Cons:  It’s not exactly clear what you will have access to until you sign up, however we found all of our favorites upon further review.

The Verdict:  Considering what you would pay monthly for cable TV, Satellite Direct TV, with over 4500 HD channels, is definitely worth the one time fee.

Price:  $49.95

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I just found out about a neat little application for people who have to spend one third of their weekdays stuck at the the office. If you have a job consider yourself lucky. But does the job have you? Do you have the boss looking over your shoulder when you would rather be shopping at Amazon or checking out the latest lol cats? Now you can hide those websites easily with the Boss Button extension for Google Chrome.  Read more... (136 words, 1 image, estimated 33 secs reading time)

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I saw this very well done rebuttal to Ben Stein’s outrageous commentary against the proposed tax increase for rich people:

Television producer Linda McGibney is within America’s highest tax bracket and disagrees with Ben Stein’s claim that he feels it is a punishment for the wealthy to be taxed higher during a recession.  Read more... (518 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)

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From a recent article in Salon:

“Daria” may have started out as a hip soapbox for lampooning suburbanites, but as the series progressed, it really let its characters grow. The clueless teachers, the workaholic parents, even the vacuous fashion club members evolved into complex human beings. And Daria and Jane grew beyond mere smirking social commentators, too, as they grappled to fit dating, college pursuits, and even their own hypocrisy into their narrowly idealistic worldview.  Read more... (154 words, estimated 37 secs reading time)

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Bedbugs (or bed bugs) are small, elusive, and parasitic insects of the family Cimicidae. They live strictly by feeding on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The name ‘bed bug’ is derived from the insect’s preferred habitat infesting houses and especially beds or other common areas where people may sleep. Bedbugs, though not strictly nocturnal, are mainly active at night and are capable of feeding unnoticed on their hosts.

Largely eradicated as pests in the United States in the early 1940s, bedbugs have been resurgent in the past decade to near epidemic proportions.  Read more... (1103 words, 3 images, estimated 4:25 mins reading time)

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The iPad would also allow him to watch television shows and movies, listen to music, or just pass the time while waiting for the next flight home. “It’s interesting…Here you have a brand-new technology and a head of state actually using the technology to manage the country,” said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. “It either says an awful lot about the device or an awful lot about what he needs to do to manage the country.”  Read more... (431 words, 1 image, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

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By Jim Downing
jdowning@sacbee.com The Sacramento Bee
Published: Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 – 12:00 am | Page 1A
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Macworld Video: Cool ipad Games

Nate Ralph takes a look at five ipad games: Scrabble, Fieldrunners, Worms HD, Need for Speed Shift, and Plants vs. Zombies HD.

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Jumping on the Tablet Wagon

Apple sold more than 300,000 iPads on the tablet’s first day in stores, which roughly matched Wall Street forecasts and mirrored the iPhone’s debut in 2007. Analysts said many more companies were due to launch their own tablets shortly.  Read more... (177 words, estimated 42 secs reading time)

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