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Put those devices on a diet
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By Xander
from the simmons-for-circuits! department, Section Tech
Posted on Tue Jun 19, 2007 at 09:16:13 AM PST
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According to the NYT tech section, them electric devices need to be turned off!
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Vegas anyone?
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By Spike
from the come-get-your-schwag department, Section Tech
Posted on Fri Dec 01, 2006 at 09:07:25 AM PST
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Time for a pilgrimage to Mecca for geeks like me. Fancy new electronic gadgets, as far as the eye can see! Tickets are booked, Hotel is booked. Now if Phillipine Airlines can just keep it's planes operational long enough to get me there safely...
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Are you tone deaf?
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By Spike
from the who knew? department, Section Tech
Posted on Thu Nov 23, 2006 at 10:52:05 AM PST
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Here's a maybe scientifically inaccurate way to test whether or not you are tone deaf.
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Now that everyone has a cellphone...
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By Eric
from the Eric department, Section Tech
Posted on Thu Sep 08, 2005 at 01:32:08 PM PST
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So almost everyone has a cell phone these days. Just when you thought it was safe, these
guys claim to be able to boil an egg with two cell phones.
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Freaky animatronic cats
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By Spike
from the shindogu department, Section Tech
Posted on Fri May 20, 2005 at 11:10:26 AM PST
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Very creepy, but I can't help wonder how much fun it would be to set one up next to one of our real cats.
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What type of TV to buy
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By sarah
from the like I know much about commercial electronics department, Section Tech
Posted on Fri Mar 25, 2005 at 03:52:05 PM PST
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So it looks like I'll be in the new TV market soon. What looks like it would be a sensible buy? Regular? Flatscreen? HDTV? Or does it really matter?
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Cheap LCD Panel Alert
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By Spike
from the must be somthing new coming department, Section Tech
Posted on Wed Mar 09, 2005 at 02:09:03 PM PST
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For anyone who is looking for a cheap LCD panel, Staples is blowing out their 20" Viewsonic panels for $999 less a $200 instant rebate. Find the flyer in todays Vancouver Sun or just go to the Staples website and drill down to LCD Monitors 18-23". Free Next Business Day Shipping, too. More details inside.
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Advice Needed
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By Wesley
from the Where's an Apple Store department, Section Tech
Posted on Fri Feb 04, 2005 at 04:06:07 PM PST
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So, my Mom wants to buy an iMac G5. Is there any way of getting a better deal in Canada than just going to London Drugs and paying their price? In the US there are lots of mail order places that give bundles with free upgrades or similar.
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Anyone here use this?
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By Xander
from the mmmm-free-phone department, Section Tech
Posted on Fri Nov 12, 2004 at 11:40:43 AM PST
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I just saw a link for this VoIP phone router - anyone used it? Any thoughts?
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A neo luddite DVD player question
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By sarah
from the what else could I get them for Christmas? department, Section Tech
Posted on Wed Nov 10, 2004 at 05:13:01 PM PST
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Ok all you techno weenies out there. I'm thinking of getting a basic DVD player for my folks for Christmas. What are good/necessary features?
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A true hypoallergenic cat
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By Grace
from the DNA tinkering department, Section Tech
Posted on Wed Oct 27, 2004 at 09:29:13 AM PST
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A couple of years ago, a friend of mine purchased a Russian Blue cat, claiming it was hypoallergenic.
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Cool new commuter car
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By Xander
from the damn-canucks-get-it-all! department, Section Tech
Posted on Mon Oct 11, 2004 at 09:52:14 AM PST
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A really cool new car only currently available in Canada - man, this would be fantastic for SF parking and Bay Area commutes.
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Finally!
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By Spike
from the he who dies with the most toys department, Section Tech
Posted on Fri Oct 08, 2004 at 01:52:16 PM PST
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Took a while to find one, and then took a while to whittle away at the asking price, but...
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Recommendation on DVD player
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By Eric
from the So You Wanna Watch Everything? department, Section Tech
Posted on Sat Sep 25, 2004 at 05:55:58 PM PST
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This DVD player handles not only all DVD, VCD formats, as well as MP3 filled CDs/DVDs, but it also handles any MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 format files.
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Technical recommendations
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By Tony
from the Tony department, Section Tech
Posted on Wed Sep 15, 2004 at 08:42:01 PM PST
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Okay all you tech geeks! G and I are looking into moving up from the white washed (over contrasted) 17" montior we've got, and in the interest of clearing up some desk space to provide more room for miscellaneous piles of paper, we're thinking LCD. We don't play many high fps games, so something on the 25ms refresh should suffice. Any recommendations for a sub-$1000CAD 19"?
