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Go Climb a Tower

I’m usually ok with heights, as long as I’m attached to something or behind a railing. But this insane video taken by a camera mounted on the hard hat of an antenna tower technician makes my heart race every time I watch it. I can’t stop watching it!

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Lady Gaga for $0.99 Again – “This Time We’re Ready”

From the Amazon newswire this morning: SEATTLE, May 26, 2011 — Amazon.com today announced it will offer a repeat of Monday’s blockbuster Gold Box Deal of the Day: customers can purchase the Lady Gaga “Born This Way” MP3 album today for $0.99. Upon release, the album immediately shot to number one on Amazon’s bestselling MP3 [...]

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In The Dark

Houten by night Originally uploaded by Tim Rigter I was making my way down my darkened hallway and passed by the front door. I noticed that both porch lights were off, so I flicked the switch a couple of times. Nothing. I went to switch the hall light on to see what was going on, [...]

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PayPal is great.

I’m starting to see why some people end up hating PayPal. Somehow on Monday the 14th, while I finished adding a new email address to our account, I got dumped onto a “complete your Business Account” page with most of the steps completed except a credit card verification. I didn’t remember seeing this before, but [...]

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Thinking About JumpDomain.com?

Don’t. This is my recommendation. They were a solid domain reseller years ago when they were connected with OpenSRS/Tucows. At some point, they hooked up with eNom instead, possibly for not responding to customer issues. Luckily for JumpDomain, eNom has a similar level of apathy towards customers. I learned of this as I tried to [...]

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The Thirsty Spider

When I go to bed, I usually have a little water left in a bottle I’ve been working on all evening. So I keep it on the nightstand in case I might want a refresher in the middle of the night or the next morning. I leave the cap off, and have often taken a [...]

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So

So, what the heck is going on in the tech industry where everyone has to begin every sentence with this word? It’s most obvious when they are answering a question or starting a presentation. It makes me wonder if this is a mneme to recall something rehearsed. Are all of these people attending the same [...]

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