Articles (page 49 of 50)
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Do you know your geography?
Via SheppardSoftware ... I got 86% with an average of 32 miles in 389 seconds.
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Inspirational Thought: Attitude is Everything
Via some chain e-mail... John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood andalways has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how hewas…
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Project "Vista Tablet": Part 2 (Hardware)
So now that we understand how Digital Ink can be used, and how meta-data behind that ink can be leveraged, what hardware does one need? Well, what hardware do I have? I have a…
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Project "Vista Tablet": Part 1 (Background)
I have a Fujitsu Lifebook T3010 Tablet PC (convertable) based on Intel Centrino, Pentium M (1.4), and Intel Extreme 2 Graphics running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition (2005) and…
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Humor: Too Much Gaming
What happens when you play too much Counter Strike, the popular computer game where counter-terrorists work to rescue hostages? It becomes real... Watch and see .
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Prediction: Voice Recognition and Text-to-Speech
Voice Recognition is getting pretty good these days... so is Text-to-Speech... but what would happen if you combined them? Imagine a world where you could have 95% accuracy in…
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nor shall private property be taken for public use…
The U.S. Supreme court, in a 5-4 decision, earlier this week the the FIFTH AMENDMENT to the U.S. Constitution, which states "nor shall private property be taken for public use…
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Panda Antivirus
I've been using Panda Antivirus for a while now. At first I was impressed by their white-paper on AV technologies, and how their software sat under the application layer for…
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Distraction of the Day
File this one under "don't quit your day job:" A television news reporter heads to the wine country to show us couch-dwellers how to stomp grapes. She should probably have left…
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How to Increase MPG in your Prius
I found this while reading some postings on www.PriusChat.com regarding how to get one's spouse to want to drive her new hybrid car to maximize fuel effeciency: What does she…
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Distraction of the Day
Today's Distraction of the Day is a montage of painful things that happen to somewhat deserving people. Click to view.
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Distraction of the Day
Sure, we've all heard of the stupid things that can happen when one is drinking, but who in their right mind would add fire to alcohol, then drink it? Let's just hope this guy…
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Distraction of the Day
What do you get when you cross a local morning news show, a reporter who's afraid of snakes, a leaping lizard, and the local animal expert? You've gotta see it!
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Got the time?
Via home.tiscali.nl, here's an interesting idea for a clock.
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The Dangers of Bread
Via B.S. Wheatberry , bread is very dangerous!! Here is an excerpt of some of the astounding findings concerning this much-too-common foodstuff. More than 98 percent of convicted…
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Perspective: Firearm Fatalities
If you consider that there have been an average of 160,000 troops in theater during the last 22 months, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000. The rate in the…
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Announcing "Geek Speak: Technical Help Resource"
In an effort to help decypher the sometimes daunting world of modern computing, I have created GeekSpeak: Technical Help Resource . Take a gander and let me know what you think!
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Tangled Keyword Expirament
Here's a nifty expirament from Amidst a Tangled Web having to do with search engine keywords.... "I'm a curious fellow, and that curiosity has prompted me to conduct an…
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Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Officially Released
The day has come. The day we begin to take back the web. Mozilla's Firefox is out of beta and now in official release, download it here .
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History Repeats Itself
Via Neowin.net, back in 1952, "Back to a presidential contest too close to call, a nation worried it is vulnerable to attack, and a single company dominating computing," and…
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Tablet PCs: Ideal for Classroom Use
For the last few years I've been using my Pocket PC with portable keyboard for note-taking in my college classes. With a WiFi NIC, IR keyboard, and campus-wide wireless access, I…
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JoeLevi.com now offers MSN Alerts
If you use MSN or Microsoft Messenger you can now get MSN alerts whenever JoeLevi.com publishes a new 'blog entry. Just look for this link at the bottom of the page: This alert…
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Quick Weather Update
Here it is, October 25th, and it's snowing on the HAFB plateau.
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Why'd they take away my (.NET) passport?
Via NeoWin.net, Microsoft is re-purposing (read: scaling back) their .NET Passport strategy to just Microsoft websites, and very close partner sites. Originally, Microsoft had…
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File this under "well, duh"
I subscribe to several MSN Alerts and get up-to-the minute (hour?) updates about traffic, weather, viral warnings, Neowin.net updates, etc. The whole point in getting these…
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Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Now that the launch of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (what a long name!) has passed, I'm no longer under a "cone of silence" and can talk a little bit about it. I've built…
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UVSC above the Law?
