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Cosmetic Surgery… for Websites!

NorCal Internet Services may just be the best thing on the Internet since Masters of the Website.
(via @dorkusaliorpus)

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Dear Piano Spammer

Chances are, if you run a Wordpress blog, you’ve seen this message, or one like it in your trackbacks or comments:
GrandPiano…
Hello I bookmarked this site. Thanks heaps for this!… if anyone else has anything, it would be much appreciated. Great website Super Pianoforte Links http://www.en.Grand-Pianos.org Enjoy!…
So here’s the deal… Mr. Piano Douche (as [...]

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PETA Fail

The name for PETA’s blog is… wait for it… The PETA Files1.

(via @rmdembroski)
If you still don’t get it, say it out loud. [↩]

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Quicky – Frivolous Lawsuit

Apparently Apple (as well as the FBI and an auto mechanic) are conspiring with the Italian mafia, according to one man. I can’t really add anything to that.

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Like It or Not, Reggie, People Will Re-Sell Nintendo Games.

In a recent interview with Venture Beat, Regie Fils-Aime produced this nugget:
We don’t believe used games are in the best interest of the consumer. We have products that consumers want to hold onto.
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Used books have never taken off. You don’t see businesses selling used music CDs or used DVDs.
I understand the point of view from [...]

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There’s Gently Encouraging Sharing, and There’s Whoring

I ran across this article about iPhone 3G tips/tricks on Hongkiat. All-in-all, an okay compilation of random how-tos… But that’s not what this post is about.
Now, I’m all for having social-network links in blog posts. Hell, you’ll notice them below posts on this site. I think these links should be there if you need them, [...]

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Words That Should Never Be Spoken… Ever

Listable has a list of words it is not okay to ever say. I was going to post my own over here at some point, but I never got around to it. But here are my favorites:

Convo
Za (as in pizza)
Webinar
Lifestream
Funnest
Natch
Vaycay
Staycation

And I’d like to add to that (in no particular order):

Webisode (It doesn’t matter if it’s [...]

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Please Update Adobe Updater Before Updating

While I work with Adobe software daily, I can’t say I’m a fan of many of their choices. Adobe Updater is one of them. This pic was posted to Twitter a few days ago, thought I’d share it here.
Originally on Twitpic.

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Don’t Read That Book Out Loud!

A few days ago, Amazon announced the new Kindle 21. Now, I won’t go into it much since, honestly, I don’t care to spend over $300 on a device to let me read digital documents (and 10¢ per if you want your own docs). But it does feature an interesting feature for a portable reader: [...]

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