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XPrize News for 09/08/08

Videos, videos, videos!
Jay Leno on the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE (PAXP)
Introducing the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE!
Computing MPGe for Electric Hybrids
Spotlight on AXP Letter of Intent Teams
The Car Equation
Not All That Guzzles is Olds
Thoughts on the Third Rail

So even people in nice houses steal wi-fi

Ok, color me stupid, I really didn’t think any of *my* neighbors would steal from me.  They all seemed so nice, seemed to have their own connection.  We all usually banter occassionally on the unreliability of our wonderful ISP, and I’ve SEEN the company trucks in their driveway too.  So who is stealing Wi-Fi from […]

I need an e-commerce solution.  That almost sounds like an oxymoron.  And in this case, it probably is.  I have a wonderful client who would like to update their own stuff.  Great, I say.  Power to the people, and all that.  But then reality sets in, and code is code.  And broken code is quite […]

Tried and true image program

Years ago, I used to use an image program called ThumbHTML.  At the time, it did exactly what I needed to do, that of being able to put images into an HTML page and upload thumbnails as well as full size images.  After changing computers several times over, I lost sight of this handy little […]

News Feeds for Every Block

I am just totally fascinated by this new site I recently discovered. It’s called Everyblock.com and it literally has everything from ‘lost and found’ postings imported from craigslist to street closures and filming locations. Very cool concept. I wish they had it available for more cities, so far, just Chicago, NYC and […]

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