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Posts from April 2005

S/W Wars and the Consumer Movement

Just like the consumer movements that brought us fast food salads and low-carb options, we are currently witnessing software and computing giants recognizing our needs. It’s very reassuring to see that Microsoft’s top priorities for their new Longhorn operating system are usability and security. Of course, they better take those two things into account because [...]


Schill Lands on DL

Just when I thought everything would be ok, Curt Schilling is going to be placed on the 15-day DL with an ankle injury, supposedly unrelated to last year’s (so it’s probably not a good time to mention http://www.bobbleankle.com/). This makes a 2005 All-Star appearance unlikely for him, and puts the Red Sox in an interesting [...]


Well Well Wells

Red Sox southpaw David Wells is going to miss a month of action due to spraining his right foot. Southpaw John Halama will be moving up to the rotation and starting next Tuesday at Detroit. This means that Wells can kiss any potential all-star appearance goodbye, and Halama finally gets a chance to start for [...]


All-Star Voting in April

The third week of baseball is almost finished, and All-Star voting has already begun for the Mid-Summer Classic July 12th at Comerica Park. Yet I, and many other baseball fans, are going to hold our 25 precious votes for the last week of June, the last week of voting. Why? Because how am I supposed [...]


PayPal Gets Zapped? Or is it a Scam?

PayPal may see some competition beginning this summer, according to the people behind the new online money service GreenZap. GreenZap is launching June 1st, and GreenZap money will supposedly be able to be used in conjunction with eBay, Yahoo!, iTunes, and more. The best part? If you sign up now, you get $25, and $5 [...]


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