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How to fly business class on NWA for free

I found this neat ticket generator that prints boarding passes that will get you past the TSA and upgraded once on the plain, but will not pass the gate so you will have to buy a ticket. I would be interested to try this as Northwest Airlines is the company I usually fly on, but […]

How to Create an Internet Kiosk in 10 Easy Steps

If you own a business and would like to provide an “Internet Cafe” to your customers but do not want to worry about them trashing your computer or snooping around your network, there are some things you can do to create a more secure environment. This secure internet browsing mode is commonly referred to as […]

How to get your company to foot the bill

Great article on I Will Teach You To Be Rich on getting what you asked for: Companies don’t care about spending money on their employees as much as you think. As I wrote in Don’t Quit Without Asking For What You Want, One of my friends, for example, was unhappy about having to pay the […]

How to use rsync to backup files in Linux

Great article on using rsync in linux: There are two types of backups that I do. The first is a backup of several key folders, not my entire system. This is in case I blow something away, or lose some data that I’d want to get back quickly. I use the rsync command for this. […]

How to Update Drake to Eft

If you are using Ubuntu Dapper Drake and would like to upgrade to Edgy Eft, this site has a great tutorial. I haven’t made the switch yet myself due to my upcoming Vegas trip (I don’t want to hose my laptop before I go) and at work I depend on some things that I am […]

Pedro Watches TV!

The other night I took a quick video of pedro with my camera as he watched TV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1WkIjMAICI Technorati Tags: funny, humor, pedro, dog, tv

Why does the toilet paper holder hate me?

I’ve noticed something over the last few years that may not bother many people but it drives me nuts. I have a certain way the toilet paper roll gets “hung”. The paper must be delivered from the bottom. A trait that was instilled in me since youth to stop the cat from unraveling the roll […]

Some children’s books that never got published…..

“The wimp who didn’t chase his ball across the street” “You’re never too young to Masturbate” “Lets throw Rocks at Retards” “The Shame Of Adoption.” “Let’s Run Along The Highway” “The Secret At The Bottom Of The Pool” “You Were an Accident” “Strangers Have the Best Candy” “Whatever happened to the Little Sissy Who Snitched?” […]

Joke of the Day

A woman hit her golf ball into the woods and found a frog caught in a trap. The frog said to her, “If you release me from this trap, I will grant you three wishes with the condition whatever you wish for, your husband will get ten times more or better.” For her first wish […]

The Dumbest Deaths in Recorded History

Attila the Hun: One of the most notorious villains in history, Attila’s army had conquered all of Asia by 450 AD-from Mongolia to the edge of the Russian Empire-by destroying villages and pillaging the countryside. How he died: He got a nosebleed on his wedding night. In 453 AD, Attila married a young girl named […]