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12 Years? 12?!?!? That’s all he gets? Guy should thank his lucky stars this didn’t happen in Texas. He’d be meeting his Maker a lot sooner if it had.

Three months later, I’m still trying to figure out why I’d ever need to use most of these.

Wow. Just…wow.

I’m like Clive; I want it all.

Noteworthy is the observation that Gore was awarded the Peace Prize when he hasn’t really done anything peace-worthy.

Brian Solis gives his review of the Jott service, which I’ve been happily using since early in the year. Jott came in handy while on vacation, when I was able to dictate some reminders while roaming Disneyworld.

Free service which allows you to use your phone to dictate notes and other messages while on the go.

You’ve got options on what to do with your iPod when it finally dies. Don’t just chuck it in the trash.

A free airline flight tracker that is capable of giving you way more information than you may care to know. Also good for when you’re bored at work.

Ouriel Ohayon’s tutorial that’s supposedly easier than the method set up by Dave Winer and documented by Fred Wilson.

I wish the site wasn’t done in Flash, but some fantastic desktops in photographic HDR.

“Researchers have found that 10 basic social skills such as taking turns, listening and simply being nice are just as important to children’s academic success as the subjects they study…”

Some more perspective on the 2007 Nobel awards, notably the Peace Prize, and “[s]ome nominees for next year.” You know, people actually working for peace.

The Wall Street Journal’s choice of web sites for getting and tracking airline flight information.

Those of you participating in National Novel Writing Month, which kicks off at midnight, November 1, may want to take note of NaNoWriMo’s Twitter feed.

Because my wife doesn’t have enough to freak out about.

We all have to have dreams.

In light of recent actions of the Nobel Committee, a little perspective…

Put 1-800-GOOG-411 in your iPhone’s Favorites (or on your lesser phone’s speed dial) and stop paying your provider for phone number information.

Posting this for no other reason than if Hsu was a Republican, this would be the lead story on all the news networks.

Fraser Speirs has put together a simple Wikipedia search page for iPhone users, since, in his words, “you don’t want to load the main page on your iPhone just to search.”

Krishna Kumar, back in July, on blogs that don’t offer full RSS feeds. If you have a blog, and you’re not offering a full feed, I’m likely not reading your blog often. If you’re not offering a feed at all, I’m likely not reading your blog at all.

Mac developer, and proud Scot, Fraser Speirs, on the increasing nanny-statism in London.

I severely underutilize Quicksilver, so this is just one more way for me to get more out of this great tool.

“The mission of Ethos Water is to help children around the world get clean water and to raise awareness of the world water crisis.” Can be purchased at Starbucks, Target, Whole Foods, and World Market

I wish I could have had a PowerBook when I was in college, but the first, the PowerBook 100, was released the fall semester of my senior year, and was way too expensive for my family to afford. I wonder if Ballmer & Bill look at pictures like this and cringe.

My friend Tiffany has a site devoted to her professional joke-telling. If you’re in the DC area, pay attention to this site for show dates and go catch her act.

I saw two of these this weekend while watching various sporting events, and in the wee hours of very, very, very early Monday morning, they appeared on Apple’s site. I’ve seen Doug and Elliot, but not Stephano, which turns out to be my favorite.

“Darth Vader’s tyrannical Empire struck fear into an entire galaxy. Sadly, his fleet was also behind some embarrassingly ill-planned military ventures. Reviewing early Imperial schematics, the Sith Lord himself expressed serious doubts…”