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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Songs & Such: "Hello Sunny Weather" by Poor Old Lu
We are almost done with this round of “Songs & Such” for Poor Old Lu songs. Soon we will move into songs from Aaron Sprinkle, Rose Blossom Punch, Fair, and even World Inside. But we still have a couple of “Lu” songs before we look at those. This week song comes off of what was suppose to be Poor Old Lu’s final album. Continue reading
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links for 2007-10-04
Buy Transformers DVD, win a Chevy Camaro dressed up like Bumblebee There’s a special insert in the Transformers DVD, out on October 16th, that will give you a website to go to for a chance to win one of three … Continue reading
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Securing Your Digital World: Anti-Phishing Tools & Techniques
We spent the last few weeks going over password security. I showed you how to create secure passwords and how to keep track of them. Now that you have a secure password, it is incredibly difficult for someone to hack that password. That is true unless, of course, you give them your password willingly. This kind of thing can easily happen with a technique called “Phishing” which according to wikipedia is “a process by which a phisher attempts to fraudulently acquire sensitive information such as usernames and passwords.” Continue reading
Posted in Security, Technology
Tagged Web
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New Mp3 Player
Okay, I love my iPod. I carry the thing around with me just about everywhere I go. However, since I got my Alpine connector last year, I find that I leave in the car more often then not because that’s … Continue reading
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Canceled My eMusic Subscription
I just canceled eMusic subscription in favor of Amazon’s Mp3 Download Store. The main reason for this is because with Amazon I can download only the songs I want without having to pay a monthly fee for a bucket of downloads that I have to use or lose. Plus Amazon’s store is also free of digital rights management (DRM) so they will work on any computer or device in my house. Continue reading
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links for 2007-10-02
Apple posts iPhone Human Interface Guidelines Apple has released a new iPhone Human Interface Guideline document, offering developers more resources for getting their iPhone web apps just right. It also throws in some “interesting” language into the introduction. (tags: digg … Continue reading
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