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Geek Up Your Super Bowl

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Jan 312007
 

Hometown affiliations notwithstanding, football fans can agree on this: The Super Bowl party is an American institution.

Hallmark claims that more Americans attend parties on Super Sunday than on New Year’s Eve. And according to the National Retail Federation, Americans spent around $5.3 billion on their Super Bowl parties in 2006.

Chances are, even if you’re only watching for the rumored Apple announcement, you’ll still find yourself in front of a television come Feb. 4. But if you’re going the extra yard by planning your own party, the web is here to help. Whether it’s sending out invitations, coordinating chips and dip, or cleaning up after the masses, make sure your party hits pay dirt by prepping with the latest tech.

For planning and invitations, many rely on the old standby, Evite , but some new sites on the block are trying to move beyond the simple web invitation. Renkoo , Skobee and MyPunchbowl set themselves apart from the pack by incorporating pre-invitation event-planning tools and, in the case of the latter, post-party memory sharing.

MyPunchbowl, which launched just in time for Super Bowl XLI, offers a suite of easy party-planning tools. Just create an account, create a party and add your friends to the list. MyPunchbowl will import your address book from most popular online e-mail services.

Once you have everything set up, send out your announcement. As a nice touch, MyPunchbowl makes it possible to send personalized messages to each recipient at the top of your general e-mail.

Unlike most other sites, MyPunchbowl lets your friends RSVP without registering. There’s also a forumlike tool included with each party page so people can ask questions and you can answer them. Also, any time you want to nag your friends who haven’t committed to bringing beer or chips, you can use MyPunchbowl to send out personalized, taunting messages to the slackers.

Once you have the basics covered, it’s time to get to the finer points of competitive sports — online betting. It’s nice when your team wins, but it’s even nicer when your team earns you a bunch of your friends’ money. Is it legal? Not in the United States, so proceed at your own risk.

Gottabet.com is a U.K.-based website that allows you to bet on nearly anything using real money or, more legally, a site currency dubbed “peanuts.” Gottabet functions like a typical social-networking site: Create a profile and invite your friends to join.

Bets involving real money are settled by credit or debit cards. Gottabet takes a 5 percent fee off the top of your pot. It’s also possible to send a portion of the proceeds to charity.

So what happens after the party, when everyone has gone home and you find yourself alone with a giant mess? For the lazy, there’s always the iRobot Roomba vacuum cleaner , but depending on how closely your friends’ eating habits mirror those of barnyard animals, you may want something stronger.

Gadget Lab recently reviewed the Dyson Root 6 handheld vacuum and found it capable of devouring everything from rocks to bobby pins. Its battery life is lacking, but the suction power is unmatched, and by most accounts it’s loud enough to wake up any stragglers passed out in the dark corners of your domicile. Plus, it looks like something from a Terry Gilliam film, so it gets points.

But there’s more to the after-party than cleanup — it’s time to share memories. Hallmark doesn’t have any sarcastic sorry-my-team-whooped-your-team’s-butt cards to send out Monday morning while gloating to your friends, but you could always create your own with MyCardMaker.

Being a proper geek, you most certainly recorded the game on your TiVo. Hold on to the memories by transferring the video to your PC using TiVoToGo (a free download for Windows users). Mac football fans looking to do the same will have to pony up $80 for Toast 8 Titanium from Roxio, which features support for burning TiVo recordings. Once it’s on your computer, you can create a DVD or compress the game for playback on an iPod.

If you used MyPunchbowl to plan your party, you can upload your photos to Flickr and MyPunchbowl can display the Flickr galleries on your party page. Once your photos are on Flickr, just enter your Flickr user name in MyPunchbowl and you’ll see all your photos. Send out your photo announcement so your guests can browse your pictures and add their own.

With these web tools at your disposal you should be able to tame the Super Bowl party beast, unless of course somebody forgets to bring the beer.

Have fun and may the best team win. Go Patriots! Wait, what? Oh. By Scott Gilbertson

 Posted by Kevin at 7:58 pm

Why can’t a person tickle himself?

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Jan 312007
 

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, a research fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, explains.

The answer lies at the back of the brain in an area called the cerebellum, which is involved in monitoring movements. Our studies at University College London have shown that the cerebellum can predict sensations when your own movement causes them but not when someone else does. When you try to tickle yourself, the cerebellum predicts the sensation and this prediction is used to cancel the response of other brain areas to the tickle.

Two brain regions are involved in processing how tickling feels. The somatosensory cortex processes touch and the anterior cingulate cortex processes pleasant information. We found that both these regions are less active during self-tickling than they are during tickling performed by someone else, which helps to explains why it doesn’t feel tickly and pleasant when you tickle yourself. Further studies using robots showed that the presence of a small delay between your own movement and the resulting tickle can make the sensation feel tickly. Indeed, the longer the delay, the more tickly it feels. So it might be possible to tickle yourself, if you are willing to invest in a couple of robots!