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Skype?
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By gladys
from the netphones department, Section Tech
Posted on Thu Sep 02, 2004 at 03:20:36 PM PST
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So what's the deal with Skype?
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got gmail?
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By gladys
from the freebies department, Section Tech
Posted on Sat Aug 21, 2004 at 09:00:12 AM PST
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Anyone want a gmail invite?
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If I end up Windows ME someone is going to be hurting.
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By Spike
from the DOS Rules department, Section Tech
Posted on Tue Aug 17, 2004 at 03:47:40 PM PST
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This site dates back to 2003, according to the URL, but I couldn't find it in our story archive. So, without much further ado, which OS are you?
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Race for Space
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By Grace
from the Adrenalin Junkies department, Section Tech
Posted on Thu Aug 05, 2004 at 11:43:20 AM PST
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Don't know if anyone else has been following the progress of the teams competing for the Ansari X Prize.
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Freebies
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By gladys
from the only in the US department, Section Tech
Posted on Fri Jul 23, 2004 at 12:04:27 PM PST
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So I google "free ipod" and get links to a bunch of freebie sites, but most of them are for the US only ... but I figured I'd share anyways.
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My DVR solution progresses
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By Wesley
from the mine, all mine department, Section Tech
Posted on Fri Jul 23, 2004 at 10:41:22 AM PST
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So, a while back I posted I'd finally replaced the old PowerComputing Mac clone with a dual G5.
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Mine's no longer the biggest
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By gladys
from the It's how big?!? department, Section Tech
Posted on Mon Jun 28, 2004 at 04:09:02 PM PST
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Further to our previous discussion, check out Apple's new widescreen
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Would do your weekly grocery shopping on the internet?
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By Grace
from the weekly chores department, Section Tech
Posted on Thu May 20, 2004 at 07:18:46 AM PST
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It's something I've been considering for a while. When you have to work full time and raise a kid, 'down-time' becomes precious. I had a couple of friends who tried it in NYC in the late '90s and they liked it. But as this article says, the hardest part is to get over the customer's insistence of picking their own produce.
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Best... Burn... Ever...
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By Spike
from the it's about time department, Section Tech
Posted on Fri May 14, 2004 at 03:40:35 PM PST
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OMFG. I know you all probably read MetaFilter anyway, but... This has to be the all-time-winner of the "Best way to burn an eBay scammer" award.
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Create your own eBay RSS feed
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By Spike
from the very cool department, Section Tech
Posted on Tue Apr 13, 2004 at 12:55:34 PM PST
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Now this is cool. You can create your own eBay RSS feed, to search for things you want. Good for anyone who watches eBay regularly and also uses an RSS aggregator to read news from many sites.
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Working MythTV DVR build
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By Xander
from the already-building-version-2 department, Section Tech
Posted on Wed Feb 04, 2004 at 11:11:05 AM PST
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Well, I finally did it; I built a linux-based DVR using the KnoppMyth distro, which in and of itself was not bad. It was just all the other parts ...
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Open Source Music
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By Spike
from the well it's about time department, Section Tech
Posted on Tue Jan 20, 2004 at 09:42:00 AM PST
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I just came across an article on  in the latest Linux Journal. I strongly suggest someone who likes listening to music at work or while working on or near their computer to head on over and check out their selection of streaming radio stations.
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DVRs revisited
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By Wesley
from the record this department, Section Tech
Posted on Fri Jan 16, 2004 at 07:14:14 AM PST
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So, a few months back there was a thread about "the ultimate entertainment PC" and at Christmas I was talking about homebrew DVR. There's another option available about which I'd like some tech-head opinion.
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Another Cardgame
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By Spike
from the we need another gaming night department, Section Tech
Posted on Mon Jan 12, 2004 at 10:01:20 AM PST
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This looks like fun. A cardgame to see who's choice of OS is best.
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Eating Salmon
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By Eric, Section Tech
Posted on Fri Jan 09, 2004 at 10:12:00 AM PST
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For god sakes Don/Rob, get your mind out of the gutter! :)
This article indicates that farmed salmon is much more toxic than previously expected.
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My name's on Mars... Is yours?
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By Spike
from the spaceman spiff department, Section Tech
Posted on Fri Jan 09, 2004 at 09:36:42 AM PST
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Liz and I were watching Daily Planet last night on the Discovery channel, and they had pictures of the Martian surface (like, who doesn't these days, right?). But I was reminded that my name was on that mars rover.
