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PSP X Play

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:50:03 +0000

Why spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on games and movies for your Sony PSP. PSP X Play give you access to the largest PSP games and movie database network on the internet! This is a must have for anyone with a PSP. Why waste 30 – 50 bucks on one game when you can download them all for a one time payment of $39.95. Not only is that all the PSP games that are out on the market right now but it also gives you unlimited access to a countless number of movies. With PSP X Play it allows you to download, copy and transfer full DVD quality movies, video clips, music videos, porn and virtually anything else you want directly to your PSP for free. Wether you want to copy your own DVD collection or download from the millions of free movies already availiable online, PSP X Play will plug you in! PSP X Play works with any format and supports all firmware versions. In my personal opinion this software is worth far more than what it is listed for. All your games and movies in one place, what more could you ask for! Stop wasting your money on individual purchases.

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Maybelle Misfire Joins Mega Corp

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:50:03 +0000

To: Maybelle Misfire
From: I. M.. Power, VP
Welcome aboard! Delighted you have accepted a position as planning analyst with Mega Corp. See you in September, as they say.

To: Maybelle Misfire
From: Nefarious Airlines
We are sorry to learn that Fluffy feels humiliated if her cat carrier is marked “Excess Baggage.”

Please remember that, in proportion to her size, Fluffy has more room in her carrier than our first class passengers enjoy in their recliner seats.Anyway, your cats are well known in the airline world. We had to override the Hazardous Cargo Alert to allow Fluffy on board in any capacity.

To: Maybelle Misfire
From: Mega Corp Human Resources
We’re delighted to learn that you will be joining us for your extended leave. To move your household goods, we contracted with Organization Movers, The owner, Frankie Felon, got his start dealing questionable substances at networking parties in his MBA program. Frankie’s lawyer, Big Tony, assures us Frankie has reformed.

To Organization Moving
From: Maybelle Misfire
I’ve always wanted to develop an ad campaign on the topic, Life without Furniture (not to mention clothing, dishes or sheets), and I am deeply grateful to your company for giving me an opportunity to experience this condition while my possessions remain lost somewhere near Delaware.

Since both my origin and destination are both west of the Mississippi, I’m glad my furniture will get to see something of the East Coast, even if I don’t. However, my data collection is now approaching redundancy and I am ready to sleep in my own bed again.

To: Maybelle Misfire
From: Organization Moving
We can authorize temporary accommodations until your furniture arrives, but we cannot force any hotel on the planet to accept Fluffy, Tabby and Furball as guests.

Nor can we authorize restaurant meals for felines. We are sure Fluffy will recover from the trauma of eating off a paper plate on the floor.Alas, we don’t have a Feline Therapy Unit, but Big Tony has offered to devote some quality one-on-one time to Fluffy’s morale problem.

To: Customer Service, Organization Moving Corp.
From: Central Dispatch, Organization Moving Corp.

Who hired Driver Tom in the first place? When the Highway Patrol asks about funny-looking plants, our drivers are supposed to declare them as household geraniums, slightly wilted from travel trauma.

They are not supposed to say, “Gee, I dunno, but it sure looks like something from the sixties, don’t it?”

After the entire van had been unloaded and inspected at the Oklahoma border, and all the dust analyzed, Tom just started driving east and didn’t stop till he saw the ocean. It’s up to the PR suits to tell Maybelle Misfire what happened to her stuff.

To: Maybelle Misfire
From: Customer Service, Organization Moving
We are genuinely sorry about the delay associated with delivery of your household goods. Believe me, our founders know all about life on the run.

We believe you will understand when we tell you that Driver Tom, one of our most experienced and dedicated professionals, halted his truck when he spied a cat caught in a tree on a freezing cold day. (OK, it was August, but he was in the mountains.)

