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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Oracle to Kill MySQL?
I certainly hope not, but the fact that Oracle just bought Sun really concerns me. Many of us rely on the free-use and power of MySQL and know that we use MySQL because Oracle is friggin expensive. So now that owns, Sun, Java and MySql, and now has their own operating system (Solaris), what could …
Tony Rocks Passes Up Ashton Kutcher’s Twitter Followers
The world-famous Tony Rocks Twitter Account has recently passed up Ashton Kutchers Twitter milestone of 1 million Twitter followers. Oh wait, I was looking at the wrong page. Tony Rocks only has 173 followers. Never mind 🙂
Homemade Energy – Pull the plug on the electric company
With energy costs still not really dipping on us, a few people have been coming up with alternative ways to generate their own energy. I’ve found a site that talks about renewable energy for the rest us. The site asks, how would you like to unplug your house from the electrical company knowing that you …
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Bay News 9 Congrats
Today, Bay News 9 was given the awesome Sigma Delta Chi award for continuous coverage on a tanker truck explosion last year. Bay News 9 deserves it because they really showed that they cared about the true story and stuck with it 24/7. Rock on Bay News 9!
Warren Buffet Invests in Car with Mechanical Steering System? WTC?
There is a ton of buzz surrounding the BYD car company of China because apparently, one of the richest people in the world, Warren Buffet, thinks that it is a good bet to invest in this company. I’ve never heard of BYD until today, so I decided to see what it is all about. I’m …
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Cheap Easter Baskets
If you are like me, you are scrounging around for East baskets. Well, since the only ones left are $17 a piece at the grocery store, I’ve decided to improvise. So really, all this thing needs to do is hold some fake grass and candy. Essentially this thing is just a box to put your …
Why is Dan Miller Climbing the Charts?
Dan Miller is climbing the charts because of the buzz going on over at Google. If I had my way, I would never want to hear about Dan Miller any more.It gets boring after a bit when all you hear is Dan Miller all day long…but at least this is just a top search trend …
PaulMcCartney.com Hacked!
from PaulMcCartney.com Following the need for some routine maintenance, we have temporarily suspended the use of Paul’s site. We are very sorry for any inconvenience caused and can assure you that we are working on getting www.paulmccartney.com back up and running as soon as possible. The www.paulmccartney.com Team oh…to be on the paul mccartney.com team. …
Worlds Fastest Processor
The world’s fastest processor currently is the Phenom II AMD Dragon. Simon Solotko was the master mind behind this beast which was code named The Experiment. The processor achieved a 6.5 GHZ reading using the Phenom II microprocessor. But, how long will this remain the worlds fastest processor? Let’s see what the next set of …