Posts about Digg as of August 1, 2009
08/01/2009
Scott Warmuth, who has written elsewhere in great detail on some surprising apparent sources for certain lines in Bob Dylan songs (e.g., the poetry of Henry Timrod) has written a post at the Expecting Rain forum itemizing some instances in Dylan’s memoir Chronicles where it appears that he was drawing on phrases used in a certain 1961 edition of TIME magazine.
08/01/2009
by Zak Stanislawski Modern outdoor carpets come in a dizzying array of shapes, colors and types, and you may be forgiven in thinking that installing them has become more difficult. But the truth is that installing outdoor carpets yourself is not particularly difficult, and you can do it without the costly services of a builder if you are so inclined. As for all do it yourself work, you need to start out with the right tools. For outdoor carpet installation, these are pretty simple, and utility knife and some measuring tape being the main ones.
08/01/2009
Technorati ’s new Twittorati (launched July 7, and not last week as some sites are reporting ) will feature tweets from what Technorati thinks are the top 100 bloggers. This gives Technorati its coveted “business model” (everyone wants to be the Digg of Twitter), but it has numerous shortcomings in terms of presenting users with useful and interesting content. First, it assumes that the tweets of the top bloggers are as interesting as the their blog posts, never mind whether the blog posts are that interesting.
08/01/2009
My Mac workhorse is about to be 1 year old, which means the end of the 1 year Original Manufacturer Warranty and also means I should get that APP (apple protection plan) for the iMac . Ive been a Mac for five years and was very please with their prompt technical support, my first APP purchase was for the Powermac Dual 2.7, bought it from YNZAL and used it for Superdrive, and graphics card replacement which should have cost me more.
08/01/2009
by Saji Nase If you and your helpmate sleep every night in a bed that is just a bit too small, you shouldn’t feel required to resort to counseling. What you ought to do, though, is consider owning an adjustable king sized bed. There are so many Adjustable Bed Manufactures to choose from so make sure to do your research. You can frequently feel confined in a queen sized bed. Oftentimes the difference between an adequate night’s sleep and a superb night’s sleep is the difference between a queen and a king sized mattress.
08/01/2009
by Scott Rodgers Allowing the non-required flow of liquids is what termed as leaky. A faucet may be leak in the kitchen. A leaky faucet can be priced more if proper care is not taken as if left unnoticed then many drops of water will be assembled to form gallons of waste water. Before fixing the faucet it is necessary you first find out the type of the faucet so that you can get the parts which is used for replacement. You may get a wrong type of part which is a regular fault.
08/01/2009
by Nigel Allan You simply can’t afford not to have a top notch Indiana health insurance plan. For those that get it with the job, it’s an awesome perk. However, a number of us don’t work for companies or work for ourselves and don’t have that benefit. So what can we do? Take the time and find a high quality and affordable In health plan that we can afford. Some people will tell you that you can go without Indiana health insurance, but it is a plan that could cause you problems down the road.
08/01/2009
Digg’s Kevin Rose Not Pleased With DiggBar Change – washingtonpost.com
08/01/2009
Mythic Entertainment, the guys behind the game Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR) announced that the MMO will be available for the Macintosh platform fall of 2009. Beta version is available for download, this version is available for existing WAR account holders and 10 day trial version for new users. I just downloaded the 21.9mb trial version, will definitely try this game.. the last multi-player network game i was addicted to was DOTA and this should be my first Massive Multi-player Online Game.
08/01/2009
Have you ever heard someone saying “he made me feel x” or “because of her I felt y” ? Maybe you even said it yourself. Stop for a moment and think about it, did they point a gun to your head and forced you to feel something? The truth is we and no one else are responsible for our emotions. Have you ever felt great even though something you consider negative happened? For instance maybe it was raining and you were all soaked and you still smiled and enjoyed the moment, or maybe something you consider good happened and you still felt bad.



