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Today, I finished my first book in a long, long time... probably years: On Writing by Stephen King. While King was one of my favorite...

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Well, I finally did it. After misguidedly buying what turned out to be a sub-par iPhone clone in 2008, then waiting almost five months...

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About a year and a half ago, I bought an Eee PC 1000HA as an experiment of sorts. Both batteries for my aging 14"...

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Hey hey, kids. In case you've forgotten or are too lazy to use a...

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As Chicago said back in 1970, does anybody really know what time it is?...

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I recently acquired a Sansa Clip 4GB MP3 player (which, I might add, I'm quite happy with). After using it for a few weeks, I...

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