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These are the posts from August 2008

August 29, 2008
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Ubuntu and firefox tweaks for faster web browsing

Here“s a trick to make web browsing on Ubuntu a faster and more satisfying experience.
Howto: Tweak and maximize your bandwidth in Ubuntu/Linux via sysctl!
Here I will unleash a few hidden settings that should improve your internet speed, and work with all current linux operating systems including Ubuntu:

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Posted Under Geekery

August 20, 2008
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Carrotmob: Carrotmob Makes It Rain

Carrotmob: Carrotmob Makes It Rain
Carrotmob Makes It Rain
Check out the first ever Carrotmob campaign!

Carrotmob Makes It Rain from carrotmob on Vimeo.

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Posted Under Activism Musings climate change

August 18, 2008
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Google to cover the NZ elections

That’s my prediction anyway. Last year Google covered the Australian elections and I’m wondering whether they will cover the NZ elections in the same way.
The Australian elections was covered at http://www.google.com.au/election2007/
So I figure that ours would therefore be at http://www.google.co.nz/election2008/ … interestingly, if you click on that link you don’t get any confirmation that there [...]

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Miss Teen USA - come on down Miss Carolina!

Is there any hope ?

YouTube - Miss Teen USA 2007 - South Carolina answers a question

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August 1, 2008
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A bit of forest love from Greenpeace

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