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Google Chrome to Replace Microsoft Windows, Apple OSX, and Linux
By Art Zemon On September 2, 2008 · 12 Comments · In Business, Communicating, Internet, Recommendations, Software, Technology
Google released Chrome today and you will see “Google Chrome is a browser” if you visit the Chrome web page. Do not be deceived, though. Chrome is not designed to replace Internet Explorer or Firefox or Safari. Chrome is designed to replace your operating system and virtually all of the software that you [...]
Caching Free LibraryThing Book Covers
By Art Zemon On August 11, 2008 · 2 Comments · In Internet, Rants & Raves, Recommendations, Software
LibraryThing did something amazing last Thursday: it made images of the covers of a million books available for anyone to use for free. This is way better than using Amazon.com’s book covers because you can display them without linking to Amazon. If you are a library or an independent book store, [...]
The local mayor wants a raise. That got me thinking: he’s been in office only about a year and we really don’t know how well the stuff his is doing will pan out. Isn’t it a little premature to give him a raise? On the other hand, if he does a great job, shouldn’t he [...]
Tragedy struck on Monday when 33 people died at Virginia Tech. Flags fly at half mast as we grope through feelings of hurt, anger, helplessness, and grief. President Bush was so moved that he offered personal condolences,
It’s impossible to make sense of such violence and suffering. Those whose lives were taken did [...]
I continue to find more uses for the wonderful (and $free) LibraryThing. Like so many of us, I have bunches of books that I have never had a good way to keep track of but now I do. Like…
My wish list — yes, I do accept donations My
LibraryThing seemed so obviously good that I simply dived in head first and started cataloging all of the books in the house, even though I did not know what I would do with it beyond that initial step. I am even more convinced of LT’s utility because the first opportunity to actually use [...]
I’m addicted to LibraryThing. It only took a few hours and I only have a start on cataloging my library. This is great stuff!
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What if you could save money and do good by just changing a lightbulb? You can.
Compact fluorescents emit the same light as classic incandescents but use 75% or 80% less electricity.
What that means is that if every one of 110 million American households bought just one ice-cream-cone bulb, took it home, and [...]
Are you sick and tired of being told that you cannot make legitimate copies of your own music? Did you buy a song for your iPod only to later discover that you could not play it on something else that you own? A “little” company, eMusic.com, has the answer: they sell good music for a [...]
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