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    Road Trip Fans

    Any road trip fans out there? I just flew out to California and drove Hwy. 1, from San Francisco to LA, stopping in Big Sur to hike Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, Andrew Molera State Park and some other spots. Absolutely gorgeous - though scary at times on Hwy.1 due to the cliffs. Anyways, Lexus...
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    McAfee Stop H*Commerce Facebook Sweepstakes

    McAfee is giving away one $500 Visa Gift card a week for six weeks (11/23-12/28) for it's Stop H*Commerce Hack-Free Holiday Sweepstakes. Must become a fan of the Stop H*Commerce Facebook Fan page and answer a question about cybercrime to enter. Details and entry on the page...
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    Airport problem on Powerbook G4

    I have 2004 Powerbook G4 - I know it's old, but I'm having a heck of a time with the airport card these days. It often fails to receive a Wifi signal, even when I'm next to the wireless device. When it does find it it usually drops it after 5 minutes or is ridiculously slow. Anyone know of a fix...
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    mcafee web series - stopping h*commerce

    from PC Mag: you can see the series at www.stophcommerce.com. i'm doing some work with mcafee on this campaign - what do you guys think?
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    End the "R-Word"

    http://www.specialolympics.org http://www.r-word.org/ Special Olympics has started an initiative to end the use of the words "retard" and "retarded" with the End the R-Word Campaign. Special Olympics argues that by putting a stop to the r-word fosters a larger message of inclusion and...
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    $25,000 to build a Home Theater

    There is a contest called Room-a-Day that you can enter at www.roomadaygiveaway.com , and since the grand prizes are $25,000 to redo a room in your house, you could definitely do a nice home theater setup. So here's the question... If you had $25k to build a Home Theater in your living...
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    Kia Soul

    Kia's launching a new car called the Kia Soul. Supposed to have some nice technology like Bluetooth and iPod input, and starts under $14k. What do you guys think of the car...nice bargain? LA 2008: Kia's Soul-ful debut
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    family cars

    curious as to what everyone's thoughts were to about the best family-oriented cars on the market right now. i grew up with a dodge caravan, was driving around a toyota matrix for a while, and my parents just picked up a lexus RX300. so if you were looking for the best car for a family - would...
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    mls cup

    What'd you guys think of the MLS Cup? Any of you watch? Columbus Crew beat the NY Red Bulls 3-1. Fun game to watch. My team, DC United, didn't make it to the playoffs. So we had Ben Olson acting in these webisodesthese webisodes for the "Road To MLS Cup" instead. They were funny, but I think...
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    dodge ram

    What do you guys think of the 09 Ram? Edmunds just picked the RAM as their "most wanted" truck for 2009, and the "Ram Challenge" reality webisodes are pretty awesome. It apparently drives great with the new rear coil link suspension - I'm looking forward to test driving one. So what do...
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    Dodge Ram engineer Q&A

    Dodgetalk.com is hosting a Q&Awith a couple engineers and designers for the new 2009 Dodge Ram. If you're interested in the truck (or how trucks are designed), it's definitely worth checking out. You have to register if you want to ask any questions. Happening tomorrow (November 11th) at 6PM...
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    EA Sports Champions of Gaming tournament

    Are any of you competing in the EA Sports Champions of Gaming tournament? EA is running a whole global gaming tournament through Xbox Live for Madden, NBA Live, Tiger Woods, FIFA, and the NASCAR games. I like that it's through XBox live you don't have to leave the house to compete, which is rare...
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    volkswagen routan - what do you think?

    what do you guys think of the Volkswagen Routan? compared to other minivans? i recently started working with VW and test drove the Routan a few weeks back, and i liked it - i think it's a good choice for VW-fans with growing families. as i'm sure many of you have seen the Brooke Shields...
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    bill maher - "vote for barbecue"

    For the GAP, Bill Maher urges people to "vote barbecue" in the upcoming election. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9VaEWkJrkE http://www.gap.com/votefor Thoughts on his video? On the GAP "Vote For" campaign?
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    Free Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Strips

    chick-fil-a is giving away a free order of its new chick-n-strips to anyone that comes into a restaurant on monday september 1st (labor day) wearing any sort of football gear. it's to kick off of the college football season (the clemson vs. alabama game on the 30th). any of you planning on...
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    how clean are hotels really?

