Pretty Nice SPECS for the New ASUS Eee

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Pretty Nice SPECS for the
New ASUS Eee ASUS Eee 1004DN
with Optical Drive
and Chiclet Keyboard,
in honor of the old
RS-COCO
I Guess...
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DailyTECH Link: http://www.dailytech.com/ASUS+Eee+1004DN+with+Optical+Drive+Gets+Official/article14708.htm

From 90 to 25 chars...

TinyURL Link: http://tinyurl.com/dlhfza ====================================

Yes Martha,
That's a Real Optical Drive there
on this Netbook...

Wingman, the reader...

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PBS's Little Dorrit and the iPhone: Instant Gratification.

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PBS's Little Dorrit and the iPhone: Instant Gratification.
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The Video Bar Has Selected Clips of Little Dorrit.
(Scenery is amazing as usual)
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Behind the Scenes on Little Dorrit on BBC News:
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7681753.stm
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Watching Dickens depiction of the English Government's foibles of the 18th Century, sparked a renewed interest in Charles Dickens.

The story about Little Dorrit is said to be a Bio of Dickens himself, as his father spent time in a Debtors prison.

My interest increased to the point of grabbing my iPod Touch and searched for a Public Domain copy of the Book.

In less time than a commercial spot on regular TV a copy was downloaded to my iPod Touch.

Pictures below:






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Link to BBC Little Dorrit Press Packs:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/10_october/13/dorrit3.shtml

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Comparing Dicken's Merdle Swindler to the like's of Bernard Madoff:

Your TinyURL Link: (from 129 characters to 25) http://tinyurl.com/djc2rl

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Books and Newspapers

Still Have a lot to Say To Us.

Wingman, sitll reading....

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POST 350: What's All The Twitter?

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What's All The Twitter?

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www.MAHALO.com, the Fast facts,
We're Here To Help Folks
Has This To say About TWITTER:

Link: http://www.mahalo.com/Twitter

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What WIKIPEDIA has to say about it:

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
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Fast Facts (From Mahalo site Listed Above):

1. Launched in October of 2006
2. Gained large following after South By Southwest interactive conference of 2007
3. Written in Ruby on Rails
4. Free to use
5. Tweets can be up to 140 characters
6. Posting tweets from a cell phone is free, except for the phone provider charge for the text message
7. 29 employees (as of February, 2009)2
8. Japanese version launched in April of 2008
9. Estimated 1.9 million unique visitors in December 20083
10. Number of active users grew 900% between early 2008 and early 20092
11. Received funding from: Benchmark Capital, Institutional Venture Partners, Bezos Expeditions and Spark Capital2 4


Wingman, Yes I'm on Twitter as: http://twitter.com/bigbopper
And My "Tweets" appeared right here on my blog page on the Right Panel.

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The Three Stooges: A New Movie in the Werks.

Remember These Guys?

Here are The "New" BOYS

slated for a New Three Stooges Movie
(Johnny Depp opted out)

Really, I have NOTHING to Say...

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Wingman.

But there is some videos at the Video Bar Right-TOP, to see what they are Up against...
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Reluctant Canadian Mail Man Does Not Deliver to 2nd Floor

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Filed Under:Can You Believe It?

Reluctant Canadian Mail Man
Does Not Deliver

to 2nd Floor
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I Guess You can forget about Rain, Sleet and Snow Too!
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The Report is that he would not deliver to any place higher than the First Floor and kept over Five Years of undelivered Mail in his Home.

There was a Barney Miller episode about "just the same sort of Thing..."

Not a funny this time around.

But This IS....

Barney Miller on MAHALO:
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Link: http://www.mahalo.com/Barney_Miller
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The Video Bar has Barney Miller Episodes.

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Is the iPOD Touch

the Best eBook Reader For The Money???

