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I can hardly believe it.

Look at this year’s word of the year!

http://news.google.com/news?q=word+of+the+year 

Further proof that you can buy anything on the interwebs…

The Specs:

Radioactive sample of uranium ore. Useful for testing Geiger Counters. License exempt. Uranium ore sample sizes vary. Shipped in labeled metal container as shown. Shipping Information: We are always in compliance with Section 13 from part 40 of the NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission rules and regulations and Postal Service regulations specified in 49 CFR 173.421 for activity limits of low level radioactive materials. Item will be shipped in accordance with Postal Service activity limits specified in Publication 52. Radioactive minerals are for educational and scientific use only.

Shipping Info:

We are always in compliance with Section 13 from part 40 of the NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission rules and regulations and Postal Service regulations specified in 49 CFR 173.421 for activity limits of low level radioactive materials. Item will be shipped in accordance with Postal Service activity limits specified in Publication 52.

As usual, the customer reviews are the best:

I bought a can of this about 4.5 billion years ago, give or take a few million years, but when I went to use it today I noticed only half of it was still in the can. I swear I put the lid on tight. I’d give it more stars if it came in a better package.

Dear sirs, When I informed my wife that we were low on “yellow Cake” , I had expected her to get more “Duncan Hines”. On further examination and with a little trial and error, I have found my baking to be much lighter and fluffier. I would have only thought something like this would work on “The Simpson’s”. My hat is off to you (along with all my hair and most of my skin). An excellent product all around.

The Bush administration, with help from Congress, AIPAC, and an ersatz Fourth Estate, has accomplished its mission to freedom-nudge both Afghanistan and Iraq back to the stone age, denying the bad guys the infrastructure and electricity needed to access the internets, with the intention of purchasing large quantities of uranium and bonus free shipping and the added convenience of “one-click” check-out that only a quality outfit like Amazon can offer.

Want a free copy of Windows Vista Ultimate direct from Microsoft, no piracy required? Don’t care about your privacy? Have I got a deal for you! Microsoft is offering up free copies of Vista Ultimate, Office Ultimate, Money Plus Premium, Student with Encarta Premium and Streets and Trips, all for free. All you’ve gotta do is allow them to track your every move for a few months.

Yes, Microsoft is looking for people to help test its new “Windows Feedback Program,” and isn’t afraid to reel people in with bribes. You’ll have all of your computer usage tracked for three months, and you’ll also need to submit to surveys every two weeks.

I personally don’t WANT Vista, even for free, and more than that, the thought of Microsoft seeing all is a bit worrisome, so I won’t be joining in, but… Maybe you don’t mind.

There’s also nothing in the rules that says you can’t install this on a secondary computer, but you do only get to select one of the mentioned items for this “promotion”. Not bad loot, really.

http://wfp.microsoft.com/

The madness has begun once again at Woot!: It’s a Woot off! In case you’re not familiar with that, a Woot Off is that frenzied time when Woot, that kooky deal-a-day site, sells a succession of occasionally useful items at unusually low prices in rapid succession, until everything is sold out. I’ve already bought something today! Don’t just keep refreshing, use your Woot-Off Checker.
Woot.com

Found a wonderful application and service today that will allow me to provide remote help and support to those near and far who request computer assistance from me.

The website is CrossLoop.com and the first thing you’ll notice is that they give you the logins and the software for free, that allows you to create “sessions” from the people who request help to the person giving the help. It all looks very secure, very fast, and very easy.

“CrossLoop’s underlying technology was created to simplify the process of securely working with others located in different physical locations across diverse network environments. CrossLoop enables you to see the screen and control the mouse and keyboard on a remote computer. It is as if you are working side by side at the same PC. CrossLoop is a powerful productivity tool that enables you to quickly collaborate in with anyone in the world.”

So, if you request help from me, you’d just browse over to my user page and see how I’ve given help before, and either make an account or just download the software and send me the access code you get so I can log into your session. Or, I could give you my name and access code, and you could log into my computer and watch me. Either option works.

I’ve tried other applications, such as Go2mypc and logmein, but… they seem to be bigger, harder to use, and they want to charge for the more premium features, whereas this system is free. The reason this is free, by the way… It uses p2p to do it’s file transfer/synchronization at no bandwidth cost to the provider, UNLIKE the other comparable services which have to provide all access through http instead, which is costly.

Anyways, give it a shot. Anyone need some remote computer work done so I can test the abilities of this new product? If so, just leave me a comment on when I can reach you and be sure to leave my account good feedback in case I want to use this for new corporate contracts or anything someday.