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  • Apple megapatch plugs 45 security holes

    The megapatch, also known as Mac OS X 10.4.9, is the 7th Apple security patch release in 3 months. So much for Apple being "more secure" than Windows. read more | digg story

  • Unlocking Your Cell Phone: Legal Since November 2006

    The Library of Congress (who knew they were in charge of this) issued a new rule in 2006 making it legal to unlock cell phones for the "purpose of lawfully connecting to a…

  • Toyota Prius in Music Video

    I don't know why I never knew this... Weird Al's White and Nerdy music video features a Gen II Prius. Take a look:

  • HOW TO: Position your site in search engines

    Determine the purpose of your site at a very high level To sell products online for shipment to customers To provide dealers with up-to-date information on current products and…

  • Pelosi: Clean up "culture of corruption" = appoint corrupt politicians

    "Eight months after a federal bribery probe turned up more than $90,000 in Rep. William Jefferson's (D) freezer and he was videotaped accepting a bribe, House Speaker Nancy…

  • Who is behind Facebook?

    Have you ever wondered how "free" sites such as mySpace, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc. operate? After all, it takes money to run a business, even if that business takes advantage of…

  • Foxtrot vs. the RIAA

    Article by Joe Levi: Foxtrot vs. the RIAA.

  • America Land of the Free* (*=Some restrictions apply, void where prohibited)

    The Department of Homeland Security has issued its requirements for standardizing state identification cards. "States must start issuing the new internal passports by May 2008…

  • Did DIGG Entrap Abusers with a Honeypot?

    My friend pointed me to a DIGG article about a website that pays users per story DUGG. I'm against this. People shouldn't need to pay someone to have their stories DUGG, that…

  • To Block or Not to Block

    While reading a post from Amidst a Tangled Web (a 'blog that I read frequently) regarding the bombardment of advertising that we're seeing in the world around us today. One of…

  • STUPID HEADLINES: Black holes shed light on galaxy formation

    "Black holes shed light on galaxy formation, " that's what the headline reads over at MSNBC.com . The article is about how certain "black hole experts" are concluding that black…

  • Salt Lake Mayor "Rocky" a Hate-Monger or a Hypocrite?

    In a radio interview Salt Lake City Mayor "Rocky" Anderson described anyone who mentions the religious background of the accused Trolley Square Murderer, Sulejman Talovic, to be…

  • ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit's Accordion Control: Databinding

    I have two pages that dynamically load title and content data on a page for press releases and similar data. Today when attempting to present this data using ASP.NET AJAX Control…

  • Salt Lake Killing Spree Stopped by a "Good Guy with a Gun"

    The killing spree that was perpetrated Monday night at Salt Lake City's Trolley Square shopping mall was reportedly cut short by a "Good Guy with a Gun." An off-duty Ogden City…

  • The Anti-EULA

    If you've been awake this past decade you're no doubt aware of the EULA (End User License Agreement), most of which basically throw out your Consumer Rights, and force you to…

  • HOW TO: Hard Reset the ETEN G500

    I consider it "good practice" to reload my Windows Mobile phone every 6 months or so. You see, I'm a tinkerer. I love getting the latest software and loading it up. Edititing the…

  • Linksys WRT54GP2 "Router still restarting. Please wait a moment."

    I have a Linksys WRT54GP2 Router/VoIP Gateway. It's a neat little box. It does 802.11b/g with WEP and WPA. It's a router. It's a 3-port switch. It's a 2-line VoIP gateway (locked…

  • Why is the Palm Treo 320×320 and the Windows Treo 240×240?

    A question that is asked frequently about Windows Mobile devices is why they're "lower resolution" than their Palm counter parts, particularly the Treo P (320x320) and Treo W…

  • DOE Plans Desert Explosives Test, Mushroom Cloud to contain tons of radioactive dust

    I wrote the following letter to my Utah State Senator regarding the "Divine Strake" above-ground explosives test that risks throwing tons of radioactive dust into the air over…

  • HOW TO: Impliment DIGG's new "Smart Button" in WordPress

    DIGG has released a "smart" version of it's classic DIGG Button. This new version will not only allow your site's visitors to "DIGG This" right from your article, it also shows…

  • Window Vista: An Epic Saga of Love, Hate, and Incompatibility

    Background I took the plunge! I obtained a copy of Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (32bit) for System Builders. This I purchased along with three 500GB Western Digital SATA…

  • New York Times: All Humans Must Die

    According to a story ( A Radical Step to Preserve a Species: Assisted Migration by Carl Zimmer) run in the Science Times section of the New York Times (Tuesday, January 23, 2007)…

  • Interesting Perspective

    "What would you say if I told you that 43,000 Americans would die this year from terrorist attacks?" This comic asks the question, then voices some chilling recommendations, only…

  • Playing the Market

    I've been employed with Lifetime Products for over a year now, and as such now qualify for their 401(k) plan (which is quite generous). While I like 401(k)'s on the surface, I'm…

  • Why U.S. Presidential Hopeful Barack Obama Doesn't Want You to Know His Middle Name

    Barack Obama, a Democrat, is Illinois' Junior U.S. Senator (Incumbent) and has recently taken the first steps to being considered as a candidate for President. But he's got a…

  • A Web Developer's Guide to "Downtime"

    When picking a web host it is very important to keep "uptime" in mind. What is "uptime" you ask? Simply put, uptime is the percentage to time that the website is "up," measured…

  • The Girl With a Boy's Brain

    "Kiriana Cowansage can run complex neuroscience experiments and sketch beautiful portraits. She melts at the sight of an animal, but she balks at the concept of love. Such…

  • Utah's Governor Aiding and Abetting Felons?

