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The Wizard of Oz as you’ve never seen or imagined: TIN MAN

Tin Man is a miniseries coming to the SciFi channel in December. It is a complete re-imagining of the world of The Wizard of Oz. A dystopian urban fantasy world. Be sure to also check out “The Infinite OZ” at the link; it’s a very impressive flash presentation. This could possibly [...]


Celebrate Tybee Island

Whether you’ve known it as Tybee Island or Savannah Beach, whether you love its history, beautiful beaches, dolphins and turtles, or salt water marshes, whether you come to sit in the sun, swim in the surf, or indulge in some great seafood, it’s TYBEE TIME come October 20th and 21st of [...]


Highest Paying Jobs That Don’t Require a College Degree

Don’t have a college degree and need some more money? Here is an overview of the top paying jobs for people who don’t have college degrees.
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Track Santa with NORAD

So gather the kids ’round the warm glow of the computer this Christmas Eve and watch Santa trot the globe and deliver presents. If that’s not enough to excite you, watch a slew of CW and basic cable stars talk about how excited they are about it. [via lifehacker]

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Richard Florida Lecture in Savannah

Missed the Lecture? No problem!
If you didn’t get to see last week’s Richard Florida lecture or go to the press conference, we’ve got them both right here! Thanks to Evoca for making them available.,
Richard Florida Lecture Now Available (courtesy of Evoca)

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Make your lost USB drive call for help

Web site Daily Cup of Tech offers a custom autoplay program for your USB thumb drive that tells the user what to do if it is lost and found.
Much more effective than a boring old IfFoundPleaseReturnTo.txt text file, this customizable .exe offers a “Help! I’m lost!” Autoplay option when someone plugs in your thumb drive. [...]


eBay Bans Sellers from Using Google Checkout

eBay is banning sellers from requesting payment through Google Checkout. The online auction giant updated its Safe Payments policy this week to add Google’s new payment service, Google Checkout to its list of online payment methods not permitted on eBay.
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Remotely Enable Remote Desktop

Remote desktop is a nice feature of Windows 2003, XP, and 2000 server that lets you remotely login to, and work on the system as if you were there. Many times you find that you need it enabled - but the machine you are trying to access is far across your network where it is [...]