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"mainstream" convergence
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By Markus
from the did-you-see-this-on-slashdot department, Section Tech
Posted on Thu Jan 08, 2004 at 12:30:51 PM PST
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there was a link on slashdot to some product announcements from Linksys about wireless media devices...
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Multiple exposure digital photography
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By Wesley
from the way too many pixels department, Section Tech
Posted on Fri Jan 02, 2004 at 01:30:13 PM PST
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Max Lyon's Digital Image Gallery is a site dedicated to multiple exposures used to
a) make huge panoramas, including the first gigapixel image.
b) attain higher dynamic range than possible with a single exposure.
c) create time-exposure effects
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Enough is Enough.
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By Spike
from the bye-bye MicroSoft department, Section Tech
Posted on Mon Dec 08, 2003 at 10:16:16 PM PST
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I finally did it. My new Palm Tungsten T3 is on order, should be here within a week or so.
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What every woodworker should have on their Christmas list
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By me
from the no-tools-were-injured-during-recording department, Section Tech
Posted on Fri Dec 05, 2003 at 05:45:22 PM PST
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Check out these interesting CDs...
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See, anyone can do it....
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By Eric
from the My we're getting redundant department, Section Tech
Posted on Tue Dec 02, 2003 at 04:27:30 AM PST
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Kids toys are getting fairly complicated - this allows your kids to isolate and map DNA.
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Entertainment PC
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By Markus
from the your VCR is obsolete department, Section Tech
Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2003 at 12:38:12 PM PST
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A recent comment from Dotty was just enough excuse to buy the November issue of Maximum PC with the cover article titled "Build Your Own Entertainment Center PC". Since I remember Don posting an article about how he was going to build one, I thought I would put up the highlights to see how they compare...
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What not to do at a Gairdner Award lecture
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By sarah
from the what was he thinking? department, Section Tech
Posted on Tue Oct 21, 2003 at 06:13:17 PM PST
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Kind of a surprise beginning and end to this year's Gairdner award lectures....and a note to all the science weinies: if you get a chance to go listen to Sydney Brenner talk, take it.
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Oh what a gift that God would give us
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By sarah
from the I'd love to see that mental picture department, Section Tech
Posted on Thu Aug 28, 2003 at 04:37:20 PM PST
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... to see ourselves as others see us. Had to phone Millipore Tech Service about our thrice cursed water system today. The fix was weird enough, but I think it was the background noises that really had him worried.
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Time for a new watch.
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By Spike
from the out with the old... department, Section Tech
Posted on Wed Aug 27, 2003 at 04:50:38 PM PST
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So after four (or is it only three?) years with my Citizen Promaster Navihawk aviator's watch (try as I might, I can't find a graphic of it on the 'net anywhere), it's time to change.
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Sometimes it works the way you want...
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By Eric
from the Ain't bureaucracy grand? department, Section Tech
Posted on Tue Aug 26, 2003 at 08:14:22 AM PST
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A wonderful story of a father's fight to save his children.
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Kitchen Gagets
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By Grace
from the expensive toys for your kitchen department, Section Tech
Posted on Thu Aug 21, 2003 at 01:11:31 PM PST
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Eric, Megan and I will be moving again soon and I'll be glad to be able to unpack all my kitchen stuff.
The place we've bought doesn't come with the refridgerator or the washer/dryer. So, we've been shopping around and came across the Polara range.
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Amusing 404 site
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By Xander
from the even wrong is right!! department, Section Tech
Posted on Thu Aug 21, 2003 at 12:35:16 PM PST
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A fun little 404 page ... what's the best 404 page that you ever encountered? Post 'em as comments!
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Let's configure
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By Xander
from the wonderful interest-free company loans department, Section Tech
Posted on Wed Aug 20, 2003 at 01:53:38 PM PST
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Warning -- for geeks only. I'm building two new computer systems and I need your input. Enter at your own geeky risk!!
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Techology buzzes onward ...
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By Xander
from the wonder-who'll-want-this department, Section Tech
Posted on Mon Jul 28, 2003 at 01:35:51 PM PST
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Well, just in time for Christmas for your favorite lady, the USB massager is out.
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Flick boogers at Spam!
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By Spike
from the right after lunch department, Section Tech
Posted on Mon Jul 28, 2003 at 01:09:58 PM PST
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Mmmm... Yummy. Now you can Flick Boogers at Spam!
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Crash Different
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By Xander
from the mmmm ... religious wars department, Section Tech
Posted on Tue Jun 24, 2003 at 11:08:12 AM PST
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Very funny Mac Switch parody that has a smidge of meanness - contains a couple o' swearwords and whole lotta bitterness ....
You have been warned.
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