Monthly Archives: March 2008

Dramatic Lemur

Word can’t describe this 20 second clip.

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Satellite Internet Coming to Rural Areas

Thousands of households in rural America have yet to transition into the age of high-speed Internet access for a very good reason: no availability of DSL or cable. Because the economics of adding DSL or laying cable in sparsely populated … Continue reading

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Cheating Death by 1/2 Second!

Check out this rally racing event where the guy in the yellow vest barely cheats death! Talk about crazy, I’m surprised he didn’t have a heart attack from the near hit.

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Fiction Lessons from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

The following article was written by TK Kenyan who blogs at tkkenyon.com and fictionlessons.blogspot.com Don’t Show, Dramatize! — Even Better Than “Show, Don’t Tell.” I’m sure that, at some point, you’re heard the adage Show, Don’t Tell. There’s even a … Continue reading

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Strange text errors after MYSQL database transfer

I recently moved a database from one mysql server to another and ended up with some weird text. It seems that some characters were changed into some crazy text. Here’s what I found and here’s what I think they were … Continue reading

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Great Campgrounds Around the US

Camping is a great way to see the world at very little expense. Almost every state (in the US) and every country in the world have campgrounds that are open to the public. There are a few that are free … Continue reading

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