Articles in the Internet Category

TakeFiveaDay Server: Rise of the Squirrels – UPDATE
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Posted in Internet on 8 August 2011
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UPDATE: Ok – the forums have been taken offline until we can figure out just what the heck is happening with them.  We have contacted the developer and are working hard on a fix.  Hopefully, we can turn them back on soon and all of the previous posts should still all be there. Fingers crossed […]

T5 Back Up
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Posted in Internet on 6 August 2011
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Sorry, we were down for most of the day – took our web host a while to reboot the server … (it was one of the blue wires apparently) So I hope the rest of the internet was entertaining enough without T5 … We died a hundred deaths. Fortunately all our sponsors stayed …

TakeFiveADay Forum Troubles?
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Posted in Internet on 25 July 2011
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So, show of hands, how many people are having problem accessing the NEW forum? It is odd if you can see the rest of the site as it simply operates as a plug-in on one of our pages so it’s not really logical. The logical thing is to start with the small stuff like clear […]

Bad Trades – UK, the US & Canada
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Posted in Internet on 2 June 2011
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We get nearly 1,000 posts and responses on trades every month and after 3 years and literally thousands of transactions, there has fortunately only been a handful of bad trades where it turned out to be a one-way deal. Recently we’ve had two issues with UK traders (of course, not the old friends we know […]

Internet Grrreeaaat!: Cereal Box Visual Database & Archive
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Posted in Checklist, Internet on 29 May 2011
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If you ever flashed back nostalgia for the cereal of your youth? Yes, Corn Kix really came with a mini trophy mount. 🙂 Now, you can scratch off one more To-Do site you planned to launch … the Cereal Box Archive is LIVE.  

Bin Laden Death – The Internet is There (Book Update)
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Posted in Internet, Media on 2 May 2011
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ABC News has footage of the compound-house aftermath … warning – graphic and detailed. The DOD has put an illustration of the compound. Location mapped on Google Maps (with reviews – reviews NSFW – well, not safe for kids). And an IT guy who moved to Addottabad to work in quiet – who live tweeted […]

Believe It or Not – “OMG” Is Old Valley Speak …
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Posted in Internet on 8 April 2011
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Old valley, fer sure, fer sure … If you guessed its first recorded usage of OMG was from 1917 by British Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot “Jacky” Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone – you win a scone! So, apparently he was Lord God king bu-fu. Read about it here at the History New […]

Send a Future Email to Yourself or Others
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Posted in Advertising, Internet on 6 April 2011
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Most email apps are set so you either SEND NOW or save it in the DRAFT but you still have to manually send later … (there are some workarounds) but here are two simple solutions. LetterMeLater.com even lets you add attachments. So you can email yourself reminders … or more nefariously, you can even text […]

Famous Objects From the Movies – Perfect Work Time Killer
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Posted in Internet, movies on 8 March 2011
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If you have some free time at work, now you can play Movie Hangman-Wheel of Fortune by guessing what movie is represented by the object shadow … Play at Famous Objects From Movies.com. Click and start typing – Like Wheel of Fortune, once you enter one letter, they’ll reveal all the other places it goes. […]

Comcast Xfinity iPad App – Now Streaming
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Posted in Apple, Film, Internet, ipad, iPhone, TV on 4 February 2011
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The Comcast Xfinity App was already very nice … You get an interactive TV grid that makes the BEST TV REMOTE EVER. Scroll through the channels at lightning speed, tap on a show to get the “info” box (above) … click on WATCH ON TV and it CHANGES THE CHANNEL for you! Also great for […]