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  • MIX07 PNG Bling

    For some reason the folks over at MIXTIFY only made their "bling" available in .jpg and .gif format. While this isn't a big deal, it makes me wonder why, since MIX07 is all about…

  • 27+1 Tips for Building and Maintaining a Blog Audience

    The following is a sponsored review For some people a 'blog is just a personal outlet for rantings, for voicing of their personal opinion about varied topics. For others its a…

  • Maximizing Mileage in your Toyota Prius

    HybridCars.com has put together a very comprehensive article on how to maximize your mileage when driving your Prius that I found very informative. One item the article did not…

  • Play a fun little game and get 10% your cell phone accessories

    The following is a sponsored review Take one part viral ad campaign and one part police sketch artist and you’ve got yourself one fun little game with a different spin! “Dusty”…

  • The Death of Internet Radio?

    The RIAA has convinced the Copyright Royalty Board to release a ridiculous fee structure that will kill online radio. Pandora (to name my favorite) and others like it will have…

  • Virginia Tech policy created an "ideal killing ground for criminals"

    A shooting at a Virginia Tech dorm Monday left has left 22 32 33 people dead (including the shooter) and at least 28 wounded. [ Live video feed ] It should be noted that Virginia…

  • Firefly and Serenity

    My wife and I saw a preview of a movie called Serenity that looked like a fanciful combination between the Old West and Sci-Fi. (Remember, even Lucille Ball touted Star Trek as a…

  • MSIE Object Activation (with EOLAS consideration) while Maintaing Standards Compliancy

    In the web developers world, Microsoft's Internet Explorer has gone though a metamorphosis of love and hate. In the beginning there was Mosiac, and it was good. Then came…

  • Democrats Hate Music Listeners, Hire RIAA's Engebretsen for DNC

    Via Gizmodo , The Democrats decided to deal with the devil and hire the Director of Communications for the RIAA , Jenni Engebretsen, as their Deputy CEO of Public Affairs for the…

  • How Fast Can You Type?

    Have you ever wondered how fast you can type, but don't have the time to go to an employment agency to get tested? Try out TypingTest.com (requires Java 1.1+).

  • 40% Efficient Solar Cells: They Are Being Used Back On Earth!

    A company called Spectrolab has achieved a new world record in solar cell efficiency. Multijunction cells perform at higher efficiencies than conventional single-junction silicon…

  • Electric Company Rolls out a Toyota Prius Hack to Power your Home!

    "The Toyota hybrid has been modified with what they call Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology. You simply plug the Prius into a standard wall outlet, which charges the Prius…

  • Share your Outlook 2007 Free/Busy Schedule, even if the recipient does't have Outlook

    You need to set up a meeting with someone but you don't know when they're free, and they don't know when you're free. If you have MS Outlook 2007 you can simply Insert Calendar…

  • Using traffic to generate power

    If you've ever stood by a highway with a couple thousand cars whizzing by at 60+ mph you can attest to the amount of wind that the traffic pushes past you. What if there was a…

  • Happy Easter from the Levi Family

    2007-04-07 Easter

  • April 7, 1969: Internet Conceived

    The publication of the first "request for comments," or RFC, documents paves the way for the birth of the internet. April 7 is often cited as a symbolic birth date of the net…

  • RIAA Goes After NINE INCH NAILS Fans Over Deliberate Leak Campaign

    The RIAA has gone after web sites that have posted leaked songs from the upcoming NINE INCH NAILS album, "Year Zero". The issue at hand, however, is that the tracks were…

  • Prius Sales Surge in March

    According to TreeHugger.com , March 2007 was the best month ever for Toyota's hybrid cars (the Prius and Camry hybrid - they also sells a hybrid SUV) with 28,453 units sold…

  • DIGG.com Out of Service?

    While DIGGing today I was met with a DIGG Out of Service Message. Anyone know what they changed?

  • Music Mashups

    Music Mashups, back in my day they were called "remixes," but the end result is the same... Take two (or more) songs with similar cadence, the same key, and mash them together…

  • The solar industry is finding that size matters

    Suppliers of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels are in the midst of a multiyear investment boom, with an eye toward producing electricity as cheaply as the entrenched standard…

  • RARA = Beginning of the End of the RIAA?

    Could it be that the artists and record labels are finally catching on to the idea that the RIAA's mafia tactics are hurting consumer relationships and ultimately hurting their…

  • "Hurt" as sung by Kermit the Frog

    Those of you who know me know that I like NIN . But I also digg Kermit the Frog (Sesame's Street brain washing maybe?). So, what do you get when you cross NIN with Kermit? Watch…

  • RIAA Radar

    Via Slacy.com, I'd like to introduce you to "RIAA RADAR." What is RIAA Radar? The RIAA Radar is a tool that music consumers can use to easily and instantly distinguish whether an…

  • Why Hydrogen Fuel Cells Will Fail

    First, if you haven't seen "Who Killed the Electric Car" yet, go watch it. Even if they don't agree with the assertions made by either side, it's a good educational flick about…

  • Immigration Superhighway

    Except from How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico by John Dillin regarding Eisenhower's solution to the Immigration Superhighway: On June 17, 1954, what was…

  • JoeLevi.com Gets New Features!

