After thousands of lawsuits the RIAA has finally come to their senses and decided to stop suing individuals for file sharing.

I strongly believe in supporting artists and paying for the music that you enjoy but I think that the RIAAs heavy handed tactics were hurting them far more than helping them.  Even many of the artists have felt that the RIAA  ( Read more... )

If you have a geek on your Christmas list (and I am guessing many of you  do) then I have a gift suggestion.


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A number of sites have started putting up their best photos of 2008 lists.

One of the better ones is located here.

The photo that struck me the most on there was this one.


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Today in Iraq a reporter lobbed his shoes at Bush.

It actually happened like this...

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While that is pretty funny all on its own, I prefer to think that it happened like this...

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This is a cool promo thing from Disney.  Be sure to watch all the way until the end to see how to make your own.

Be warned though it does have sound and will auto play after you click the link.

The link.

This is another amazing TED talk.

5000 days ago we never imagined that we would have instant access to satellite imagery of the entire planet for free at home.  We would never have believed that there would be a way to instantly broadcast live video from our cell phones to millions of people for free.

What sort of things can we not imagine today that ( Read more... )

I am a long time fan of Black Friday.  If businesses want to take a monetary loss on products to get me into their store then I am all for it.  I am willing to get up early to fight the crowds and get some good deals.

For Thanksgiving this year the family got together in Colorado.  Haleigh and I knew we would be doing the Black Friday sales as usual ( Read more... )

Okay, so they aren't exactly The Avengers or The Justice League but a group of modern day heroes has apparently banded together to fight crime.

Members include Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, former chinese foreign minister Li Zhaoxng, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and both Nelson Mandela as well as his wife.

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Life Magazine has teamed up with Google to put their photo archives online.

This is a collection of ten million pictures taken dating back to the civil war, all provided in large sizes.

The first two million pictures have gone online and are open for searching.

Here is a link to the central page and I have included a few of my initial favorites below.


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