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R.I.P. Mom

You had a great love of angels and I told you that you were an angel here on this earth. God has promoted you now to do his work and I know you will be watching over all of us.

I love you with all my heart and I thank you for all you have done. In your short time here you have helped more people and done more kind things than anyone will know. The world has lost a genuine wonder and will truly be a sadder place without you.

I know you would not want anybody to be sad (I’m sorry but I cannot help it) as they are being sad for themselves because you are not longer here. But know you will always be loved and always be missed.

I ask that anybody reading this (regardless of your religion or beliefs) either say a prayer or just think positive thoughts. Please do one kind act for somebody as my Mother would have.

Mom, I love you and I thank you.

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All of our vBulletin skins, IPB skins and phpBB skins have been fully updated to the latest versions :)

Facebook

Yeah, so what… I caved under peer pressure and made a facebook page ;)

Common, all the kids are doing it.

Sale at eXtremepixels

I have a few sweet deals at eXtremepixels :)

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Also I’m offering a 15% discount coupon on all sales…
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iPhone users now have access to 20,000 WiFi hotspots

This should come as good news for iPhone owners. AT&T announced plans yesterday to purchase Wayport, a Wi-Fi provider that caters to a number of businesses including McDonalds and an impressive array of Hotel chains. All in all, the deal now bolsters the number of AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots to 20,000, and are free to use for all iPhone owners.

Apple’s iPhone outsells BlackBerry, report says

Apple Inc.’s iPhone outsold rival Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry in the latest quarter, according to a technology analysis firm, lending weight to a recent boast by Steve Jobs.

Diebold’s e-voting machines violate GPL, good taste

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Diebold just can’t seem to keep its nose clean these days. The nation’s largest manufacturer of ATM machines admitted not too long ago what everybody already knew: that their e-voting machines were totally bunk. Apparently in the course of that investigation it emerged that the company also thought it would be a laugh to load the open source Ghostscript Postscript interpreter software into those faulty machines without releasing its changes or paying the proprietary usage license fee — leading Aritex, its developer, to file a lawsuit. It doesn’t really instill confidence any further to hear that our nation’s terrible electronic voting machines are running on stolen software, guys — and to be honest, we’re kinda starting to wish you’d get out of the ATM business, too.

Diebold’s e-voting machines violate GPL, good taste originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Walmart, Kmart announce Black Friday-esque deals for days other than Black Friday

Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Laptops

Want to get a jump on your holiday shopping or find a couple of insane bargains to keep for yourself? A few retailers are offering what they’ve dubbed “Black Friday-style” price cuts for tomorrow — Saturday, November 8th. Walmart’s got a sweet 15.4-inch Compaq CQ-139WM (with 2GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive) laptop for $298, in addition to a PlayStation 2 bundled with a $30 WalMart gift card for $129, and a PlayStation 3 with a $100 gift card for $399. Over at Kmart they’re offering up a rad 32-inch Sylvania LCD HDTV for $439.99 (they usually go for for $550). They also have several deals for Sunday, November 9th, including the Wii Fit for $89.99. Is it safe to assume that every Friday (not to mention Saturday and Sunday) until Christmas will be “black”? For the full, mind-blowing rundown, hit the read links.

[Via CNET, I4U News]

Read – Kmart
Read – Walmart Backs Main Street

Walmart, Kmart announce Black Friday-esque deals for days other than Black Friday originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Obama team chose Apple on election night

Filed under: Odds and ends, Flickr Find

In what could be a sign of things to come, an unnamed staffer was pictured on Election Night showing Vice President-Elect Joe Biden something on a MacBook Air. Biden also appears to be holding an iPhone 3G with a sticker on the back.

Biden was apparently observing something on screen, while President-Elect Barack Obama celebrated in the background with another staffer. The MacBook Air appeared to be connected to a USB 3G network adapter.

The Obama administration could become the most technologically-savvy presidency so far. The President-Elect’s transition team has already put up change.gov, a website developed by Blue State Digital, the same firm that created Obama’s campaign website. Obama’s administration promises to be the first to include a Chief Technology Officer, and he supports net neutrality.

Obama has been photographed during his campaign using an iPhone. A Newsweek article in Feburary noted that Michelle Obama bought then-Senator Obama and their children each a MacBook, so they could stay in touch during the long campaign.

Yes, we can add the team to the growing list of world leaders using Apple products.

Thanks, Brian!

TUAWObama team chose Apple on election night originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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All phpBB skins updated

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