Month: August 2009
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Federer Wins Cincy, Destroys Young Guns
Roger Federer won the Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati on Sunday, beating Novak Djokovic in convincing fashion, 6-1 and 7-5. A day before, he also beat Andy Murray in straight sets, 6-2 and 7-6. These are 2 of the top 4 whose best surface is hard courts and many expected them to beat Roger. In…
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xkcd: Tech Support Cheat Sheet
xkcd: Tech Support Cheat Sheet Awesome.
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Federer Chokes Against Tsonga in Montreal
I can’t believe Fed blew a double-break (5-1) lead in the 3rd set to lose the match against Tsonga in Montreal. I’m almost beginning to think he lost on purpose, just to pace himself before the US Open. Because right now Tsonga looks like he’s about to lose to a frickin qualifier in the 2nd…
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GGF Pirate Bay Plan is a Bad Idea
Some of you may know that a company called Global Gaming Factory (GGF) announced it worked out a deal to buy the popular torrent site, The Pirate Bay. The initial report said the price would be $7.8 million. Long story short, that may not be so, but it should still be several million dollars. What’s…
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Tennis Season Back in Motion
All the top players, most notably Federer and Nadal, are back in action this week at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. This is part of the US Open Series that leads up to the US Open. Federer’s coming off a hot streak, winning Madrid, the French Open, and Wimbledon; regaining no.1 ranking; and having twin…
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Firefox 3.5 Is Faster
10/19/2009 UPDATE Well a few months later and I just wanted to come back and update this post. I take back the “Faster Start and Close” claim and want to reinforce that Firefox is a memory hog. Firefox 3.5 is just as slow, if not slower, to start up and slow to close down than…