For a lot of folks, it isn’t 4th of July without fried chicken. And what’s nice about fried chicken is you can make it in advance and serve it cold if you want. For the best, juiciest fried chicken, follow my step-by-step directions for how to make fri…
Archive | July 1st, 2012
Bed, Bath, Obama and Beyond
Posted on 01 July 2012.
Big Politics, Big Money: So you and your beloved are getting married, but you don’t want a bunch of toasters or blenders. How about a donation in your names to the Barack Obama re-election campaign, instead?
In a “creative,” if not just plain weird wa…
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Celebrate Anti-Boredom with Some Active Fun
Posted on 01 July 2012.
July is officially Anti-Boredom Month. While many of the stressed and busy among us would relish having enough of a break in the action to be bored, many others find themselves stressed, at least partially, because their lives are boring: working in a…
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Reds Meadow Valley Road Open
Posted on 01 July 2012.
The Reds Meadow Valley Road in California is now open to the public on providing public access to Devils Postpile National Monument, Rainbow Falls, and Reds Meadow recreation areas, trailheads, and campgrounds in the Reds Meadow Valley. The US F…
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Free Open Source Radio Automation Software
Posted on 01 July 2012.
It’s called Airtime 2.1 and it’s open source, free to download, but only runs on Ubuntu Linux and Debian Squeeze. But, once installed you can interact with it through any web browser.
This new version of Airtime 2.1 now features real-time show editing…
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An Interview With Kristin Bauer van Straten (Pam, True Blood)
Posted on 01 July 2012.
What is our obsession with vampires? Is it their mysterious ways? Perhaps it’s the vast mythology that accompanies these creatures of the night? Whatever the reason, we can’t seem to get enough of those vampires and I think most would agree that True B…
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Protect Your Credit From an Angry Ex
Posted on 01 July 2012.
Breakups are tough enough, but if you shared a credit card or another account with your former boyfriend or girlfriend things could get nasty.
A scorned ex-lover might seek revenge by running up the balance on your joint credit card. Or, if they have …
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Thin Resume, Fat Contract: Cashing in on the NHL Free Agent Market
Posted on 01 July 2012.
The first day of NHL free agency ended with one of the big names finding a new home.
Now we wait and see whether Jason Garrison lives up to his generous new paycheck.
Garrison joins Vancouver on a six-year contract reportedly worth $4.6 million ann…
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Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Certification Programs
Posted on 01 July 2012.
Well, they’ve done it again. If you weren’t confused enough by the sea of acronyms surrounding Microsoft SQL Server certification, you can now add MCTS and MCITP to the trash heap occupied by the MCDBA and MCP certifications. The new SQL Server 2012…
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RIM Can Survive Only by Making Tough Decisions Quickly
Posted on 01 July 2012.
RIM Can Survive Only by Making Tough Decisions Quickly (
Page 1 of 2 )Research In Motions earnings call showing
huge losses by the Waterloo, Ontario-based company was not a huge surprise.
Hardly anyone was expecting good results. But what followed w…
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