Monthly Archives: July 2006

Emulate a Dial-Up Connection for Web-Site Testing

here is some software that will throttle down your connection speed so that you can witness first hand how a website/webpage loads for dial-up users on the internet. it works great as a dial-up emulator. it will emulate 28.8Kb, 33.3Kb and 56Kb.
it’s called Charles

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A Beer Belly That Saves You Money on Beer

i discovered this little contraption… i think many of us have had this idea… you know, you go to a concert or ball game and end up paying like $8 a beer. if you’re a po’ boy like me your wallet is empty before the 3rd inning (or 2nd act). so if u want [...]

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How Many Aggies Does It Take

HOW MANY AGGIES DOES IT TAKE…
… to sink your truck at the Lake Austin boat ramp?
… to drag your truck and boat out of Lake Austin?

thanks to Ryan at work for this.

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Happy Birthday USA

Let Freedom Ring!!
I hope everybody had a safe and fun Independence Day. Despite our vast variant opinions regarding politics, religion, economics, the environment… and more… I hope we all agree that we live in the Greatest Nation in the World no matter how we got here our future is in OUR hands.
btw, next year i [...]

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Google Challenges PayPal with Google Checkout

it’s live! sneaky lil boogers over there at GOOG. how long before you setup your Google Checkout account? it looks pretty cool… for merchants especially… even more so for Adwords advertisers!!
Paypal (eBay) cannot be happy about this news.
>> Google Checkout

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Superman Returns - Biggest Box Office Weekend Ever??

i saw Superman Returns this weekend. it was good… better than i expected after hearing some critics. it was imho better than X-Men 3. i do agree that casting could’ve been a little better… besides Spacey who was perfect. there were many tributes to the older movies… with a nudge of newness… which was cool… [...]

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Pandora’s Jar - A Pandora.com Time Shifter

pandora.com is an awesome service…
this open source app >> Pandora’s Jar allows users to time-shift songs… some would call it a Pandora Ripper… as it does allow you to save the MP3, tag it using Last.fm and listen to it at a later time. it’s like a DVR (you know Tivo for Television?) except [...]

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