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Authorize.net Unanticipated Downtime

Authorize.net  was down due to a fire in the Seattle-based Fisher Plaza data center. Authorize.net downtime was limited to a few hours. Further downtime from the fire is not anticipated. The following was posted to the Announcements section on the Authorize.net website on Sunday, July 5, 2009 with the heading “Unanticipated Downtime Summary”: The security and reliability of the Authorize.Net
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Comcast’s offer to “upgrade to digital starter for no additional monthly charge” would cost me $52.70 more per month!

Watch the video below and read the message that scrolls along the bottom of the screen. The message reads: “Attention Comcast Customers June 24th we will move ION from channel 12 to channel 178. ION will be available with digital starter – upgrade to digital starter for no additional monthly charge. Call 1-800 Comcast for more information.” That exact same
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Video Game History – The Fall of Atari

Atari started the home video game, quickly becoming the fastest growing company in American history. In the last six months of 1982, however, it all fell apart even faster than it started. Here’s why:

Tim’s Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-16

Another Monday morning. Going to need a lot of coffee today. # RT @JasonCalacanis: Happy National Napping Day. http://www.mahalo.com/Napping_Day # I wish Gmail and Google Apps email would add a “Send and Apply Label” button. @GoogleAtWork @google # Did you watch Woz dance last night? Me neither, but you can still vote for him here: http://bit.ly/aVugI. #votewoz # Enjoying lunch
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I’ve Been Bitten by the Twitter Bug

A few weeks ago I started using Twitter. What is Twitter? Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. Basically, Twitter asks “What are you doing?” Twitter is a fun way to connect with others
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Why I Shop at AutoZone

I like to work on cars. I am by no means a mechanic, but I really enjoy tinkering around under the hood. My Dad on the other hand is a master mechanic, now retired. He’s so good that he has actually diagnosed problems by listening to the engine over the phone. No to long ago I had a 1989 Chevy
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How to Fix a PC Stuck on “Acquiring Network Address” or “Renewing Your IP Address”

I recently ran into a problem with a wireless network card getting stuck while acquiring a network address. I would get constant messages like “Acquiring Network Address” or “Renewing Your IP Address”. But it would seem to get continually search for, but never acquire a network address or renew the IP address. I did all the basic stuff like updating
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Productive! Magazine Free Inaugural Issue

Productive! magazine is a new digital magazine that covers all things GTD and the premier issue is jam-packed with good articles about productivity boosters, a David Allen interview, and great tips from organizational gurus like Leo Babauta of the Zen to Done blog. Productive! Magazine [via Lifehacker]

Still Getting Ready to Get Things Done

I’m a little over halfway through the month of getting things done and so far things seem to be going okay. I’ve been looking at the way I currently get things done and I’ve realized that it’s not the most efficient system I could be using, but that’s a topic for another post. On Wednesday, October 1st, I ordered Getting
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Time to Declutter, Organize, and Get Things Done

I hate clutter. Nothing seems to get me agitated more than clutter. However, over the past few months I have noticed that I have made several little stacks of stuff that I come to call my “organized clutter”. It seems that I’ve been so busy that I’ve began to put stuff into little piles. I’ve kept telling myself that I’ll
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