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Entries from June 2007

Comment Spam is so Retarded

by Matthew Smith · June 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Have you ever watched a trapped fly making futile escape attempts, repeatedly crashing into a window, then fluttering around dazed before repeating the stunt? With the Akismet spam filter built into Wordpres, the comment spammers bear quite a resemblance to the aforementioned fly (man that sounded almost like a commercial…).
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Categories: Musings · Wordpress

Gone to Carolina in my Mind

by Michael Chappell · June 28th, 2007 · No Comments

And physically. Or I could go with my alternate title “North Carolina, Come on and Raise Up”. Either way, James Taylor and Petey Pablo have something in common, and I am headed to the Tar Heel State. Not to see any Tarheels though, actually, to see the marriage of a Wolfpack (a [...]

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Categories: Asides

Your Wii-ldest Dreams come to Fruition

by Michael Chappell · June 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Thanks to Nintendo, you can now turn your “Super Money Shot Bros” fantasies into a reality. They are releasing development platforms that will allow anyone to create their own Wii games, and yes, they will even interface with those fancy remotes. Not only will you be able to make your own [...]

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Categories: Products · Reviews · Technology

In Case You’re Lost: AT&T iPhone Locator

by Matthew Smith · June 27th, 2007 · No Comments

An email from AT&T/Cingular just arrived in my inbox informing me of the new store locater that will enable you find the closest AT&T Store selling cocain iPhones on Friday. If you’re all rev’d up from my last post on the subject, you can search for those precious stores here.
Where Can I Get One?
With iPhone [...]

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Categories: Technology

Surfing on the Lake

by Matthew Smith · June 27th, 2007 · No Comments

I don’t know if any of you are into water sports, and even if you are, you are less likely to have seen someone surfing on the lake. However, along with wakeboarding, this is one of the activities that my roommate and I engage in from time to time. While I was unable to go [...]

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Categories: Sports

The Day’s Dose of Google

by Matthew Smith · June 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments

And now, for some Googley Goodness:
Google Docs Interface Update
Google has given Google Docs a makeover. Flashy new icons, a nice list of all your documents (separated by date), and a new sidebar with various view options (including the all-new ability to organize your documents into folders) greets you upon login. The editor interface (from my [...]

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Categories: General

iPhone Reviews Rolling In; Worst Fears Manifested

by Matthew Smith · June 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Just as everyone feared, the iPhone actually rather revolutionary.
Up to this point I have refrained from mentioning much about the iPhone, despite it’s imminent release, but I recently spied some early reviews from a few lucky journalists who have been playing with it for the past two weeks, unable to comment until now (due to [...]

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Categories: Technology

Garage Built Space Travel

by Michael Chappell · June 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

The official competitors for the 2007 X Prize were recently announced (well, all but the one that chose to remain anonymous). This year’s X Prize is known more descriptively known as the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge 2007. The teams attempt to construct the next generation lunar lander (obvious from title) [...]

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Categories: General · Technology