Holy Cow! It’s actually snowing in Salem, Oregon in November! And it’s actually getting “harder”. Gotta go and watch the snow now.
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EFF Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Sony BMG
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), along with two leading national class action law firms, today filed a lawsuit against Sony BMG, demanding that the company repair the damage done by the First4Internet XCP and SunnComm MediaMax software it included on over 24 million music CDs.
Cingular will be sold under name of AT&T
Apparently I’m going to be an AT&T customer once again. Looks like Cingular is going to be re-branded as AT&T after the merger with SBC. Personally I liked the Cingular name better, but I can see their point, AT&T is a much more recognizable name than Cingular.
Read the whole story: USATODAY.com – Cingular will be sold under name of AT&T
WordPress.com is available to all!
WordPress.com just opened its gates to everyone.
You no longer require an invitation – Out of Beta and works great!
Introducing Teach This!
I finally convinced my wife to start up a blog: Teach This!
My wife is a teacher and has many opinions on the matter and I’m sure her blog will be a very interesting read to many. So check it out sometime.
Blog Software Smackdown: The Big 3 Reviewed
SitePoint has a good review of the top 3 blogging platforms out there. If you are at all interested in blogging, you should give it a read to make a well informed decision (wordpress).
The 100 Best Products of 2005
Its official, Mozilla Firefox is the best product of 2005, according to PC World anyway. Watch out IE… I didn’t see you anywhere in the list.
- Mozilla Firefox
- Google Gmail
- Apple Mac OS X Version 10.4 (Tiger)
- Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router and Notebook Network Card
- Dell Ultrasharp 2405FPW
For a complete list, go here:
PCWorld.com – The 100 Best Products of 2005
Wired Magazine: ‘Digg Just Might Bury Slashdot’
“A news-oriented bookmarking site called Digg is giving Slashdot a run for its money. Indeed, a good “Diggdotting” is melting down servers all over the net.”
I just started using Digg. It’s a pretty cool service, you should check it out sometime.
AOL adding AIM Bots to your buddy list
I signed on to AIM today and got a message from AOL saying they had added a new group to my buddy list for AIM bots and had added 2 bots for me. Thanks AOL, but if I wanted them I could have added them myself.
Luckily they were able to be deleted just about as fast as they were added. But it would have been nice to be asked about this first.
All web sites in the Simpsons are actually real
Fans of The Simpsons will know that many amusing web site names are mentioned in the show such as whatbadgerseat.com, dorks-gone-wild.com and my favourite; springfieldisforgayloversofmarriage.com.
Don’t forget to check out sexyslumberparty.com too which isn’t on the list!