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Geek Wins Copyright Lawsuit Against Corporation — kdawson, Slashdot

How Dumping TV Allowed Me to Quit My Job, Create an Online Business and Fund My Retirement Account — SavingAdvice.com Blog

Cavalcade of Homeowner Holdouts
Mark Frauenfelder, BoingBoing

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades: Joel Johnson Returns…to Spank Us All for Supporting Crap — Joel Johnson, Gizmodo

You’d think it was a simple request
Darth Dilbert, Return of the Conservatives

“If you thought the customer/tech support from AOL was horrendous, they have nothing on the brain trust at PeoplePC. It began on 7 December just after noon when I received an email from them [PeoplePC Member Services] with the subject, “Welcome to the PeoplePC Online Experience!” I found this odd seeing as how I never [...]

Stalled Career? 10 Tips
Kate Lorenz, CareerBuilder.com on MSN

YouTube sued over copyright infringement
Greg Sandoval, CNET News

YouTube has risen pretty far pretty fast, but this is not without its problems. Here’s more links: Is YouTube a flash in the pan? – Greg Sandoval, CNET News on MSN YouTube’s new policy says: we own your content – Xeni Jardin, BoingBoing More on YouTube’s controversial new terms and conditions – Xeni Jardin, BoingBoing

Cancelling AOL – Vincent Ferrari, insignificant thoughts

This apparently happened a few weeks ago, but Drudge just posted about it today, so I’m finally hearing about it. Here’s the original audio that is causing such a stir: The Nightmare of Cancelling AOL – Break.com Here are more links to the chatter about this on the internet: How hard can it be to cancel an AOL account? [...]

Mystery man throws his money away… literally!
London Daily Mail

At least, as far as we know, he has the decency to give away his own money…

“Weapon of Mass Destruction” Targets Sex Shop In Waldo
Grayson Kamm, FirstCoastNews

Money Talks – Quinn Cummings, the QC Report

QC battles her tendency towards unconscious consumption.

5 ways to face our nation’s “Wimpy” mentality – Jim Jubak, MSN Money

“I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”

‘Adapt to new technology or die,’ Murdoch tells newspapers – AFP

He said it, but who will listen?

She makes her father proud – James Lileks, Minnesota Star-Tribune

His 5-year-old daughter calls the TV dumb and turns it off all by herself.

She’s done with Wal-Mart.

Chewymom had a particularly heinous experience at her local Wal-Mart, and she has finally had it with them. I’ve heard some annoying things about Wally-World, but this one takes the cake…

Lileks + Slight Cold + American Consumerism = Very Funny

James Lileks was in fine form a week ago, when he talked about his adventures in the oldest mall in the country whilst (and at the same time) recovering from a head cold