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Going On A Diet

Part a long-running realization that i waste a lot of time, and part kick-in-the-pants after just reading “The myth of ‘keeping up’” at Creating Passionate Users [via Lifehacker], i’m trimming some unnecessary input. So that means stuff like all the consumer- and pop-culture-related feeds i was subscribed to in Google Reader. I need [...]

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The Firefox Extensions I Must Have

As i prep to upgrade my home box to Firefox 1.5 i’m making sure all my must-have extensions are 1.5 compatible. Last i checked, many weren’t, which is why i didn’t upgrade right away. But now it looks like most have been updated, so here they are:

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Hoopla Buster Buster

Hmm. It seems you can’t link directly to the full-length print version of articles at PC Magazine like you can with DV magazine articles. You just get redirected to the regular paged version complete with ads and all the other hoopla. I guess you have to have visited the original article [...]

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Windows Live

Hmm…

Signed in with my Hotmail address/Passport whatever. Looks like some new attempt at a “portal.” Whatever good that is. Only if you use Mircosoft’s email or other services. Google’s already winning this war. I’d use a Google portal. I’m tied to Gmail, and have started using Google Reader. [...]

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Flock Is The New Golden Ticket

There is a back door to the Chocolate Factory.

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