From the monthly archives:

September 2011


Focus On What Matters

by John P.

There are many things that can be taken away from a person – possessions, freedom, health, happiness, even dignity. But there are some things no one can take from you, like knowledge, courage, friendship, and love.

Remember that when you find you’re focusing attention on things that are fleeting, and try investing in things that can’t be devalued.

Have a great day!


Pods CMS Gets A Kickstart

September 15, 2011
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WordPress, you know it… you love it. But a big part of what makes WordPress so awesome is it’s ecosystem of passionate users, theme and plugin developers. In the case of theme and plugin developers, they’re essential to making it easy on the rest of us to get WordPress to do the things we want [...]

Facebook Now Speaks Pirate English! (Arrrggh!)

September 15, 2011
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Do you use Facebook? Well, head on over and check your settings and you can now use Facebook in Pirate mode! THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!! Go to ACCOUNT > ACCOUNT SETTINGS > LANGUAGE and then choose English (Pirate), and voila! You’re now in pirate mode matey! :-) After you make the change, this is [...]

Crowd Lifts Burning Car – Saves Motorcyclist Who Was Under It!

September 14, 2011
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This is amazing folks, and it demonstrates what a motivated group of people can do when action needs to be taken, and taken quickly. (Thanks to Brian Clark for finding this one.) On Monday in Logan, Utah a motorcycle accident left one man laying underneath a car, with the motorcycle and front end of the [...]

HDR Photos From Berlin, Germany

September 13, 2011
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While Cali Lewis and I were in Berlin last week for the IFA 2011 show we had the opportunity to spend a day wandering around Berlin. As usual I annoyed the hell out of her by stopping every 15 feet to take a photo. The following is a collection of HDR, or High Dynamic Range, [...]

The Top 10 Dead Google Projects

September 12, 2011
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Google has moved leaps and bounds during the past 15 years to become the largest online conglomerate in existence. Not only does it have a wide array of features that grows every day as it expands to new technological concepts but it also owns popular websites like YouTube. It has even recently created Google+, its [...]

Dying Father Saves Daughter’s Life on September 11

September 10, 2011
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On September 11, 2001, Madeleine Cunningham was employed as an auditor with the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.  Their offices were located on the 86th and 87th floors of the south tower of World Trade Center 2. Thirty-nine of her co-workers perished on that terrifying day and she could have been one [...]

GeekBeat Extreme! How to Make a Flaming 5 Gallon Water Bottle!

September 5, 2011
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What happens when you put rubbing alcohol in a 5 gallon water bottle and then light it on fire? Well, that was something we were wondering too. So we decided to find out on GeekBeat LIVE! Don’t forget, you can catch all of our new episodes every Friday at 4pm EST/3pm CST at LIVE.GeekBeat.TV. And [...]

Alyssa Bereznak: A Study in Why Nerds Should be Publicly Humiliated

September 4, 2011
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I’d like to preface this rant by saying that I wish the target of said rant no physical ill will. But I do hope that she is publicly shamed for her immature view of others, her poor taste in subject matter, and her sheer lack of integrity.   I was skimming though my Twitter stream [...]