Check this List Out:

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Public Domain Books of
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20,000 Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

A Discourse of A METHOD
For the guiding of REASON,
A Discovery of Truth in the Sciences
by Rene Descartes

A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne

A Tale of Two Cities
A Story of the French Revolution by Charles Dickens

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray
Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Ben-Hur- a Tale of Christ by Lew Wallace
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Far From the Maddening Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbot
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
He Knew He Was Right by Antony Trollope
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
Love Among the Chickens by F. G. Wodehouse
A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm
Nickolas Nickleby, containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes , Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfalls and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens

Nostromo, A Tale of The Seaboard, by Joseph Conrad
Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete by Leonardo Da Vinci

Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
Shakespeare Sonnets by William Shakespeare
Tales of Men and Ghosts by Edith Wharton
Tales of Terror and Mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan the Terrible by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Ambassadors by Henry James

The Art Of War by Sun Tzu
The Oldest Military Treatise in the World

The Education of Henry Adams: The Autobiography of Henry Adams
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Unintended Consequences: Five Years under the DMCA (EFF)

Ben-Hur- a Tale of Christ by Lew Wallace
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Far From the Maddening Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbot
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
He Knew He Was Right by Antony Trollope
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
Love Among the Chickens by F. G. Wodehouse
A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm
Nickolas Nickleby, containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes , Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfalls and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens

Nostromo, A Tale of The Seaboard, by Joseph Conrad
Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete by Leonardo Da Vinci

Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
Shakespeare Sonnets by William Shakespeare
Tales of Men and Ghosts by Edith Wharton
Tales of Terror and Mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan the Terrible by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Ambassadors by Henry James

The Art Of War by Sun Tzu
The Oldest Military Treatise in the World

The Education of Henry Adams: The Autobiography of Henry Adams
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Unintended Consequences: Five Years under the DMCA (EFF)

Available on My iPod Touch

APP called BookShelf Downloaded in less than 3 minutes....

Wingman, Delivers

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The Best eTEXT Machine So Far???

The Best eTEXT Machine So Far???

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Answers To Yesterday's "Judy's Birthday Quiz":
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What Was The Price In 1949?

1. Average price of a new Home?
2. Average yearly wages?
3. 1 gallon of gasoline?
4. Average price of a new car?
5. Minimum hourly wage rate?
6. New kitchen table with chairs?
7. One 1st class stamp?
8. 1st Polaroid camera sold in 1949 for?


Answers:

1. $7,450.00
2. $2,950.00
3. .17 cents
4. $1,400.00
5. .70 cents
6. $100.00
7. .03 cents
8. $89.00
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Polaroid Camera Picture:

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_camera

Judy's Party Pictures Still at Photobucket.
(You Need A PASSWORD. Ask Wingman).
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Family, Friends and What DID Things Cost in 1949?

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What Was The Price In

1949?

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1. Average price of a new Home?

2. Average yearly wages?

3. 1 gallon of gasoline?

4. Average price of a new car?

5. Minimum hourly wage rate?

6. New kitchen table with chairs?

7. One 1st class stamp?

8. 1st Polaroid camera sold in 1949 for?

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Answers in Monday's Blog....

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Polaroid Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_camera

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Judy's 60's Birthday was celebrated yesterday

Family, Friends and a pleasant look back at our
economic Past....

We had a Wonderful Time!
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Judy's Party Pictures at Photobucket.
(You Need A PASSWORD to See Them).

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Wingman

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On March 1st, 15 Years ago, LJ publishes First Issue

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On March 1st, 15 Years ago,
LJ publishes First Issue
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A few of my favorite Linux Writers appear in Linux Journal, Marcel Gagne, who introduced me to the Synaptic Program, many years ago. Reuven Lerner's At the Forge column has also been a favorite, as well as Doc Searls, Senior Editor.

They have a CD for sale that has Every Article in the

magazine since 1994,
for $32 bucks,
a great collectors Item,
I Think.

Watching the Writers Too,
Wingman.

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What has Almost as many Media Types as ComicCON: SXSW!

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Cnet Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10198523-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/ch8aml

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Music, Film and Geeks have their annual BBQ in Tejas at SXSW.
SXSW has become THE Place to Twitter during the Keynotes....

(Maybe, this year a Big Screen behind the Speakers will Not Post (ala CNN) the critiques from the audience-peanut gallery...Maybe.)

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While Some Jello Journalists are trying to Tout iPhone OS 3.0 as a sex toy (See Gizmodo Link Below), the REAL Story is Cut-and-Paste (Is it Finally Here???). Good Bet it is, but stay tuned.

