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This interesting tidbit showed up on Boing Boing.

David Weinberger writes, “The FCC is suggesting that it will make a slice of spectrum available for free Internet access to users, so long as the providers filter out all the porn…and, if the filters don’t work, then the providers have to use ‘other means,’ which presumably [...]

What do you get the geek that has everything this Christmas? If he or she is a Doctor Who fan you get them this replica Sonic Screwdriver Flashlight. Everybody who’s anybody knows the importance of the sonic screwdriver, it’s the Swiss Army knife of intergalactic traveling time lords. For $12.99 it’s a pretty decent deal [...]

What happens when you come into this country illegally? Someone creates a website and posts videos about you that’s what. Such is the case with MexiMericans.com, a news gathering site (not mine) that presents information about the highly charged subject of illegal immigration. On this weekend, as we celebrate the national workforce that made [...]

eCPM or Effective Cost Per Thousand (M being the Latin symbol for thousand) is a term that tends to baffle a lot of people. eCPM like CTR is used to determine how well a particular ad or ad spot is performing and is how the effectiveness of most campaigns is measured. It represents the average [...]

Paula Mooney has put together a list of blogging salaries of bloogers/webmasters from around the net. Some of the names you’ll recognize while others you’ve probably never heard of before but should check them out. It’s a pretty cool list, one that had to take her a long time to prepare.
I spent hours and hours [...]

Nikon has released a new 10.2 megapixel digital SLR. The D40X is the replacement for the D40 and is essentially the same camera with a few enhancements. If your a Nikon advocate and looking to take the plunge into the dSLR world without forking out a fortune, this looks like a decent place to start.
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This is no surprise. The United States Congress introduced a new bill that would essentially give you and me and every other consumer out there the ability to “legally” make a limited number of copies of copyrighted works. The bill would allow consumers to “circumvent digital copy restrictions in six limited areas when copyright [...]

After what seems like forever, Adobe finally made available it’s answer to Apple’s Aperture software. The long awaited and long tested Adobe Photoshop Lightroom was available for purchase today and until April 30, you can score a copy for $199, after which the price jumps to $299. Lightroom was designed for both professional and amateur [...]

Sierra Online, a division of Vivendi Games, is creating a video game inspired by the hit television series, Battlestar Galactica(TM), airing on the SCI FI Channel. Battlestar Galactica will be available on Xbox Live(R) Arcade, as well as Windows PC, in Fall 2007. To gear up for the game, fans of Battlestar Galactica will be [...]

Because this is a problem around my house I found this device quite interesting. The manufacturer suggests that by wearing a watch like device the wearer is encouraged to change their sleeping position by detecting snoring sounds and sending out a weak electrical impulse to the wrist. I don’t know if it works, but considering [...]