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Entries from July 2008

Talkinator

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve used mailinator for ages. Noticed recently that they have a thing called Talkinator. Very much like BlogChat. Here is a sample of it:

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uMapper Flash Map Service

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Another interesting mapping service called uMapper to create embeddable flash maps. Checkout Boston and directly south to the Vineyard. You can click on the marker, line, and polygon to get the info popups:

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MapChannels Mapping Tools

July 25th, 2008 · No Comments

MapChannels have all kinds of tools to create embeddable maps on your own website. Here is just one of many examples of maps you can create. This one combines a Google Maps view with a street view and a Microsoft Virtual Earth bird’s eye view. This view is a bit squeezed here due to the […]

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Apple iTunes And Amazon Unbox For Movies And TV’s

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve tried both of these services with my media PC and they both completely fail in the video output department. Note, this isn’t a Windows Media PC OS, its a plain Windows XP OS that I have setup the way I like to play media (audio through to the stereo equipment and video through to […]

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This Flip Tool Is Pretty Slick

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

˙ʞɔıls ʎʇʇǝɹd sı looʇ dılɟ sıɥʇ It can be found here.

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All Nvidia G84 and G86s Are BAD

July 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Back in Dec of 2007 I was experiencing NMI parity errors with my laptop. It seemed to be after very intense graphic use and the cooling fans switching to high and low. It wouldn’t happen right away but it was getting to the point that it was happening too often that I wanted to do […]

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Category: Dell · Nvidia

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Spammers Announce World War III

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Might want to watch out for this one.

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Google’s Protocol Buffers

July 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Google’s Protocol Buffers are definitely something to keep an eye on: Protocol Buffers are a way of encoding structured data in an efficient yet extensible format. Google uses Protocol Buffers for almost all of its internal RPC protocols and file formats. Blog post here. Project site here.

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Apple Not Happy With Rogers iPhone Pricing

July 7th, 2008 · No Comments

I can only hope that these stories are true and that Rogers crawls back under a rock where they belong. Fortune article is here. National Post article here. All started from this blog post here. Source: Mark Evan’s Blog.

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Category: General · Rogers Cable Internet

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Buyer Beware – Mattamy Homes

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

A Mattamy Home buyer’s experience both with the builder and the Town Of Oakville: This blog is going to inform you of problems that have occurred.  To protect myself from libel issues, I can only tell you of experiences I have had – facts.  I will offer you links that will help you and discuss […]

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Category: Mattamy Homes

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