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Google Public DNS

May 6, 2011 Compooting

I’ve been happily using the OpenDNS for over a year now. Then, a few days ago, started having problems with my photo hosting site, appliantology.Smugmug.com, not loading. I went thru the usual browser cache clearing and DNS flushing ritual, even tried different browsers (Google Chrime and Mozilla TiredFox; I normally run Apple’s Suckfari) all to [...]

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Beep-beep! Fixitnow.com goes mobile

September 24, 2010 Compooting

Fixitnow.com goes mobile. Now you can take your favorite appliance repair website with you wherever you go on the road, we’re as close as your smartphone. Win friends, influence people, get all the best babes at parties with your amazing new ability to wax eloquently on all things appliantological with just a flip of the [...]

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Q: What’s dumber than a spamme…

September 20, 2010 Compooting

Q: What’s dumber than a spammer-phisher with a broken spell checker? A: People who fall for it. http://post.ly/yoRY

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A Fakebook phone coming soon? …

September 19, 2010 Compooting

A Fakebook phone coming soon? I think I’m gonna be sick… http://post.ly/yYtx

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There’s a new Twitter in town,…

September 16, 2010 Compooting

There’s a new Twitter in town, y’all, and he’s the biggest, baddest Twit of ‘em all! http://post.ly/y0tj

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Best Twitter clients: iPhone=S…

September 16, 2010 Compooting

Best Twitter clients: iPhone=SimplyTweet, iPad=Twittelator, iMac=Chromed Bird (extension for Google Chrome, best browser).

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IPad killer cometh? http://pos…

September 14, 2010 Compooting

IPad killer cometh? http://post.ly/xcUz

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True song randomizing in iPods…

September 13, 2010 Compooting

True song randomizing in iPods: finally, a cause worth fighting for! http://post.ly/xDEW

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Announcing Fixitnow.com Appliance Repair Radio

March 3, 2006 Compooting

Yep, we not only jumped on the podcasting bandwagon, but we got all tangled up in the wheels and now the bandwagon rolls with a peculiar thunkety-thunk sound. We started a podcast about the world of major appliances: industry news, tech tips from the manufacturers, product reviews, purchasing information for consumers, and we answer listener [...]

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Unveiling a New Mac iBook: A voyeuristic peek into a disturbing moment in the life of a certifiable geek.

September 30, 2005 Compooting

Unveiling a New Mac iBook: A voyeuristic peek into a disturbing moment in the life of a certifiable geek.

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Google Blog Search

September 14, 2005 Compooting

Google has just added a new Blog search capability. Some of you are wrinkling your nose and asking, “What’s a ‘blog’?” Well, in case you hadn’t noticed, this website is a blog. The blurb you’re reading at this moment is called a “blog entry”or simply a “post.” Anyway, you can play with Google’s latest search [...]

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Google Talk and iChat SSL Error – 9843

September 12, 2005 Compooting

So I was happily using iChat to connect to the AIM and Google Talk instant messaging networks (RE: my previous post on the subject). Then one day, I go to log in to Google Talk and I get a weird error message: SSL error 9843. I didn’t know if the problem was in iChat or [...]

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Mayday, Mayday! RepairClinic Down!

April 23, 2005 Compooting

Don’t know what’s been going on at RepairClinic but they’ve been down going on two days now. You could not reach their site all day yesterday and, as of this posting, still can’t. So if you can’t get through to buy parts, that’s why.

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Life is Good

March 11, 2005 Compooting

Life is good. It’s late afternoon on a Friday and another snow storm is kicking up outside– they’re promising a foot this time. But I’m propped up in bed with my semper fi canine hiking partner, Bubba, laying next to me. And I have my newest little buddy, a Mac iBook G4, perched on my [...]

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Dumping the Empire

March 2, 2005 Compooting

First, let me be clear: unlike the vogue trend, I do not resent Microsoft simply because they’re the two-ton gorilla of the software world and make an obscene amount of money. Hey, this is Ameedica, making moola is the name o’ da game and that’s a game Homey likes. No, I resent Microslop because they [...]

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