Fortunately, ladders are standard equipment for Organization Movers. Driver Tom climbed the tree, rescued the cat and held its paw during surgery at the local veterinary hospital. After getting medical treatment for his own scratches, Tom climbed right back in his truck–but not before making sure that the cat would have a loving home with the veterinarian’s assistant. We’re sure you would have done the same.

To: Maybelle Misfire
From: I. M. Power, VP
Welcome to your new job. For your first project, we want you to analyze the customer service of our newest client — our own Organization Movers.

Seems like they have a PR problem. Should be easy to fix.

On the other hand, you may have trouble getting primary data. Customers who complain tend to have forwarding addresses like, “Lost Gulch, New Mexico.”

If you like feline humor, you may enjoy my ebook, Maybelle Lives! and my advice to cats who move. For serious advice about moving with cats, consult my trade book, Making the Big Move.

About The Author

Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D., is an author, speaker and career/business consultant, helping midlife professionals take their First step to a Second Career. http://www.cathygoodwin.com.

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PS3 To Cost Twice As Much As Xbox 360

admin — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:50:02 +0000

According to Merrill Lynch, because of the cost of hardware components, the PS3 may cost twice as much as the Xbox 360 by the end of 2006. The report includes estimated breakdown of hardware costs by component at the time of launch and 3 years from now.

The new figures show that the majority of the cost are from the Blu-Ray drive, and the Cell processor which total $580 alone. After three years, the manufacturing cost of the two will drop to $180 total.

Several months ago the same team released data which compared the cost of the PS3 to the Xbox 360 (see below). As you can see, the estimated costs of Blu-Ray and the Cell Process have increased dramatically.

On the cost of goods side, Merrill Lynch believes that the Cell processor will initially cost $230 to make which is more than the Xenon CPU which currently rings in at $100.

Though price reduction will eventually drop to approximately $30, both the Nividias RSXand the ATIs cost about $70 each to produce.

iSuppli, a well know Market researcher, did a break down on the cost of all the components used by Microsoft in the Xbox 360 and found that the cost per console is roughly $525, or almost $400 dollars less than thn the Sony PS3.

The results of the report are based on the assumption that Sony will have to sell at a loss due to the estimated costs of hardware. However, if Sony is willing to be aggressive on pricing with PS3, the report concedes that many of these numbers are likely to change.

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Dog Poo ( Turd Tales )

admin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:50:02 +0000

And you thought we had problems?

In Southern Germany in a town by the name of Bayreuth, the German police are in a quandary. The towns dog poo is under attack. Park officials are desperate to resolve what could become an international incident. Unknown person or persons have been sticking little US flags into piles of doggie poo for over a year now.

Surprisingly the dog poo brigade has managed to target between 2,000 to 3,000 abandoned piles of excrement in Bayreuth public parks. Quite who actually counted them all and provided these statistics is debatable but the source is rumoured as coming from the Parks Administrator Josef Oettl. And you wondered what your parkie did each day?

What was thought to have started as a protest against the Iraqi war has continued through the US election campaign and is still a regular occurrence today. Have the Germans not heard of poop a scoop? Surely all self respecting German citizens collect their doggie poo. Poop in the parks and pavements was surely just a British thing?

German police are now stepping up patrols in order to catch these offenders. However, the poo could hit the fan if they ever tried to bring them to court. It is unclear what they would actually charge them with as there is no law against using doggie poo in this way. In fact, you could fly any flag from any piece of turd you find lying around. Its not illegal but it cannot be a pleasant task. Surely this wouldnt catch on over here in the UK would it?

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What Every World of WarCraft Alliance Player Must Know

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:50:02 +0000

I have compiled a list of the most important things every WOW player on the Alliance must know and have narrowed it down to five. Read them below.

1.) If you want to go solo, get yourself a Night Elf Hunter or a Warlock.