    Bring on the bells and whistles! JoeLevi.com now has an email form so you, the faithful readers of JoeLevi.com (yes, both of you) can now email me right from my contact page …

  • Man: Ex' sex change should end alimony

    According to an AP article run on Yahoo! News : Lawrence Roach agreed to pay alimony to the woman he divorced, not the man she became after a sex change, his lawyers argued…

  • 9-Volt LED Votive

    Via Core77 and Inhabitat comes Richard Lawson 's 9-Volt LED Votive. Combine this "votive" with a rechargeable 9-volt battery and you've got the perfect "power's out" lighting…

  • Getting Paid to Blog

    A few of you may have noticed my latest experiment: sponsored 'blog posts. Before you get up in arms about being "bought and paid for" let me share with you reasoning (then…

  • Vertical Axis Wind Turbine, with STYLE!

    I've been a fan of wind mills and wind turbines for some time now, but what's really caught my attention has been VAWTs, Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. They're just like a normal…

  • RIAA Retreats after Receiving Letter from Defendant's Lawyer Threatening Malicious Prosecution

    In SONY v. Merchant in California , after receiving a sternly worded letter from the defendant's lawyer, Merl Ledford III, of Visalia, California, threatening a malicious…

  • KSL Reports on Energy Drinks, sort of

    KSL TV, a Utah based news affiliate station, reported that some energy drinks may have alcohol in them, but during their entire report they fail to mention which do and which do…

  • WordPress Tip: Maintaining Custom Code across Themes/Upgrades

    Those of you using WordPress as your Content Manager/'blog engine have undoubtedly been frustrated by the frequency of updates to the WordPress engine of late. WordPress 2.1 has…

  • Comment Spam

    It's not often that I rant just for the sake of ranting, so, be forewarned, this is a rant. This site, for those of you who don't know, is powered by WordPress, a very easy, very…

  • PayPal Asking E-Mail Services to Block Messages

    According to a story being run by CIO.com, PayPal is trying to "persuade email providers to block messages that lack digital signatures, which are aimed at cutting down on…

  • TMNT

    TMNT are back in a CG big-screen movie! I'll admit, the last Turtles movie that I've seen was the first one, which, as I recall was a live-action, box office hit from back in the…

  • HOWTO: Use a ConnectionString from the web.config in your ASP.NET .CS code

    In your .cs code you can pull the value of any ConnectionString using the following concept (where “blah” is the name of your connectionString as defined in your web.config…

  • Coolest Whiteboard EVER!

    Article by Joe Levi: Coolest Whiteboard EVER!.

  • Sobering Investments

    We all know that we should be putting money aside for a rainy day and retirement, right? And we've been told that the stock market is a good place to get a good return on our…

  • John Edwards: Elizabeth's Cancer Has Returned; Incurable

    2008 Democrat Presidential Hopeful (Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004) John Edwards announced today that his wife's cancer had returned and because it's now located…

  • Link Building

    The following is a sponsored review One of the most overlooked methods of increasing a page's search engine relevance is though link building. Yes, that does include getting…

  • New HTC Kaiser pictures out in the wild

    With GPS, Windows Mobile 6, WiFi, BlueTooth 2.0, a 3MP camera (both front and back), slide-out QWERTY keyboard (with auto-screen rotation), it's got everything that I want in a…

  • Updating my Widgets

    Today I set out to clean up my 'blog widgets. Take a look over in the right-channel and let me know if there's anything that's missing (or anything that you feel shouldn't be…

  • Mix '07

    It's official, I'm going to Mix '07 ! What is Mix? According to www.VisitMix.com/about: Come join the conversation: MIX is designed to facilitate an open exchange of ideas…

  • The Problem: Debt

    My parents were both raised during the Great Depression and learned to live within their (very meager) means. Their main concern was putting food on the table. Our economy has…

  • Do yourself a favor, get your big-screen TV professionally installed

    The following is a sponsored review I’ve had a 36” regular old CRT TV for several years. It was a pretty good one, a Sony® Trinatron&trade, flat in one dimension, standard…

  • HUMOR: Learn the Language

    For those on both sides of the "English as the Official Language" debate, here's a comic to put both sides in perspective... and hopefully put a smile on your face. (Thanks to…

  • Pelosi: "We Don’t Need 'Moral Judgment' From The Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs"

    Speaker Pelosi sharply criticizes Gen. Peter Pace for calling homosexuality "immoral." (Video at source.) Gen. Pace was asked for his PERSONAL OPINION. Which he gave. He didn't…

  • Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand

    Suspected Islamic militants shot dead three workers from Myanmar and beheaded one of them during an attack on a construction site in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south, police said…