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VOOM To Cease Operations?
Wow, that would suck big time for a lot of people. I have been thinking of getting Voom on and off for a while now, and I'd probably have it already if they didn't require a land-line phone.
According to online reports, VOOM has about 26,000 subscribers, creating in the neighborhood of $5,900,000 in revenue. Total operating expenses will top out at over $75,000,000 this year creating a virtual black hole of profitability, even for the deep-pocketed Cablevision.
That blows.
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Tsunami Adds to Belief in Animals' Sixth Sense
Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast seemingly missed wild beasts, with no dead animals found.
I guess next time Reesey is going freaking nuts for no apparent reason, I should worry.
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Business sucks sale
Truth in advertising.
(via Kottke)
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Texas brings WiFi to rest stops
The Texas Department of Transportation has signed a deal with Coach Connect to provide WiFi at highway rest stops. Now I never have to go more than fifty miles without checking my email.
Cost for 20 minutes will be $1.99, followed by $3.99 for 24 hours, $7.99 for a week, or $29.99 per month. Coach Connect hopes also to support this network of hotspots with the help of sponsors.
That's not really bad, but having to pay and deal with advertisers is just a little much.
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How and when to use sIFR
Great article on scalable Inman Flash Replacement.
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Longhorns visit Disneyland
The Rose Bowl is only a couple of days away. I can't wait. I love bowl season!
Update: Wanna know mroe about Texas Longhorn football? Check out BevoSports.com!
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Pay raise for Mack Brown
I'm wondering if Texas making a BCS bowl triggered some automatic increase in his salary.
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Google AdSense
I'm sure you've noticed the ads here on this site, they're powered by Google's AdSense. It's a simple and unobtrusive way for me to earn enough money to pay to maintain this site. Even with my limited readership, I've earned about $50 in the last three months, more than enough to pay the entire year's costs. Wonderful tool for webmasters, I can't imagine how much more popular sites bring in.
Simple request for Google's team though, how bout coming up with an actual logo so I don't have to make my own?
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Dooce bought a Boohbah
These are the ugliest/creepiest things I've ever seen. I saw them in Toys R Us and felt compelled to point that out to everyone within ear shot. Dooce thinks they're retarded too, but bought Leta one anyways.
What is wrong with kids these days? Why can't they just play with sock monkeys. Those things ruled.
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Make Firefox faster
Sweet, this actually appears to work really well. Pages are loading lightning fast.
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So you got a PVR for Christmas...
Some helpful links to anyone who got a PVR for Christmas.
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Democratic leadership rethinking abortion
Abortion sis probably the issue I feel most strongly about and is one of the main reasons I consider myself a Republican, looks like the Democratic party is rethinking their stance.
(via Airbag)
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Testing cell phones ties up 911
Wow I had no idea people were this stupid. They get a new cell phone and want to test it out
so they call 911. Hopefully this is only an issue with California and their liberal inhabitants. Morons.
(via Engadget)
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Online dating job auction site
Pretty funny Dilbert.
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Blockbuster cuts online rental service price
Blockbuster has dropped the price for their Netflix-competing online rental service again. This time from $17.49 to $14.99, and the price is guaranteed through January 2006. Intriguing.
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Flamingo Drive
From the makers of the penguin chucking Yeti comes Flamingo Drive. Your yeti uses a flamingo golf club to whack the penguin as far as possible. Be sure to use the giraffe and snake assistance as often as possible.
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TLU to honor Berkman, mentions my dad
TLU is honoring Lance Berkman at the Front Row Gala
in February. The press release mentions my pop.
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Grand Theft Auto 2 for free
Rockstar is giving away GTA 2 for free. Merry Christmas to me.
(via Joystiq)
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stock.xchng
Instead of paying for stock photography (some sites charge hundreds of dollars for a photo), stock.xchng lets you upload and download photos for free. Pretty damn useful and cool.
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The Guy Game = kiddie porn
I understand why they're taking the game off shelves. What I don't understand is how you can lie about your age, take your clothes off, and then sue the people you lied to. Where's the logic in that?
She's even suing Sony and Microsoft, just because the game appeared on their consoles.
According to the lawsuit:
The plaintiff is still a teenager and wishes to attend college, develop her career and be active in her community and church.
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