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February 15th, 2008 - FreakAngels: Episode 0001

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:57:45 GMT

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Clip Source: www.freakangels.com

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Brass Knuckle Mug

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:39:45 GMT

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Clip Source: www.thabto.co.uk

Don't be a MUG! Look like a real man when you're drinkin' your brew!

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Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:33:40 GMT

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clipper's remarks: So funny, I wish there were more

Clip Source: badgods.com

Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening

There once was a horse-riding chap
Who took a trip in a cold snap
He stopped in the snow
But he soon had to go:
He was miles away from a nap.

The Raven

There once was a girl named Lenore
And a bird and a bust and a door
And a guy with depression
And a whole lot of questions
And the bird always says "Nevermore."

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

There was an old father of Dylan
Who was seriously, mortally illin'
"I want," Dylan said
"You to bitch till you're dead.
"I'll be cheesed if you kick it while chillin'."

I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud

There once was a poet named Will
Who tramped his way over a hill
And was speechless for hours
Over some stupid flowers
This was years before TV, but still.

Footprints in the Sand

There was a man who, at low tide
Would walk with the Lord by his side
Jesus said "Now look back;
You'll see one set of tracks.
That's when you got a piggy-back ride."

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The Superest

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:01:23 GMT

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Clip Source: thesuperest.com

The Superest is a continually running game of My Team, Your Team. The rules are simple:

Player 1 draws a character with a power. Player 2 then draws a character whose power cancels the power of that previous character. Repeat.

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Takara Tomy's Transformers MP3

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:53:25 GMT

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Clip Source: www.engadget.com

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5 Great Resources To Publish Your Portfolio!

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:42:55 GMT

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Clip Source: stylishlabs.com

Behance - Is a community that organizes creative artwork from creative artists, as they say, “The Behance Network is a platform for creative portfolios, projects, and collaborations.”

Carbonmade - Is a great application/site that helps you manage your work so you can easily display it, in a very simple way.

Creative Binge - Receive millions of views each month in this great community for designers, where you can easily manage your own portfolio, you can add/remove items in less than 1 minute.

Coroflot - This is a community site for creative professionals, this site covers cross-discipline design, with industrial design, interaction design and graphic design the three most popular categories.

Muse - Is a space where you can submit your creative artwork and tell everyone what inspired you, I think that’s a really good concept to share the ideas, and to learn where some creative ideas come from.

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Trash Art

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:00:37 GMT

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Clip Source: www.pantherhouse.com

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Cheat on the Need to Sleep

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:10:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Daniel Kripke of the University of California, San Diego on the following recommendations for obtaining optimum sleep value:

Clip Source: howto.wired.com

Quality not quantity. No matter how much your mother tells you that you need eight hours of sleep, if you're not tired and you can't truly relax, your sleep time will be worthless.

Do not take sleeping pills. This includes over-the-counter pills and melatonin.

Don't go to bed until you're sleepy. If you have trouble sleeping, try going to bed later or getting up earlier.

Get up at the same time every morning, even after a bad night's sleep. The next night, you'll be sleepy at bedtime.

If you wake up in the middle of the night and can't fall back to sleep, get out of bed and return only when you are sleepy.

Avoid worrying, watching TV, reading scary books, and doing other things in bed besides sleeping and sex. If you worry, read thrillers or watch TV, do that in a chair that's not in the bedroom.

Do not drink or eat anything caffeinated within six hours of bedtime.

Scientists say that a successful midday nap depends on two things: timing and (no kidding) caffeine consumption.

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Field Reports: Guerrilla Office Tactics

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:07:59 GMT

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Clip Source: www.43folders.com

Bozo filter - Filter into a “holding” folder every email message for which you are not the sole “TO:” recipient. This filter includes lists, “CC:”s, “BCC:”s, and any number of other bulk-y messages that were never destined for you alone. Then you check that folder once a day, and create compensating rules as needed.

Lessons from Mr. Hand - One minute after a designated meeting time, the door to the meeting room closes, and latecomers ain’t welcome.

Remove the comfort - Related to the “no gadgets” rule, some groups are reportedly trying to reduce meeting time by making it less fun and comfortable to sit around for an hour or two. This can range from no longer “catering” meetings with food and water, to shutting off wi-fi, to more extreme measures, such as no-chair meetings.

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Geek to Live: Supercharge your Firefox downloads with DownThemAll

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:13:19 GMT

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Clip Source: lifehacker.com

When it comes to heavy duty download jobs, Firefox's default Downloads manager just doesn't cut the mustard. If you often need closer control of multiple, large downloads, you need the DownThemAll! Firefox add-on. This extra-strength download manager can speed up, queue for later, and batch download sets of files from the web based on patterns you define in one click.

