Monthly Archives: October 2007

Google’s OpenSocial API & Facebook’s SocialAds

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Derek

After Google lost out last week in it’s bid for a stake in FaceBook, it’s pretty apparent one of the reasons Facebook chose Microsoft instead was that Google is about to unleash a true contender to the stranglehold Facebook has … Continue reading →

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How To: Make Your Girlfriend Break Up With You

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Derek

Just when girlfriends thought it couldn’t get worse than seeing their boyfriends playing Halo for 8 hours straight wearing their Halo 3 collector’s edition helmet, comes the latest uber-gamer toy, the FPS Vest. “The gaming peripheral will consist of eight … Continue reading →

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Daily Links (2007/10/15)

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Derek

WordPress 2.3.1 about to be released Fake Steve Jobs on last night’s Facebook kegger 24, season 7 preview (video) – The best show on TV is almost back!  Ditching CTU was a good idea, not so sure about bring TA … Continue reading →

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Daily Links (2007-10-24)

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Derek

GMail adds IMAP functionality – Woooo!  I heart you google.  It will be interesting to see how they handle IMAP inboxes considering they preach “Don’t delete your email!” Google Calendar Now Works With Gears – Unverified.  Google gets another Wooooo! … Continue reading →

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IBM Aims to Patent Profiting Off Patents

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Derek

AP Link: IBM Aims to Patent Profiting Off Patents Now I don’t speak legalease and their patent application is like a foreign language, but if they just tried to patent making money off patents, then we need patent reform, now!  … Continue reading →

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Love/Hate Relationship with Amazon

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Derek

As innovative as I think that company is sometimes, HOLY FREAKING CRAP can they be retarded at other times! It looks like Amazon.com was just awarded a patent for “including a search string at the end of a URL without … Continue reading →

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Daily Links (2007-10-23)

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Derek

Yahoo Caught Cookie Stuffing – They again remind me why I don’t use their search. KDE 4 Screenshots – Ooooo… Purty. There are now more US World of Warcraft players than farmers – Can’t say I’m shocked, mostly just an … Continue reading →

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Test post from Google Docs

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Derek

I just noticed Google Docs has the ability to post to a WordPress blog, so I’m giving it a test drive. Update: Very cool! Now all that needs to happen is get the additional blog specific fields (tags, pings, categories, … Continue reading →

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What’s you internet meme IQ?

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Derek

Memelabs.com has a What’s Your Meme IQ quiz, check it out.  I got 37.  I was sad they forgot to mention Patrick Tribett.  Oh well Patrick, you can’t win ‘em all.  But, I’m sure you already know that.

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Enabling WordPress 2.3 Tagging in Windows Live Writer

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Derek

Part of the reason for my recent increase in blogging is mostly due to my discovery of Windows Live Writer, I absolutely love it.  The only complaint I’ve had so far is that it doesn’t support tagging for WordPress 2.3, … Continue reading →

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