Monthly Archives: June 2007

Friend of a Friend

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One of my friends, has a friend that is a comedian.  I watched and voted for his act on Famecast.  Take a look and vote:

famecast.com/contest/centerstage.php?stage_id=6&round_id=58

He has some of his skits posted on his website:

www.naveedmahbub.com/

 

MySpace site:

www.myspace.com/naveedmahbub

New project to help people learn Hindi

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I’ve started a new project to help people learn Hindi.  It is a daily podcast that covers various Hindi topics.  It was inspired by the wonderful www.JapanesePod101.com podcast.

The new site is www.ISpeakHindi.com

I Speak Hindi will feature a podcast, learning materials that can be downloaded and printed, and online learning tools to help you learn Hindi.  I have been working on it for almost 2 weeks now, and it has been a very, very interesting experience.  Please check out www.ISpeakHindi.com and let me know what you think.

 

Need a graphics artist

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I need a graphic artist to help with a project.  Here are two ideas that have been recommended to me:
www.sitepoint.com/contests/

and

www.sitepoint.com/contests/

PodCasting plug in for word press

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This looks like a perfect add in for the Hindi podcast that I hope to do:
wordpress.org/extend/plugins/podpress/

Want to keep profits in the community? Create a currency!

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Interesting Yahoo article about a community in Great Barrington, Massachusetts creating a local currency to keep profits in the community. 
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070619/lf_nm/usa_economy_berkshares_dc;_ylt=Ak0vyvE42B2veQVuLaanTkHMWM0F

Ancestry.com to Add DNA Test Results

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“For less than $200 and a cheek-swiped cotton swab, you will soon be able to add DNA results to family tree Web sites.”

www.lawbean.com/2007/06/18/ancestrycom-to-add-dna-test-results/ 

DSL for the cost of Dial-up

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www.att.com/gen/general?pid=6431

 

News article:

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070618/ap_on_hi_te/at_t_10_dsl;_ylt=Aijjnykni1zQLnDSyu.87YPMWM0F

Maybe we can reverse this trend:

“Recently a study of broadband penetration rates around the world was in the news, because the US has fallen to 24th place worldwide, at 53%. ”

business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2102304,00.html

 

Internet Explorer (IE) for Linux

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www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page

 I go the link from this story:

ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=475709

I love Continental Airlines!!!

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I just had the most wonderful experience with Continental Airlines!  I am going to fly continental even if I have to pay slightly higher for all my future bookings. 

I was to take a business trip to Tokyo in July.  So, I schedule a personal vacation in Tokyo around that trip.  I would fly in the weekend before the business meetings, then work all week, then the family would fly up the weekend afterwards and we would spend two+ weeks there and fly back together.

Well, I booked the family tickets, and then my business trip got cancelled.  So, then I went in to book my personal tickets online on Wednesday.  The family was leaving on the Friday, and arriving on Saturday.  In my haste, I booked to leave on Saturday.  I did not realize it today.  I called Expedia and they could not do anything but suggested I called Continental directly.  I called Continental directly, they changed the tickets, without charge or hassle!!!  And they made sure we were all sitting together.

 Thank you Continental!!