(No, Talk Like a Pirate Day isn’t until September 19)
ThePirateBay.org has been overtaken!
I think the comments and links over at digg.com explain this best…
~Jaker
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Blog updated to b2evolution 0.9.2 “Sparkle”.
Captcha code installed for amy_skin and nautica2l
Default skin changed to nautica2l
Click here to change to the new skin!
~Jaker
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It’s an exciting time for us software geeks. Sure, it’s always a good time to play around with and tweak software that everyone already has or is readily available to the public. However, it’s even better when we get to play around with software that isn’t even out yet—software that will soon change the way [...]

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Bullfeathers!
I was reading Frank’s Semester-in-review post and noticed that he mentioned that his blog would soon turn two years old. That got me thinking–how old is my blog?
Unfortunately I’m a couple days late.
On May 19, my blog turned two years old. Horray!
I can’t think of any celebration things to do for my blog, so I’ll [...]

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Skype is a popular VoIP (Voice over IP) client for Windows, Mac, Linux, and PocketPC. Previously it let you make phone calls to people across the internet for free. You could also pay a small fee to make calls to landline phones/cell phones/international calls. Things have changed though: just a couple days ago Skype announced [...]

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In class yesterday I did the usual run of email checking: Yahoo, Hotmail (Windows Live), Intrepid Studios..
I’m a beta tester for the new Windows Live Mail interface. Normally I use Internet Explorer with it as it’s a Microsoft production and Firefox always displayed a “classic” view (e.g. use IE because we want you to).
Something happened [...]

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So I checked my email a little bit ago and came to the realization that “A school I requested has been added to Facebook.” I clicked the provided link and within seconds I was given another free procrastination tool.
Waukesha County Technical College has been Facebooked!
(Sadly, so have I)
~Jaker

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I wrote an app a while back that converted English to l33t (called W3rd).
I think this version of Word is right up there too…

~Jaker
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So Cingular over the past year or so has dumped over $4 billion dollars into converting their network from AT&T to Cingular. Now that they’ve done this, they’re going to spend another $2+ billion and convert themselves back into AT&T by the end of 2007.
AT&T says that the new “AT&T Wireless” name will cause less [...]

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Ever since I got my first laptop back in 2001 (or so), I’ve been a strong supporter of the “Once you buy your computer, reinstall the OS so you don’t have to deal with any of the pre-installed crap” movement. If you’ve ever bought a Dell (or any other PC from a OEM manufacturer), you’ve [...]

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