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The Case Of The Disappearing Bandwidth

This morning I went to use my internet and was redirected to a page that indicated I had exceeded my bandwidth for the month. Granted, with my recent purchase of Apple TV, I have been using more bandwidth. But as far as I’m concerned it’s not anything crazy (the odd TV show), and [...]

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Name That Blogger

Ok, clearly you guys are full of awesome today. The last person was indeed Rebecca Bollwitt.
Let’s see if you get this one.

If you know it 100% for sure (as I bet some of you are), then please save this for people who aren’t and want to guess!

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Name That Person

Ok, you guys nailed round one. That cat is indeed Cid, part of the Raymi and Phil family.
Raymi and Phil, photo by Duane StoreyAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License
So, I have a harder one for you. Name this person.

Bonus points if you can point me at the original photo or blog entry.

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Name That Kitty

I’m going to do random games for fun from now on. Just because.
I want the real name of the feline in question.

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Digg Categories In Need Of A Serious Overhaul

I love Digg. I surf it at least a couple times a day, usually when I’m bored, sitting a work waiting for something to compile. I would say that without a doubt the majority of my “cool” news actually comes from Digg.
Lately I’ve begun submitting the odd story on [...]

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Web Hosting Experiment

Hey guys. I want to do a fairly simple web experiment this week. I want to try to assess real-world uptime and latency for a bunch of popular hosting sites. I need a bunch of volunteers to help out. Basically all I’ll need you to do is upload a [...]

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Where The Internet Stops And My Blog Begins

So here’s some food for thought for the blogosphere. Lately I’ve been pondering a few of the legal aspects of the Internet, namely what it is we are all allowed to do, and what it is some companies think we shouldn’t be allowed to. Let me give you a use-case to demonstrate [...]

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Microsoft Extends 44 Billion Dollar Offer For Yahoo!

Wow, what can I say. That is a pretty impressive sum of money. I read this before going to bed last night on Digg, but I thought it was fake. Turns out that Microsoft has just extended a 44 billion dollar offer for Yahoo!
To be honest, Google has really handed Yahoo! [...]