Happy Easter from all of us here at The Daily Thing. We hope you have a great one with your friends and family.
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Ringtones Hope to Boost Lagging CD Sales
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Here’s something interesting from the music biz, not only will you be able to get additional content in the form of ringtones when you purchase and artists cd, but now you’ll be able to choose which section of the song to use as your ringtone. Reuters: “The new CD single ‘Baby’ from rapper Fabolous allows…
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AP: “When Diane Viza got into an argument with her son over whether she was sober, she drove to the local police station asked to take a sobriety test. That turned out to be a bad idea. The 45-year-old woman was charged with driving while intoxicated after she showed up at the police station in…
...Read MoreSBC Hates Your Email
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I, like many people, send email through my hosted domain’s webserver. Just recently though I’ve been unable to send email and have been getting send errors. Turn out the culprit isn’t the setting on my computer or my connection itself, but the company I chose to provide my internet service, SBC. SBC Yahoo! Help: “SBC…
...Read MoreMercuryNews.com Adds RSS Feeds
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The San Jose Mercury News finally has RSS feeds. Awesome!
...Read MoreFlickr-ing Funny
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I found this amusing on Flickr. Possibly as I was a participant in the hijinks. Flickr: Technique: Standard Photo Color Correction SilentElkOfYesterday says: I’m wondering what people do as standard procedures when processing their photos into a final version.” th3ph17 says: i adjust/correct photos for a magazine publishing company, so this is mostly RGB adjustments…
...Read MoreFlickr Sold To Y!
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The news is out! FlickrBlog: “Yahoo actually does acquire Flickr” Here’s all the info if you’re wondering how this will affect your Flickr-ing.
...Read MoreTwo Words: Mountain Oysters. I Knew That’d Get Your Attention
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Oh……….boy. Tell me why I keep telling people I’m from here again? Oakdale Cowboy Museum: “If Oakdale is famous for its cowboys, it’s infamous, perhaps, for something else. A very unusual festival, where people line up every year to eat…something you could call ‘cowboy cuisine’. ‘People call them ‘mountain oysters’ but they’re not fishy, I…
...Read MoreHappy Vernal Equinox Day All You Pagans Out There
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In our ever expanding effort to be a non-denominational, open minded blog we’ve decided that this year we’re going to celebrate today instead of the other holiday with the big rabbit and eggs. So, from all of us here at The Daily Thing I’d like to wish you a Happy Vernal Equinox Day! May your…
...Read MoreRoyal Robbins Clothing Giving Away FREE Trip to Yosemite
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Royal Robbins, the clothing retailer started by famed Yosemite climbing pioneer of the same name, is giving away a trip to Yosemite and you could win! Royal Robbins: “Enter to win a trip to Yosemite, courtesy of Royal Robbins. Three days and two nights of adventure in one of the world’s most inspiring scenic wonders:…
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