    According to a KSL.com story, "Utah's Jon Huntsman said he would oppose a repeal of a law allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at Utah's colleges and…

  • Flying Cars in Utah

    KSL.com has had some notoriously interesting headlines, this one is no different: Another Car Flies Off the Road in Little Cottonwood Canyon Wow! So this isn't the first time a…

  • PDA that does what it's supposed to do: Assist you

    Regardless if you're using Windows Mobile device, Palm, some other device, or even the iPhone, there's a PDA that was built from the ground up, not borrowing from any other GUI…

  • Do you have autistic traits?

    My oldest son was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome (also called Asperger's Disorder) when he was very young (one of the youngest to be positively diagnosed in the state of Utah)…

  • Proposed: Solution to Win the Iraq War

    Problem 1: Uniforms It's very difficult to fight a war when the opposing soldiers don't wear a uniform to distinguish them from civilians. The Geneva Conventions provide certain…

  • Has DIGG gone public?

    Yes, DIGG is a publicly traded company (OTC), but it has nothing to do with Kevin Rose. DIGG.pk is the symbol for Digital Gas, Inc. (it's a penny stock, so us cash-strapped…

  • Cool Site of the Day: PackageMapping.com

    PackageMapping.com is a package tracking and mapping mashup utilizing API's from Google Maps, UPS, FedEx, DHL, and the USPS. It provides a two-click interface to track your…

  • Proposed Solution to Illegal Immigration

    Any person desiring to work in the United States (including day labor) must have their identity confirmed by a State agency. They must submit their identification documents…

  • RIAA: "Woops, we sued the wrong person… again"

    Using a tactic that should be illegal the RIAA has once again shown us that they don't care about their listeners, just about their own pocketbooks! As illustrated by the…

  • A Web Developer's Introduction to Regular Expressions (REGEX)

    According to Wikipedia , "a regular expression (abbreviated as regexp or regex, with plural forms regexps, regexes, or regexen) is a string that describes or matches a set of…

  • Google Tip: Track UPS packages from Google

    Have you ever wanted to track a UPS package? If so you've probably gone out to UPS.com, selected your country from their drop-down, clicked the checkbox to plant a cookie so the…

  • How to Protect Your Email

    Background Government officials (the FTC, the FBI, and the Postal Inspectors Office, etc.) need not obtain a search warrant to read your email. Stop. Read that last sentence…

  • 1500 Megawatt Wind Project Planned

    In a joint venture between Southern California Edison and Allco Finance Group (an Australian financing firm). A massive 1500 Megawatt Wind farm has been planned. The first…

  • Toyota Prius Links

    http://www.askdavetaylor.com/link_my_motorola_slvr_cellphone_to_my_toyota_prius_via_bluetooth.html…

  • A Levi Family Christmas

    Christmas Season 2006

  • Pachelbel's Canon: The foundation of oh so many songs

    I love Pachelbel's Canon in D , it is a very calming, soothing song. It has just enough tempo to keep the lay listener interested, but not so much as to malign the classical ear…

  • What if… Mary Poppins was a Horror Film

    Article by Joe Levi: What if… Mary Poppins was a Horror Film.

  • Record Labels Sue AllofMP3.com, again; Thumb Nose at International Treaty

    Here's the funny thing: www.AllOfMP3.com is a Russian company. Under Russian copyright law (as I understand it), any person/company can act as an agent for another (just like in…

  • Leopard Saves Baby Baboon After Killing its Mother

    She is the ultimate predator - a sleek and stealthy killer. Pouncing on her prey, she silences the baboon with one swipe of a vicious paw. Then, suddenly, something stirs in the…

  • Iraq's Real Tie to Islamic Terrorism: What the Mass Media Isn't Telling Us

    I woke up early on the morning of October 26, 2003. I was in Baghdad, staying at the famous al Rashid Hotel. From that hotel, CNN broadcast images of the first Gulf War to the…

  • Going Green: Living Walls

    Not long ago I posted an entry about Roof Gardens and the potential benefits one could expect from "greening" the rooftops of large buildings, and even your own home. Expand that…

  • Adventures in Hi Def

    We've had a 36" tube-style 4:3 Sony® TV for about 8 years now. It's been a good TV, all things considered. It was a Trinitron® cylinder — so it was flat in one dimension, but…

  • RIAA: "Artists Paid Too Much"

    "On December 1 The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the RIAA is currently petitioning the panel of federal government Copyright Royalty Judges to lower the rates paid to…