January 2008
33 posts
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What is svchost.exe And Why Is It Running? →
I’ve long known that all those svchost.exe processes are containers for services, but until now, I didn’t know how to figure out which one went to which service(s).
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Founders Curmudgeon Old Ale →
I’ve found a new favorite here. Copper in color, aroma is sweet, but a bit boozy. Flavor is heavy on the malt and a bit fruity with a bit of caramel. The 9.3% alcohol is extremely well-hidden. I will be getting this again.
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“Utterly fail to understand the development process. It’s just like quality...”
– Threni, How Do I Become an IT/IS Manager?
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Samuel Adams Scotch Ale →
Smoky. Malty. Delicious. Hints of chocolate, coffee, and a little Scotch Whisky (likely from the peat-smoked malt).
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ACME Workhorse Bags →
This bag gets rid of the added hassle of lugging reusables around by folding up into an attached pouch.
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Watchmusic
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RulesofThumb.org →
Example: Beef fat tinged with yellow means an animal was grass fed; white fat means grain fed.
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Live Music Archive →
And I thought archive.org was just for old webpages…
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Time Warner Links Web Prices With Usage →
Oh Crap…I hope this doesn’t catch on. Time Warner is going to pilot a new tiered internet pricing system that will charge users based on the amount of data they download. It seems to make sense, but I’ve rather enjoyed having my connection subsidized by casual web surfers.
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WatchTekzilla Daily - Notebook Battery Life Tips
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COPASO: Color Palette Software →
I’ll be using this the next time I need to design a color scheme.
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HowTo: Setup and Benchmark Encrypted Partitions in... →
This would be a great way to secure my legitimately acquired media files.
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Sun Acquires MySQL →
At least it wasn’t Oracle or MS…
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Customer Service: Microsoft Customer Service Calls... →
Better late than never…
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Leinenkugel's Apple Spice →
This is a really good beer…if you’re a girl that doesn’t like beer. It’s just sickeningly sweet. If you’d like a Lienie’s, their Red and Sunset Wheat are solid choices, and are just short of amazing given the price.
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thesixtyone in Ubuntu/Linux
If you’re a Linux user and you’re checking out some new music on thesixtyone, you may need the newest version of Adobe Flash (I found it here). Kudos to thesixtyone for the little popup which made it crystal clear what the problem was.
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Sony Joins Other Labels on Amazon MP3 Store →
Good. I couldn’t believe that they were actually going to base their whole DRM-free strategy on those stupid plastic cards…
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“Multiplayer Gaming (defined): Sitting around, discussing single-player games...”
– 7prime, Slashdot
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China Bans Free Plastic Bags →
and so should we…
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Grand Rapids beer lovers have a new place to go →
48 beers on tap, 150 bottled…I can’t wait.
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Jonathan Coulton - Code Monkey This is the first...
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thesixtyone - a music adventure →
This is a great site for new music…and it appears to be free of major label BS.
UPDATE: This site has some of the best client-side scripting I’ve ever seen! The little popups on the bottom right are a very nice touch.
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AT&T and Other I.S.P.s May Be Getting Ready to... →
They just don’t get it. First amendment issues aside, any company that starts filtering their networks for copyrighted material will lose not just their common carrier status, but their customers as well.
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Holy Crap: Did Bill Gates Just Say Windows Sucks? →
It sure sounds that way…for Vista, at least. Full interview available here.
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"Grass Gas" Shows Promise as Superefficient, Clean... →
This could be a big step up from corn-based ethanol. Using switchgrass instead of corn raises yields by utilizing the entire plant instead of just the kernels. It also eliminates the food supply concerns created by using a staple food for fuel.
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Sony BMG trades cards for downloaded tunes →
It’s still early January, but this could go down as the dumbest idea of 2008: Sony’s new DRM-free downloads will be available only by a code from the back of a card purchased in a retail store (which will then be deposited in a landfill).
Their reasoning?
While conventional download services, such as iTunes, (AAPL) make impulse music buying easier than the cards, Sony BMG feels...
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Free the algorithm: Wikia launches open-source... →
This is an extremely interesting concept. The search results are directly influenced by the users, Wikipedia style. They freely admit that the results are really bad for now, but they should get much better rather quickly.
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DRM Officially Dead: Last Major Label Sony BMG... →
They’re dropping it an the Amazon Music Store, at least. They still have DRM on most of the tracks over at iTunes, and I think it’ll still be a while before you see this with movies. Nonetheless, this is definitely a big step in the right direction. UPDATE: This isn’t a done deal. However, their attitude towards DRM is softening; they are giving iPod owners a workaround to...
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As Seen on TV: The 10 Most Laughably Misleading... →
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"You Don't Understand Our Audience" →
This is a great piece by former Dateline NBC correspondent John Hockenberry about exactly what’s gone wrong with television news. Namely, that they try to attract viewers with entertainment at the expense of actual news. From the article:“Sometimes entertainment actually drove selection of news stories. Since Dateline was the lead-in to the hit series Law & Order on Friday nights,...
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Government offers TV coupons →
The US government is spending $1.5 billion of our taxes to make sure that we can all remain sufficiently passive in front of our prolefeed. Meanwhile, the national debt is $9 trillion and growing…