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Recently I had to replace the battery on my aging iPod. iPod Battery Depot sells replacement batteries for a variety of electronic devices. In the case of the iPod, they sell batteries that are larger...

Here’s a great story about how NORAD got started helping kids track Santa on Christmas Eve. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Head over to NORAD’s website for more information. Good reading!

I just downloaded a sample from The Code Project and as usual spent 20 minutes cleaning up the code. Don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful for the contributions and use them often. What bothers me...

Want to improve your Internet connection right now? Simple. Just head over to OpenDNS and follow the directions to setup your computer or router to point to OpenDNS. If you’re not sure what a DNS...

If you like history, you’ll enjoy this. It’s flashed based video that shows the expansion of religions over time. See 5000 Years Of Religion In 90 Seconds

Hey, now here’s a tip that’s really useful and something I didn’t realize. Many of the features of C# 3.0 are available when targeting the .NET 2.0 framework when developing with Visual Studio 2008. Visual...

Some nice free discoveries here. Good to see some Vista specific tweak programs. Recommended. [6 Free Vista Utilities to Tweak and Improve Performance MakeUseOf.com](http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-free-windows-vista-utilities-to-tweak-and-improve-computer-performance/)

I’m starting a new category and calling it Naughty & Nice in honor of the season. I buy products online all the time and prefer it to shopping at retail stores. Of course, like all...

Amid all the announcements from Apple this week I found an updated beta of Safari quietly inserted. I’ve blogged about Safari before and found it a very good browser even with the bugs. The update...

Visual Studio 2008 will be releasing soon. It’s a nice evolutionary development of Visual Studio 2005 with no jarring changes or surprises. In general, things just seem to work better. I’ve been developing actively with...