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Your Printer May Be Hazardous To Your Health

Was browsing the web the other day and found this article from Yahoo! Tech. It talks about a recent study done regarding the health risks caused by the fine dust particles from laser printer tone cartridges.

The study shows that 30% of the laser printers tested emit dangerous particles that can cause lasting damage in the same scale of inhaled cigarette smoke. How is this possible? It turns out that whenever you print something, not all …

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Unethical Blogging or Freedom of Speech?

“Ethical blogging” has been one of the hottest topics in the Philippine blogosphere in the past few days. Correct me if I’m wrong, but differentiating between ethical and unethical blogging can be a difficult task as each person has their own set of beliefs, norms, principles, values, etc even cultures and religion. What may seem ethical to one person may not hold true for the other, right?

However, there are some issues or topics that will always be considered unethical by the majority of the population. Take for example this particular blogger from California named Jack McClellan. What makes him “special” or “different” from most bloggers? What is he blogging about?

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World Market Systems

If you own a small or medium home-based business and would like to create a web presence for your company, the first thing you’ll need is a company website. Creating a website can be a pain especially if you don’t have the right resources.

World Market Systems has helped clients start their web presence by creating and hosting customized websites since 2002. Aside from web design and development, World Market Systems also develops web …

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Canon Powershot S3 IS

This is my new toy, a Canon Powershot S3 IS. I bought it online and FedEx delivered it last Friday. For those who waited and made guesses on my previous post, this is what’s in the box.

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What’s In The Box?

I got something delivered to me by FedEx yesterday. This is what the package looks like:

Wanna know what’s inside the box? Any guesses? It’s not Pandora’s box neither a jack-in-the-box. Hehe.. I was so busy last Friday and was out the whole day today so I wasn’t able to post this. If you wanna know what’s in the box, come back tomorrow and you’ll find out what it is.

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Top 10 Vulnerable WP Themes

BlogSecurity an organization that deals with web blog security recently posted a list of the top 10 WordPress themes that are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting due to template flaws.

1. field-of-dreams
2. tarski
3. mandigo-14,1.22
4. connections
5. default
6. freshy
7. redoable
8. k2
9. vistered-little-1.6a
10. wp-multiflex-3

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Modern Skate & Surf

Modern Skate & Surf is one of the leading action sports retailers and has been in the business since 1979. Aside from their retail stores, they also have skate parks located in Lansing, Royal Oak, Grand Rapids and Novi areas in Michigan.

Modern Skate & Surf was one of the first stores in the world to sell inline skates. If you visit their online store, you will see a wide array of clothing, shoes, equipment and …

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The Funniest Geek Quotes

Got these in my inbox a few days ago. Some of these quotes have been around for quite a while so some of you might have heard or read them but anyways I’m still sharing it so you can have a laugh or two. Enjoy!

There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
- Unknown

My pokemon bring all the nerds to the yard, and they’re like you wanna trade cards? Darn right, I wanna trade cards, I’ll trade this but not my charizard.
- Unknown

Microsoft: “You’ve got questions. We’ve got dancing paperclips.”
- Unknown

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WordPress Bits

WordPress Bits is not just another WordPress blog. This blog focuses on the development and customization of everything associated with WordPress whether it’s for a standalone installation, WordPress.com accounts or WordPress MU. WordPress Bits is authored by Sysadmin, entreprenuer and blogger Leonid Mamchenkov.

WordPress Bits will feature topics focusing on the following areas: WordPress customizations, WordPress development, WordPress internals, WordPress as a web application framework and WordPress as a CMS (Content Management System).

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Spokeo: Social Networks and RSS Feeds Reader

I know for a fact that almost all internet savvy people have an account in one or several social networks, right? I’m sure that these persons also visit several blogs other than your own, right? Am I talking about you? Anyways, wouldn’t it be nice and convenient if you can keep track of all your social networking friends’ updates and favorite blogs in one place?

Spokeo is a social network and rss feed reader/aggregator. …

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Undercover Reporter Spotted @ DEF CON 2007

If you don’t know what DEF CON is, it’s the world’s largest annual hacker convention, held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Undercover reporter Michelle Madigan, who also happens to be an associate producer for NBC Dateline, tried to sneak in to DEF CON 2007 with a hidden pin-hole camera. She was trying to get hackers to confess to felonies they’ve committed and use it for a piece entitled “Hiring Hackers”. Unfortunately for Madigan, the organizers of the event was informed about her presence. Organizers approached her and asked if she wanted official press credentials to cover the event which she declined. One of the organizers went up stage and announced about a game called “spot the undercover reporter game”. When this happened, the undercover reporter bolted out of the building with over a hundred DEF CON attendees and reporters right behind her videotaping and taking photographs of her.

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