40 Years Later and We’re All Still Slaves
Posted on January 20, 2008 - Filed Under Living Free | Leave a Comment
If Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr hadn’t been shot on April 4th, 1968 while standing in front of his Memphis motel room he’d have celebrated his 79th birthday last week. Hmmm… actually he probably would have been dead from something else by age 79, but that’s not really the point. The powers that be have decreed that we should all memorialize him today. Don’t get me wrong. I’m a huge fan of Martin Luther King. The man was brilliant and…
Irritated With Apple, Again
Posted on January 20, 2008 - Filed Under Technology | Leave a Comment
Remember my $20 iPod? Well, it started giving me transfer issues, so I finally just gave into the addiction and bought a working used 5.5G. Unfortunately, the transfer cord didn’t last very long as y’all can see in the picture to the right. I don’t understand why Apple can’t just use ordinary Cat 5 cable instead of requiring every iPod user buy a proprietary (read: expensive) cable.
Tags: cable, Cat 5, iPod, USB
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IM Smileys I Can Actually Use
Posted on January 18, 2008 - Filed Under Technology | 1 Comment
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Be A Rebel - Hang A Clothesline
Posted on January 18, 2008 - Filed Under Friday Frugality, Living Free | 3 Comments
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