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Hybrid tax credit bait and switch
(tags: prius)

Shia and Sunni, A Ludicrously Short Primer
This article gives some useful insight into the current situation in Iraq.
(tags: history politics religion islam)

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Via SFGate: In 2005, Congress passed an energy bill with numerous incentives to encourage conservation. One of these provisions provided a tax credit, beginning January 2006, for purchasers of approved hybrid gas-electric automobiles. This tax credit can be substantial — up to $3,150 for the Toyota Prius, perhaps the best known hybrid.
Unfortunately, unless you earn [...]

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Via LinuxDevices.com: A self-described “world famous celebrity hacker” has managed to boot uClinux on Sony’s MIPS-based PSP (Playstation Portable). Chris Mulhearn’s port so far lacks support for key PSP peripherals such as the screen, but could interest hackers able to connect serially to the PSP’s “remote headphones” port.
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Residents who paid half a million or more for new hi-rise condos in Downtown Fort Lauderdale are complaining about the noise. Now I’m sure these people knew what they were getting into when they bought those condos. They wanted to live downtown for the night life and now they’re complaining about the same night life [...]

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How to nab free T-Mobile WiFi lovin’ without running Vista
Hacking your browser’s user-agent to get free T-Mobile WiFi provided for Vista users
(tags: howto hacks vista free wireless)

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53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without | Smashing Magazine
53 CSS-based techniques you should always have ready to hand if you develop web-sites.
(tags: CSS Design web howto)

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I’ve upgraded this site to WordPress 2.1. The upgrade was quick & painless.
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OSDL reports on the state of the Linux desktop
DesktopLinux.com has published a detailed, lengthy “state of the desktop” article chronicalling a truly surprising number of significant developments during 2006.
(tags: linux)

Pandora/Emusic Mashup
Offers eMusic downloads of songs playing in Pandora
(tags: music emusic pandora Mashup)

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I finally got wireless working on my Dell laptop under Linux. It turned out my Linksys 802.11g PC card was v2 which uses a TI chipset rather than Broadcom. Installing the v2 Linksys driver with ndiswrapper got it working.
One annoying thing about Linksys and many other network hardware manufacturers is that they often use very [...]

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Wireless support in Linux just plain sucks. After trying to get WPA working on my Dell Inspiron for a few days, I finally gave up and switched my network back to WEP. I’m still having trouble to get it to connect to my network using my Linksys 802.11g PC card, even though it seems to [...]

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The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux.
(tags: Linux opensource standards)

Applepeels: Why I stick with OX instead of going to Linux
One user’s experience with Linux
(tags: linux ubuntu)

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Parallels to turn it around, help Mac OS onto generic PC boxen
an upcoming version of Parallels just so happens to “make it easier to run Mac OS on a non-Apple computer,” by some unknown but welcome means.
(tags: parallels virtualization)

CNR.com
CNR.com will be a free on-line digital software warehouse and one-click delivery service designed to solve the [...]

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I bought a Nikon Coolpix L5 yesterday at Circuit City when I saw that it was cheaper there than anyplace online. It’s much smaller & lighter than the Canon A75 and the picture quality is excellent.

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 is the compelling alternative to Windows Vista.
Linux vs. Vista comparison
(tags: linux vista windows novell microsoft)

BBC News | EUROPE | ‘Vowels to blame’ for German grumpiness
This sounds like something from The Onion
(tags: news funny)

Boing Boing: Ubuntu studio - Linux for multimedia creation
Ubuntu Studio, scheduled for release this spring, is a version [...]

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I’ve been looking for a new camera to replace my Canon A75. Until now I’ve always owned Canon cameras and I was thinking of an A630, but after looking at several other brands, I’m now planning to buy a Nikon. I’ve narrowed my choice down to two models: the Coolpix S7C and Coolpix L5, although [...]

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LinuxToons
This page shows some occurrences of Linux/Unix in some (more or less) main-stream daily cartoons.
(tags: linux cartoons)

Kiva.org - Loans that change lives
Kiva lets you lend small amounts to an entrepreneur in a developing country, empowering them to lift themselves out of poverty.
(tags: microfinance business community activism)

Finding Freeware and Shareware: A Beginner’s Guide | Macinstruct
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Thanks to The Landing Pad, I’ve discovered Kiva.org, a site which lets you lend small amounts to individual entrepreneurs in developing countries. I just lent $25 each to two business owners in Ghana. This is the easiest way to get involved in microfinancing and actually do something that can make a difference.
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Via Engadget:

It’s official: record companies don’t like you. After all that griping about signing up for the Zune music store — and keep in mind that these record companies receive monies for selling songs here — that resulted in Universal Music Group getting some sort of fat royalty check from Microsoft for Zune sales, not [...]

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Snow in South Florida!
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Daily Kos dug up Senator Obama’s high school yearbook picture.

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