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Hi,

According to news reports, Google is about to cut a deal with Verizon that would end the Internet as we know it by allowing giant corporations to control what websites are load quickly and easily on the Internet and dump everyone else onto an Internet slow lane.

I signed a petition urging Google to kill the deal with Verizon. Can you join me at the link below?

http://pol.moveon.org/google/?r_by=-18016181-8nS9Vex&rc=confemail

Thanks! 

Please take a moment to sign this petition.

So this site and many that I have setup or run, are running on the WordPress CMS (Content Management System) and the latest version was a biggie.Check out the brief video below for a great introduction to some of the new features that have been added. Currently I’m running 2.9.x but will be upgrading this weekend after I run it through some testing with my theme and what have you.

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I find myself looking at people who ride the carts at the grocery store more often than not with a confused look on my face as opposed to the normal everyday “Josh” dazed & confused look. The reason for this I believe is becuase I’m sizing up the individual driving the cart. Did they have a rollerblading accident and their ankle is hurt? Perhaps they have a fake leg and would rather cruise the aisles in their modified hover-round with the attached shopping cart? From my observations over the years as a professional Grocery Store Analyst (GSA), I usually come to the conclusion that people ride in these motorized grocery getters because they are either incredibly obese (fat) or just pure lazy.

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So after lots of rumors and speculation, Valve has released a Steam client for Mac OS X. Is this going to change the pros and cons in the future when determining what OS platform to select? Perhaps, especially since the vibe online is that there is a Linux client destined to be released sometime at the end of summer according to Phoronix.

I went ahead and downloaded the dmg file and installed Portal which they are offering for free right now. BONUS!. I actually have played it and so far loving where this is going. After downloading and copying over the application I went ahead and logged in to see my Macbook Pro connect natively for the first time.

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So there are those times you wish you could have a cool handy service on standby without logging into the website. Pandora is one of those services I use. I don’t use it often enough to pay for Pandora One although I am considering it just because I’d like to have more “skips”.

If you’ve ever wanted to have the “widget” feature without forking over the dough however, then watch the video I put together below for an example of how to make a custom widget. This process can also be used to really use any kind of web service and post it to your Mac OS X dashboard.

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Welcome to my blog. I’ll get all this updated shortly.