PedEgg Works [Followups] (1)
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Turns out PedEgg, a home foot buffer, didn't need to allegedly hire a "horror" makeup artist to increase the contrast in the infomercial's before and after shots. In the September issue, Consumer Reports says the results from their 29 testers indicated the product worked quite well.
Safeway IDs Everyone In Your Party When You Buy Beer (5)
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Daniel went to his local Safeway with his brother to buy some beer. Daniel had his ID, but his brother didn't—but that's okay, because Daniel was the one buying the beer. The cashier, however, felt otherwise, and wouldn't complete the transaction without carding both of them. The store manager told him "the policy is, at the discretion of the clerk, to check the ID of every person present." The manager hinted that this was a ...
Priceline Encourages Deal-Seekers To Vacation Under Tropical Storm Hanna (12)
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Priceline won't let deal-hating weathermen keep you from the amazing savings churned up by Tropical Storm Hanna. Rooms in Hilton Head are now going for the low, low price of $64 per night, but act fast because the deal is only valid while Hanna pummels the dream destination's shores with 70 mph winds! Before you scream "obvious computer error!," remember that "PriceBreakers are hand-picked by [Priceline's] travel deal experts for their exceptional value." It's like ...
Carter's Tagless Baby Clothes Causing Rashes? [Carters Tagless] (4)
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Parents are complaining online that Carter's line of "tagless" baby clothes could be responsible for causing rashes and sores on babies. Instead of a traditional tag on the inside back of the shirt, a "tagless" has a solid silk-screen flat label. Carter's is said to be aware of the problem and that it's limited to their Fall 2007 line of tagless infant clothing. One blogger described the effect the shirt had on her daughter, writing, ...
Rogue Sandwich Delivery Guy Wants To Tell World Not To Buy Chips [Insiders] (3)
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This little email from an apoplectic-sounding Jimmy John's delivery guy just popped into our inbox and we felt the need to share it with you, our readers. The moral? Don't buy overpriced chips. Jimmy John's Guy writes: I work at jimmy john's, delivering.. and there's something I just don't get. Why in the world, anyone... ANYONE.. would pay what they charge for potato chips. Today I'm delivering some platters to [redacted].. they ordered 30 bags ...
Tropicana:Our 100% Juice Could Contain "Anything From Nature (39)
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It's apparently a whole lot of fun to try to get a straight answer out of Tropicana as to what "natural flavors" are in their 100% juice. Reader Kristina says: What follows is a conversation between myself (me) and the customer service (CS) representative from Tropicana. (I called their 1.877.342.1813 number around 9:30 am, EST on 5 September 2008): me: Hi, I am calling to ask about one of your ingredients listed in one of ...
Really, Credit Bureaus, I'm Not Dead [Credit Reports] (2)
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John wants to know how he can convince the world that he's not dead. He writes: I have been battling with a silly preconception the federal government has concerning my status as a deceased person, that causes them to routinely shut down credit cards that I am using, and stresses my ability to build credit. (All this despite being actively enlisted in the US Navy)... I have managed to track this anomaly down to TranUnion, ...
videos / Knightrider Dorms (1)
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What else are you gonna do on those long winter nights at college - Study ? You might as well program your dorms to do this - It was no geek that thought up this display, it simply works waay too well, especially with the Knightrider theme - COOLIO !
Geek Reviews: Manage And Organize Notes With Evernote (1)
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This article is part of Mysticgeek's Realm, a How-To Geek Blog focused on cyber geekery. Since it is back to school time it seems appropriate to cover some tools to help you store and mange your studies easier. Evernote is a great free note taking application that can help organize the most disorganized people. Evernote allows saving notes, pictures, and web content to one centralized location and being able to access it from almost anywhere. ...
Humanity's Biggest Problems Aren't What You Think They Are (1)
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(10 votes - 5 comments - 265 views)"Oxford philosopher and transhumanist Nick Bostrom examines the future of humankind, and asks whether we can -- or should -- alter our fundamental nature to solve our intrinsic problems. He asks us to reconsider three "inevitable" features of life: death, the risk of extinction, and our inability to live consistently full lives. If we could, would we correct these flaws? Can we humans alter our basic nature in ...
Four Tweaks for Using Linux with Solid State Drives (7)
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SSDs (solid state drives) are great. They’re shock resistant, consume less power, produce less heat, and have very fast seek times. If you have a computer with an SSD, such as an Eee PC, there are some tweaks you can make to increase performance and extend the life of the disk. The simplest tweak is to mount volumes using the noatime option. By default Linux will write the last accessed time attribute to files. This ...
Using Dia As a Free Replacement for Microsoft Visio (8)
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This article is part of Mysticgeek's Realm, a How-To Geek Blog focused on cyber geekery. The retail price of diagramming software Microsoft Visio 2007 ranges between $550 to $259 depending on if you choose professional or standard, which is a lot of money for somebody on a budget. Since we love to write about replacing expensive applications with high quality free alternatives, today we are writing about Dia, a free alternative. Dia is capable of ...
The Coolest Green Charger Out There (7)
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Bold statement, right? But look at this thing! The Solar Cell Tree Charger is an engineered tree with 54 solar cells that charge your gizmos by the sun. While nothing is plugged in a battery charges that will power your devices when there is no power. All of the branches are adjustable so that you can make sure each is exposed to the sun. Read More
Ubuntu Music Players: Better than iTunes/WMP? (8)
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Editor's Note: Please welcome Stefan, the newest member of the How-To Geek Blogs. His blog, Tux Geek, brings a much-needed Linux perspective to our community. Ubuntu is slowly gaining marketshare - increasingly with the tech savy end-users - and therefore brings the need for easy to use, fully featured entertainment solutions. And believe me, there are some good music players for the linux platform, even better than iTunes/WMP/Winamp trio, and their functionality can and is ...
Google Chrome webcast starts now (5)
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Filed under: google hacks, newsThe webcast for Google's new Chrome browser starts at 11PDT. The browser is supposed to feature better memory management. Right now they're opening with Led Zeppelin and Queen, so I guess it's supposed to be rockin' as well. Download it for Windows here. Chromium source available here.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Playdeb - The Gaming Repository for Ubuntu (9)
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Tired of finding and downloading packages for games, and having to check for updates youself? Playdeb is a software repository for the games available on GetDeb, who package recent games and applications for Ubuntu. With Playdeb, games are easy to install and will be updated when new versions are available. Playdeb includes an APT software repository, and a games list that can be used to install games simply by clicking an install link. The repository ...
Didn’t Google Already Have a Browser, Firefox? (1)
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The internet was lit on fire with news about Google’s “Chrome” browser that is based on the same WebKit engine as Safari. But, I was one of those people who never thought Google would put their neck on the line with a browser when they already had someone else doing the dirty work for them. The people doing the dirty work? The folks over at Mozilla. In 2006 Mozilla announced that their for-profit division has ...
