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I care more than you do

I actually care about my environment, and unfortunately can't satiate my concern with meaningless slogans or purchases.

Max out your laptop RAM for newbs

A Dell laptop user asks me about increasing RAM on his laptop. Check with the manufacturer first to see what maximum specs your laptop can handle. Some motherboards only handly up to 3G, which may cause you trouble when you add 4 or 8G.

Why I'm using Disqus (for now)

I'm sure this will change, and historic data will be forever in the hands of some service I can't control. But, I've been a control freak for years and it's mostly been a headbanging experience for me. Disqus is one of the social discussion tools that hot today, so I'm using it today. I've finally come to the realization that it's all evanescent anyway.

Video killed the blog star

People love video, when they want entertainment. Well made videos can help educate people. But, when someone wants a clear answer to a question videos drive visitors crazy.

Use friendfeed to view Twitter replies

Your Twitter replies can be viewed inside a friendfeed private (or not) group.

Viewing my Twitter replies

Launch your album on iTunes, Amazon, Emusic, and Napster

I found Songcast to be the fastest and easiest way for a new artist to get on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, and Napster in one smooth move.

#followfriday tweeps you should follow

#ffeasy is the hashtag for this concept.

Testing Twitter's follow rules

I have been trying to either get an answer from Twitter (never answered) or learn what Twitter's real follow rules are.  I can tell you they've gone from none, to 2000 follows or 120% of your followers number, to 2000 follows or 110% of your followers number, to that rule plus some new blocking mechanism for people that use "unauthorized scripts."

My temp diet - race to 198lbs

A lot of people comment, watch, and balk at the diet logging I'm doing via #140 on Twitter.

Why I didn't follow you back on Twitter

Looking back over old blog posts, shockingly I hadn't covered this topic. Here's a few helpful hints as to why I (and many others) won't follow you back on Twitter. See how many ring true for your Twitter profile:

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