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Sites that I found interesting for September 12th 2009 through September 14th 2009:

• Intel announces storage- and communications-specific processor – The Jasper Forest enhanced Nehalem Xeon chip lowers system power consumption by 27 watts and is aimed at ultra-dense blades, VoIP, NAS, and SANs
• 10 Solid Tips to Safeguard Your Facebook Privacy #fb –
• Trojan Hides Its Brain in Google Groups – Recently, security vendor Symantec spotted a Trojan horse program that's been programmed to visit a private Google Groups newsgroup, called escape2sun, where it can download encrypted instructions or even software updates.

Sites that I found interesting for March 13th 2009 through March 14th 2009:

• Grapevine – From the About page: The Grapevine was first planted in February 2009 and immediately sprouted two branches. One is for businesses and business people to listen to the river of information streaming through the social web at ever increasing volumes as more companies and voices join the conversation. The other is for pleasure whether it be art, literature, sport or music all are connected together through The Grapevine.
• 7 Ways to Send photos to Twitter –
• The Brick Testament – The Bible, illustrated with scenes made with Lego. Cool.

Sites that I found interesting for March 10th 2009 through March 13th 2009:

• Footage from 2/3" 3k Scarlet with 100mm Red prime – So cool!
• Selective Twitter Status on Facebook – A simple hashtag added to your twitter status will send your status over to Facebook. Cool for sending other things over to Facebook like TwitPics and other 3rd party Twitter tools that might not have FB integration.
• 4 Annoying Twitter Myths –

Sites that I found interesting for March 3rd 2009 through March 5th 2009:

• Stop Firefox Resizing Windows –
• Create a Twitter Following – Entrepreneur.com
• A Walkthrough and Cost Breakdown of Brewing Your Own Beer – Don't know about it being cheaper but it is fun.

Sites that I found interesting for January 30th 2009 through February 1st 2009:

• Postcrossing – Postcards Traveling The World – It's a project that allows anyone to exchange postcards (real ones, not electronic) from random places in the world.
• Southern California utilities eye Inland desert as energy goldmine – Inland Southern California's desert backyard is ground zero in the state's efforts to cut back on polluting fossil-fuel-burning power plants and lead the nation's conversion to renewable energy.
• Documentum: Setting up ODBC on a 64-bit Windows 2003 – The solution, for anyone else trying to do this is that you need a 32-bit ODBC connection. To create one on Windows x64 you need to run C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe.

Sites that I found interesting for December 9th 2008 through December 10th 2008:

• Find the right Blu-ray player for you – According to the early reports, Blu-ray is faring well this holiday season and it's not hard to see why. With standalone player prices finally slipping below $250 and more popular movies available, Blu-ray is now a solid option for those who want the best image quality from their home theater. If you're looking to go Blu over the next few weeks, here's a roundup of recent Blu-ray coverage on CNet to help you make your choice.
• Livemocha: Learn Languages Online – English, Spanish, French, Italian, Mandarin, 学会英语 – Haven't tried this. Looks interesting if you want to learn a language.
• Tamron AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC Lens Review – The length of the zoom range is almost as remarkable as that of the lens's name itself, with the 15x ratio covering everything from a 28mm equivalent wideangle to a 420mm equivalent telephoto. This is unprecedented in terms of SLR optics, and is clearly aimed at users upgrading from superzoom digicams who require a similar focal length range without the inconvenience of changing lenses.Version for Nikon DSLR Cameras
  and Canon DSLR Cameras

Sites that I found interesting for November 24th 2008 through November 26th 2008:

• The top 10 Vista sidebar gadgets – Not everyone is a fan of Vista gadgets, but Deb Shinder has a large collection of them that she finds extremely useful. Here are the ones that top her list of favorites.
• The Unofficial Guide to Friendfeed Part 1: What Makes Friendfeed Special – Friendfeed is a site that primarily focuses on aggregating all your online activities and using them to create your own personal lifestream. What many people don’t realise is how much more there is to the site and why it has caused such stir and devotion amongst those who frequently use it.
• When Twitter Met Facebook: The Acquisition Deal That Fail-Whaled | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD – About three weeks ago, Facebook and Twitter ended several weeks of serious talks, in which Facebook was offering to acquire Twitter for $500 million of its stock, which also included a cash component.

• Gnip
  Making data portability suck less
  (tags: api data aggregator socialnetworks portability service social)
• Terminator: Batman…Uh, I Mean John Connor is About to Waste This Terminator
  nice pic
  (tags: movie)

• Clippl Peopl!
  Clippl is the easiest way to send an instant multimedia message to your friends.
  (tags: web2 social socialnetworking socialmedia)
• Disneyland: Kids fly free again in 2008
  Kids ages 2 to 11 can fly on Alaska Airlines free from major West Coast cities (within Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington) when they book a Southern California vacation package.
  (tags: travel disney)
• Feds Charge California Woman With Stealing IDs From the Dead
  Federal prosecutors this week charged a Southern California woman with aggravated identity theft and other crimes for allegedly using a popular genealogy research website to locate people who had recently died, and then taking over their credit cards.
  (tags: identity theft)
• How Much Time Does Web 2.0 Take?
  (tags: web2)