A funny article titled “Internet 96” takes a brief look back at the year 1996 when companies like McDonalds, Pepsi, Best Buy and others starting taking advantage of the marketing prospects of the Internet (but did these companies really take advantage?) taking a look at some of these websites certainly makes me wonder! A [...]

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Recently I decided to learn rails… I’m taking notes about what I learn and I’ve decided to post them here. I’m posting my notes in hopes that I will be helping others that might be learning rails… This first entry is an abstract look at developing an application, which is just one piece of [...]

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This is not something I did recently, but I decided to post it as a reference for anyone trying to connect a PS3 to a computer monitor through HDMI without built-in speakers in the monitor.
So recently I connected my PS3 to my Dell flat panel 20″ LCD monitor. I had to purchase the following to [...]

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This post at boingboing.net is pretty disturbing to say the least. If two girls are treated this way and just happen to have the opportunity to express it, how are the other children of this “orphanage” treated?
The post sums up by saying the mother received a letter from the orphanage explaining that she is [...]

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I was listening to a podcast called Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte. I usually listen to this podcast weekly as there are pretty interesting topics centered around the world of Microsoft and sometimes Apple. This week I learned of an interesting little application called Handbrake. According to the Handbrake website:
“Handbrake is [...]

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