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Now this is what I call a Lawn Chair!

Yahoo has an article on Soldiers’ War Blogs Detail Life in Iraq that I wanted to pass along. The article lists some of these soldiers’ blogs that should be worth checking out, to get an insider’s perspective on what the conditions are like in Iraq.
Here are the blog links mentioned in the article:
MY WAR
Doc [...]

I went to see Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow this weekend. This movie is supposed to be a first of it’s kind, shot entirely in front of a blue screen. That means all the backgrounds and such for the entire movie were done with computers and such. All the acting [...]

Federally mandated changes in the way that banks process checks, referred to as “Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act” or “Check 21,” will take affect on Oct 28. These changes could affect you. Namely, “the length of time between when a check is written and when the amount is debited from the [...]

Wow, how the time has flown by! Today, Sep 24th, marks the 1-year anniversary of when I first signed the papers and turned the key for my first house.
It’s been a good year in the house, and it’s definitely come a long way. My dad and I added on a deck, “upgraded” the [...]

Great quote mentioned on Ashlee’s site.
“Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers, pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be a miracle.” -Phillips Brooks, Twenty Sermons
This pegs my prayer [...]

CNN.com reports on the most lucrative college degrees. Glad to see that the IT industry’s average is increasing after some down times. It’s still sad to see education so low on the list, though. Teachers really should be paid more…

Here’s an interesting lamp, found on Funfurde.
“The Gravity from Front is a concept design (at least, I think it’s just a concept) for an interactive lamp that reacts to your presence. When you’re not in the room, it lays down and goes to sleep. When you enter, it wakes up, stands and turns on to [...]

Yahoo and USA Today recently conducted a poll to determine America’s favorite advertising symbols and slogans. The winners?
Top 5 Characters:
1. M&M’s Talking Candies — 22%
2. AFLAC Duck — 14%
3. Planter’s Mr. Peanut — 10%
4. Pillsbury Doughboy — 9%
5. Kellogg’s Tony The Tiger — 6%
Top 5 Slogans:
1. M&M’s “Melts in your mouth, not in your [...]

USAToday reports on a study involving 13 families who gave up Internet access for 2 weeks. The results are almost what you expect them to be, with cell phone bills increasing and people feeling “lost and disconnected.” It’s funny that the article reports the families “rediscovered other media, including TV, newspapers and movies.” [...]