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Cellphone Tip: Automatically Dial Your Voicemail Pin

Sick of entering your pin every time you want to listen to your voicemail?
Here’s how to automatically dial your pin # on a Verizon (P2K) phone:
go to Message Center > Message Settings > Voicemail No.
after *86, go to the Dialing Menu (center softkey on my dinosaur phone) and choose Insert Pause
enter in your pin [...]

Most Popular Social Networks Around the World

This (French) visualization shows what the most popular social networks are around the world. I’ve always found it interesting how some regions will rally around a certain social network, even though others have clear benefits.

(larger image on Le Monde.fr; via Neatorama via Geek Like Me)

Patriots Are Undefeated in Nicaragua

In Nicaragua, children are walking around wearing championship gear from the New England Patriots’ expected Super Bowl win. Every year, World Vision sends the “unwanted” shirts to poor children in Latin America and Africa. I posted about this last year, but this year it really hit home.
If one of those Nicaraguan kids managed to obtain [...]

Wii Want to Go Home!

Last Sunday morning I stood in line for 1.5 hours at Toys”R”Us in Cary to get my hands on my very own Nintendo Wii. I was #18 out of a line of what amounted to at least 60 people. Only the first 28 got Wiis. It was fun standing in line, and a kid behind [...]