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Continuing with the "great stuff for free" theme, I've put up something about Evernote.
Yes, it's one of my favorite applications in that it effectively replaces a notebook 90 percent of the time. And it's free, free, free. Read all about it by clicking here.
I've been growling about how sluggish Mozilla Firefox is on my Compaq Mini.
Netbooks are great, but they can be a bit underpowered due to those Intel Atom processors. I downloaded a copy of Opera 10 and I'm zipping right along on the Internet,
Click here to read my post on The Natural State Hawg about it -- it's part of the soon-to-be-famous "cool, free stuff" series.
Starting a series on cool, free tools that I've used for awhile and can't live without.
The first post is about Windows Live Writer -- a program that's so good I can't believe Microsoft developed it.
Read all about it by clicking here.
Dave Pittman of the Gassville / Mountain Home, Arkansas performs at the American Idol Dallas Audition. Dave has 'Tourette Syndrome' but when he sings the syndrome does not manifest itself. Watch this video while it is still available.
ARRA News Service
Bill Smith, Editor, ARRA News Service: Repeatedly, polls show Arkansans ready to dump Arkansas Blanche Lincoln. The question early in this race, is who will be the final nominee for the GOP to run against Lincoln. The GOP race is still wide open with some tightening but most likely their will be run-off after the Republican primary. The number of Republican candidates splitting the vote in the primary will most likely assure that no one will have 51% of the vote.
The present considerations between the Republican candidates are:
1) Vote for the person who raises the most money to oppose Lincoln's war chest.
2) Vote or don't vote to send another politician to Washington D.C.? If a politician, concerns over their voting record and deals made in the past will be evaluated by the voters.
3) Vote for person with experienced business experience needed to help balance the budget and protect small business.
4) Vote for person commitmented to ethics and accountability.
5) Vote for an person who indeed understands the global threat by other countries and terrorism.
6) Most people are looking for those committed to conservative principles both in their former and present life before entrusting them with the future of the people's seat.
7) Who is best expected to communicate after winning the election with Arkansans and not avoid them as Sen. Lincoln has done including moving her family to Virginia.
There have been several polls and in each case there has been slight variation. However, in most polls, Lincoln looses to a solid conservative Republican. The independents, many of them disenfranchised conservative who are seen the Democratic Party's slide into socialism, will have a great deal to say in the final decision beyond the old time Republicans who follow a usual path to decision making. This was proven recently with the election of Sen. Scott Brown in Massachusetts. If the opportunity is not wasted by the Republican candidates in bitter partisan politics, Arkansas should be sending a conservative to Washington as it's second Senator after the November election. If this doesn't happen, Arkansas will have failed both itself and the rest of the country.
Most years, we would expect potential Republican candidates to have potentially double digit negative numbers polling against long term incumbent Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln. But this has not been the situation. In a poll conducted earlier this week for the Arkansas News Bureau/Stephens Media by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc., Republicann are polling favorably against incumbent Democrat Blanche Lincoln who has only a favorable rating of only 39% and unfavorable 41%. Polling numbers in early head to head races were:
Holt 43% Lincoln 37% [Jim Holt - Fav: 19% Unfav: 7% Unknown: 38%]
Baker 43% Lincoln 39% [Gilbert Baker - Fav: 11% Unfav: 5% Unknown: 38%]
Coleman 39% Lincoln 40% [Curtis Coleman - Fav: 7% Unfav: 3% Unknown: 77%]
Reynolds 38% Lincoln 41% [Conrad Renynols - Fav: 8% Unfav: 3% Unknown: 76%]
Cox 38% Lincoln 41% [Tom Cox - Fav: 7% Unfav: 2% Unknown: 70%]
Hendren 38% Lincoln 43% [Kim Hendren - Fav: 10% Unfav: 4% Unknown: 63%]
Yes, we've got some maniac running around thinking that he ought to be able to build seven casinos all over my state and have a state-protected monopoly so he doesn't have to deal with any mean old competitors.
I'm not a fan of casinos and I detest monopolies, so I hope the jerk fails. You can read all about this rotten move by clicking here.
Hopefully this self-serving effort fails miserably. He'll be out petitioning soon. If you do live here, please refrain from signing one and putting this ridiculous proposal on the ballot.
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Now, folks, there’s a photo that demands attention, isn’t it?
It makes you curious – makes you wonder what it’s all about.
Just admit it – you want to find out all about the pervert. You want to know about what identified the particular individual as a pervert and what right minded people are doing about it.
Well, you can read all about the pervert (and his weird, trick sweatpants) by clicking here and heading over to the blog I maintain for my employer. The story is well worth reading. I promise.
Yep. Still missing the 1980s...
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I'm a big proponent of getting the most for my money out of a computer.
It's always tempting to buy the latest and greatest, but that gets expensive after awhile. I've learned over the years that spending a little bit of cash to expand can add a couple of years to the life of a computer (provided, of course, you've got something that's not unreasonably old).
One of the most cost effective things out there has to do with hard drives -- nothing will render a computer useless quicker than running out of storage space. Now, I like saving money (obviously) so tend to hit places like Sam's Club (an Arkansas company!) when it comes to buying quality stuff for less.
Just click one of the many links scattered throughout this little post and you'll find everything you need when it comes to hard drive storage for prices you want to pay -- whether you want a big external hard drive or one of those top-notch Seagate hard drives, you'll find all of that (and more) over there.
Give that site a shot and good luck with your upgrading.
A Government takeover of Healthcare is knocking on America's door. Unfortunately for Americans, Nancy Pelosi and her Liberals allies aren't opening up their door to let anyone in on the process.
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Long live the 1980s!
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Just pure fun...
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One of the worst times of the year as far as I'm concerned falls immediately after Christmas.
You've got all that buildup for Christmas then the holiday comes, goes and we're left facing the prospect of getting back to normal. It's different when you're a kid in that you've at least got a week to play with your toys and enjoy some time off before school starts up in January.
That's not the case with adults, sadly. No, I'll be heading back to work and dealing with all the stuff that piled up on the two measly days I had off for Christmas. My brother put it best when commenting on adult life in general.
"When you're a kid, you get breaks," he said. "You get summers off, Christmas off and even a spring break. When you're adult, you don't get a break -- it just never stops."
Meanwhile, those stores that were festive just a few days ago now look alarmingly empty and there's even one place in town that's started putting out Valentine's Day stuff (I wish I was kidding).
Yes, it's a depressing time indeed. To fight that feeling of blah that nags at me this time of year, I turned to an old blog post of mine about the wrench that saved Christmas. Click here to read it and cheer yourself up a bit, too.
Major interstate highway 67/167 flooded for miles, trapping unsuspecting travelers where they stopped in bumper to bumper traffic. State highways fared worse; to close an effected area meant an hour’s added detour around the flooding. Roads closed yesterday afternoon remained closed today. The water just isn’t receding.
Those hardest hit by the same storm that blanketed the east in snow were those living in low-lying areas. What was considered safe before Hurricane Katrina was subsequently reevaluated by FEMA to fall two feet below a safe flood margin.
In one particular sub-division in the sleepy community of Beebe, 30 homes remain flooded today under at least a foot of water. Last night, well into the wee hours of the morning, rescues continued until everyone was again safely standing on solid ground. Public servants became heroes yet again.
Continue reading "Arkansans' Flooded Christmas"...
