Archive for June 24th, 2005

del.icio.us on crack - Del.icio.us Direc.tor

Friday, June 24th, 2005

From LifeHacker:
Newly-released bookmarklet Del.icio.us Direc.tor turns the Del.icio.us bookmark service into a gorgeous, lively, dynamic application that just about popped the eyeballs right out of my head.
+digg! Extremely useful.
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Sub-$600 Media Center PC

Friday, June 24th, 2005

Gateway’s inexpensive brand eMachines recently announced it’s first PC running Windows XP Media Center Edition. This is great news! The eMachine T6520 has an Athlon 64 3400+, a 200GB hard drive, 1GB RAM, dual-layer burner, and lists for $599! There’s no excuse not to have one of these if you ever listen [...]

Higher Speed Limits Don’t Cause More Deaths

Friday, June 24th, 2005

A new study of changing speed limits in the United States finds no evidence that higher limits fuel more deaths.
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A Google search = due diligence

Friday, June 24th, 2005

From LifeHacker:
Attorney Evan D. Brown notes that in a recent Munster vs. Groce court case in Indiana, the court determined the plaintiff hadn’t exercised due diligence finding the defendant because Google wasn’t searched:
The court seemed to chastise this failure: “[W]e discovered, upon entering “Joe Groce Indiana” into the Google search engine, an address for Groce [...]