While there isn’t any one particular character template that works perfectly for soloing, this is about the best that there is on the Alliance side. First, there really isn’t any equal level monster in the game that a properly tricked out Hunter can’t tackle one-on-one without breaking a sweat. While Warlocks are a bit more fragile, they have an excellent complement of damage dealing spells that will let them survive – albeit while taking more damage. Unfortunately, many creatures will attack in groups if they notice one of their buddies getting pounded on (Elite creatures are particularly nasty with this).

That’s where pets come in, Any “Pet” class can use their animal (or demonic) companion to do what’s called “crowd control” – basically pulling one creature away from a group and a time and killing it. The Warlock’s Void Walker is particularly good at this. Night Elves quest lines at low levels are also pretty self-contained within the geographically isolated Teldrassil, meaning you never have far to run to reach a quest destination or to retrieve your corpse.

2.) Gnomes have the best (worst) dancing emotes.

Trust me on this one. Simply typing /dance into the game while playing as a gnome will show you what I mean. Gnome dancing is the most offensive thing in Azeroth – rumor has it that the Horde offers 10 gold pieces to anyone who can actually manage to kill a Gnome in PvP during a dance. This makes Gnomes perfect for role-players who want to annoy other players and have a good laugh.

3.) Everyone loves a Human Priest.

This is the perfect class for players looking to group. Humans’ racial talents help a Priest hold his or her own in combat and there isn’t a group alive that isn’t thrilled when a Priest shows up just before heading into an Elite dungeon or an instance. Priests are also pretty rare in the game, there aren’t really all that many players who enjoy taking on the social/support roles, so your skills will always be in demand – and you’ll level pretty fast.

4.) You don’t have follow the quest lines for your own race!

One of the biggest misconceptions that new players have about World of Warcraft is that quests are restricted by race – in other words, that if you’re playing a Human, you must take the “Human” quests in Elwynn Forest when you start out. That’s simply not true. Players can take any level-appropriate quest regardless of their race. For Alliance players looking to level up a bit faster, there is a bit of a shortcut. Simply head to the hub cities of Ironforge or Stormwind as soon as you’re strong enough to get out of the newbie zone (around level 5). From there, find the passage to Teldrassil, the Night Elf homeland and start collecting quests. Teldrassil is very small, contains the hub city of Darnassus that offers every service, and players rarely have to run far to complete quests. You’ll find yourself at level 10 or even higher in no time!

5.) The Alliance means more content, but more people.

For whatever reason, the Alliance races as a whole (Humans, Night Elves, Dwarves, and Gnomes) are more popular with players. This can often mean severe crowding in popular regions along with what we like to call “mass extinction events”. That basically means that several quests in the area that require players to kill a particular animal may make it hard to find that animal for a while – and that you may be racing other players who are standing around waiting for them to spawn. The good news is that the Alliance has a lot more quest-based content than the Horde. While this isn’t noticeable at the earlier levels, many Horde players often find themselves running low on quests around level 25-30 and being forced to just “farm” random creatures for experience.

Mark MacKay is a researcher, marketer, and an avid online gamer, including World of Warcraft and also the creator of the World of Warcraft Gold Price List Guide, a web site setup to help WOW players find the cheapest place to buy their gold.

A Law of Nature

admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:50:02 +0000

No one had prepared me for the strange behavior I would witness while attending my one and only Singles Dance.

When I arrived, one of the first things I noticed was this stunningly beautiful woman sitting at a table by herself. It seems I wasnt the only one who noticed. Snaking away from her table was a line of men that weaved its way through the room so it looked like a reception line at a wedding. I swear that some men just entered through the front door and then headed straight over and got in line.

What really amazed me was that each man would slowly shuffle forward until he was first in line. Then hed ask, Would you like to dance?

She would respond, No, thank you.

Then he would slouch off, head held low and the next guy would edge forward. Would you like to dance?

The answer was always the same. No, thank you.

It continued on until the whole line had passed in review. Each man had his own style. Some would step forward sheepishly, others with a swagger. Every one was shot down to crash and burn.

