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7th of July - July 7, 2008

I hope you all had a good holiday weekend. Mine was pretty sweet. I did a whole lot of relaxing. I also put together my desk and finished unpacking my room. I should probably take some pictures since I know you all are DYING to know what it looks like. Now I just need to get a super long LAN cable so I can get some internet on my desktop. Curtis and I bummed around the place a lot. I have a Gamecube now since they are only $30 at Gamestop and Phil and Janelle bought me Mario Kart Double..
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bzZZz....... bZzZZ....... bZZzz....... - July 7, 2008

hola. it has been a while. how you doin brendo what's been going on what video games have you been playing what kind of martial arts have you been practising will you be in the san diego metro area any time soon i was looking at upcoming concerts on the internet tonight... but i didn't really see anything that i could get excited about. i have been in a zombie zone. and hello to danny and henry and smiles and brian and jeri and luis and dave and lil rae rae and old man witherspoon and anybody.
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AVG Bad - July 3, 2008

Slashdot AVG Fakes User Agent, Floods the Internet I've been a big fan of the free AVG Anti-Virus since I was introduced to it when I first started at Central. It sounds like that love might be running out though. Apparently the new safe search feature is causing a lot of problems for various websites as its webcrawler is disguising itself and flooding websites. These don't sound like the practices of an honest company or a responsible one. I'm going to wait and see how this pans out, but.
http://brendoman.com/index.php/2008/07/03/avg-bad

New Digg Recommendation Engine is Great - July 3, 2008

Digg - News It's still in beta and I don't know if it's available yet for everyone, but I just started using the new Digg recommendation engine. If it's available for you, you should be able to get to it via the link. I think it's really great so far. It makes the upcoming stories section much more usable since the unfiltered version is usually full of spam and junk stories. You can sort your recommendations by most recent, most matches (using Digg users with similar voting habits), and...
http://brendoman.com/index.php/2008/07/03/new-digg-recommendation-engine-is-great

Reporter Tries Out Waterboarding Firsthand - July 2, 2008

Believe Me, It's Torture: Politics & Power: vanityfair.comBut it's been well said that cowards die many times before their deaths, and it was difficult for me to completely forget the clause in the contract of indemnification that I had signed. This document (written by one who knew) stated revealingly: Water boarding is a potentially dangerous activity in which the participant can receive serious and permanent (physical, emotional and psychological) injuries and even death, including...
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The California Cell Phone Driving Law Is Silly - July 1, 2008

So there's a new law that went into effect today in California. If you are caught on your cell phone while driving without using a hands free device you will be fined. I'm guessing the motivation behind this is that drivers are distracted by holding a cell phone to their ear. If this is true, why just ban cell phone use Why not create a law saying both hands must be on the wheel at all times If it's talking on the phone that is distracting, then why not ban cell phone use completely ...
http://brendoman.com/index.php/2008/07/01/the-california-cell-phone-driving-law-is

Anticlimactic Twilight Zone Episodes - July 1, 2008

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Anticlimactic Twilight Zone Episodes. Ah, McSweeney's. You are awesome. Where Is Everybody A man emerges from his office to find the hallways mysteriously devoid of co-workers. He wanders the silent, empty building looking for signs of life but finds no trace of humanity other than coffee brewing, purses slung over chairs, and folders lying open on desks. Suddenly, he remembers a mandatory meeting in the first-floor conference room. Powered by b2evolution.
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