Monday, July 31, 2006

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From: rj_bailey2000@yahoo.com
To: baileyr@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:25:33 -0600
Subject: FW: Links for 2006-07-19 [My Web 2.0]

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Monk's Phobia of the Week: Olfactophobia- Fear of smells.

I Think I Found a Shortcut


I Think I Found a Shortcut
Originally uploaded by jimheid.

Jim Heid sez:

Happy Monday! Here are a few facts to take you into your work week.

California consumed 15.5 billion gallons of gas in 2004—more than any other foreign nation. (Japan used 15.46 billion gallons in 2004; China used 13 billion gallons.)

The United States used 133 billion gallons of gas in 2004, as much as the next 27 top-consuming nations combined.

Americans bought ten percent more gas in the first half of this year than in the first half of 2000, despite its price being 75 percent higher.

Profits of the top five oil companies for the previous quarter:

ConocoPhillips: $5.2 billion; up 65 percent

Royal Dutch Shell: $7.3 billion; up 40 percent

Exxon Mobil: $10.4 billion; up 40 percent

BP: $7.3 billion; up 30 percent

Chevron: $4.4 billion; up 18 percent

It probably took you about a minute to read all this. In that amount of time in the previous quarter, BP earned $55,000 in net profit.

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Links for 07-26-06

WSOP Updates – Phil Hellmuth Wins his Tenth WSOP Bracelet | Poker News



    FINAL STANDINGS

    1. Phil Hellmuth, $631,863
    2. Juha Helppi, $331,144
    3. Daryn Firicano, $187,219
    4. John Spadavecchia, $163,817
    5. Terris Preston, $140,414
    6. Elio Cabrera, $117,012
    7. David Plastik, $93,610
    8. Rafael "Ralph" Perry, $70,207
    9. Tony G, $46,805


      WSOP Updates - Spotlight Series - Tony G Makes the Final Table | Poker News



        WSOP Updates - Jason Lester Achieves A Goal With A Bracelet Win | Poker News



          With the $10000 Championship Event set to start on Friday (and the official count of registered players in the Main Event encompassing last year's record already with over 6000 players), many were tuning up their games for the final push towards the start of that event later this week.

            The World


              From YouTube -- FreeFall!

              FreeFall!

              Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Stream-of-Conscious Review: Civil War #3

              Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Stream-of-Conscious Review: Civil War #3:

              This line kinda sums the post up:
              "Millar’s two-for-two for cliffhanging endings now."

              Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Stream-of-Conscious Review: Justice League of America #0

              Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Stream-of-Conscious Review: Justice League of America #0:

              My fave line in this post:
              "If the Trinity are the jocks, J’onn and Aquaman’s clique must constitute the band geeks."

              Tuesday, July 25, 2006

              Links for 07-26-06

              Sprite's 'subLYMONal' Advertising to Be Featured on TiVo



                WSOP Results: Richburg Eludes the Matador For Razz Title | Poker News



                • Perhaps buoyed by the showcasing of Razz in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E event, an unexpectedly large field of 409 players, many of whom were amateurs, signed up for the $1500 Razz event on Saturday. - post by rjbailey

                Perhaps buoyed by the showcasing of Razz in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E event, an unexpectedly large field of 409 players, many of whom were amateurs, signed up for the $1500 Razz event on Saturday.

                  WSOP Results - Great Scott! Justin Dominates Final Table En Route To Victory | Poker News



                    WSOP Updates - Rebuy! | Poker News



                    • Attention all normal, average, non-professional poker players out there. Rebuy events are a tournament of a different color and if you not ready for a world class rebuy event, you may be in for an experience that if nothing else might be "less than optimal." A rebuy event at the WSOP is not like a super-satellite with rebuys; it is also not like your local cardrooms Thursday night $60 NLHE w/ rebuys event.  - post by rjbailey

                    BEST SHOTS: CIVIL WAR #3; JUSTICE LEAGUE #0; DOLL & CREATURE - NEWSARAMA



                      Playlist: Your iTunes toolbox




                        If you love music, then iTunes likely logs more hours on your desktop than most applications. iTunes may have a well-designed interface and tight integration with the iPod and the iTunes Music Store, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect. There are many ways to add cool functionality to iTunes to make it even better. Here are some handy helper applications and plug-ins that will help you take iTunes to the next level.



