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I Like Jay-Z’s New Life + Times Site
I’m a big WordPress fan, so it was nice to see Jay-Z’s Life + Times site (lifeandtimes.com) running my favorite CMS. Not only that, they’re using my favorite commenting platform, Disqus. Well done, Mr. Z. The clean, grid layout is very slick and works thanks to the site’s simplicity. It’ll be interesting to see how [...]
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How To Find Your I-Go Driver Number (Fix This, @igocarsharing)
I-Go Cars — I love them. I’m all for car sharing and auto borrowing and not buying a car or paying for parking and gas and insurance, but, for christsakes, how many user ID numbers do I need? I’ve got a member number and a member PIN. My member number is not the same as [...]
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The White iPhone 4 is Obama’s Birth Certificate
For the last year, it’s been a lot of fun to watch how Apple has treated the white iPhone 4. I’m a cynic, but it seemed like anytime Apple was getting a little too much negative press, the white iPhone rumors would start back up and distract everybody. Was Apple actually waiting for an iPhone [...]
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Should You Use CloudFlare? I’m Not Anymore.
Oh, CloudFlare. The potential cure for all sorts of bandwidth-related internet issues. We need to breakup. Here’s why: Yes, CloudFlare, you tanked my search traffic. I thought maybe that was my fault. But then Debbie and Anurag complained too. Three times is a pattern, buddy. You break sites. It may be temporary, but that’s not [...]
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Beat the New York Times Paywall with the Stop Button
I don’t read the New York Times much. I like their Chrome web app, but I just don’t always dig their content. It’s just a little oddly pretentious. (If I want pretension, I’ll read The Economist.) So the NYT 20-free-articles-a-month limit isn’t a big deal to me (I probably only read 3 articles in a [...]
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I Like the New Sprint-Google Friendliness
Google was getting a little too buddy-buddy with Verizon, right? They were trying to go all evil-empire on mobile net neutrality while rolling out badass phones on T-Mobile. That didn’t make any sense. Meanwhile, their arch-enemy, AT&T, original home of Apple’s iPhone and the most-hated network in America, gave them the cold-shoulder, being the last [...]
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WEP Is The iPad 1 — It’s Time To Move On
Look, I don’t understand all the fuss about the iPad 2, but take that energy and apply it to your wireless router. Upgrade from WEP to WPA2. Now. Why? WEP sucks — it’s the security equivalent of locking your screen door. Sure, it makes your house marginally safer, but anybody with a fist can punch their way [...]
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The iPad 2: I Guess I Don’t Get It
I honestly don’t understand all the fuss. There are three things that make the iPad 2 different than the first version: It’s thinner and lighter — not a surprise, that’s how technology trends. It’s faster — it got a new processor, that’s how technology trends. It has cameras … that Apple intentionally left off the [...]
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Pat Quinn, thanks for ending the death penalty, but why are you killing internet commerce?
Pat Quinn, thanks for ending the death penalty, but why are you killing internet commerce? Hello, For well over a decade, the Amazon Associates Program has worked with thousands of Illinois residents. Unfortunately, a new state tax law signed by Governor Quinn compels us to terminate this program for Illinois-based participants. It specifically imposes the [...]
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Interest in Blake Lively’s Ass Resumes