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This jar of cashews actually has a warning label that says it contains cashews. I’d be concerned if it didn’t contain cashews.

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If you follow me on twitter, you probably saw about 32 tweets spew from my blog, thanks to WP-O-Matic blowing chunks all over my blog, which Twitter Tools dutifully reported as new posts.
I’m attempting to set up automatic photo blogging from my Flickr photo stream. Flickr produces RSS feeds for each tag, so I’m using [...]

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Since yesterday I’ve been unable to make calls with my iPhone. As soon as I dial any number, I get CALL ENDED followed immediately by CALL FAILED. I’m able to receive calls and send SMS, though.
I completely restored my iPhone, made sure the time zone & caller ID are correct as suggested in Apple’s support [...]

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Last year, John Dvorak said:
These phones go in and out of style so fast that unless Apple has half a dozen variants in the pipeline, its phone, even if immediately successful, will be passé within 3 months.
There is no likelihood that Apple can be successful in a business this competitive. Even in the business where [...]

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A year ago Richard Sprague wrote:
I can’t believe the hype being given to iPhone. Even some of my blindly-loyal pro-Microsoft friends and colleagues talk like it’s a real innovation and will “redefine the market” or “usher in a new age”.
What!?!? Without even mentioning that the same functionality has been available on PocketPC, [...]

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Xcode gives this very informative error message when an iPhone enabled for development is being updated in iTunes.
Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!

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The AP made an unintentionally funny spelling error when they posted this article, describing Lieberman as the Democratic “vice presidential prick”. Hopefully they won’t fix it, but here’s a screenshot just in case.
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For a long time, my DSL service has been very unreliable. As soon as it started raining, the connection would drop and it would go up and down every few minutes until the storm passes.
Today my phone service and DSL suddenly went dead. No dial tone and no DSL service. When I called BellSouth, they [...]

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Links for 2008-08-12 through 2008-08-13:

Utternerd.org | Matt Freitag – The Utternerd (24/7 Office CSS too) – Lots of Mystery Science Theater 3000 Episodes
Tax Smears – If you received an email from Camp McCain stating that "Obama will raise your taxes", you need to read this.
One Man’s Quest to Digitize and Publicize Rare Vinyl – Thousands [...]

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I woke up to an unpleasant surprise this morning when my MacBook Pro wouldn’t wake up properly. I noticed it was warm and the display wouldn’t turn on. After rebooting, the display was still black, and it also wouldn’t drive an external monitor.
However, the MacBook Pro still showed up on the network for screen sharing [...]

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