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Hooked on Bejeweled

I have so far been successful in warding off the curiosity to play Farmville, Fishville, Mafia Wars, Restaurant City and Café World. But guess what got me? It’s the good ol’ fashion Bejeweled Blitz game. Yes, the plain game that we used to play in Yahoo! is now also in Facebook and is so far [...]

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Yahoo! GeoCities closing down

I could have posted this on my new technology blog, being about internet and technology. But somehow the news that Yahoo! Geocities is closing down has some personal effect on me that’s why I opted to post it here. With Geocities being closed down by Yahoo! I can’t help but be nostalgic. Because before I [...]

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What did an innocent font do?

I am a fan of Comics Sans font, in fact I used it often when I still have my personalized items business. You can’t go wrong with the children’s giveaways. But what did an innocent font do to merit a movement calling for its eradication? Yes, there is a Ban Comic Sans movement (and a [...]

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Slap greedy CEOs and save the US economy

Not that we really can do it, but with the new online game from AddictingGames.com, you can slap greedy CEOs and save the US economy virtually. The new game Trillion Dollar Bailout game starts you off the New York City skyline, with tall buildings at the top portion of the screen and houses below. You [...]

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Google cutting down “just under 200″ of its employees

Could an Internet giant like the Google be affected by the global economic crisis? I have just been to the official Google blog and read they are cutting down about 200 employees from its roster. Although the title of the blog post doesn’t signify downsizing but rather a change in their sales and marketing organizations, [...]

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Is Twitter taking over your life?

Okay, I admit, I am on Twitter too… these days, who isn’t? But so far though, it hasn’t taken over my life… not yet, especially my blogging life. When I was still new with Twitter, I was surprised and find it rather absurd that people would post things like “eating dinner now” or “what a [...]

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Google Chrome, now a faster browser?

Personally, I haven’t tried the Google Chrome browser yet, because of problems on my PC slowing down everytime I download a new application. Until I can have it reformatted, that will have to wait. But news on the new and faster Google Chrome really caught my attention. With the speed being the focus of the [...]

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