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February 8, 2009 - February 14, 2009 Archives


Unix time turned 1234567890 Friday, geeks partied

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Great. Cool number. Congratulations. What time was that? Unix time, or POSIX time, is a system for describing points in time, defined as the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970, not......

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Red roses for you: A high-rez photo

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Click on the photo above to bring up the 2024-x-1618-pixel hi-rez version, which you can save to print as a card or use as a desktop image or screensaver. The photo is from AP. The camera sees better than......

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Anti-Valentines for the lonely, bitter, blasé

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

By now you probably know whether you're facing gifts of champagne, chocolate and flowers tomorrow, or just another tricky day. Be My Anti-Valentine at meish.org has not forgotten your needs.......

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If I'd updated Java I wouldn't have this social disease

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

I've been fighting a Trojan with a French name: Virtumonde. I was just surfing along, not downloading anything, just looking at sites, and my resident Spyware Search & Destroy popped up its "Infected! Virtumonde" screen. Virtumonde Removal Tools and Guide......

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Transition: 'Dramatic change only comes at times of economic instability'

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Like everybody else, I'm swinging between fear and hope about the future, which has me looking at alternatives. The three segments below are loosely related. The New York-based publisher of Trader Monthly, Dealmaker, Private Air, Corporate Leader and the Cigar......

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Modern Valentine card melds your photo, Shepard Fairey's style and Acme message hearts

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

The site was originally called Obamicon.Me, since it let you upload a photo of yourself, then use sliders to apply the blocky color of Shepard Fairey's Obama poster. AP and Fairey are engaged in a legal situation over the use......

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Why a frugal girl reads books on an Amazon Kindle

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

I'm having some computer problems, but I've found enough daylight to poke up here for a few minutes. While I'm headbanging, I recommend to you Kindle: The Philosophy of the Turtle, in which Shelley Powers answers "What is a frugal......

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'Unauthorized' Dalai Lama on Twitter

11:11 PM Mon, Feb 09, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Update: It's not exactly a hoax, and the Dalai Lama's Twitter fan site is back:"Welcome to the UNOFFICIAL Twitter page of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Check back for news and travel itinerary." Twitter microblogging-site employee Caroline tweeted, bummed to......

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(Fake) Dalai Lama Twitters; Art meant to weather time; Pop art dogs; War on cheese

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Hoax: Dalai Lama NOT on Twitter corrects this: Welcome to the official Twitter page of His Holiness the Dalai Lama - administered by The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. "His Holiness thought it was prudent to make his......

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Cookie hearts with messages: Recipe or science project?

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Improved Custom Message Hearts at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories Candy message hearts are a great idea that doesn't taste so great, these are "highly edible custom cookie message hearts." Start with a shortbread recipe such as this one from......

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