Using filters: Download all the MP3's on a page

Define your filter.

Select all the MP3's with your filter.

Custom rename files.

One-click access to dTa settings

Once you've got a set of dTa preferences set up that you want to reuse over and over again - say, if you want to download several Flickr sets on different pages - you want to use dTaOneClick!, also available on your right-click context menu. From the help:

The one thing you can't do with dTa that you can with my beloved command line wget is schedule regular, recurring downloads (like all the MP3's from Idolator every day at noon).

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5 Useful facts about credit

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:43:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Source includes 2 more common sense tips:
5. Don't apply for too many cards at once
7. Don't Lie about Credit info

Clip Source: creditpro.wordpress.com

1) Approximately 35% of your credit score is based on past debts that are over 30 days late. This means if for some reason you are going to be late on a payment, do not let it slip past 30 days late.

2) Canceling credit cards can actually hurt your credit score, particularly if they are an old and established part of your credit history. Even if you no longer use a card that is ten or twenty years old, in most cases it is better to simply shred it since 15% of your score is based on the length of your history. In addition, keeping accounts open gives you a better debt to credit ratio, which makes up 30% of your credit score.

3) While not taking on any debt and paying for everything with cash seems like a logical choice for individuals who can afford this lifestyle, no credit means bad credit in the eyes of lenders. There is bound to be a time when you cannot buy something with cash, such as purchasing your first house, so make the effort to open at least one account and make purchases with the credit card occasionally.

4) Applying for too many credit cards at once is extremely detrimental to your credit score since every time someone checks your current credit status, it leaves a ding that lasts a year. When you suddenly start applying for a large amount of credit, it sends up a red flag that you are enduring some financial trouble you are prepared for or that you are accumulating too much debt.

6) And finally, avoid freecreditreport.com like the plague! It isn’t free and is a complete scam. If you want your credit report for free you can check all three major reporting companies every 12 months without any negative effects at the government sponsored site: annualcreditreport.com

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Search Gmail - Geek Style

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:32:30 GMT

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Clip Source: www.our-picks.com

I know what you’ll say, that you can do all this stuff using the ‘Show search options’ button. But if you’re like me and you like doing things simple, quick and using your keyboard then these tips might just be useful.

We all know the search bar in our Gmail accounts that lets us keep track of the e-mails we sent and received over time. Also we all know the advanced menu that helps us find that important e-mail you can’t view for 30 minutes. If you combine the two mentioned above you get the following:

Here are some standard tags to find e-mails, their function can be easily deduced:
- from:
- to:
- subject:
- label:

All you have to do is type it in the search box like so:
from:co_worker@domain.com
or maybe
to:beloved_wife@gmail.com

Another interesting search criteria is ‘filename:’ after it you can add the name of a file attached to a e-mail and better yet you can put there only the extension and it will find all the files with the given extension.

A interesting combination is “in:” and “is:”. It tells Google where to look ( inbox, spam, anywhere but it does not work with the ’sent’ folder) and is: has several values (starred, unread, read). You can use them separately or you can come up with expressions like:
in:inbox is:unread

There are also several searches I think you will find easy to understand:
before:date (yyyy/mm/dd)
after:date
cc:
bcc:

Now that you know this basic syntax you can evolve using combined searches like:
to:etherfast subject:(hardware OR playstation)
from:etherfast before:2006/01/23 subject:games “WoW” price

There you have it, the possibilities are practically infinite, that’s what I like about Google, it just provides the tools for you to enjoy.

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Things my boyfriend says

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:53:36 GMT

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Clip Source: www.thingsmyboyfriendsays.com

e: My hands hurt from doing the dishes.
me: You're such a delicate flower.
e: How does it feel?
me: How does what feel?
e: Being punched in the face by a delicate flower?

me: Who loves you?
e: Megatron.

me: It's my birthday soon. You'd better get me something pretty.
e: I'll get ME something pretty, and you can play with it.

"Why are people always stealing my ideas? Like penis in vagina sex. MY IDEA."

e: I want popcorn.
me: You could eat a can of chick peas.
e: Wow! I could also eat the carpet!

e: I'd get a bunny if they weren't so stupid.
me: They're brilliant!
e: They chew extenstion cords!
me: So do you!
e: Yeah, but for me it's a religious obligation.
me: What religion is that?
e: I'm not allowed to tell outsiders.
me: How do you know I'm not a member?
e: Obviously, you'd be chewing extension cords.

"It's a rule of the world that naked girls have to do what men wearing clothes say."

me: Can I call Queer Eye For The Straight Guy to give you a makeover?
e: What could they possibly change? I'm COMPLETELY FABULOUS.

