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Hmm...cleaning out some digital backlog as I wait for a few things to finish scanning. Found two or three things that you may or may not already know about:

For those who are not sedentary beasts:

http://www.mapmyrun.com/ <---Haven't played with it much, but it is in my bookmarks for spring when I plan to try taking up the whole running thing again.

For those who are sedentary and spend most of that time at or near the computer:

http://www.hulu.com/ <---I've been hearing about it for a while, but haven't had time to check it out. Looks to be a very good way to catch some television from your PC. Just poking around the interface looks much smoother than most of the network sites.

For those with too many e-mail, chat and social networking accounts:

http://www.digsby.com <---This is awesomely useful. I never really check my MySpace account and occasionally things languish there for months. This lets you get status updates and utilize multiple services with one client. So far it is stable, doesn't seem to hog too many resources and I'm really impressed all around.

Enjoy!

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Much like poor Dennis, I maintain that I am not old...nor do I resemble an old woman. :)

Courtesy of tishalro.

What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Literature Nerd   Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's eloquence; and you may like to read/write poetry or novels. You contribute to the smart people of today's society, however you can probably be overly-critical of works. It's okay. I understand.
Gamer/Computer Nerd
Social Nerd
Drama Nerd
Science/Math Nerd
Anime Nerd
Artistic Nerd
Musician
What Be Your Nerd Type? Quizzes for MySpace

I think the first record I ever bought...yes, that's right...record, was Asia. Before that I seem to recall taping the Eurythmics off the radio. :)

http://www.michiganhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=green

The Michigan Humane Society has “adopted” a new program to properly recycle used cell phones, cell phone accessories, ink cartridges and toner cartridges while raising funds for the animals in our care.

Can you believe these results?

Smart Paladin! :)

I have one bit of commentary for Ms. Rowling...

( CUT-TAGGED FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT FINISHED BOOK 7---SPOILERSCollapse )

Via BoingBoing:


http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/10/armless_woman_refuse.html

"Rockford, IL woman Dawn Larson, who was born without arms, was refused service at a McDonald's drive through, because the staff refused to let her take her food away with her feet (she uses her feet to drive, handle money, etc). The staff were vociferously revolted by the woman's disability."

Ah...it just warms the cockles of my heart...with a sort of rage.

There are many cavemen. The playground is big. Our current tally stands at five racists reported directly to Blizzard. I've almost got a standardized form set up for it now.

On a smaller scale, but more gratifying in a personal sense...the use of a local banlisting program has proven quite successful. Several dozen people have gotten a "you were banlisted by *player name* for *poor conduct*...sorry...karma seems to work" before they are booted from games. Our personal lists are shared and we have about 1200 people on there (most for being poor sports, not racists).