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My Top 5 Add-Ons for Firefox 4
- Adblock Plus 1.3.5 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/ "Adblock Plus allows you to regain control of the internet and view the web the way you want to. The add-on is supported by over forty filter subscriptions in dozens of languages which automatically configure it for purposes ranging from removing ( Read more... )
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If I can only persuade you to buy 10 albums...
If I can only persuade you to buy 10 albums that you probably DON'T already own, then let it be these (in order from the best):
- "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" by Brian Eno & David Byrne
- "the Ocean Blue" by the Ocean Blue
- "the Best of Simple Minds (remastered)" by Simple Minds
- "Apollo" by Brian Eno
- "Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars" by Edie Brickell ( Read more... )
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My Top 10 Favourite Superhero Characters of All Time
Let me preface by saying that this list only applies to 'heroes' and not 'villains'.
Also, as a kid I subscribed to "the Micronauts", "Spider-Man", "the Fantastic Four", "the Avengers" and "the X-Men".
This list is also in order from my most favoured:
- the Micronauts
- the Vision (from Marvel's Avengers)
- Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym (aka Ant-Man, Giant-Man, ( Read more... )
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TOP 5 FREE or OPEN SOURCE APPLICATIONS
- UBUNTU (OS): A Linux flavour that is easy to experiment with, includes a number of features right out of "the box" and makes it simple to locate additional applications to expand upon it. It can also breathe life into an outdated PC or a inexpensive netbook.
- DIGSBY/TRILLIAN or PIDGIN/ADIUM (IM): All three clients (Adium is basically the ( Read more... )
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the State Attorneys' Generals Going on a Craig's List Witch Hunt
The recent news regarding the States' Attorney Generals going on a witch hunt after Craigslist for it's "adult" (aka prostitution) listings has been so absurd I almost didn't see any need to comment, but it is truly getting me riled up now!
1) Once again - prostitution, just like with marijuana and most drugs, has no business being banned ( Read more... ) -
An Education for MODERN Conservatives:
The original "Tea Baggers" and American Revolutionaries rightfully fought against Imperialists that sought to rob the people with outrageous taxes in order to fill their coffers and fund their lifestyle, wars, etc.
This, however, has nothing to do with the more Liberal Democratic (or even Socialist, but NOT extreme Communist) notion of ( Read more... ) -
TEN RULES TO LIVE BY:
1. If they advertise on TV during the daytime Monday - Friday it's a scam.
2. If you hear a politician or lawyer speaking they are lying.
3. If you hear a priest, preacher, minister, cleric, rabbi, imam, cardinal, pope, scientologist, etc. speaking they are full of shit.
4. Breathe lots of oxygen, drink lots of water, stay mentally & ( Read more... ) -
Top 10+ Classic Doctor Who Serials
For those that have only recently gotten into “Doctor Who” with the New Series (2004 - present) I thought I should create a list of the best classic Doctor Who stories, starting with one from each of the first 7 Doctors from that era, plus the 8th Doctor’s one-off appearance:
1) the Pilot / an Unearthly Child - 1963
2) Tomb of the Cybermen - ( Read more... ) -
Top 5 Reasons I Love Tom Merritt
You can call me a fan (or a fanboy), a follower, a fanatic or even a stalker dammit... I really don't care. Over this past year I have noticed far too many creepy commonalities between us and so, in my own little way, I would also like to pay homage (albeit a bit late) to Tom Merritt's departure from CNET to TWiT with my own Top 5:
1. Tom' ( Read more... ) -
So why do I LOVE Digsby?
So why do I LOVE Digsby?
1) Multi-Protocol IM: Do you have friends, family, co-workers and contacts using multiple IM clients like AIM/AOL, YIM/Yahoo, MSN/Windows Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, Facebook Chat, Myspace Chat and/or Jabber? Do YOU use more than one client of those IM networks to communicate? What if you could combine the same ( Read more... )