 Posted by Kevin at 6:42 pm

Famous quotes on Sex. Part 2

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Jan 302007
 

Women need a reason to have sex Men just need a place.

Billy Crystal

According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in front of men than they do undressing in front of other women. They say that women are too judgmental, where, of course, men are just grateful.
Robert De Niro

There’s a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what’s the problem?
Dustin Hoffman

There’s very little advice in men’s magazines, because men think, I know what I’m doing. Just show me somebody naked.
Jerry Seinfeld

Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.
Woody Allen

See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.
Robin Williams

My family never raised me to have a vagina.
Roseanne

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.
Aldous Huxley

Did you ever notice the people who are most adamantly against abortions are people you wouldn’t want to fuck in the first place?
George Carlin

Of the delights of this world man cares most for sexual intercourse, yet he has left it out of his heaven.
Mark Twain

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
Jane Austen

Sex concentrates on what is on the outside of the individual. It’s funny because I think it’s better inside.
Alex Walsh

When a man goes on a date, he wonders if he is going to get lucky. A woman already knows.
Frederike Ryder

 Posted by Kevin at 6:25 am

Review: Are you ready for Windows Vista?

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Jan 302007
 

It’s been five years since Microsoft put out its last operating system, Windows XP. Now, the next step, Windows Vista is finally here.

Windows is by far the world’s most popular operating system, and Vista will eventually become what most people run, like XP is today. Like it or not, you’ll probably be using it too in a few years time.

The operating system is the backbone of your PC. It boots up and shuts down your computer, launches software programs, and makes sure your speakers and other extras work properly. It’s also the thing that gets infected by viruses and other nasties. Windows Vista is better than XP in many ways. It looks better and it’s also easier to use and more secure. But you’ll need a PC with enough grunt to handle its hefty requirements, so Vista won’t be the best choice for everyone.

Vista looks slicker thanks to its “Aero” interface. If your computer can handle it, Vista uses your graphics card to power snazzy 3D extras, like Flip3D which uses a rolodex-type arrangement to show you what’s going on in all open programs. You can also make windows more transparent, or change their colour.

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 Posted by Kevin at 6:10 am

Famous quotes on Sex. Part 1

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Jan 292007
 

My girlfriend always laughs during sex –no matter what she’s reading.
Steve Jobs (Founder, Apple Computers)

Don’t knock masturbation – it’s sex with someone I love.
Woody Allen

Lord, grant me chastity and continence… but not yet.
St. Augustine

I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
Tom Clancy

You know “that look” women get when they want sex? Me neither.
Steve Martin

Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand.
Woody Allen

Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.
Rodney Dangerfield

There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL.
Lynn Lavner

Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.
George Burns

Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. The other eight are unimportant.
George Burns

Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships
Sharon Stone

My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.
Jack Nicholson

Ah, yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet.
Robin Williams

Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.
Roseanne

 Posted by Kevin at 3:35 pm

Microsoft Windows Vista ships Tuesday January 30,2007.

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Jan 282007
 

Vista requires a lot of horsepower, which I detail below. Most XP machines will require new hardware-$200 – $300 worth. If your machine is more than a couple years old, that could be just the beginning. People with old machines are typically better off to buy new.
Also, upgrading an operating system can be tricky for the casual user. It may well cause headaches. Nonetheless, I’m sure many people won’t heed this advice. So, I’ll tell you how you can minimize installation problems.

You’re probably going to need additional RAM. Microsoft recommends 512 MB for the most basic version of Vista. For premium versions, it recommends 1 GB. I would double these numbers. Microsoft recommends 128MB of RAM for video. Again, to be safe, I would double that. To make sure your computer is up to snuff, visit Microsoft’s Vista upgrade site. If your computer gets a green light, you can proceed.

First, back up everything on your computer. Making a checklist is advisable. Remember your e-mail, photos, data and Internet Bookmarks/Favorites. Make sure you know all your passwords. Back up program settings if possible. I recommend using an external hard drive. You can do an in-place upgrade over most versions of XP. The sole exception is the 64-bit version of XP. Practically no one has that. Theoretically, Vista will keep all your files, settings, and programs as they were in XP. I haven’t tried this, so I can’t say how well it will work.

I wouldn’t count on an in-place upgrade to go smoothly. Things could go wrong. Set aside plenty of time. To learn about in-place upgrades, visit Microsoft’s site.

