Newegg: Axe the Price-Available-at-Checkout policy.
I buy things at Newegg. I have found them to be a trustworthy merchant. However, they’ve just instituted a new policy that I find irritating on a number of levels.
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The Skinny On Obesity – UCTV
Back in 2009, a doctor named Robert Lustig was the first to put himself out on a professional limb and say we have problems with sugar in a Youtube video called Sugar: The Bitter Truth. It was a very long lecture using a lot of science terms that probably scared away half the audience out of fear of learning something hard and scared the other half numb with incredulity. In the original video he says that sugar (fructose especially) is the toxin that is causing our obesity epidemic.
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RainTube – for gutter debris protection.
Looking for an alternative to expensive gutter guard systems? This simple raintube is:
- made of recycled plastic,
- fits most existing gutters, and
- does the job of more expensive gutter guard systems at a lower cost.
On these three points, this product attains a trifecta for product greenness.
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News Coverage as Shocking as News Itself
I find myself as slack-jawed by the news coverage as I am by the news conveyed. Every news franchise – every minute – every news segment – rehashing the same ugly incident over and over. If I were actually at the incident, might this merely reinforce any existing post-traumatic stress? -
New Website: mjCheck.low.li
This new site provides a small free service. It posts what the latest version of magicJack’s firmware update packages for both Mac and Windows. It checks once a day on an automated schedule, and if either file has changed, an email goes out via google groups to anyone who is subscribed to the list.