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Think of the Children

By on December 9, 2011 in Misc

Naturally Amazon is getting flack for not protecting the children from their content. I would think a bigger concern is that if you give kids a Kindle and they are able to see Prime Videos they are then able to buy anything they want. At least until they max out your credit card. Just saying…

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Stop the Madness

By on December 9, 2011 in Misc

Yet another rumor about Bill Gates returning to Microsoft. The idea seems completely bizarre. Naturally the source is unnamed. But Fortune mag is able to spin it as an “analysis/what if” story so they won’t technically be wrong if someone else replaces Ballmer. Of course there’s no specifics so they won’t be completely wrong until [...]

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People Just Need To Chill

By on July 10, 2009 in Misc

Some people just need to relax. A New Jersey brewery has taken New Jersey’s reputation for being all highways and named some beers in honor of highway exits in Jersey. This has got the turnpike authority and MADD concerned that it might promote drunk driving. I don’t know what to fear more, that people are [...]

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Don’t Forget…

By on December 9, 2008 in Misc

…to change your clocks on December 31st, 2008. Yahoo News: 2008 Will Be Just a Second Longer.

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Nikon D3x Rant

By on December 7, 2008 in Misc

Ok, there’s probably some people upset that Hitler is ranting on Nikon (but hey, they were allies), but still, this is one of the funniest videos I’ve seen in a long time and I only mildly follow the Nikon/Canon rivalry (especially at the D3x price levels).

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Website Changes

By on October 25, 2008 in Misc

As return visitors (both of you) will notice, there’s been some changes at the BWOTAE. For starters, it all looks different. I switched WordPress themes and you can check out information about this one using the link in the footer. I’m not bothering to write about the theme here because, well, you probably don’t care. [...]

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Tesla Wastes Energy

By on October 16, 2008 in Misc

Well, this doesn’t have much to do with anything I’m interested in. (A Tesla auto isn’t in my foreseeable future). But since the title of this blog mentions wasting energy this Engadget post about the Tesla auto wasting energy while parked caught my attention.

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