Your alternative to an in-place upgrade is a clean installation. (recommended).If you buy a new machine with Vista installed, you’ll still need to transfer your data. You can use Microsoft’s Easy Transfer to move files and settings from your XP machine. That included a special USB cable. It generally does a good job of transferring settings and files, with the exception of Firefox data.
Once Vista is running, you should install security software. Both AVG and avast! antivirus programs will run on Vista. They’re free. Windows Defender, the anti-spyware program is included with Vista. Microsoft also offers their own antivirus program called Windows Live One Care.

For a more detailed article on upgrading to Windows Vista visit Extreme Tech.com

 Posted by Kevin at 8:47 pm

Earthcore a Podcast Novel

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Jan 272007
 

Podcast of the Week.

1-27-07

Earthcore by Scott Sigler A Podcast Novel. Deep below a desolate Utah mountain lays the largest platinum deposit ever discovered. A billion-dollar find, it waits for any company that can drill a world’s record, three-mile-deep mine shaft.EarthCore is the company with the technology, the resources and the guts to go after the mother lode. Young executive Connell Kirkland is the company’s driving force, pushing himself and those around him to uncover the massive treasure.But Kirkland and EarthCore are not the first to find this treasure. The mountain’s history reveals two centuries of disappearances, murder, and insanity.The discovery of ancient platinum knives, razor-sharp despite lying untouched for 1,000 years, reveals evidence of an ancient culture. If the artifacts are genuine, they show a pre-historic empire that once spanned from the Southern tip of South America all the way up through the American Southwest.Wealth and fame lie under that Utah mountain, but at three miles below the surface, where the rocks are so hot they burn bare skin, something has been waiting for centuries. Waiting … and guarding. Kirkland and EarthCore are about to find out first-hand why this treasure has never been unearthed.

 Posted by Kevin at 8:19 pm

Picasa Photo Management Software

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Jan 272007
 

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Picasa Find the pictures you forgot you had.

Picasa organizes your entire collection while you watch, scanning the images on your computer and automatically sorting them by date.
Move and re-name pictures from inside Picasa.

Want to clean up messy folders and move pictures around on your computer’s hard drive? Simply drag and drop pictures from one folder in

Picasa to another. Picasa will make the change permanent after double-checking with you. Want to change a picture’s filename from 671056398a.jpg to Lisa.jpg? In Picasa, it only takes seconds to re-name one picture or a group of pictures.
Make an album.

Use the “Albums” collection to tag your photos into quick groupings inside Picasa. Viewing and sharing the pictures you grouped under an album is easy – they make great slideshows and movies or you can email them to friends.
Add a star rating.

Give a gold star to any photo you love: it turns your favorites into visual standouts at a glance. Picasa even has a star search that reduces your entire photo collection to the best of the best in less than a second.

Keep one picture in multiple albums.

Picasa creates a new “instance” of each photo you label without taking up more space on your computer, so you can put the same picture into multiple albums.
Password-protect collections.

Have photos you want to keep to yourself? You can add passwords to any of your Picasa collections (this does not affect which pictures you and otherscan see on your computer’s hard drive).

Send photos via email that are a joy to receive.

Take the guesswork out of sending photos. Picasa automatically resizes and attaches pictures to email messages at sizes your friends will be able to open. Works with most email programs, including Google’s Gmail.
Put pictures on your own site, for free.

Picasa Web Albums is the fast and easy way to put your photos on the web. Just select the photos in Picasa that you want to share and click to publish. In seconds, those photos are on your own web page, ready to share with

the people you know. Check out a few things you can do with Picasa Web Albums.

If you’re looking to post multiple photos onto your blog, Picasa’s “BlogThis!” button does the hard work for you by automatically transferring selected photos directly to Blogger.
Make beautiful slide shows.

With Picasa, you can turn a group of photos into a presentation with one click of the “Slideshow” button.

 Posted by Kevin at 8:06 pm

Email of the week

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Jan 262007
 

Email of the week: 

Sent by Carol

Regardless of where you stand on the issue of the U.S. involvement in Iraq , here’s a sobering statistic.

There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theatre of operations during the last 22 months and a total of 2,112 deaths

That gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 persons for the same period.

That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. Capitol than you are in Iraq.

Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington.

 Posted by Kevin at 8:49 pm

IRS offers free tax prep and E-filing.

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Jan 262007
 

 IRS offers free tax prep and E-filing. The Free File program is a free federal tax preparation and electronic filing program for eligible taxpayers developed through a partnership between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Free File Alliance LLC, a group of private sector tax software companies. Since Free File’s debut in 2003, more than 15.4 million returns have been prepared and e-filed through the program.

Free File allows taxpayers with an Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) of $52,000 or less in 2006 to e-file their federal tax returns for free. That means 70 percent of all taxpayers – 95 million taxpayers – can take advantage of the Free File program.

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