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New MySpace Apps: Random Band Names and Random Advice

I now have two apps live on MySpace, Random Advice and Random Band Names. The core functionality is exactly the same as what’s on Leon’s Random Generators. Both of them place content on your MySpace profile. You can see them in action on my profile page, myspace.com/leonatkinson. It’s somewhat obtuse to get the apps on [...]

My 1&1 Account Has Been Down For Days

I’m now into day 2 of my account over at 1&1 being down. Their estimates for recovery keep going up, from 4 hours, to 12 hours and today they say it will be two more days. Luckily, I don’t trust my main site, www.leonatkinson.com, to them. I leonatkinson.com with he.net and I might have had [...]

Google Notebook Going Away

Google announced that they will stop developing Notebook, a tool I use every day. This is downside to using free-as-in-beer tools. They aren’t planning to shut off the service (right away). And it’s easy enough to export the content. There are alternatives that might take me a while to evaluate. Here’s what I’ve found so [...]

Cool Threads From Livity

It’s probably too late to shop for gifts, but if you get cash for Christmas, head over to Livity Outernational and check out their cool clothes. My childhood friend, Isaac, runs the business and sent me some samples. The hoodie he sent me is now my favorite casual jacket. It’s super heavyweight and really fought [...]

Tips For Being the Master of Facebook

Lately I’ve been having too much fun on Facebook. This site was developed for college kids and then subsequently opened up to everyone…which really just meant geeky early-adopters. But something magical happened for me in the past few months. Suddenly friends from high school started arriving. Then my 20th high school reunion happened and I [...]

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