They (Gizmodo) do have a Pretty Good iPhone 3.0 OS Guide, here:
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Link: http://i.gizmodo.com/5171796/iphone-30-os-guide-everything-you-need-to-know?skyline=true&s=i

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/cgo8yd
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Gizmodo (sex-toy) Link: http://i.gizmodo.com/5172615/iphone-os-30-will-turn-your-phone-into-a-revolutionary-sex-toy
(No TinyURL for You Guys!!!)
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Wingman

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The Seattle PI Print Edition Comes to an End

The Seattle PI Print Edition

Comes to an End

Link: http://www.seattlepi.com/

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Seattle Paper Shifts Entirely to Web (March 17,2009)
========================

From the seattlepi.com Webpage:

One Era Ends, Another Begins

========================

From the

In Seattle, the World Still Turns, a Beacon in Memory of a Lost Newspaper

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/us/17globe.html?_r=1
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The New York Times Version of their Print Edition (Online)

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Link To Today's Paper -- New York Times :
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/todayspaper/index.html
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There should be a ebook provider (Kindle?? Amazon) that could step in here and produce an eBook edition of Newspapers, for daily paper subscription pricing...

Just a Thought.
Wingman.

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A Picture of Potential P-Pod Progress....

This is My UBUNTU Desktop:
Which I called 3-1.

1. Is VNC grabbing my iPod Touch and Controlling my Music
being played thru mu Computer's Speakers and Desktop Speaker
Controls...
2. Which blanked out on me, was a TV signal of Sunday's Laker
game being captured thru my TV-Card in my Computer.
3. Is a Screen Capture from my WebCam of Me Grooving to the
Tunes of Ipanema being played by my iPod Touch...

Hacker Heaven Awaits !!!

Wingman.

This IS: Up Close and Personal...

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iPod Shuffle: a Closer Look:
Gizmodo Link: http://i.gizmodo.com/5169174/ipod-shuffle-review-2009?skyline=true&s=i

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Every Sheet of Paper

has a Unique 'Fingerprint'.

Way to go, CSI!

Gizmodo Link: http://i.gizmodo.com/5169364/every-sheet-of-paper-has-a-unique-fingerprint
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Wingman.

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Sex and the Big Apple: Mr. Big is Small Again...

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Apple's New iPod Shuffle

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Apple.com Link: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/03/11ipod.html

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And

Engadget's "Full-Court Press" Coverage

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/11/apples-ipod-shuffle-hits-4gb/

With Video and Photo Gallery.

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Oh Brother,
another eBook Reader????

They call it a "Document Reader".

Yeah, Right.

Original 117 character URL pared down to 25 by:

From the Engadget Japan Page.

TinyUrl.com : http://tinyurl.com/aplljz

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The Other Usual iBook Suspects:
iRiver

iRiver Japan: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/iriver-japan-looking-to-brand-its-own-e-reader/

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And in Japan, something called the New Neolux's NUUT 2
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Link: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/neoluxs-nuut2-trumps-the-kindle-2-with-pdf-support-loses-in-mo/
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Plastic Logic's Reader Partnerships with Publishers may hint of at a solution to Newsprint Treading water...
Link One: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/plastic-logic-announces-first-content,708721.shtml

Link 2: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090209/20090209005687.html?.v=1

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And, of Course,

the


Kindle eBook reader

APP



Now on the iPhone, iPod Touch:

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/bwslsq

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Goodbye Yellow BIG BIRD???
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On a Sad Note:
There will be Layoffs at Sesame Street....

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Wingman, the Real Watchman...(heh, heh, heh!)

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The Price Is Not Right!!!

==================================

Hitachi
also admits to LCD price fixing,

will pay $31m fine
==================================

Link: http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090310/ap_on_hi_te/lcd_price_fixing
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New Hack for
iPhone 3G is Out....

of Course it works with the

iPod Touch Too!!!

Wingman, Watching the Watchers......

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Panning Digital Cameras

Remember When Every Writer had a Script "Just Ready To Shoot."?

Well, you just have to have a Cool Pan Shot, Right?

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Here's the Digital Cam for you, that does that Pan-Shot

right IN the Camera.

