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Put The News On Your Desktop With GeekTool

March 13th, 2009

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A man by the name of Rodolfo Novak has created a shell script that parses RSS feeds and generates excerpts for the last few entries. By itself, not very useful unless you love the terminal (like I do). That’s where GeekTool comes in. GeekTool is a preference pane for embedding images, system logs, and output […]

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Pretend You’re A Techno God With iDaft

March 13th, 2009

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If you’re a huge Daft Punk fan or just a techno junkie, then iDaft is right up your alley. It plays the voices from Daft Punk’s song “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” along to your random keyboarding: It’s really fun to just hold down the keys.

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A Fresh Coat of Paint

March 12th, 2009

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The Espresso Report has a brand new look, and a brand new name. And it’s all because of you. Over 30,000 to 60,000 hits per month, and a reported 15,000 “fans” according to Google. I’d like to now offer up the opportunity for some of our top commentators here to get into the action and […]

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eBay and PayPal Holding My Money

March 1st, 2009

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I’m tired of my phone — again. So I decided to list my BlackBerry Curve on eBay while the prices were still decent. After my item sold, I waited a day for payment and to my suprise, PayPal put a hold on it until I ship the item, they receive it, and leave feedback. What […]

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Geek Review of MagicJack VoIP

February 2nd, 2009

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After going seriously over my wireless minutes for the past 2 months (unbeknown to me), I decided to put the BlackBerry down and try one of those seemingly fly-by-night “everything” providers, MagicJack. They have been reviewed by many, and I mean many, for having an easy to use, plain Jane product. You plug it in […]

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