"There's some pretty deal-breaking snatch out there."

me: Your fly is open.
e: I'M ADVERTISING.

After sneaking up behind me and kissing me:

me: What was that for?
e: It's a French sign of loathing.

While watching a commercial for pickup trucks:

"Buy this truck and PUNCH MOTHER NATURE IN THE FACE."

While E was playing Civilization 4 I decided to go to the store. He asked if I would bring him back something, I said no, and he said:

"And I was just going to name this city I conquered after you. I guess I'll have to call it Bitchburg."

On his hair.

"Smells like dinosaurs!"

me: I'd kick Martha Stewart's ass at Scrabble.
e: She probably cheats.

me: What do you think famous dogs eat?
e: Smaller dogs.

e: I want a three pronged stick so I can do laundry three times as fast.
me: But you'll only be able to wash little squares of cloth.
e: You obviously don't understand math.

e: You know, teddy bears and robots are mortal enemies.
me: Really. Since when.
e: It's been a few years now.

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Tips for Writing Your Term Paper

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:27:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: 57 Tips explained in detail at the source site. A good place to start for beginners.

Clip Source: www.degreetutor.com

Know Thy Prof

Professors are human. They can be kind and supportive or bitter and vindictive, like it or not. Grin and bear it or switch classes. Or get to know what your prof wants. Studies show (PDF, 3 pgs) that getting to know them improves your chances of success in college.

Understand them. It's key to your success, as it can lead to mentoring from them, which is valuable if you plan to do graduate work. Sitting near the front of class improves your chances of catching little hints and participating in lectures.

Think like a professor. Most professors say it takes about two minutes of preparation for each minute of lecture. Participate in the learning process by previewing topics before a lecture. If you want to go a step beyond, understand what a lecturer has to consider when preparing exams, assignments and term paper options.

Your professor has a job and a life. Do approach them for help, but do it during their designated office hours. Lecturers have a memory for students who don't display respect, and it can affect your mark in the long run.

Outlining & Research

Create a regimen

Use a roadmap

Write legible notes

Use the Google, be the Google

Get the big picture

Bookmark

Cite for sore eyes

Looks Are Everything

Put in the effort. Make it look as if you cared about it enough to organize your paper. Write a good introduction and make it clear what you are writing about.

Hand in a clean paper

Produce good diagrams

Don't use online term paper mills

The Most Common Mistakes

Not picking a good study spot

Not knowing the material

Not reviewing lecture notes

Poor grammar

Leaving things to the last minute

Not meeting the assigned word count

Not meeting the deadline

Using someone’s work and not citing it

Not getting enough rest

Utilizing Resources

Utilize your resources: attend seminars and labs

Collaborate, don't copy

Get to know your university’s library

Digital journals

General Tips

Listen to Baroque music

Learn critical thinking

Talk to the teaching assistant

Check the official course website

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HOW TO: Fight Companies Online And Win

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:20:35 GMT

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Clip Source: consumerist.com

STEP ONE: GET SCREWED

START A BLOG

POST YOUR INITIAL COMPLAINT

Type the letters, one after another. Be sure to include Who, What, Where, When, and How. It's fine to be all emo but at least get the facts in there before you start slicing your wrists all over the screen.

INCLUDE CONTACT INFORMATION

A valid email address should do. If you don't feel like dealing with this blog for the rest of your life, set up a new email address like verizoniseatingmyface@gmail.com.

ENABLE COMMENTS

People will need to offer you advice and solace, as well as throw text-based poop in your direction. Leave these playground gates open. Respond to questions when appropriate.

STOCK SMOKING GUNS

Include pictures, audio, video, phone call recordings, scanned copies of letters, and conversation transcripts. YouTube is good for uploading video. You can even get away with uploading pure audio there too. The key idea here is to publicly publish evidence to bolster your case. The more and the more irrefutable it is, the better your chances are of getting that money or hug you want.

INCLUDE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE COMPANY

If people hear your cry and are sympathetic, they may take it upon themselves to call or write the company on your behalf. Boom! Instant protest campaign.

EMBED A SITEMETER

INSERT GOOGLE ADS

SET UP GOOGLE ALERTS

Set up some google alerts for your name, blog URL and blog name. This will help notify you if your story starts breaking bigger and will make you feel good.

SUBMIT TO CLEARING HOUSES

Digg (requires registration)
BoingBoing (submit via form)
The Consumerist (send email)
Fark (requires registration)
Metafilter (requires registration, donation and other hoops. Basically need to be an active member already).

ACTIVELY PURSUE AND POST

BE PREPARED FOR THE PRESS

...AND THE REST IS UP TO YOU. GODSPEED.

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