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Six of One, Half Dozen of Another

Nov 30 2008 / 11:50 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

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Google Chrome was an awesome toy when it first appeared on our internets. Then came the talk of how it has an identifier and how it means that Google knows even more about you. Some people became frightened and ran away from Chrome, seeking solace in her older counterparts FirefoxSafari, and Opera. Others, who were on Mac and other platforms chose to work with the Chromium backbone and build there own browser.

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Ill

Nov 26 2008 / 12:36 am Was written by Amber View Comments

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Happy Birthday to The Doctor

Nov 23 2008 / 6:56 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

A fantastic video tribute on the 45th birthday:

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Twitter Dumping

Nov 19 2008 / 6:07 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

The demise of Twitter has been in conversations for about as long as it has existed. It has spawned several clones and a few incarnations which have improved functionality and flawless up-time. All these points have been mentioned by previous authors in the hopes to take down the behemoth service. Even with recent discussions of the impending necessity of monetization of the service, the detractors (including myself) have forgotten one thing about the service.

People love the thing.

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Slow News Week

Nov 13 2008 / 6:46 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

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Long Distance

Nov 11 2008 / 12:16 am Was written by Amber View Comments

What We Saw

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I’ll Woolly you tonight

Nov 5 2008 / 7:49 pm Was written by Teh James View Comments

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to ride your own Battle Mammoth? Using your magnificent steed’s tusks to gore and rip at those who oppose you? Those who would fight truth, justice, fairness and the vagabond way? Well dream no more my friend, for RIKEN, a genetics lab in Japan, is having great successes in the fields of cloning long frozen & damaged cells.

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