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EnGadget Link with Video:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/sonys-panorama-shooting-dsc-hx1-camera-handled-on-video/#continued

TinyURL:
http://tinyurl.com/buzkq9


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Yesterday's Power Grid Reflections Blog
Part 2
================================

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"Circuit City is Dead" is the way one Tech Story Ran yesterday. The End of an Era, is what I call it. I have mused in the past about the fading away of Computer Swap Meets giving way to stores like Circuit City. It seems it was only yesterday that Compusa closed too. Computer Magazines and Daily Newspapers seem to be Next on the Block.

The New Rapid NEED for Media Change is part of the Problem.

Wall Street is Seeing it too. The Old Way of Doing things Just doesn't work anymore.

The Almost Instant Speed of the Internet requires Faster response time to all problems of Delivery.

And as the Digital Article in the New York Times (read on my iPod Touch) tells us, the Russian Power Brokers of the past have become beggars in-line for Government Stimulus too.

Everything is being Turned Upside Down.

Buckle Up, We're STILL in for a Bumpy Ride....

Wingman.

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Talk of eBooks and New eBook Reader
Devices, that can download Digital Newspapers
may just save the Newspapers...
================================
Transports and Financials are Up
at start of Day
INDU +234.81
INDP 6777.87
7:09 am
CNBC
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Reflections on the "POWER GRID"...

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Reflections on the "POWER GRID"...
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Link to Power Grids, Not Relevant to
This Blog, just Background:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/power5.htm
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What Can Wingman be Talking About?
-----------------------------------
Reflections on the POWER GRID
-----------------------------------

Could I Mean "The End of Circuit City" and Electronic Stores?

Could I Mean the Story in the New York Times (read in the iPod Touch) About "The Last Days of the Oligarths", the Power Brokers and Barons of Industry in Russia?

Could I Mean the Story of Everything, as posed by the History Channel's Universe as they tried to Explain the "BIG BANG", that erupted with such force that Matter was spewed outward at "Faster Than The Speed of Light?".

Or maybe Just the Repositioning of Tings with Wall Street concerning the Haves and Have Nots?

Or Could it Simply Mean My Linux Computer "Taking a Dump" this Weekend, after hearing a Podcast from Chris Pirillo about "Backup, Backup, Backup"!
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Stay Tuned to Part Two:

Wingman

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Circuit City Gets Short Circuited: Closes a Week Early!

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Circuit City Gets Short Circuited:

Closes a Week Early!

This SUNDAY!

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Link: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/shopping_blog/2009/03/all-circuit-cit.html
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From The LA TIMES and Andrea Chang:
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To Live and Buy in LA Trends and tips for shoppers and savers All Circuit City stores to close by Sunday 01:06 PM PT, Mar 5 2009 After weeks of liquidation sales, bankrupt Circuit City Stores Inc. will shut its doors for good this weekend, according to the Associated Press. Circuit City, which used to be the nation's second-largest consumer electronics chain, announced in January that it would close all 567 U.S. stores after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November.

The End of an Electronic ERA.

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The DTV Coupons are in the Mail

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Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10189629-38.html
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Looking a Scan Lines in All the Wrong Places? Like TV? CNET tells us the DTV coupon program is back on track, and we can get ours in the next three weeks.

Wingman, Watching the Watchers.

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P.S. The Watchmen Opens this Week-End Too!

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Intel develops embeddable DTV antenna

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Intel Has a Digital TV OTA antenna idea for your Laptop.
Don't expect it too soon.
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link: http://www.intel.com/pressroom/innovation/innovation.htm?cid=rss-226119-c1-227597

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Two Wacky Linux Stories Today, Take You Pick!

Two Wacky Linux Stories Today,

Take You Pick!

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MSI teases Winki, the internet device


without an operating system

-- that runs Linux
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Xandros announces Presto!

instant-on Linux distro
=======================

Ho-Hum...

Link: http://www.engadget.com/

=======================
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2008 Engadget Awards
The Nautiz X5 is the smartphone for your rough and tumble user on the go
==============================================
Link: http://www.handheldeurope.com/prod_nautiz.asp?m1=products&m2=nautiz

Wingman

=======================

Hold On, This is going to be a Bumpy Ride

BBC page report on AIG Record Loss

of $61.7B

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7918643.stm

TWiT 184 Hard Times for Hard Copy podcast was very Good.

Link: http://twit.tv/twit

East Coast SOCKED IN,
weather wise.

CBS NEWS Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/01/eveningnews/main4836944.shtml

Wingman

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