Category: Useful Web Sites
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MLB’s Bid to Control Fantasy Baseball May Have Backfired on All Pro Sports Leagues
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Wall Street Journal has an interesting article in its Tuesday edition about a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could have a profound impact on online fantasy sports. The article says that Major League Baseball and the Players Association have been fighting for three years to limit the number of companies…
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Gadget Links: Post Memorial Day Weekend Edition
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSixty-Six on Daring Fireball: “The idea that Apple now sells two-thirds of retail computers costing $1000 or more is simply stunning. I (along with many others) have long argued that a simplistic “overall PC market share” number has never been a good metric for gauging the Mac’s success because the “overall…
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Recommending the700Level.com for It’s Coverage of the Philadelphia Sports Scene
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you follow me on Twitter, you know that I attended my first Princeton Mac User Group meeting on Tuesday night rather than stay home and watch Game 3 of the Flyers – Penguins series. This is undoubtedly considered a sacrilege in my community, particularly because I am so involved in hockey…
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Gadget Links: Running Amok Edition
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow to Eat Healthily at Top Chain Restaurants on Lifehacker: “The food experts at Health magazine have scoured the menus at popular restaurant chains in search of the healthiest foods on the menu, rounding up several healthy menu options at otherwise unhealthy chains.” They found reasonably healthy choices at Denny’s, Ruby Tuesday,…
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Gadget Links: Web 2.0 Overload Edition
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow to link Twitter to Facebook – A Twitter Tutorial on AJVayerchuck.com: A concise explanation of how to install the Twitter app within Facebook and allow it to update your Facebook status. Clutter War II: Attack of the Giant Baby on 43Folders: “…you might be able to guess where my head is…
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Tour de Georgia Begins Monday
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the biggest annual stage races in the United States begins Monday: The 2008 Tour de Georgia, this year presented by AT&T. I won’t be attending the TdG this year, but I have attended it in the past and I have some friends who do an excellent job covering this…
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Tax Day Finding: Safari Not Supported By Some Important Tax Authorities and Service Providers
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday is April 15, a date that quite a few different tax authorities in the United States have picked as the deadline for filing annual tax returns. I had to file several returns today, including: U.S. Federal Income Tax for my wife and me Pennsylvania State Income Tax for my wife and…