Utah Valley State College (UVSC) decided to bring the highly controversial Michael Moore to speak. The total cost is over $50,000 ($40K paid to Mr. Moore himself, the rest in…
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New Web Host
I've been freeloading for far too long from a friend who's been graciously hosting my websites. Today I've contracted for a new server to host JoeLevi.com. So far the transition…
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Fraudulent Memos?
Via JoeUser.com ... You may have heard about the memos that've recently surfaced charging that President Bush didn't complete his National Guard Service commitments. The evidence…
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"Not Quiet As" Longhorn
According to TechNewsWorld Microsoft is trimming back the proposed feature set of their upcoming operating system (codenamed "Longhorn"). Recently, Longhorn's release date was…
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Tomorrow's Stereograms — TODAY!
Remember those stereograms back in highschool, the prints that looked like a "static field" on paper, and when you crossed your eyes just right you'd be able to see a 3D image in…
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Google AdSense
Years ago I tried the whole "make money off your website" deal. Most were ad banners that were ads for other ad banners (ePipo, AllAdvantage, etc.). Basically, you'd install a…
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out of phone numbers by 2025?
According to this C|Net article , "Federal agencies estimate that [we'll] run out of 10-digit [phone] numbers, which include area codes, by 2025." The article doesn't say who…
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math tricks
What's 85 2 ? Why, that's simple! 7,225! How do I know that? Well, thanks to the Vedics (who predate Christ), we have mathematical shortcuts all rolled up in what's called Vedic…
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solar cooking
I've got an old Sony DirecTV DSS dish that I'm no longer using. It's an 18" vertical elliptical dish, but it's a parabolic reflector nonetheless. So I broke out the silver spray…
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an impromptu family campout
The family and I took an impromptu camping trip on Friday last. We headed up Farmington (Utah) Canyon, Natalie at the helm of the mini-van. She made her way skillfully up the…
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Blog Feeds on My Yahoo!
If you had any question left about whether blogging and site syndication were going to take off, Yahoo! has just added a feature to it's MyYahoo! service. Currenty in Beta…
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Now you're cooking with … magnets?!
Remember the old (old!) catch-phrase "now you're cooking with gas"? Sure, natural gas (and propane) are (arguably) slightly more efficient and cheaper than cooking with…
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Sex offender?!
I've always had a very high ranking on Google for the keywords "Joe Levi" (thanks Google!). But over time, more Joe Levi's have popped up, including one Mister Joe Levi Maez, who…
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PocketPC Blogging?
In my opinion blogging can be divided into two points of interested: posting and reading. That's where things get more complicated. I don't host my own server (yet?) so I use…
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Maybe the trees don't want to be hugged…
I consider myself more environmentally aware and responsible than the average Joe. (Who do you know that's quoted out an active solar array with grid-interconnect? Just saving my…
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Porter Lawrence Levi (updated)
The most recent "Little Levi," Porter Lawrence Levi arrived today (29 June 2004) at 7:20pm MDT at Davis Hospital. His weight: 7 pounds 11.4 ounces; Length: 20.5" The delivery was…
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CLEAR and Illegal Immigration
Why do police officers check your license and registration when you get pulled over for a traffic infraction? Why don't they just write you a ticket for that infraction and let…
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2004 Damewood Family Summer Reunion
The Damewood Family (of which I'm a member) tries to have an annual "Summer Birthday's Observation Party," but it's really somewhat of a family reunion more than anything else…
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10-Year Class Reunion
Well, due mostly to the fact that a good number of the calls didn't get invitations, and those that did are still recovering from excessive sticker shock ($150/couple?!), the…
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Alternative Energy
I'm interested in setting up a grid-connected solar/wind system at my suburban home to suppliment (and eventually replace my dependance upon) power from the grid. I've invloved…
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Profiling
Some people say profiling is anti-American and unconstitutionally illegal. With that in mind, do you remember the following? 1. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were…
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Stitches
Michael and I were working in the garden today. I was cutting posts for the fence (to keep our vicious guard dog out) and Michael was moving some spilled, hardend post-mix…
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An odd coincidence?
Not long ago I 'blogged about the behedding of Nick Berg and the outrage that I felt concerning that type of behavior. Now I'm starting to wonder... This morning I heard about…
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The Wired Minute – Tip of the Day
Recently I got an email from a trusted friend who undoubtedly sent it with the greatest intentions. According to the email “Bill Gates and AOL are teaming up” the email said “to…