    ran across this video on youtube of a girl licking literally every single thing in an extended stay hotel room. granted, she goes a bit over the line and [SPOILER ALERT] licks the inside of a freakin' toilet, but it just leads me to ask - has there been any advances in clean hotels since the...
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    CBS streaming in HD

    it looks like CBS has begun to stream a good chunk of their lineup (CSI, numb3rs, big bang theory, etc..) in high-def on their website. i'm pumped to see streaming HD become more mainstream. anyone planning on using it?
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    great looking flash site

    got linked to this site - http://www.museumoftheobvious.com in addition to being pretty funny, i thought it was one of the best looking flash sites i've seen in a while. any idea on how they got it to look so good? what program do you think they used for the 3d modeling? maya, lightwave...
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    mountain dew's old school, new school promotion

    the people on slickdeals and cheapassgamer are winning a lot of stuff through this "old school, new school" promotion that mountain dew is putting on (http://www.oldschoolornew.com). people have had pretty good luck winning free shoes (and some of the bigger prizes - arcade machines, etc..)...
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    new TomToms

    hey guys.. the new TomTom's were announced this week. they announced the ONE 130/130S and the XL 330/330S. they're thinner, have a better mount, have better speakers. i've used ONE 3rd edition, and i like it a lot, so this has to be pretty good...
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    High Reviews for TomTom Traffic

    Looks like if your looking for a good GPS device with traffic capabilities, the TomTom is the way to go. Specifically the GO 720. LAPTOP gave it a great review over other models. http://www.laptopmag.com/Revie...raffic-Performance.htm
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    Best Freebie V-tines Day Gift EVER

    Dude, you guys should totally make a YouTube video professing your love for your babes. It's totally free and they will swoon. And you don't have to pay a thing. Thank you, 1-800-flowers.com! Now I'm off the hook from buying a real gift! http://www.youtube.com/greatestlovestories
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    PSP to have GPS

    I knew they had been planning on giving Sony's PSP GPS abilities, but I didn't see that they had recently struck a deal with the map maker Tele Atlas to do so. Seems like a pretty cool idea considering I never thought I see gps capabilities on a gaming device like this...
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    N. America 3D maps in the Future

    Being a GPS nut, a friend of mine pointed it out to me that Tele Atlas was showcasing it's 3D maps for North America at CES. One of many articles: http://www.lbszone.com/index.p...=view&id=2773&Itemid=2 I definitely think the 3D feature will be pretty neat in the future and an added bonus...
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    Looking for some expertise w/ regard to Hard Drive Camcorders

    So I just got word that I am able to get a hard drive camcorder for Christmas from my dad if I am able to go ahead and pick it out by the end of the week. I am trying to do some research, but this area is not really my specialty, and I am worried that in the rush I am going to choose the...
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    Cold medicine?

    There's so much cold medicine out there...anyone have any recommendations? My coworkers take Cold-fX. It's supposed to stop a cold before it starts by boosting your immune system. Has anyone tried it?
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    Dont want to get sick

    people in my office have been sick and coughing and i really dont want to catch it. My co-workers told me about Cold-FX, does anyone know if it works? Do you like it? Supposedly it boost your immune system and you stay well. Any insight would help, thanks
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    Any Star Wars Fans?

    If you are a Star Wars fan, I came across this contest that you might enjoy -- my friend is thinking of entering and I thought I would share with yall. It sounds like it is pretty easy to enter and you can win a trip for two the Kennedy Center plus spending cash -- I am making him take me if he...
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    GiveGive

    TomTom is offering a $50 rebate on any TomTom purchase. Its a great deal, especially around the holidays. http://www.tomtom.com/page.php?Page=givegivepromo&Lid=4
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    VW Commercial

    Has anyone seen the VW commercial, what do you think about it? I love watching Slash and John Mayer go to town on their guitars. VW is giving away a First Act guitar if you buy now a VW from now until the end of December! I think it's a good idea to give stuff away cool stuff when you buy a car...
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    SEMA's tech and electronic booths...

    Did anyone go to the SEMA auto show in Las Vegas this past year? I know it wrapped up last week but i was on the site looking at all the electronic and tech booths and i was curious if anyone went? How was it? I bet it was awesome, there were over 200 booths just for tech stuff...
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    BCS Championship

    So I thought i would pass along a site I found to all huge football fans and let you know that Tostitos is giving away 2 tickets every day to the BCS Championship game! I register everyday that i can remember to go to the site. I want to go to a championship game so bad, even though my LSU...
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    Men have cramps?

    This is bizarre! I saw in the classifieds in the Washington City Paper that they are doing a study for men with cramps and are looking for male volunteers for a clinical study. Has anyone seen anything else about this?
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    TeleAtlas Maps

    There was an article about Tele Atlas in GPS Lodge that I found to be quite handy. It looks really easy to use, and i think its cool that you can see the live map data. Has anyone tried it? http://www.gpslodge.com/archives/007100.php
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    Dateline

    Did anyone see the Dateline series? There have been several of them, where people pretend to be teen kids on the internet and wait to be propositioned by guys for sex. When they end up meeting, they are caught by the Dateline Cameras and police. Its sick to see that all types of men that show...
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    Weather

    What is going on with the weather this year? First Katrina and now these terrible thunder storms out west and TX getting beaten with hail. So strange http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193695,00.html
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    More Protests?

    Immigration Marches, protests etc are still being planned. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193732,00.html
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    Humor at the White House

    Glad to see that Bush is laughing and joking at himself. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193709,00.html