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Archive for November, 2007

My tweets for 2007-11-30

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November, 2007 Posted in Clippings

Leopard is the new Vista (dvorak.org): http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14849 #

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My tweets for 2007-11-29

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November, 2007 Posted in Clippings

@leolaporte Happy Birthday Leo!!! #
10 lb. hairball found in woman’s stomach (dvorak.org)! http://tinyurl.com/yt2bo2 #
Cellphone battery explosion killed man (dvorak.org): http://tinyurl.com/3bh7wv #
How to prevent good advice from UbuntuForums from e.g. erasing your hdd: http://tinyurl.com/3b8o9e #
Lighting on Venus (CNET): http://tinyurl.com/ys4c4k #

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My tweets for 2007-11-28

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November, 2007 Posted in Clippings

ArsTechnica’s extensive Kindle review: http://tinyurl.com/25fp4z #
The goodness of garlic (Lifehacker): http://tinyurl.com/28acbq #
Toshiba & NEC to develop 32nm chips: http://tinyurl.com/ytw35v #
Sony’s first all flash notebook, $3200: http://tinyurl.com/2zjvyu #
(cheap) Sound-based motion detection sensors developed: http://tinyurl.com/2p9ygg #
Cheaper optical fiber thanks to plastic (ArsTechnica): http://tinyurl.com/2t9sv2 #
Dell XPS M1530 looks smokin’: http://tinyurl.com/34jafz #
Extended Halo 3-play to cause hardware faults in [...]

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Firefox Addon: TinyUrl Creator

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November, 2007 (, , , )
Posted in Firefox (1 Comment)

TinyUrl.com is a website that takes long URLs and transforms them into cute little buggers like http://tinyurl.com/2uhxg4. It’s useful when one would like to send on, um, long links or when one is interested in social networking sites like Twitter where typing space is fairly limited. The service has been turned into a handy-dandy Firefox [...]

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Smelling like a garlic-hog is healthy

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November, 2007 (, , )
Posted in Food

Who doesn’t adore garlic? Aside from the smell, it’s healthy too. Have the whole family feast on garlic enriched meals and no-one will ever notice the stench.
Lifehacker:
The power to boost hydrogen sulfide production may help explain why a garlic-rich diet appears to protect against various cancers, including breast, prostate, and colon cancer, say the study [...]

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