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UM Starts Own Record Label
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Author: ryanvis
It’s called Block M Records; mostly classical, and a little sparse right now. Something to watch, though.
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Bloglines down today
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Author: ryanvis
Bloglines, my RSS aggregator of choice, will be going down today for around 6 hours (if all goes well) for a data center upgrade. The linked news post basically says that they are a victim of their own success, which is great news for them as a company. However, I have to wonder why they […]
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Free-for-all gets planes load faster
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Author: ryanvis
While it seems backwards, I’ve seen this work. On a recent trip, we flew a budget airline and they were turning planes over (deplaning and boarding the entire plane) in under 30 minutes, something I’ve never had on Northwest. Link [via digg]
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Bloglines vs Newsgator
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Author: ryanvis
I have been a long time Bloglines user. I used to be a heavy RSS Bandit user. When the latest version of RSS Bandit came out, I saw they had added support to synch with Newsgator, a competitor to Bloglines. Since I don’t really have any loyalty to Bloglines and I really liked using RSS […]
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Firefox 1.5 today
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Author: ryanvis
Get ready to update. Firefox 1.5 also includes new support for Web standards, adding support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), JavaScript 1.6 and new versions of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Link
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What Don't Tech Companies Get?
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Author: ryanvis
Technology. I play Battlefield 2; it’s a kick-ass FPS. EA, the publisher, has a long and storied history of releasing many, many (needed) patches for the series. They just released the latest for BF2. When I started to download the file from their site (this is EA, largest game company in North America), I was […]
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… And I Feel Fine
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Author: ryanvis
Not to be left out of a good thing, Ford today announced 4,000 white-collar job cuts. I don’t see any posts of these cuts on the local pro-Union blogs. Funny that…
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It's the End of the World as We Know It
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Author: ryanvis
General Motors announced today that they would be closing 9 plants and RIFing 30,000 people in the next 3 years. 30,000 people. For Michiganders, that means the Lansing plant, the Flint engine facility, and the service and parts center in Ypsilanti will be closed, with the potential for another plant closing. For three areas that […]
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One Word Review of the new Harry Potter movie
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Author: ryanvis
Meh.
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Getting over Writer's Block
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10 topics to get over the hump. Link