November 2009
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Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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“Malakhov is not an easy player to play against. At this point, I also do not...”
– Susan Polgar in The chess games of Wesley So thread. Kind words from Susan Polgar.
Nov 29th
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“That was the shocker on day two of round three: 16-year-old Wesley So held...”
– ChessBase.com - World Cup R3: Kamsky eliminated by So
Nov 28th
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“A buccaneer studies in the hope of unlocking Great Secrets! Wonder! Mastery! A...”
– James Bach, How a Self-Educated HS Dropout Became the Youngest Manager at Apple - Buccaneer scholar
Nov 26th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 23rd
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(CNN) — Efren Peñaflorida, who started a “pushcart classroom” in the Philippines to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership, has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year. Congratulations, Efren!
Nov 23rd
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Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo →
A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.
Nov 22nd
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“Today, it is most appropriate to use and refer to time based on UTC and not on...”
– GMT vs. UTC - An Overview of GMT and UTC
Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
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“For those of you who haven’t yet tried it, P2 is an awesome micro blogging theme...”
– A New P2 « Blog « WordPress.com
Nov 21st
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Nov 20th
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Nov 20th
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Nov 20th
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Nov 19th
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Nov 19th
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Nov 19th
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The Day Disqus Missed The Spam Comments
Seth of sethsimonds.com explained why he kicked off Disqus off his blog: 3. I want solid spam filtering. Disqus has a lot of work to do to bring its filter up to Akismet’s level. I turned off “reactions” weeks ago (imported comments from FriendFeed, tweets, etc) because Disqus failed to give life only to legitimate remarks. I’m not the only one with spam issues. Disqus seems to have a lot of...
Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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“While storage costs have been dropping naturally, we’ve also been working...”
– Official Gmail Blog: More extra storage for less Well, I guess that’s good news. Now it’s getting more affordable. Think about online backup of my photos.
Nov 11th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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FICS vs. Playchess.com
Got Fritz12 recently, and with it comes a 12-month premium subscription at playchess.com. I tried connecting to their chess server and my observation so far: It’s far more easy to find an opponent and play online chess in FICS (freechess.org) than in playchess.com. I don’t know, maybe I’m missing something. Anybody can correct me in the comments. But that’s my...
Nov 7th
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“With Net Chess you can play chess with friends and family on the same computer,...”
– Net Chess If only it was free, it would have been the perfect software for playing over local network (LAN).
Nov 5th
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The Sims Horror Movie - by CollegeHumor
Nov 5th
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Nov 2nd
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PF Ryan Anderson: Orlando Magic's Secret Weapon
With Rashard Lewis out for the first ten games of the regular season, head coach Stan Van Gundy has named Ryan Anderson as the starting power forward. Lewis is serving a suspension he was given in the offseason after testing positive for a banned substance. Anderson has stepped up for the Magic, scoring 16 points in each of his first two games, both wins. He has also grabbed six rebounds and...
Nov 1st
October 2009
46 posts
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Oct 31st
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“Enable “Always use HTTPS.” Any time you visit a webpage, your...”
– Gmail account security tips
Oct 31st