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Entries for December, 2006

Person Pays $450+ for Wii Receipt!

A fool and his money are soon parted… Technorati Tags: Wii, ebay, scam, fool, money

Vista Cannot Run SQL Server

Vista, its long-awaited update to the Windows operating system, can’t run the current version of SQL Server. The company is working on a SQL upgrade that is compatible with Vista – called SQL Server 2005 Express Service Pack 2 – but it’s in beta and can be licensed only for testing purposes. Microsoft hasn’t set […]

Taco Bell Meat Recipe

Ever want to make your tacos taste just like those from Taco Bell? Now you can!Taco Bell Meat recipe Technorati Tags: Taco Bell, meat, recipe

Illegal Border Fence Firm Snared for Illegals?

The company that is building the fence to keep out illegal aliens has been charged with employing illegals. Go figure… A fence-building company in Southern California agrees to pay nearly $5 million in fines for hiring illegal immigrants. Two executives from the company may also serve jail time. The Golden State Fence Company’s work includes […]

Drupal 5 release candidate

Rejoice fellow Drupalites! After just two betas we present you the first Drupal 5 release candidate (RC1). Download it from: http://drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-5.0-rc1.tar.gz. You can read about the new features in the beta 1 announcement. In contrast to the beta’s, most debugging has been done and, should no more fatal bugs emerge, this version is release worthy. […]

Great Example of Web 2.0

UTube took advantage of all the traffic that resulted from users trying to reach YouTube. A while back, UTube.com (“the number one supplier of used Tube Machinery in the world,” they claim) complained that people were mistakenly arriving at their site when they actually wanted to land on YouTube.com. Well, I guess the wave of […]

Christmas Cookie Recipe

1 cup of water 1 tsp. baking soda 1 cup of sugar 1 tsp. salt 1 cup of brown sugar lemon juice 4 large eggs 1 cup nuts 2 cups of dried fruit 1 bottle Crown Royal 1- Sample the Crown Royal to check quality. 2- Take a large bowl, check the Crown Royal again, […]

Google Searches Patents

Google released a patent search engine today. This is something I’ve always wanted, because who wants to pay patent fees for a new application only to find out that someone already has it patented? Technorati Tags: patent, search, Google

Christmas Shopping

I have to go Christmas shopping yet for this year. I hate this part of the season. At least I don’t have to buy Tandra anything (significant) as we decided the HDTV was our present to each other… Technorati Tags: HDTV, plasma, present, Christmas, shopping, gifts

Peter Boyle Dies

NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Boyle, the sardonic father on TV’s “Everybody Loves Raymond” and the monster in the film comedy “Young Frankenstein” has died at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He had battled Multiple Myeloma and Heart Disease. Peter Boyle was 71 years old. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. I loved […]