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  • 03-18-2010 3:55 PM

    PayPal 2.0 Lets you Bump Phones to Submit a Payment

    Paypal is a great service for making secure payments online and to people you know. I am sure that at some point we will never need to have cash because everyone will have ways of excepting payment without it. With the new version...
  • 03-18-2010 2:12 PM

    Good Beers by Category that will not break your Diet

    I am a huge fan of beer and that being the case I drink way too much of it. The problem is I like drinking expensive beer from micro brewers that are better than the average beer. If you are on a diet or just trying to cut down...
  • 03-18-2010 1:02 PM

    SkiFree Windows 3.1 Game now Free on iPhone

    You remember the SkiFree game for windows 3.1? I do and I remember it being awesome. Now you can get the same game on the iphone. It's a very simple game, all you have to do is make it down the hill while hitting the rainbow...
The Horn - Classical, Orchestral & Opera music
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  • 02-16-2010 3:53 PM

    A Career Path

    George: I am going to be an Engineer when I grow up. Cathy: That’s not so good engineers don’t get jobs any more. George: But I will. After I become an engineer I am planning to move to China; that’s where all the jobs are moving...
  • 02-08-2010 4:27 PM

    The Meaning of Life

    Betty: The head of my department told me today that because of the financial crisis they might have to let me go. Laura: Life is terrible and then you die. Betty: John hasn’t call me in two weeks, I think this is the end of the...
  • 01-27-2010 6:25 PM

    Bubbles, Unemployment and Other Economic Problems

    Lori: Under Obama the America’s Trouble Asset Relief Program (TARP) will end up costing tax payers less than 1% of GDP. In the past the average cost to resolve such a crisis was around 13% of GDP. Great news right?! Andrea: Well...
The Loris Bite - Offbeat stories, helpful reviews, and amusing clips.
  • 03-18-2010 5:04 PM

    Hot Chip: 'I Feel Better' directed by Peter Serafinowicz

    Hot Chip's new single "I Feel Better," off of their new album "One Life Stand", has an awesome music video directed by Peter Serafinowicz , the star of BBC's "The Peter Serafinowicz Show."...
  • 03-17-2010 10:48 AM

    Sizing Up Sperm: Most Extreme Race

    It will probably never be publicly known who's magnificently bizarre idea this was for a television show, but National Geographic's "Sizing Up Sperm", a live-action interpretation of the struggle of sperm, is...
  • 03-15-2010 3:18 PM

    42 Year Old Mother Strives to Become World's Fattest Woman

    In a world where fame is somehow more important than health and where there is apparently no irony at all, Donna Simpson, a 42 year old American woman from New Jersey, strives to become the world's fattest woman by setting...
Geek Toys & Geek Stuff for the Geek in all of us - Find cool geek gadgets & geek things that you can actually buy online.
  • 03-11-2010 10:19 AM

    iPhone App Magnet Set

    I am really tempted to pickup a set of these iPhone app magnets. All 17 of the original apps for the iPhone are present. They are magnetic and they have a nice little embossed icon on each. A pretty unique gift idea for the iPhone...
  • 03-05-2010 8:58 AM

    A-Box - Speaker Box Made from an Ammobox

    This is not so much a geek toy or geek gadget as it is a Gun Geek toy. It's the A-box a speaker box that is made from an ammobox. If you are into guns and like music this is the ultimate in portable iPod tuneage. This thing...
  • 03-04-2010 3:31 PM

    Vintage Industrial Pendant Light

    I don't know about you but I definitely would feel more like Edison with this light lighting up the room. It's a vintage style industrial pendant light from Etsy, and I think they are very cool. Makes me want to rethink...
  • 02-24-2010 3:32 PM

    Reminiscing About Backing Up My Data

    Backing up my data files used to be so simple. When I first learned how to back my data files up, I used a 5 1/4” floppy disk (remember those!?!). Then, I “upgraded” to the cool 3.5” disks that seemed to hold so much information they would never...
  • 01-21-2010 3:39 PM

    7 Things To Keep In Mind During The 2010 U.S. Census

    1. Do not give your social security number, banking information, credit card information, etc to anyone who comes to your door. Census takers have no need to ask for this information and should not be asking you to provide it for their records...
Blog Day Afternoon - Take a walk on the mild side.
  • 02-15-2010 10:18 AM

    WinX DVD Ripper

    I have a huge library of DVDs that I'd like to back up and so I jumped at the chance to review the WinX DVD Ripper Platinum software when it was offered to me. After installing WinX DVD Ripper, I grabbed a DVD off my shelf and put it in...
  • 01-07-2010 11:53 AM

    Troops maintain their sense of humor

    I received these in an email. I thought they were entertaining enough to post here.
Gimme Some Space - The Worlds Around Us
  • 02-15-2010 11:45 AM

    What is a Pulsar

    A pulsar is a highly magnetrized rotating neutron star. They appear to pulse because they have jets of particles moving almost at the speed of light coming from their magnetic poles. These jets produce powerful beams of light. The magnetic pole...
  • 02-01-2010 4:31 PM

    Interesting Facts about a Neutron Star

    I did an earlier post of the Life Cycle of a Star . A neutron star is one possible final phase of a star. It is quite a fascinating object that I thought it deserves its own post. Neutron stars are unbelievably, incredibly dense. They have a...
The Wastebucket - Where mediocre musings go to recycle
  • 11-16-2009 11:19 AM

