Monthly Archives: January 2005

Traffic Exchange

It seems like more and more bloggers are using traffic exchange services. I myself have been using Blog Explosion for a month or two now, but have been seeing more traffic exchange sites pop up, so I thought I’d try … Continue reading

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Hackers on Low-Carb

Wow, this Salon.com article is perhaps one of the coolest I’ve read in a while, and the most up my alley in terms of combining different interests: There’s nothing particularly bleeding-edge about eating the hamburger but not the bun, now … Continue reading

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Live Aid Contest

As I’ve written, I’m giving away a few copies of the 4-disk DVD Set of the Live Aid concert. The contest involves writing a bit about how you (or a friend/relative) remembers it. I realized that I actually hadn’t written … Continue reading

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More Disappointments for the Treo 650

I know that I concentrate on this one phone when there are others out there, but from all I read the Treo 600 and 650 have the most media buzz about them. Is PalmOS the best platform for a smartphone? … Continue reading

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Animal Compassion Foundation

Wholefoods, a chain of natural food supermarkets in the U.S. recently helped set up a foundation called the Animal Compassion Foundation whose purpose is to develop and promote practices in animals used for food that are compassionate and humane. This … Continue reading

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Live Aid DVD Contest Still Open

I know it’s hard to believe, but my DVD giveaway contest is still open on DVDMON.com. Please, readers, help me out. I’m trying to give these away and it seems like there’s no interest. All you gotta do is write … Continue reading

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More Free Gadgets

Hmmm, these free gadget referral sites are a bit addictive. After signing up for a Mac Mini, I thought of the one other gadget that I would a) love to have, and b) is a bit pricier than I can … Continue reading

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Free Mac minis

Well, I finally did it. I signed up for one of those free[fill-in-the-blanks].com offers. For a long time I thought this was a very obvious scam, but it apparently really isn’t. For some reason most of these offers – or … Continue reading

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Those Diet Fads and Crazes

I get these Google alerts for anything with “low-carb” in the title. For months and months, I’ve been seeing headlines “low-carb losing steam” or some such. Some of this was based on the erroneous assumption that just because people aren’t … Continue reading

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NPR Revenue Streams

I’ve been playing with this program Replay Radio which allows me to audio streams that are playing through my computer. There are a bunch of programs that do similar things. I’m going to be posting a larger piece about this … Continue reading

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