Replaced a dvd drive in a dell dimension 5150 – while it was up and running xp! Had to reboot, but did that sp3 and bios in 1 boot

http://www.slydial.com

I haven’t used this yet, but thought it was, well, odd… slydial let’s you return someone’s call, but without actually trying to get ahold of them. What do I mean? You feel obligated enough to actually return the call, but dread speaking with them.

Slydial goes straight to their voicemail, without giving them the option of answering.

From http://www.slydial.com/faq.php

Can the person I am slydialing answer the call? Will their phone ring?

No. Don’t worry, slydial calls can NOT be answered. In most cases the person you’re slydialing simply receives a new voicemail alert a minute or so after you leave them a message. With some mobile phones, we are able to display a “missed call” from you (after all you did try to call them!). With this feature, the recipient’s phone may emit an abbreviated “half ring” before going directly to voicemail. In any scenario, rest-assured that the person you are slydialing can not “answer” your call.

So how does slydial make money?

We make our money through in-call advertising and premium services. When you use slydial, you will hear short ads play from one of our partners before we connect you to voicemail. Please rest assured that we do not share your information with any third party (see privacy policy). If you want to use slydial but don’t want to listen to the in-call advertising, then you have an option to upgrade to our paid premium service.

HHHhhhmmmm, is this what they meant? Downloaded from http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Download, and then….

Folding at home yields first results

Well, one of the most unusual things I have seen lately. All one guy…

http://www.viralvideochart.com/youtube/quotstar_warsquot__an_a_capella_tribute_to_john_williams?id=lk5_OSsawz4

Such a great link I didn’t want to loose it:

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/01/24-great-open-source-apps-for-admins-and-technicians/

http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd

Note to self – check up on http://wpkg.org/ “WPKG is an automated software deployment, upgrade and removal program for Windows.”

I listened to a podcast about www.socialmedian.com and thought it sounded pretty cool. Basically, you create an account, then subscribe to “News Networks”. These are sort of like associates of links/stories about a common theme (you can start your own, or sign up for one that already exists), but also with something akin to www.digg.com where you can rate the stories, and you can post comments as well.

Great idea, but here’s the catch.. There doesn’t seem to be a critical mass of people on there to make it work. For instance, I am subscribed to one called “Linux” which has 35 users, with 10 topics in it.

I’ll stick it out for a while, but when my single vote makes a VERY significant change in a stories status, that doesn’t seem right… The most popular News Network right now is Web 2.0 with 2,305 users in it.

Socialmedian.com