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Liberty_BellIt’s been kinda a short week here in the U.S. due to the  Independence Day holiday. A day that most of us Americans prove that we all have a little Redneck in us my grilling meat, drinking beer, and watching stuff blow up. 😉

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Geeks already knew Reddit was popular. This week the press found out.

Something tells me our fellow Geeks over at Dropbox won’t be dating this coworker. :mrgreen:

IZArc got a minor update to version 4.1.8.

Metallica at Comic-Con? Wish I could be there 😥

I hope y’all have a happy and safe weekend!

Random Friday Stuff

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beerglassDuckDuckGo, there’s an app for that! Android, iOS, Windows
 
Firefox gets a logo tweak. So does the Motorola logo.
 
AnandTech looks at 4 Haswell mobos. [H]ardOCP looks at one. Is Asus back on top?
 
Google wants in on the game console cash. They are also making a wristwatch (like Apple).  I really don’t understand the watch thing. I haven’t worn one in many, many years. The time is on everything electric (TV, TV set-top box, computer, microwave, coffee maker, car radio, cell / smart phone, etc.). I’ve already got an Android phone.
 
I had a great beer from Blue Mountain Barrel House this week called Local Species. If you’re in to craft beers we have some great craft breweries here in Virginia. My favorites are:
Hardywood
Blue Mountain
Devil’s Backbone
Wild Wolf
If you are ever vacationing in Virginia, check out the Brew Ridge Trail!
No, I’m not making this next part up… I am really excited to try Beer Hound Brewery!!!!!!
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www_newsFor you guys still wanting Windows 7 for that new build, Newegg via TechBargains has Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit Software for $79.99.

How-To-Geek has a neat article up: 15 System Tools You Don’t Have To Install on Windows Anymore

All this hoo-ha over government data mining has everyone taking sides and digging in. Even Woz has weighed in. (Poor guy can’t even sit in an airport without being pestered.) Honestly none of the “revelations” have surprised me though the number of people who are surprised by this has. Like many of you, I figured they were doing this crap all along. Cynical? Jaded? Yes. Yes I am.

I forgot to mention it last week but the guys [H]ardOCP seem to like this Haswell motherboard.

I enjoy watching Windows Weekly ( Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott). This weeks episode is a good one.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

iTunes 11.0.3

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itunes10logoiTunes 11.0.3 is out.
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This version of iTunes comes with several new features and improvements, including:
New MiniPlayer. MiniPlayer now includes a beautiful new view that showcases your album artwork. In addition, a progress bar is now built right into MiniPlayer.
Improved Songs View. You can now enjoy your album artwork while in Songs view.
Multi-Disc Albums. Albums with multiple discs now appear as a single album.
This update also provides performance improvements when searching and sorting large iTunes libraries.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit: support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

Be sure to see:
Ed Bott – The unofficial guide to installing iTunes 10 without bloatware