Myndnet is running a contest to see who can bring in 1000 new members first wins a new Wii, if your interested you can check it out at Myndnet Wii Contest. Might be something of interest if you run your own website and have the traffic to drive there. I already have a Wii and don’t really need anotherm of course I could try and win it and then Ebay it, but domn’t really have the time or ambition to do that right now, so more chances for you!
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Have to say, this has to be a nifty little device. If its not an arm and a leg, I think I will pick one up. As much as I ravel and use different machines I think this would be great to keep my info secret.
The “Vaccine” USB is described as the world’s first USB equipped with anti virus and malware protection software.
Giving users an extra layer of protection through real-time system monitoring and hardware scans, the Vaccine claims to protect any PC or laptop from the moment it is inserted with its “plug and auto run” function.
Once connected, the USB automatically monitors incoming traffic for viruses and malware with real-time system monitoring.
In addition, users can carry out in-depth hardware scans whenever necessary to verify the presence of infection and perform repairs to cure or delete defected files.
The anti-virus and malware firmware is regularly updated through automatic downloads for the 2-year period users ejoy the licence for free.
Matt black in design with a mirrored front this will be out in capacities ranging from between 512MB and 8GB.
One of the things we did for Lani this year for Christmas was to purchase domain name for her. You can get your own domain name too, it is simple and affordable. Imagine giving a gift that could last a lifetime your own domain name. With so many options you can easily find just the right one for that person on your list.
1. A mathematical wonder: 111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 gives the result 12,345,678,987,654,321.
2. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
3. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.4. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression “to get fired.”
5. Canada is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.
6. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
7. Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2nd, but the last signature wasn’t added until 5 years later.
8. “I am.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
9. The term “the whole 9 yards” came from WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got “the whole 9 yards.”
10. The most common name in the world is Mohammed
11. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
12. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
13. Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
14. Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in Sweden. The conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday at 5pm. All traffic stopped as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to prevent accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and been too sleepy to realize that *this* was the day of the changeover.
15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
16. Dr. Seuss pronounced “Seuss” such that it rhymed with rejoice.”
17. In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never did say “Play it again, Sam.”
As part of my job I occasionally go to conventions, about 4-5 per year. I usually load up on all the swag, you know, the free gear and gifts you get at the various booths. I am going to a few conventions in the upcoming months and for a change I have to get us some swag to give away at our booths. All trade show items items are not made equal and I stumbled across a great site to get ours. I was quite excited about the costs and the good selection so I thought I would share. So if you need some trade show item check out this site.
So Time choose a man who has turned Russia around from a collapsing economy to an economic power house and given its citizens more economic freedom than ever before. Thats why Time Magazine choose him, not for the suspecious murders or the fact that he jails or suppress political opposition. I admit he has done some good things with Russia’s economy but his attempt at power grabbing and oppression worry me. His changing of the Russian economy and lifting up of many of teh Russian people has given him great power. But to quote a movie, with great power comes great responsibility. I wonder, will he abuse this responsibility? Has he already?
I have been doing some looking around at IT Certification programs, been thinking of getting a few certifications to round out my resume and add to decorate my office a bit. IT Certification Training is a good way to get noticed when you go on an interview or even to get the call to get an interview. So I have been looking around and this site game me some great info and has some of the better programs around. I have tried some of their training modules and they have put the right technology and training methodologies into their product. Right now they are running an offer to try one of their courses for free. So head on over and check it out.
So I have been using teh Android SDK for about a month now since it was released. I have to say I am disappointed, I don’t know about any other developers out there but the lack of documentation makes this SDK very hard to work with. I find it very difficult to get a very professional feel otu of the few attempts I have made to work with the API, its not what I expected from Google.
What is The Stunt Monkey up to now? You can suggest stunts for the monkey to do simply by emailing the crazy guys the have control over him. I personally would like to see him try and master devil sticks. You remember those, right? I think we all had them back in the day.
This has to be some friggen awesome news! Why you ask? Because this will allow me to put my 2 gigs of music on my pearl and then use bluetooth wireless head phones to listen to that music. Thats awesome! So now I can go out and get those
bluetooth headphones I want and be ready for the new OS release. More info at crackberry.com
