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Why would Starbucks erect this wooden fence on the roof?

My New Year resolution is to make more sense in my code and my blog posts.

This is December of 2009 and Google has an interesting Easter Egg in its Search page. If you leave the search field blank and click "I am feeling lucky" button Google displays countdown in large numbers:

From the looks of it it's a countdown to New 2010 Year. It's coming

There is a new masterpiece for sale at Amazon

Using this amazing device you can place your laptop right on the steering wheel of your car. Just imagine playing "Grand Theft Auto" while driving a real car - what can compare to that? Also this not being a cell phone will never get you in trouble with the police.

As one of the avid fans put it: "What makes this product so wonderful is that now I can write letters while I drive! No more texting, no more tickets! I have been keeping up with all my friends and they appreciate how much more "personalized" my letters are than my texts. If there is any drawback, it's on windy roads, because sometimes I make stray marks on the tighter curves, but it's a small price to pay for staying within the law!"

This tree now stands on the roof of parking lot at 700 Plaza Drive in Secaucus.

Hopefully there will be a parking spot big enough for the sleigh.

Now, I've been using Windows 7 for a several months now and find it surprisingly good. But this Apple commercial for Windows 7 launch is too good to pass, just too funny

When evaluation period of Windows version that I ran on our home server expired, I decided to give Ubuntu a try. And I couldn't be happier - everything from multimedia and file sharing to Remote Desktop over SSH (pictured below) is amazingly easy.

So, at least for now it stays. We will see.

More at Cthulhu For President 2008

Amazon.com sells this amazing 1.5 meters (59 inches) cable for $500. People who used it claim to have seen GOD. Here is one and not the most incredible story from a satisfied customer:

This cable literally saved my life. Someone broke into my house and they threatened me with a gun. When I said that I could prove that using better copper for a digital connection makes the audio sent over it sound better they didn't beleive me.  I made a deal with them to spare my life if it was true.

Read more here and prepare to be astounded!

IE7 - made from 100% recycled code.