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Hello Moto Razr

Short story: I got the crippled Verizon Razr V3c for free to replace the V710, so that my brother-in-law can have a replacement phone.

Long Story:
A couple days ago I got a call from my brother-in-law, who happened to use a cellphone that’s on my family plan, he told me that his car has been […]

How Firefox got me in trouble

Firefox got me in trouble today - with our firm IT:

IT: Do you use firefox?
Me: Yes
IT: Why?
Me: Why not?
IT: It’s not supported in firm web apps
Me: I know, and i don’t use it for firm web apps
IT: You shouldn’t have it
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Collection of random stuff (1)

As I was planning on all the fun things I could do in Taiwan and making a list of all the food I will have to eat over there, I found out that I will not be able to return this December as I have planned earlier. Just the day before we reserve the […]

[name]+[comment]@gmail.com

Something new I have learned today about how awesome gmail is.
The e-mail address itself can be dynamic, for example, for an address of whoever@gmail.com, you can make it into whoever+whatever@gmail.com, and it will still be delivered to whoever@gmail.com. With this new concept, it become even easier to filter emails. For ebay account, I […]

Google Earth broadcasts Katrina aftermath

Google Earth started publishing images of Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, for more information please visit their site.
We the people in Oregon are fortunate enough that we don’t really have much disasters except forest fire. Please, donate to help the victims of this tragic event. They have lost everything.
From Google
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Spammer beaten to death

Not that I like to hear this, but surely I don’t mind hear this.
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