The laptop is suffering from an imbalance of the humors, most likely a melancholic hard drive or even a phlegmatic logic board. I won't be certain until the good doctors at the UDC can identify its temperament.

It's a good thing I recently backed up all of my data.

I'll be offline for the most part until it comes back from its trepanation.

I hate 'em. I hate the repetitiveness. Inevitably, I put them off for so long that they turn into big unwieldy messes that take hours to do. I hate "mega-task" chores. If I clean the kitchen, I hate that I have to do all the dishes, scrub all the pots, wipe down the stove, the microwaves, clean the counters, hand wash knives and chopsticks, clear ( Read more... )

http://www.apple.com/iphone/easysetup/rateplans.html

Family Plan: $80 for 700 minutes (plus $30 for each additional line), unlimited data, 200 SMS messages, unlimited nights and weekends, rollover minutes, and unlimited mobile to mobile.

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Rats! Someone went and spilled the beans. Here is a most excellent write up on how to remove spyware and other malware from your computer using only two simple tools.

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000888.html

Yes, it's really that easy. Reading through it ( Read more... )

Apparently, you can post to your LJ using IM? It's kinda like Twitter only without the 140 character limit.

Curious about what RSS is? Ever wonder why your friends talk about how great their feed reader is? Learn about how you can change the way that you read the Internet now.

http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english

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The Humane Society of the United States Praises Senate Passage of Legislation to Protect Food Supply

Today's amendment would require the Food and Drug Administration to set processing and ingredient standards for pet food, strengthen labeling requirements, establish an early warning system for contaminated food products, improve communication with ( Read more... )