Nerd, nature lover, animal lover. When not on Friendfeed I'm kayaking, hiking, playing with my mutts or piddling around home doing chores, gardening and fixups.
I just started reading "This Wheel's on Fire", the story of The Band written by Levon Helm. Great story about one of the great rock & roll bands. Highly recommended.
Great event, free concert every Friday evening where I live in Charlottesville, VA. Always loads of fun. Great locally brewed beer too.
- jcunwired
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"President Obama is holding an online town hall on health care policy on July 1 at 1:15 p.m. ET. Join the discussion now using the Twitter hashtag #whhcq and the widget below. Visit msnbc.com Wednesday to watch the forum live and chime in."
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"For 87 years, Reader’s Digest, that monthly breadbasket of condensed articles, can-do tales and grandmother-approved jokes, has aimed squarely at Middle America. Now it is aiming a little more to the right. After years of trying to broaden the appeal of Reader’s Digest, the publishers are pushing it in a decidedly conservative direction. It is cutting down on celebrity profiles and ramping up on inspiring spiritual stories. Out are generic how-to magazine features; in are articles about military life. “It’s traditional, conservative values: I love my family, I love my community, I love my church,” said Mary Berner, the president and chief executive of Reader’s Digest Association."
- jcunwired
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Really. How much further right can they go?
- Dinah
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These Yo Yo's sold my parents three separate subscriptions. They are subscribed through 2015 and I doubt RD lasts that long.
- Russellreno
"Squarely" is right. When I was a kid, I thought "oh, it's neat how Reader's Digest covers so many topics". Later on I realized that actually The New Yorker was the place to go for that. Lately the covers for RD that I've caught at the dentist's office and so on have been making me gag, all these babies doing nauseatingly cute stuff to make their "inspiring" points. I had a feeling it had deteriorated into complete rubbish.
- Kamilah Gill
"Getting more than about 30-feet of HDMI cable to make good on its "just plug it in, and it works" promise has always been challenging, but Blue Jeans showed off a 100-foot stretch of its 23.5AWG HDMI cable carrying 1080p/60 material at InfoComm this week. No exotic lights, ferrite beads, cryogenic gimmickry or even speed rating here, just quality bulk Belden wire with Bonded-Pair technology that maintains a constant cable impedance and keeps all those bits flowing in synch"
- jcunwired
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YouTube - Bighorn Sheep vs Toyoya 4Runner In Lander Wyoming "The Rise Of The Little Bighorn" - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
I have a Solio, its not quick enough to charge. I've looked into both Solius and Powermonkey. I'd like to have something that I can take on outdoor excursions. Thanks in advance for any thoughts.
- jcunwired
PowerMonkey eXplorer by PowerTraveller works for me really well for Nokia phone, Archos PMP, iPod Touch (finicky adapter - need to replace it), PSP, camera. https://powertraveller.com/iwantso...
- Rui Pereira
That one looks the most promising. There were a couple that were shown at CES that looked interesting, but not on the market yet.
- jcunwired
One very nice feature that would be nice to see in Seesmic desktop or Tweetdeck - Markers. "You can place a marker (will appear above tweet) on any timeline -- they are saved and reloaded with the timeline. If you mark another tweet, the marker will move. To remove the marker completely, tap unmark from the tweet menu for the tweet with the marker."
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"Later this summer, AT&T plans to start upgrading its wireless software with "HSPA" — short for high-speed packet access. Once the upgrade is complete — by 2011, AT&T says — "3G S owners will have a significantly better experience" on the mobile Web, Entner says. (HSPA isn't compatible with the 3G iPhone; you'll need to upgrade your device to take advantage of it.)"
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So the "S" part is not a feature users can take advantage of for another 18 months. Is it worth upgrading now for a better camera?
- jcunwired
Very tough choice for me. Both movies are at the very top of my list of favorites (just under The Fifth Element), but Apocalypse Now was so disturbing I wanted to dismiss it in this choice.
- jcunwired
Not the average day at the office, this short 'adventure' video showcases the functionality of Cisco Unified Communications. Cool video, worth watching.
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