Finally, when the line had trickled to an end and it appeared there wasnt a man left whom she hadnt rejected at least once, she got up and left. She walked out the door and never returned.

Im still not exactly certain what happened that night. I am confident, however, that if a representative from National Wildlife magazine had been present we could have solved one of the great mysteries of nature — that of the lemming.

The lemming is a small rodent that lives in the Artic and is known for traveling in massive migrations. What isnt understood is why occasionally, the entire group, thousands of them, will just walk off a cliff into the ocean and drown. Scientists have no explanation, but I do.

I suspect that the leader is one stunningly beautiful female lemming and that the others are balding, middle-aged male lemmings hoping hes the one shell choose.

Gary Mosher met his wife at the one and only single’s dance he has ever attended. He is co-author of the award-winning Buddha in the Boardroom, the book that shows you how to excel in todays chaotic and stressful workplace environment. Read the first chapter for FREE at Bodhi Tree Publishing, LLC

Even Better Than the Real Thing?

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:50:02 +0000

There are a preponderance of households all round the world that share their space, their food and their love with some kind of furry friend. Animal companions have been shown time again, in study after study, to reduce stress and cultivate health. The act of stroking a pet is an intrinsically restful one, and cannot even be outweighed by the time and expense incurred in looking after the little beasts. These critters become a part of our lives, and we dote on them like small children. But we wouldnt feel the same way about them if they were only virtual would we?

But it seems that we would. While children traditionally beg their parents for a pet to play with, these days it seems they are asking for something else too a computer, complete with Internet access, to allow them play with a pet of a slightly different shade. A Neopet.

And with 25 million members spread all across the world, the people that bring us Neopets are clearly on to something. Combining aspects of the real life world and the virtual one, the Neopets universe seems to have tapped into something. While users fall predominantly into the age group we would expect, typically sitting in the under eighteen age group, Neopets appeal to people of all ages. Offering all the qualities of the typical household pet, with a few traits only to be found in the realm of computer-dom, Neopets seem like a fun way to cultivate a relationship with our furry friends, without having to deal with any of the practicalities of supporting and looking after a real world pet.

The Neopian world, however, does have what some see as a more sinister side. An Internet world directed at children where unknown individuals can log on and talk to whom they like is undoubtedly a concern for many parents, but what has gained the most publicity regarding the Neopets site is the exposure children encounter there to seemingly limitless advertising. Although real money transactions are forbidden in the Neopian world, many of the games played there involve the winning of Neopian currency, which can then be used to purchase items for your pet. Some argue that this introduces children to the value of money. Others are more concerned that the value of money is spoiling a nice game by introducing corporate sponsorship in child-friendly guises.

But there is little doubt about one thing Neopets are just, according to the people who own them, as addictive as the real thing. Think you cant get attached to a computer image? Think again get a Neopet.

