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Category Archives: Mindful Musings
Shady Sirius XM business practices
So I had XM in my Honda Accord and I subscribed to it on for one year after I found a really good coupon to use with it. When I turned it on, I figured since I was paying for … Continue reading
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Via Wooster Online
One of those perfect quotes I always want to hang onto . . “You and you alone are in charge of what happens in this story, all of us are challenged to use our talent and our intelligence to make … Continue reading
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An Angel came to us and then went away and took our hearts with her …
As some of you were aware, Jennifer was pregnant with our first child. Due to a sudden complication with her pregnancy brought on by a hidden weakness called an “incompetent cervix“, Jennifer had to deliver our baby at 21 weeks … Continue reading
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I am a sucker for data
I have always liked data in every form and manipulation of that data tickles my fancy a little too much. In pursuit of that endeavor, here is a little gem I recently uncovered. I (recently started to) work out regularly … Continue reading
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BestBuy Secret Website to cheat Customers
BestBuy Secret Website to cheat Customers BestBuy confirmed that it maintained a secret intranet website that could be accessed only from inside a store to cheat customers by not giving them the advertised price on BestBuy.com for products. I love … Continue reading
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Kiva.org – Loans that change lives
Kiva.org – Loans that change lives: Wow, what a wonderful and philanthropical concept! I am not sure how the authors of the site determine the loan applicants, but from the looks (if they were not fraudulent) you could make a … Continue reading
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Google to Put a Research Center in Michigan
Google to Put a Research Center in Michigan Nice. Finally some nice work environments in the close vicinity.
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Blog it, Toledo
Blog it, Toledo Exclusive online article(s) from the Toledo Free Press on blogging, bloggers and blogs from the Toledo area.
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Lala – Trade your old CDs
Lala – Trade your old CDs What a wonderful idea to make use of all of those old CDs though I am afraid most of mine will not be wanted by anyone. From their site: “Once you decide to start … Continue reading
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Snacksby: Tell us whats in your pantry
Snacksby: Tell us whats in your pantry Tell us whats in your pantry and we will tell you what to cook. Nice, thanks Lifehacker.
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Pet Translating Cellphone Service
Pet Translating Cellphone Service Use a cellphone service (spelled, lots of dollahs) to translate your pets’ well being to language you can understand. Consequently, you can also translate your own words to barks and wines that your pet will understand.
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Switch desktops on a Mac with a smack
Switch desktops on a Mac with a smack This is really cool! Switch between displays on a Mac by smacking the monitor and using some code that uses the Mac laptops built in motion sensor. Awesome code and even more … Continue reading
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Kolkata beats Bangalore & Hyderabad put together in Crorepathi numbers
Kolkata beats Bangalore & Hyderabad put together in Crorepathi numbers Rural India has a larger crorepati density than urban India. Nice.
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The Newspaper Clipping Generator
The Newspaper Clipping Generator: Create your own fun newspaper.
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What Really Saves Gas? And How Much?
What Really Saves Gas? And How Much? How to save gas. Edmunds tests the “gas saving tips” that we have heard oh so often and over and over again. A couple really caught me by surprise. I really did think … Continue reading
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Microwave Popcorn may cause cancer
MIcrowave Popcorn may cause cancer The culprit is FLUOROTELOMERS (which was spelled incorrectly on the site linked). American’s gobble up more than 17 billion quarts of popcorn a year, but a recent FDA study found that a chemical coating used … Continue reading
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Security/Hacking applications that run on a USB flash drive
Security/Hacking applications that run on a USB flash drive Personal bookmark.
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The Top Ten Lies of Engineers
The Top Ten Lies of Engineers Guy pokes fun at engineers and tries to analyze their verbiage. In spite of the salacious seriousness of the article, it points out the underlying and sometimes debilitating seperation between engineering and marketing in … Continue reading
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Pictures of the house in early spring
Pictures of the house in early spring One of the plants at the edge of our yard bloomed in full glory this past week and I had to take some pictures for my parents to see since those flowers will … Continue reading
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Dell De-Crapifier
Dell De-Crapifier… Remove Extra junk from your newly purchased (on a deal) Dell computer with this handy dandy script.
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#9 Ghosh
#9 Ghosh: I have following this for years, literally. I am Ghosh #9 in the world. Still far away from the Number One Matt in the world, but I will stop now!
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Code like a girl
Code like a girl Do engineers and programmers care about concepts like beauty and elegance? Should they? A subject very near and dear to my heart. I love to code elgantly, really pride in writing coherent and well thought out … Continue reading
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Electrically Heated Undershirts
Electrically Heated Undershirts: Jennifer is always cold and I like the cold weather, so this is the perfect solution. Honey, as soon as this shows up in the US/is affordable, I promise I will get you a couple!
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Pictures from Calcutta Visit
A more detailed post forthcoming, I wanted to make people aware that I have posted pictures from our trip to our online album. Here is the album with pictures from Jennifer’s camera including Victoria Memorial and Missionary of Charity This … Continue reading
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Our Opportunity With India
Our Opportunity With India Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.
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So you thought Ionic Air Purifiers were good for you? Think Again!
So you thought Ionic Air Purifiers were good for you? Think Again! We were going to buy a Brookstone Pure-Ion Advanced Air purifier, but after this, I am having second thoughts. Though the Consumer Reports article does not address the … Continue reading
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DIY t-shirt folding machine
DIY t-shirt folding machine An excellent tutorial if you like your t shirts folded kung-fu style with lots of panache.
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Steam Powered RC Vehicles
Steam Powered RC Vehicles: Very cool indeed. There are videos and picutes, but missing any plans. Thanks BoingBoing
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