    How to place a craigslist ad

    1. There is only one "n" in the middle of "dining". Please, no more “dinning” room furniture. 2. Those box-like things that pull out of dressers and chests of drawers are drawers, not drarers, drars, draurs, droors or dros...
  • 09-25-2009 10:31 AM

    Tallahassee cop Holly Lofland resigns after charges she falsified DUI arrest

    (This is an update to a story posted 10/13/08 .) Holly Lofland was once regarded as one of the most effective cops in Florida when it came to picking up drunk drivers. Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) gave her an award for making 100 drunk...
Parenting Rx - Information, news, and advice to help you enhance your parenting.
  • 02-16-2010 5:30 PM

    New DSM-5 to Remove Diagnoses of Asperger's

    The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders known as DSM will launch a revised 5th edition or the DSM-5 in May 2013. This new manual will remove the diagnoses of Asperger's Syndrome as it's own disorder and place it under...
  • 02-02-2010 7:00 PM

    Pajamas...Not just for sleeping anymore

    What's the deal with all the kids wearing Pajamas everywhere these days? I was recently at a restaurant when 2 pre-teen girls walked in and they both wearing pajama bottoms as pants. And they were with parents! At what point did an item...
Identity Theft - All about how it happens and how you can keep it from happening to you.
  • 03-16-2010 4:13 AM

    Beware Ringtone Scams

    The market online and electronic market for ringtones is full of scams. Leave it to resourceful identity thieves to find a way to take advantage of our need for the latest ringtones and applications for our cellphones. Thieves have found a way...
  • 03-15-2010 7:52 AM

    Laptop Audit of British Spy Agency Reveals 35 Missing Laptops

    Audit highlights missing laptops. An audit of laptops used by operatives at one of Britain's main intelligence agencies revealed that the agency “lost track” of 35 laptop computers, including three that were certified to hold Top Secret...
Money Coach - Times are tough. Can a loan help you get out of debt?
  • 03-16-2010 4:07 AM

    Western States to Create Carbon Market

    Faced with declining prospects of a national bill, 2 western U.S. states and 3 Canadian provinces are set to establish a market for carbon credits by 2012. As U.S. prospects for a national climate change bill fade, five U.S. states and Canadian...
  • 03-16-2010 4:02 AM

    Social Security in Trouble

    More warnings issued – the SSA collects less than it pays! For many years now, pundits and politicians have issued dire warnings about the impending crisis in Social Security. Just as with global warming, the forecasts of disaster and increasing...
Eric: Unpublished - The Struggle of an Unpublished Writer
  • 03-08-2010 2:59 PM

    An Alternative

    Last week I posted a blog about how and why I don't self-publish, including why I don't put my material on this very blog, including the fact that magazines don't want to republish something that's been put on the web. Most magazines...
  • 03-02-2010 5:14 PM

    Why I Don't Publish Here

    A friend of mine recently asked why I didn't put more of my work online and why I don't publish to my blog. I explained that in high school I had a live journal that I filled with poetry and young, amateurish drivel but even then I didn't...
Peanut Butter Overlord - Looking at the funny side of life.
  • 03-11-2010 8:53 AM

    Truth in Advertising

    I'm sure that you have seen pharmaceutical advertising in doctor's offices on everything from tissues to note pads This one should get First prize. To be thorough, though, a warning message would need to be placed beside the switch reading...
  • 03-10-2010 9:01 AM

    Contractor Awards

    I wouldn't want any of these contractors building my house.

What's New

  • Hot Chip: 'I Feel Better' directed by Peter Serafinowicz

    Hot Chip's new single "I Feel Better," off of their new album "One Life Stand", has an awesome music video directed by Peter Serafinowicz , the star of BBC's "The Peter Serafinowicz Show." Serafinowicz is a comedian and actor, but resigned in January from his position at BBC since they refused to continue backing...
    Posted to The Loris Bite (Weblog) by cstanton on 03-18-2010
  • PayPal 2.0 Lets you Bump Phones to Submit a Payment

    Paypal is a great service for making secure payments online and to people you know. I am sure that at some point we will never need to have cash because everyone will have ways of excepting payment without it. With the new version of Paypal for the iphone you can bump iphones with someone and request or send payments to them. They also have a new feature...
    Posted to Howtos, Rants, and Reviews (Weblog) by willburns1 on 03-18-2010
  • Good Beers by Category that will not break your Diet

    I am a huge fan of beer and that being the case I drink way too much of it. The problem is I like drinking expensive beer from micro brewers that are better than the average beer. If you are on a diet or just trying to cut down on calories drinking the right good beers will help you avoid the good beers that will ruin your diet. If you pick the right...
    Posted to Howtos, Rants, and Reviews (Weblog) by willburns1 on 03-18-2010
  • SkiFree Windows 3.1 Game now Free on iPhone

    You remember the SkiFree game for windows 3.1? I do and I remember it being awesome. Now you can get the same game on the iphone. It's a very simple game, all you have to do is make it down the hill while hitting the rainbow colored jumps. If you tap or swipe on the iphone while in the air you do flips that get you points. The game is brings back...
    Posted to Howtos, Rants, and Reviews (Weblog) by willburns1 on 03-18-2010
  • Phonebooth an Alternative and Google Voice Contender

    For all you anti-google people out there that feel the sting of not being able to take advantage of some of Google's applications like Google Voice checkout Phonebooth. They have some of the same features and each of them have a leg up on the other. Phonebooth is much like google voice in that you get a free phone number that you can forwarded to...
    Posted to Howtos, Rants, and Reviews (Weblog) by willburns1 on 03-17-2010

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