112 Ways To Save Money

C’mon, you must be trying to save money these days. Frugal is the new black.

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Reading this post at Foriegn Policy regarding the prohibitive amount of noise on Twitter regarding the swine flu had me thinking of ways Twitter could actually be used to stop the spread of disease rather than spreading disinformation.

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To what few regular readers I have, here’s a general update of blog changes, plus a preview of future content.

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Interesting article over at the New York Times reminded me that although Blu-Ray won the next generation disc format battle between HD-DVD, that doesn’t mean Blu-Ray won the war.

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Synopsis

Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a powerful but ruthless oil man who moves to California to grow his wealth even more. Eventually his ruthlessness and antisocial nature threatens to destroy everyone around him.

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Synopsis

Siblings Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Wendy (Laura Linney) Savage are abruptly forced to care for their estranged, abusive father, Lenny (Phillip Bosco).

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Seems to be a bit of a brou-ha-ha regarding what’s wrong with FriendFeed and how to fix it. I thought I’d share some self-analysis regarding how I use the service (which I love, BTW).

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Synopsis

In an idyllic town, Frank (Kyle MacLachlan) discovers a severed ear in an empty lot, leading him to a dark underworld of despair, sexual deviation, and violence.

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For those of you who stuck with this blog through all of 2008, I’m sure you noticed it went through a transition as I slowed significantly on technology / Web 2.0 stuff, moving toward more entertainment. I hope to be more consistent in 2009, and am therefore presenting this preview of what’s already in the works for the new year.

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Truth be told I didn’t get out to the theater that much this year, so these titles are of movies I watched this year, not necessarily released in 2008. Still, I think it’s amusing to look over a year’s worth of movie reviews and see what floated to the top. These are all films I’d see again and would own, and affected me on an emotional level.

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