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Picture of the Day

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This is how I fix all computer problems with family and friends:

The Nerdy Dilemma

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This weekend just 3 short weeks after my warrantee on my Blackberry Curve ran out, it just happened to fall apart.  Convenient timing especially because it didn’t completely break, its keyboard/buttons just went out.  So I take my phone into Verizon as if I’ve never done this before.  Of course they say well this phone is worthless you can either pay a $50.00 replacement value for a refurbished Curve, or full retail for another phone because I didn’t buy insurance.  The more devices I buy the more I think those stupid over priced warrantees make sense now that the manufacturers are making crappy phones that fall apart after a year.  It was a short while ago in my life that devices purchased lasted a very long time.  Hell I still have a first generation iPod!  Not that I use it anymore but it still works.  Now those iTouch’s are very fancy and all, but I bet they won’t last much longer than a year. Very planned I think that these devices start t...

Friday Linkage [Quick Edition]

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Quick set of links. Enjoy the weekend. Video: How IMAX Wizards Convert Harry Potter to 3-D How Netflix gets your movies to your mailbox so fast This Is What It Feels Like To Fly In a U2 Spy Plane Rainmeter 1.0 Brings the Enigma Desktop to Everyone