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don't call me
if you're interested in not receiving annoying calls from everyone except charitable organizations, pollsters and, surprise surprise, politicians, you can add your number to the list at www.donotcall.gov.
clear duct tape
at last there is an alternative to the silver.
soulmate calculator
wanna find out the chances of you finding your soulmate? of course i scored a 100% chance of finding mine.. :) . ok not really. here were my results.
You have to meet 1,612,080,884 American single females who are between 18 and 25 years old.
They also have to meet these religious requirement(s):
- Protestant
Note: We only have religion statistics for ALL American singles. Therefore, your religion probability was excluded.
You might have to move.
well i did have to move. looks like it's a good thing.
list of bests
if you're a big movie, book or music fan this site is for you. it has lists of bests according to the experts and allows you to keep track of what you've seen or hear or read. from pullitzer prize winners to academy award winners and grammy award winners, you can track which of the classics you've seen.
ashton kutcher to play batman
no, you're not being punked. i thought george clooney really blew it but i'm sure ashton will screw it up even worse.
new airport xray
Susan Hallowell, director of the Transportation Security Administration's security laboratory, sacrificed a large measure of her own modesty Wednesday to demonstrate the problem.
...
The agency hopes to modify the machines with an electronic fig leaf - programming that fuzzes out sensitive body parts or distorts the body so it does not appear so, well, graphic.
something tells me they're gonna have to get the level of detail on this waaay down before the general public is gonna be cool with them using it.
pioneer introduces dvd/dvr/tivo
now this is cool.
-- Schedule and record programs while playing a DVD.
-- Play programs from the hard drive while recording from the hard drive
onto a DVD.
-- Watch a program from the beginning while the recorder simultaneously
finishes the recording.
-- Transfer content at high speeds from the hard drive to a DVD for
long-term storage.
xxx
i'm a little wary of posting this review because i know once the term "xxx" gets on my site that i'm gonna be attracting some interesting search referrals. xxx was a fun movie. lots of cool stunts, even an interesting plot. vin diesel basically caries the movie. it has it's funny parts and the ending is slightly less than suspenseful. but still, the idea behind the plot is cool and so were the stunts.
IMHO.
this-or-that: gone surfin'
1. Surf sites at random, or have a set list of regular reads? regular reads..too many actually
2. Do you visit mostly blogs, or news or other sites? blogs mostly now, a few news sites
3. Do you go online every day, or just a couple of days a week? everyday..most hours of everyday..i'm online aot
4. Do you allow comments on your blog, or not? yup..though i don't get many
5. Do you shop online at all, or at regular stores? yup..when s&h doesn't negate the discount and convenience
6. Have you ever done online bill-paying/banking, or not? that's how i pay all my bills
7. Which news site do you prefer... MSNBC.com or CNN.com? Or do you prefer some other one? davebarry.blogspot.com
8. Live chat rooms, or message boards? i haven't been in a chat room in several years. the only message boards i visit are support forums or the ones at tidefans.com
9. Instant messaging or e-mail? e-mail, so when i tire of the conversation it can get "lost" in my inbox
10. Yes or no: have you ever met, or at least talked on the phone with, another blogger? If not, would you want to? Why or why not? no, not really, we can do it via e-mail
mp3 goggles
if you're a swimmer, or anything else that requires goggles i guess, and miss your mp3's here's the perfect solution for you.
"I got quite bored just swimming up and down," he said.
The music player is integrated into swimming goggles and uses bone conduction to vibrate music direct to the skull.
The sound quality is actually better than in a normal environment because there is no background noise.
if you don't mind music being vibrated directly into your skull.
ps3 cell chip getting closer
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Sony is thought to be working on the development of an entirely new operating system to take advantage of the parallel processing and high speed networking capabilities of Cell, and this would be expected to feature on all devices powered by the processor.
Some commentators have speculated that if Cell products are being demonstrated by next March, an appearance by PlayStation 3 at E3 the following May is likely; however, going on previous track record, Sony is unlikely to use E3 2004 as a showcase for the PS3, preferring to emphasise the PlayStation 2 range and, of course, the forthcoming PlayStation Portable. An unveiling at a special event later in 2004 is a much more likely option for our first glimpse of PlayStation 3.
rent jose
you too can rent jose canseco for a day.
Canseco has set up one of the most compelling shopping carts on the Web. Any youngster with $2,500 to spare can rent Canseco for an afternoon and frolic with the former All-Star and home run champ at his Florida pad.
tax system
a very humorous and simplified way of explaining the tax system and why tax cuts for the rich is apparently better than tax cuts for the poor. i'm not saying i understand it..but an interesting little story at least.
whichbook
looking for a new book to read. just adjust the sliding scale on this nifty little web app and it'll produce a list of suggested reading.
imported cow waste
don't we already have our own supply of this.
They will use the dung and urine produced by the thousands of stray cattle on the city's roads.
The dung will be processed into compost while the urine will be converted into a biopesticide.
The city council estimates it will be able to produce 160 tonnes of compost and 70,000 litres of bio-pesticide each day.
the hulk
the hulk used to be incredible. my memory of "the incredible hulk" was in the comic book and on the tv series. i mention this only because the movie was absolutely terrible. it was as far from incredible as you can get. it's the second worst movie i've ever seen (187 being the worst).
it's slower than slow and you're left trying to care what happens next. the action scenes are neat, but even they aren't that incredible. the most dramatic scene in the movie, the moment of truth, between bruce and his father left the audience laughing because noone cared!! we were all hoping it would just end. it did, 30 minutes later.
don't waste your money, on the theater or the rental. rent the bourne identity instead.
IMHO.
the bourne identity
another spy thriller that is great. matt damon is fished from the sea with two bullet holes in his back and no idea who he is or what's been going on for the last few years of his life. slowly he discovers more and more about his past but not before he becomes the target of assasins. lots of action and lots of great scenes that make you think.
IMHO.