http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/give-one-get-one.php


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Here's a 10 min. video of performer Derren Brown revealing some cold-reading tricks that psychics and astrologers use to fool people. The first segment (2 mins long) is just ok - he plays a street clown reading someone's memories. The second segment powerfully conveys how impressionable people can be - he prepares personalized readings for several ( Read more... )

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As the holiday shopping season swings into full gear, I thought I'd pimp my friend Jonathan's website, Deal Locker, which is a database of coupon codes and various retailer deals. There's also a blog of daily deals, printable coupons for brick-and-mortar stores, and regular freebie deals. Check it out!

Ok, I'm sorely tempted to get one of these...

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Surrendipity - n. When everything seems to fall into place following the decision to give up worrying about the factors you can't control.

Decided to make a trip home to pick up another carload of things (more clothes, desktop computer sans monitor and keyboard). The air quality in Solana Beach is actually better than it was yesterday. The risk level for my condo depends on what happens in Rancho Santa Fe and on the ocean breezes, which seem favorable ( Read more... )

Rather than risk getting woken up and evacuated at 3am, Buddy and I are spending the night at my sister's place in Santee. The air is certainly a lot healthier here. Traffic was light, and as far as I can tell SD county residents are enduring everything in a calm and orderly way ( Read more... )

It's been pretty smoky all day, and Solana Beach was alerted to prepare for evacuation, but so far it hasn't happened. Car's packed with everything valuable except for me and the cat. The weather guy is under the impression that the offshore breeze will be picking up and will be enough to keep the fires from reaching the coast. Let's hope he's ( Read more... )

Here's a complaint letter I just sent to Paypal, after my account was locked out due to "suspicious activity". The activity in question was an attempt by me to conduct a transaction while traveling. What I didn't know at the time was that they still took the money out of my bank account and placed it in my paypal account before locking it down ( Read more... )