Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, Book 1) (tags: reading) The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals A sickening and depressing account of how our country has been dragged through the mud. (tags: nonfiction torture politics book book2008) A flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac (tags: macbook) The Far Wilds (tags: toplay) VMWare Knowledgebase Document -VMware Virtual Disk Manager Does Not Expand Partitions (tags: vmware)

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Rap mogul Snoop Dogg appeared on Martha Stewart Living this week to give her a little vocabulary lesson and show off his cooking skills. Oh, yeah, and he was also promoting the second season of his highly entertaining reality program, Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood. Continue reading Snoop Dogg Brings a Little Shizzle to Martha Stewart Tags: (T), (T), (T), (T), (T), (T), (T), (T), (T) Read ...

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[NB: This is a companion essay to the one below, "He Wasn't In His Right Mind." It was written about a year later.] There's a lot of it being bandied about these days. Change, that is. Mostly in the realm of the Politics of life. Despite all the hand-wringing and introspection that goes on in this area, I've come to believe that the Politics of life are easy. It's the Poetics of life that are tough. ...

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Zondervan, "a world leader in Christian communications," says it's just bought Mars Hill's social-networking, community-building software The City (we prefer "Christbook"), which was the brainchild of ex-Amazonian Zack Hubert. Now Zondervan will roll the software out to online churched-up types all over, hoping to recreate the Mars Hill experience: "Mars Hill launched The City earlier this year to create a dynamic, engaging interactive online community for its more than 7,000 members. Within two months of ...

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Written by Sub-Zero How many hours did you spend playing Wrath of the Lich King this weekend? 10? 20? More? The latest World of Warcraft expansion is a re-up for players looking for a new quest and leveling fix. There have been many tales of chronic video game addiction in the news the past few years, but I thought it was time now for a look back to see what the most soul-sucking video games really ...

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Star Wars fans should be thrilled with the new Darth Vader Toaster every time they sit down to breakfast. The Dark Lord’s image will burn itself onto every waffle, PopTart or piece of bread you place into the small black appliance. Perhaps you can fashion your pancakes to look like little Yoda heads to go with them and use your sausage links to have a go at the Light Side. Pre-order for $54.99 for a ...

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Rumor has it Nokia has announced that they are no longer offering their 5610 XpressMusic handset and will recall all of its existing inventory from stores and warehouses. This was prompted when a manufacturing problem affecting the phone’s display was detected. If you have one of the models, you can get a replacement of a 5310 or 6301 at any T-Mobile phone store plus a $25.00 or $50.00 credit from the company as a way ...

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Although Puget Sound is still many years away from having a truly regional rail backbone, the obvious benefits of a reliable rapid transit system can be observed firsthand by visiting almost any major metro area in the United States.Take San Francisco. The Bay Area, home to roughly seven and a half million people (according to the State of California) is one of the nation's most populous and congested urban centers, encompassing some nine counties and ...

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