Type 45+12 into Google. What do you get? Well, you’re just going to see a listing of sites that contain that term. Wrong. Google is smart enough to invoke its calculator when you type a mathematical expression. So the result you get is 45+12=57. Neat. Can’t find something on a website but you’re pretty sure it’s somewhere on it? Type the term you’re looking for and follow it with site:thesite.com. For instance, if you want to find out all the sites on this domain that I mention my wife (please don’t do this :-), type marta site:lifelonglearner.kubasek.com. I’m going to…
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I like Marbury from the NY Knicks as a player. He averages 20+ points per game. He gets 8+ assists per game. What’s not to like? However, he’s not a leader. He’s not a great point guard (as he proclaimed himself). Point guards need to be great leaders. Point guards need to make other guys play better. Marbury fails in both of those categories. Jason Kidd from the Nets is the true leader that every team would love to have. He makes everyone around him better (just look at Vince Carter). Kidd makes everyone on the team work harder. He’s…
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You heard about it, I’m sure. But you could never quality, right? Not anymore. IRS partners now offer FREE tax filing for ALL. That’s cool. See the CNET article I read about this. Here are the links to the FREE filings from major companies.Intuit TurboTaxTaxActeSmartTax See others here that offer free filings based on one or more conditions.
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Do you know? Well, you can find out by running the Browser Security Test. I just ran the test (with all options) on Firefox 1.0, my default browser, and on Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2. What are the results? Both of them passed the test with 0 volnerabilities. That’s good. However, if you’re not sure which version of IE you’re running, I would recommend running the test. Plus, if you want more security in the future, consider switching to Firefox. That’s my advice, plus, you’ll love it. 🙂
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A look at some major events in 2004 — a slide show on IHT.com.
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Did you know that the number of foreign students taking the GRE test plunged 50% after 9/11? Did you know that China wants to create 100 top-notch universities? Well, now you know. I learned about that by reading this article on IHT, U.S. slips in luring worldç—´ brightest, and in couple other places. One thing is for sure: U.S. schools will have increased competition to bring in the best foreign students. Interesting article.
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Firefox brought back the browser wars! It’s not only IE now. It’s Firefox vs IE. We’ll see what happens, but Firefox will be my main browser in the near future. I love it. It looks like Firefox is really getting popular. They recently had a 2-page ad in NY Times. Today, there is a great article about Firefox in the paper (you might have to create an account, but it’s free). It’s very well written. I recommend reading it.
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Where is AT&T Wireless? Where is Sprint? Where is Nextel? Well, enter the age of consolidation in the wireless industry. Recently, two big mergers took place. Cingular acquired AT&T Wireless, and Spring and Nextel merged, forming Spring Nextel. Is it a good thing. I don’t really know. But I think it will be, as the acquisitions give the combined companies more muscle. More strength to compete. More money to improve their networks. That what I hope for. But what we are left with, is three big companies (oligarchy ???), and a small one, bound to be acquired by somebody. The…
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We woke up very early on Thursday morning. It was 5 o’clock in the morning. This time, I wanted to be at the airport on time. I had my clothes packed, papers checked. We were ready to go. We left at 5:40AM. At around 6, we arrived at the airport. On time. I said to myself, it’s good to be on time and not to rush. We had some time left before our 7 o’clock departure. Since we did not eat breakfast at home, we went for coffee and a croissant at the airport. We still had time. So I…
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Do you ever plan to buy a house? Finance a car? If so, you better have a good credit or you might not get a good deal. It seems like credit reports are getting more important. I even heard that some car-insurance companies will be accepting customers based on a credit report. The list goes on and on. Simply put, you need to have a good credit report and you need to verify that fairly often — once every year or so. That costs money, no? Sure it does, but things are changing. There is a new law in place…