It's 1:30 am, and I just came in from checking out Jupiter and four of its moons in my little telescope. It was even cooler than when I first looked at Saturn just after getting the telescope a few months ago.

The moment it appeared in the eyepiece, before even focusing, I immediately recognized what...
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Ever wonder just how much of a problem spam email is? To give you an idea, here in no particular order are the 1,231 IP addresses from which my email server received at least 3 messages sent to invalid addresses within a single 5 minute period over the course of 4 hours.

That sentence may...
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A few days ago, John Reese posted the following on Twitter:

"i used to think libertarians were a bit wacky but now I'm really starting to see that a lot of what they believe makes sense / 'grant me the freedom to do whatever I want unless it infringes on the freedom of others.' it's...
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AWeber is a great service, and for the most part I'm very happy with it. But it does have a few irritating problems. Here's my list of the worst. Have any pet peeves that aren't listed? Share them in the comments.

Just Plain Wrong

There's one feature where my complaint isn't just a matter of...
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I'm running a one week only special on CaRP Evolution and YesTube to raise money to pay our greedy hospital. I'll get to the deal in just a minute, but first a little background.

A few months ago, my baby boy, Lincoln, got RSV. He spent 3 days in the hospital just in case things...
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For years, I've occasionally thought about buying a telescope. A year or so ago, I did some reasearch online and chose $350 reflector, but didn't buy. Last week, I picked up my first telescope at a local auction for $14. It's one that used to sell at Walmart for $99, so it's obviously not fo...
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Don't get me wrong -- I have Indian friends, and I've even been known to unconsciously adopt an Indian accent while talking with them. And I'm not at all opposed to outsourcing. Nor would I be opposed to hiring in India for email support reps. But U.S. companies simply should not be outsourcing telephone support...
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You know that list of "update services" you configured your blog software to ping whenever you create a new post? If you copied it from the WordPress website (or any of a number of other sites on the web that have the same list) recently, you've got the wrong list.

When I say you've got...
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That's right, gambling has been legalized in Nebraska.

Every time venture out onto the ice packed streets of Grand Island, Nebraska, you're gambling with your life, the lives of those around you, and your financial and emotional futures.

Driving about a block from my house today, I came to an unmarked intersection (there's a gamble...
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You know the saying, "never put off till tomorrow what you can do today." I'd like to suggest an alternative, "never put off till tomorrow what you can put off till next week."

Okay, I'm not entirely serious, but here's my thinking: if you've got a task that you're putting off because you just don't...
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