By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] Yes, Chad Vader strikes back once again! I didn’t post part two of Chad as I thought it wasn’t that funny but if you want to see it, here it is. But part three is REALLY funny. Chad teaches us that employee dress code is everything, that it must […]
Later today, all 585 Toys “R” Us stores across the United States will mount digital clocks that will count down midnight, July 25. When the counter hits zero, 225 of these stores will begin to sell toys from the latest Star Wars movie, The Clone Wars. A virtual store – ToysRUs.com/StarWars – will open at […]
Just a quick post to warn Playstation 3 owners to wait a bit before updating their console to the latest firmware. It seems that quite a few users on the official Playstation forum are reporting that the new 2.4 firmware bricked their unit. On some cases, people are writing that the SIXAXIS controller refused to […]
Today, we’ve got 3 interesting white papers for those of you looking to optimize how your sites rank within search engines. These documents are very well written and offer some good information as what you must and must not do to help your site become more visible. –Do’s and Don’ts of Search Engine Optimization The […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] Digg has introduced a new beta feature called the “Recommendation Engine” which aims to match up users with other users based on their “Digging” patterns and show them other stories that they may be interested in Digging. As with all other algorithms, this is something that is not too […]
The following video tutorial will teach you how to set up LinuxMCE, a free linux-based solution that will transform you PC into a full media / home automation center. LinuxMCE is both very stable and extremely easy to use, so even users with limited computer knowledge can set it up.
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] June 30th 2008 was the day that Microsoft officially pulled the rug out from under Windows XP. It was the day that the OS was given its gold watch, its long service medal and told to sod off and retire because it was hogging Vista’s limelight. But as this […]
In the following presentation, Dr. Dean Ornish shares new research that shows how adopting healthy lifestyle habits can affect a person at a genetic level. For instance, he says, when you live healthier, eat better, exercise, and love more, your brain cells actually increase. Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll go run a […]
By Mark O’Neill
Contributing Writer, [GAS]
With Twitter’s downtimes becoming less and less of a joke, lots of people are migrating to Friendfriend. I’ve been at Friendfeed for quite a while now but the site suffers from the same problem that most aggregation services suffer from – excessive noise.
No, I don’t mean Led Zeppelin being played at full volume or the screams of passionate love making. What I mean is lots of duplicate entries cluttering up the page – yes, that kind of noise! This can be a big problem if you’re on Friendfeed and you’re following several hundred people. If someone posts the same link several times, it can be enough to get you unsubscribed – and it’s easy to do. If you digg a link, then stumble it, then add it to your Delicious account, then talk about it on Twitter, then blog about it….there’s 5 identical links right there.
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] “The Adventures Of Andre and Wally B” was technically the first Pixar animated film, and I say ‘technically’ because this 1,48 minute clip was made in 1984, a time when Pixar didn’t officially exist. So to be accurate, it was made by the talented future Pixar crew who were […]