                          Userscripts.org: del.google.us


                            First Dell store to open Tuesday in Dallas

                            "The first Dell Inc. store opens Tuesday in an upscale Dallas mall, but company officials insist they're not abandoning the computer maker's strategy of selling directly to customers over the phone and the Internet."

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                            Saturday, July 22, 2006

                            Get Yer Scream On! Categories and Nominees Announced for Spike TV's SCREAM Awards 2006

                            Get Yer Scream On! Categories and Nominees Announced for Spike TV's SCREAM Awards 2006:
                            From PR Newswire:
                            "Featuring distinctive categories, a diverse mixture of popular icons and outrageous creators, Spike TV's SCREAM Awards 2006 will honor the
                            newest and hottest in horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic books across a number of entertainment platforms including movies, television and comic books. The show will also recognize icons and pioneers who have influenced and shaped the industry."

                            Team PokerBlue Co-Captain Yosh Nakano Wins $500K Intercontinental Poker Championship

                            Team PokerBlue Co-Captain Yosh Nakano Wins $500K Intercontinental Poker Championship

                            From PR Newswire:
                            En route to the title and the $350K first-place money -- Nakano bested some of the biggest names in poker. The No-Limit Texas Hold'Em competition featured 21 world-class players from 21 different countries. Seated at the final table with Australia's Tony Guoga, Nakano took a "best of three head's up game" to take the championship. Runner-up Guoga walked away with $150K. Other notable IPG competitors included -- Doyle Brunson (USA), Daniel Negreanu (Canada), Johnny Chan (China), Sam Farha (Lebanon), and Hasan Habib (Pakistan).


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                            Google Maps Mania: Superb Golfing Google Maps Mashup: GolfBonk

                            Google Maps Mania: Superb Golfing Google Maps Mashup: GolfBonk:

                            From the post:

                            "- Map golf courses in your area (Works for US/Canada and some parts of Europe)
                            - View course search results on-map or in a list showing course details, # of holes and price to play
                            - Google satellite mapping provides visual preview of the course
                            - Golf Bonk supports course annotations, where you can label any number of features and points of interest on a course and share them with others. To create an annotation, simply click anywhere on the detailed course map and enter the relevant information. VERY COOL!
                            - Weather is mashed up to provide conditions before you play!"


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                            Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Weekly Haul: July 19th

                            Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Weekly Haul: July 19th

                            More Civil War goodness, the return of the Justice League, and some chick name of Batwoman.

                            Monday, July 17, 2006

                            Links for 07-17-06

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                            Links for 2006-07-15 [del.icio.us]

                            Wednesday, July 12, 2006

                            Granny's Nightmare - HOW TO - Make a bicycle chopper


                            Granny's Nightmare - HOW TO - Make a bicycle chopper
                            Originally uploaded by pt.

                            Phil Torrone sez:

                            AtomicZombie (who we posted about yesterday) sent in this great bike project - You know what really irritates the heck out of me? I drive all the way out to the dump, pay my five bucks to get in, and the only bikes laying around are those goofy granny bikes from the late 1970's. Dog, what's the deal? I need some new parts! Ok, enough whining, it's payback time. A real chopper artist can chop any bike, even this crusty old codger cruiser. In fact, the more I looked at the bike, the more I thought it would be a sweet ride. Check out all that chrome, look at that long spindly frame, yeah, I could make this happen...

                            The how-to is a great a step-by-step and has dozens of photos!

                            www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/grannys_nightmare_h...



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                            Aquazone screen saver goes universal


                            Aquazone screen saver goes universal
                            Originally uploaded by MacMerc.com.

                            http://www.macmerc.com/news/softwareupdates/3349

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                            Links for 07-12-06

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                            Wednesday, July 05, 2006