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Time Saving Websites:
Packages by the Numbers

The deliveryman's version of the children's book, "Where's Waldo?" is realized in the Internet consumer's urgent need to know; really know that a package is either delivered or enroute and not lost.

UPS, Fedex and even the US Postal Service have succumbed to these demands. Simply keep at hand your tracking number provided on their shipping receipt and you can go to the corresponding website, type in the number and often determine who signed for it and when it was delivered.

United Parcel Service (UPS)

Federal Express (Fedex)

US Postal Service

The real surprise is seeing how far our packages travel to get from here to there.

 

 

Buzz Words: Easter Eggs

In the real world, Easter Eggs only come on Easter morning, but digital Easter Eggs keep all year round. They can be found within programs, video games and the subject of this short article, DVDs.

Just like real Easter Eggs these little treats can be found by diligently searching through the menus of your favorite DVD or... by following the tips on NetFlix's website.

http://www.netflix.com/EasterEggs

 

 

New Gadgets:
Codes and Crypto

Have you ever wondered how the current state of technology got its start? I confess, I occasionally do, but strangely never take the time to look into it. Then -poof- a good friend recommends a wonderful novel that carries the plot through three different timelines and provides one possible telling of the tales that precede our modern digital world.

It is called, "Cryptonomicon", by Neal Stephenson and lets us into the pre-digital time of paper ciphers through to the dot-com times of rapid business e-growth. I learned a few crypotgraphic tips and enjoyed the story itself. If you are seeking good techno-fiction, I recommend it.

Buy it at Amazon

 

 

Great Networking:
T-Mobile Hotspots

High speed Internet access from Starbucks!

It may or may not sound like a cry for liberty to you but the company, T-Mobile has partnered with many companies to provide Wireless Internet access called WiFi to a large part of the Metro Atlanta area.

http://www.t-mobile.com/hotspot/

I use it to provide a live preview of web projects that are under development in a very accommodating environment. Best of all, you don't have to leave the office to go to Starbucks.

 

 

Online Entertainment:
We Love the Iraqi Information Minister

Sometimes reality is better than the best joke.

The writers at Saturday Night Live should have seen it coming, but this is even better. During the recent hostility in Iraq, there emerged a hilarious entertainer. He had control of the broadcast network, but was at his best during his almost daily recounts of Iraqi successes.

I am of course referring to the Iraqi Information Minister. If you missed him live, a new website has captured his reruns. Be prepared to laugh a ton. Remember this is the fellow that stated, "As usual, we killed them all..." as tanks rolled behind him.

http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com

 

 

--dedicated to the glory of God--
Isaiah 40:26

Isaiah 40
26 Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

 

 

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