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IS GOD A DEMOCRAT OR A REPUBLICAN? AND OTHER CULTURAL ANOMALIES

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:50:02 +0000

The amazing thing about contemporary American culture is itspredisposition to organize itself into neat little categories.This “pigeonhole syndrome,” referred to by some as PHS, (not tobe confused with PMS), is responsible for much of the stress inour society today.We even categorize this stress, enabling us to compare ourstress with people we meet. Some fear they will one day meetsomeone with the same kind of stress as they have and will notknow how to label him or her. Imagine the stress this wouldcreate. Or, visualize a situation where someone meets someonewho has no stress at all.PHS finds its way into every area of our culture, even thereligious. Nobody in these days of labeling madness can just bea Christian. Are you Protestant or Catholic?If you are Protestant what kind? Baptist? Methodist?Presbyterian? My question is simply, why can’t we just beChristians?I was behind an elderly lady at the post office recently andcould not help overhearing the conversation. The lady wantedstamps.The Postmaster asked her, “What denomination of stamps would youlike?”The lady paused for a moment and then replied, “Presbyterian.”I guess a Presbyterian doesn’t need as much water as, say, aBaptist.Cataloging people into convenient groupings is not bad. In fact,it can be helpful in many ways. I attended a conference lastyear where 97 percent of the people were of the non-malepersuasion and believe me when I say classification is important.Following one session I followed the crowd; not paying too muchattention to where we were going – and ended up in the ladiesrestroom. To say they labeled me is putting it mildly.Women, regardless of what you may have heard to the contrary,are quite cruel to any man (meaning of course, Yours Truly)found in the ladies restroom.During the last days of this election, politicians and punditsalike are making much of the undecided voter. I like to refer tothese elusive people as the UDVs of our country.Who are these people and where do they live? Moreover, how longdid it take them to decide where they were going to live?If UDVs exist at this point in the game, I would not want themvoting for me. Personally, I do not believe in UDVs. In my mind,it is something the news media invented so they would havesomething to talk about, especially these 24-hour cable newsprograms.Having something fresh and interesting to say 24 hours a day,seven days a week is a lot of airtime to fill. Not to mentionthat most (if not all) on-air personnel are full of hot air.UDVs are only a figment of their tired and stressed imagination,searching for something new to say about something everyonealready knows. In fact, I think UDVs, the WMDs and Elvis are allhiding out in Syria.Putting labels on other people to see where people fit is notbad, except some people want to include God in this PHS equationand He does not fit.Perhaps because we are in an election year, many people ask thequestion, “Is God a Democrat or a Republican?” I have neverheard anyone ask if God was an Independent or member of theGreen Party. Maybe they know something about these parties Idon’t.During an election year, politicians will use anything or anyoneto help their cause. Most politicians need more help in theircause than even God could give them.However, some think it important to try to draw God into theirparty platform. The further behind they are in the polls themore they invoke the Almighty on their behalf.Knowing God as I do, and understanding as much of politics as Ido, no politician in his right mind (and try to find one in hisright or left mind) would even want God on their side. God dealsin absolutes. A thing is absolutely right or it is absolutelywrong.Politicians shy away from absolutes.A politician deals with all things relative and self-serving. Ifit does not advance his or her cause, the politician has nointerest in it.Every political party has its “spin-room.” That’s a place wherethey take what was said and spin it around for self-servingpurposes. It all depends, so they all say, on what yourdefinition of is, is.I remember the day my mother got her first spin dryer. Up tothat time, she hung all the washing outside to dry in God’s goodsunshine. Then came the spin dryer and it did not matter whatthe weather was like outside, my mother could always dry thewash.It was great. If some of the clothes were not folded right awayand were wrinkled, she just tossed them into the dryer and,presto, the wrinkles were gone.The political “spin-zone” does the very same thing. If apolitical candidate says something, immediately it goes into thespin to get rid of those wrinkles.God, however, does not work that way. In the Old Testament weread, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are yourways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher thanthe earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughtsthan your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9 KJV.)It is never a question of whether God is on my side, but whetherI am on His side. The only way to get on “God’s side” is throughthe Lord Jesus Christ.

Nintendo Wii – Wii Love It, And So Wii-ll You!

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:50:02 +0000

Nintendo Wii is a video game system controlled from gaming industry giant Nintendo Co. Ltd. Despite popular belief, Nintendo Wii is not entirely new it is actually an updated and renamed version of the companys very popular Nintendo Revolution. Although Nintendo Wii is considered something of an underachiever by game reviewers because it has fewer added features and less crisp graphics than many other gaming consoles, Nintendo Wii is in fact a big hit with fans and so a big seller.

Whats the attraction with Nintendo Wii?

The secret of Nintendo Wiis success may be a combination of its affordable price and its unique controlled. The Nintendo Wii allows players to use a controlled similar to a remote control. This motion-sensor technology controlled for the Nintendo Wii allows gamers to use real movements swings, stabs, and other motions to control like motions on the screen. Many gamers say that this feature allows them to step into action games more readily with the Nintendo Wii than with controllers that rely on gamers to simply press buttons or manipulate joy sticks.

