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Downloadable Ring-Scents

Published on April 8, 2008 by in Current Affairs

Okay, I heard about this one on the radio yesterday.  As far as I could tell, they were being serious.  Apparently, you can get some sort of a plug in air freshener that will also connect to your cell phone.  You purchase a scent-download and the phone transfers a code to your air freshener.  The

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Gary Gygax Fails His Saving Throw

Published on March 13, 2008 by in Current Affairs

Growing up my friends and I played Dungeons & Dragons, a lot (and just for the record I never once considered myself a geek). Those days have since passed; and now, sadly, so has the creator of D&D; Gary Gygax. Gygax started out playing miniature war games such as Gettysburg. His love of science fiction

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It’s Judgement Day in The Matrix

     Have any of you noticed this new trend where you live?  I’ve been noticing more and more stores are installing self-checkouts.  I think the first one I saw was close to a year ago at Home Depot.  Then a while back they showed up at Wal-Mart. Just before Christmas I saw them at a

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BoKlok: Swedish For House in A Box – From Ikea

Swedish company Ikea has a new product on the market. BoKlok (pronounced boo-klook), the “flat-pack” house, is now being exported to the UK. These blocky looking residences have been around for for some time in Sweden; however Ikea, along with construction company Skanska, has decided to branch out into other markets. The BoKlok, which translates

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