Man lifts car to save teen!

Posted by Pete on July 31st, 2006

I ran into this article today, thought it was an awesome act of heroism.
It’s too bad it’s not like this everywhere!

“I didn’t believe what I saw,” Boyle said Thursday. “I didn’t believe it until my wife said something, and I was just like, ‘Oh my God.’ You think things like that only happen in movies….”

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Pranked at the Gas Pump!

Posted by Pete on July 29th, 2006

While browsing around today, I found this:

Funny to be standing there watching the news, and realizing he’s actually talking to you!

Google Talk unleashes a collection of features today!

Posted by Pete on July 28th, 2006

I was pleasantly surprised to find a Google Talk alert this morning notifiying me about some new features.

  1. The first one I noticed on the “Just Launched” page was “Send Files”. This was a needed feature and lovin it.
  2. Then there’s a “Send Voicemail” on top of that? That’s great! I don’t use the talk-part much on google talk, but I have used it more than any other im client out there.
  3. Third one on the list today, is “Music Status”. Turning on your favorite music player shows the song you’re playing as the status message.

Google Talk

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Firefox 1.5.0.5 Final to be released?

Posted by Pete on July 26th, 2006

Word on the street says that Firefox will be making an official announcement tomorrow of their new release.
You can pickup the latest at the link below if you want a head start.

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Taser Taser Taser

Posted by Pete on July 24th, 2006

Police training involves some pretty tough tests. One of them is to get shot by 50,000 Volts to know what it feels like when using one.
Unfortunately for this cop, he got shot with a taser in the groin. All the others could do, is stand there and laugh.

Dating sites - The Top of the list!

Posted by Pete on July 23rd, 2006

TechCrunch puts together a list of the “better” sites to find love. Mike names the list “Online Dating 2.0″.
Great list to read through if you happen to be in the dating game and haven’t found that special someone to share those chilly nights with. ;-)

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Mac Commercial Spoofs

Posted by Pete on July 22nd, 2006

I was doing my daily browsing when I came across these hilarious spoofs of the Mac Commercials:

There’s 2 more videos, follow the link below.
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Funny Scares

Posted by Pete on July 21st, 2006

A funny video put together with a collection of scares. Made me laugh when I saw it, should bring a chuckle to you too.

Foxit Reader - Nice Replacement

Posted by Pete on July 20th, 2006

In case you’re wondering what this is, it’s a small 1mb fully functional PDF Reader that has replaced my Adobe Reader installed on all my Win XP boxes, also ubuntu box.

It’s a single file, takes half a second to load and works beautifully. You should give it a try.
Thanks to UneasySilence for the info!

Foxit Reader

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Top 5 Strangest Military Gadgets

Posted by Pete on July 19th, 2006

Strangest or Coolest. You be the judge.
TechBlog put together some interesting handy tools that our people in uniform could possibly use.

The ESG Gryphon is aimed at the military market, where upon parachutists can be dropped up-to 40 kilometres away from the landing pad and then glide their silently and near invisible to any radar cover.

If I had wings I could fly!

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