Archives for "November, 2008"

Posted by Tarandon on 28th November 2008
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re: Google Laughs at Yahoo! and Microsoft

I just read an article over at fool.com which talked about the recent Neilson ratings for search on the internet in the US.  One premise in particular bothered me for its lack of insight into the numbers being presented. There were nearly 7.8 billion searches performed in the United States last month, according to the [...]

Posted by Tarandon on 23rd November 2008
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Movie Review: Twilight

Had the ratio of vampire to sappy romance been inverted I probably would have enjoyed Twilight a lot more than I did.  That being said the movie still had its moments.  I give it a 3.5 out of 5, recommend that you rent this one since its romance far outweighs the action you would expect [...]

Posted by Tarandon on 21st November 2008
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HDCP and Apple

There used to be a time when joining a record label was a huge achievement for an artist because it enabled them to increase the range of distribution for their music.  In current times it’s unfortunate that record labels have positioned themselves for reigning in that distribution instead of nurturing it.  The internet has presented [...]

Posted by Tarandon on 21st November 2008
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Book Meme

Blank Page… no seriously page 56 is blank. Visual QuickPro Guide: Flash CS3 Professional Advanced – Russell Chun. Meme from James Tauber, Greg Newman, Justin Lilly and Brian Rosner. Grab the nearest book. Open it to page 56. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. [...]

Posted by Tarandon on 21st November 2008
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Thanks Chris Wallace!

I just installed this fancy new theme called Absynthe created by Chris Wallace.  It kinda feels like the ultimate ‘Man Theme’, wood and Burgundy and old faded looking paper backgrounds for the posts.   This one will definately be sticking around for a while, as the previous notepad-chaos was a bit too much for my tastes.  [...]