Nintendo Wii may also be attractive because it does not promise to be a major entertainment system, the way many other gaming consoles today do. Instead, Nintendo Wii markets itself as only a gaming console for those interested in video games. The promise seems to ring true to the many gaming fans who are flocking to the Nintendo Wii. Despite heavy competition from powerful gaming devices like the Xbox and Playstation, Nintendo Wii continues to be the little game console that could, attracting many by its very simplicity and its single-purpose frame.

Nintendo Wii is a hot trend

At gaming conventions, even the makers of the Nintendo Wii were surprised by the popularity of the Nintendo Wii, as fans waited in hour-line line-ups at several major conventions and trade shows just to try Nintendo Wii. Many testers of the Nintendo Wii found that the Nintendo Wii adds an element of physical fun that is simply missing from many of todays gaming solutions.

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The Fruit Caper

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:50:03 +0000

Back in the days of my childhood, we lived in a richly competitive family. My parents were big advocates of teaching children responsibility at a very young age, and providing us with duties to perform on a daily basis. At the back of our yard, we had a number of fruit trees that produced green apples, cherries, and peaches. The little apple trees were particularly abundant in the fruit they produced, and much of it was too poor in quality to be useful. As the apples ripened and fell to the ground, it became one of our regular chores to pick up the fallen apples and bury them in the garden.

The duty was to be divided equally on rotating days between myself and my two brothers. In the beginning, this system seemed equitable enough to me, allowing me a couple of days between shifts for doing the work. On the days before my turn to perform the job, I would go out and survey the orchard to anticipate how much effort was in store for me to gather the apples and bury them. Each time I went, it seemed that my brothers had done pretty well in clearing away the fallen fruit. By the time I got out there the next morning, the ground would be covered with apples.

I found myself collecting three or four bushel baskets full of apples. Using the shovel that was almost as tall as me, I had to dig a huge hole in the ground to hold all the apples I had collected. The chore took me what seemed to be hours to complete. As the days wore on, this scenario continued to repeat itself. There was little or nothing on the ground before my shift, but bushels full of apples when it came around to my day. My back was getting sore from doing so much digging and bending over to pick up the fruit.

Using my ingenuity, I devised a tool to help me. I made a long metal poker with a sharp tip that let me jab the apples and put them into the basket without bending over. This seemed to make the work easier and faster for me, and allowed me to complete the job in about the same amount of time that my brothers seemed to be spending to do it on their shifts. When one of my brothers saw me using my new tool, he protested loudly that I was cheating by not having to bend over to pick apples up from the ground. He seemed overly concerned that I had found an easier solution. In fact, he was so angered by my invention, he took the first opportunity he could to steal the tool and render it useless to me.

The whole situation got me angry and suspicious about why my brother would raise such a ruckus about my approach to the task. Something was just not right about all this. A few days passed, as I mulled over the questions in my mind. Why would he care how I was doing the work? Why didnt he just use my tool himself when it was his turn to do the job? Why did my brothers always seem to get done faster than me without using any special devices.? How could they do all that digging so quickly?

All my questions were answered on the morning of my next turn to perform the apple chore. That day, I got up a little earlier than usual, and happened to look out the back window toward the orchard. As I looked at the apple tree, it was shivering as if the whole plant was suffering a deep chill. As it shook, apples came raining down like water, bouncing to the ground and spreading everywhere. When I looked closer at this horrible scene, I caught sight of my brother up in the tree, jumping up and down on the limbs. It was clear to me now that he had been doing this to me for days, and that this was why I had so much more to pick up than my brothers did on their shifts.

I ratted on my brothers activities, and was more than happy to watch him dig the apple grave that day. This caper forever changed the way I negotiated my responsibilities.

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