edition of National Geographic arrived this week. There on the cover were two magical words “Mount Washington”. Mount Washington(6,288 ft), the highest peak in the northeastern United States, is located in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. What makes this article, Backyard Arctic, all…
NBA- The Half Way Point
Friday January 23, 2009
Reading Time: 3 minutes
The NBA Season is about half way through its 82 game calender – a great time to assess things before the All-Star break. Pre-season favorites the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics were picked to return to the NBA finals by many analysts; a match up most people would be again intrigued by. And…
CNN Photosynth of “The Moment”
Thursday January 22, 2009
Reading Time: < 1 minute
“The Moment”Photosynth is a software application from Microsoft Live Labs and the University of Washington that analyzes digital photographs and generates a three-dimensional model of the photos and a point cloud of a photographed object. Pattern recognition components compare portions of images to create points, which are then compared to convert the image into a…
Obama & The Dilemma With The Banks
Wednesday January 21, 2009
Reading Time: 4 minutes
President Obama and his advisors face some tough decisions regarding the banks.Paul Krugman writes for the New York Times, teaches economics at Princeton, and won a Nobel Prize. He may be too liberal for some but he lies out the problem pretty well in this Op Ed piece on the NY Times.Lets say we have…
Inauguration of Technology
Tuesday January 20, 2009
Reading Time: 3 minutes
Today as the 44th president of the United States is inaugurated we watch this historical moment from a myriad of technology. It does seem fitting and futuristic to see our new president embrace technology and social networks. It is surely an exciting sign of the times. iPhone Application Just in time for the inauguration. Watch…
“I have a dream” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Monday January 19, 2009
Reading Time: 17 minutes
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope…
Internet Explorer crashes Send Error Report
Sunday January 18, 2009
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Internet Explorer crashes Send Error Report! It seems like when I open IE, nine times out of ten it freezes upon opening; then I get a message asking if I would like to send an error report or not. I have installed and reinstalled IE several times, but to no avail. It makes me wonder…
Passing the torch on January 20, 2009
Saturday January 17, 2009
Reading Time: 5 minutes
On Tuesday, January 20, 2009, I for one will break from work and watch as Barack Obama takes the oath as the 44th president of our United States. I expect it to be a hope-filled day, one that I will share with my husband and children. We as a family and nation will be passing…
Google AdWords- Local Business Ad
Friday January 16, 2009
Reading Time: 3 minutes
The Google AdWords ‘local business ad’ is one of the forms you may choose to create for your keyword listings. If your business is localized to any extent, this is probably very helpful. To take it a step further, if your business takes ‘walk-in’ traffic and/or has a brick and mortar presence, then this functionality…