Archive for May, 2006

Skype - The whole world can talk for free.

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

Skype - The whole world can talk for free.

An incoming number is $4 a month. The one I got is local long distance to the exchange I am in but is free to cell phones, so we have a Tracfone cell phone that is a local call but if we answer it costs us around $0.35 a minute. The way I figure it now is that folks can call the tracfone # and then we can call back from Skype. Not the best of all possible worlds but to have voip and a cell phone for around $15 a month is a hell of a lot better than the $45 bell south and $45 cingular was costing a month.

USATODAY.com - White wine turns up in King Tutankhamen’s tomb

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

USATODAY.com - White wine turns up in King Tutankhamen’s tomb

Interesting article.

anymeal 0.29 - cookbook database frontend

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

anymeal 0.29 - cookbook database frontend

Haven’t tried it yet but looks interesting.

California town the latest to snub Wal-Mart - Yahoo! News

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

California town the latest to snub Wal-Mart - Yahoo! News

Way to go!

Tribewanted: Adventure Island - Home

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Tribewanted: Adventure Island - Home

Interesting concept. Wonder if it would/could work with building a land based town/village?

Slashdot | A DNA Database For All U.S. Workers?

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Slashdot | A DNA Database For All U.S. Workers?

1984 redux… :-(

Treehugger: The Other Ethanol

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Treehugger: The Other Ethanol

Cool!

Cream: An easy-to-use configuration of the Vim text editor

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Cream: An easy-to-use configuration of the Vim text editor

New version of Cream is out for those like me who have never climbed the Vim learning curve.

Treehugger: LIME:

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Treehugger: LIME: “Walking, Talking Toxic Waste Dumps”

Scary!

Japan is proud home of Christ’s tomb - World - Times Online

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Japan is proud home of Christ’s tomb - World - Times Online

Okay… Whatever.

g4u - Harddisk Image Cloning for PCs

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

g4u - Harddisk Image Cloning for PCs

My brother just asked me about Ghost and I thought I remembered something open source that was simular and after a search located this. Looks like THE Free way to go.

Tesla_Downunder

Friday, May 26th, 2006

Tesla_Downunder

Cool site with annoying popup/under windows.

Memphis - Boscos Squared Flaming Stone Beer

Friday, May 26th, 2006

Memphis - Boscos Squared Flaming Stone Beer

Sounds interesting. Used to drink a flame brewed beer years ago but started giving me bad headaches after just a beer or two so I quit drinking it. Suspect it was a ingredient though and not the flame. ;-)

eBayer driven to edge by email quippery | The Register

Friday, May 26th, 2006

eBayer driven to edge by email quippery | The Register

Funny as hell!

BOFH: Blast from the past | The Register

Friday, May 26th, 2006

BOFH: Blast from the past | The Register

Nothing like decommisioning a server… ;-)

The Blog | Jonathan Rintels: The Indecency Fraud

Friday, May 26th, 2006

The Blog | Jonathan Rintels: The “Indecency” Fraud | The Huffington Post

Seems like the holier than all the rest of us may be CHEATING just a bit.

In one case with over 6500 complaints on file only 3 seem to be real. And in another case the PTC submitted all but 2 with their automated Kvetch-machine.

Ok so they cheat instead of changing the chanel, but now Congress bows down to this bullshit and screws all the rest of us who have no problem with seeing a bit of t and a vs. violence. Talk about a minority over ruling a majority by the old squeeky wheel method.

Study Finds No Cancer-Marijuana Connection

Friday, May 26th, 2006

Study Finds No Cancer-Marijuana Connection

That’s right folks, NO Cancer-Marijuana connection! So now can we make it legal for personal/medical use?

TaxProf Blog: Can You Hear Me Now? IRS to Refund $15 Billion of Telephone Taxes to Consumers

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

TaxProf Blog: Can You Hear Me Now? IRS to Refund $15 Billion of Telephone Taxes to Consumers

About damn time!

Micro$oft Tech $upport $taff - India

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Just received this from a friend and had to pass it along!

Microsoft Tech Support Dept, India

Slovenian brewer reveals miracle properties of beer | The Register

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Slovenian brewer reveals miracle properties of beer | The Register

BEER! BEER! BEER!