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Snagging a tech job?

Posted by peter on 2006-12-26 Also filed under Business and General

Karl Morris has some interesting advice in his post: Snagging a tech job: The interview

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How CDs are made

Posted by peter on 2006-12-14 Also filed under General and Video

I found this kind of neat video about the process used to produce comercial pressed CDs. Click the image to watch the video.
How Cds are made

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Opt out of unsolicited credit offers

Posted by peter on 2006-12-08 Also filed under General and Privacy

According to the FTC’s page on deterring ID theft, you can opt out of receiving prescreened credit offers via postal mail by calling 1-888-5-OPTOUT (1-888-567-8688). All three of the nationwide consumer reporting companies use this number to let you opt out of receiving credit offers based on their lists. The FTC site notes that […]

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Blender Newbies

Posted by peter on 2006-11-10 Also filed under General and Graphics Software

Blender Newbies is a wonderful site with newbie-focused Blender tutorials. Check it out!

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The Phrase Finder

Posted by peter on 2006-10-13 Also filed under Cool Website and General

Ever wonder where a saying came from? phrases.org.uk is a neat site that contains “The meanings and origins of over 1,200 English sayings, phrases and idioms.”
I stumbled upon the site when trying to find out the origin of the saying “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth“. Once you know the origin, […]

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A few business tips

Posted by peter on 2006-10-04 Also filed under Business and General

There are some very interesting business tips for new businesses and freelancers in these two articles that the lifehacker blog pointed me to.

5 Things You Shouldn’t Spend Money On When Starting a Business (lifehacker link)
Top 10 Lies told to Naive Artists and Designers(lifehacker link)

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Aggregate government news

Posted by peter on 2006-10-02 Also filed under Cool Website and General

FirstGov, the U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal, has a great directory of U.S. government RSS feeds, including government podcasts.

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tips.webdesign10.com

Posted by peter on 2006-09-28 Also filed under Cool Website, General and Web Design and Development

The blog at http://tips.webdesign10.com/ has quite a few useful links and articles concerning web design and computer stuff in general.

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When to buy?

Posted by peter on 2006-09-13 Also filed under General

Life hacker linked to a great article at SmartMonkey.com entitled The Best Time to Buy Everything.

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CSS Discuss Wiki

Posted by peter on 2006-09-12 Also filed under CSS, General and Web Design and Development

CSS Discuss Wiki has a wealth of CSS knowledge, I’m surprised I have not run across it before.

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