jimrin




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  1. 1. set up a home entertainment system
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    1 person
  2. 2. quit procrastinating!
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    221 people
  3. 3. improve my technical skills
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    5 people
  4. 4. get in shape
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    9,498 people
  5. 5. be more patient
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    2,924 people
  6. 6. become more organized
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    858 people
  7. 7. learn linux
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    409 people
  8. 8. be fluent in Japanese
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    251 people
  9. 9. learn German
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    4,596 people
  10. 10. learn Spanish
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    15,793 people
  11. 11. get back things which I loaned out and have not been returned
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    2 people
  12. 12. improve my golf game
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    64 people
  13. 13. put entire music library on mp3
    3 entries . 63 cheers
    1 person
  14. 14. set up home music system
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    1 person
  15. 15. make a difference in someone's life
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    1,232 people
  16. 16. learn more about other cultures
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    26 people
  17. 17. scan all of my pictures
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    3 people
  18. 18. post my life
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  19. 19. post my parents' lives
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  20. 20. work on my mom's golf clubs
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  21. 21. figure out best phone set up for home
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    2 people
  22. 22. sell stuff I don't need
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    12 people
  23. 23. Write a will
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    778 people
  24. 24. see a dentist
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    30 people
  25. 25. whiten my teeth
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    2,071 people
  26. 26. defeat the republicans
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    269 people
  27. 27. stop being so forgetful
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    11 people
  28. 28. buy my next digital camera
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    1 person
  29. 29. get the latest gadgets whether they are practical or not
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    2 people
  30. 30. have synchronized walks with other 43thingers and post pictures here
    61 team members . 2 entries . 30 cheers
    35 people
  31. 31. Find the best rib place in Dallas
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    1 person
  32. 32. Compile a list of things to buy
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    1 person
  33. 33. Be entertained
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    2 people
  34. 34. fight for truth, justice, and the American way
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    1 person
  35. 35. Pass Health Care Reform
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    2 people
  36. 36. Keep a list of things I've forgotten or lost (in hopes of not doing it again)
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    1 person
  37. 37. Keep Flutter in our hearts and prayers during her time of need
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    5 people
  38. 38. create a way to evaluate and compare different things
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    1 person
  39. 39. improve Google search for http://www.dallascondo4rent.com
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How to elect Barack Obama president
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Recent entries
set up a home entertainment system (read all 2 entries…)
For a while, I wasn't sure if a PC would be the core of the home entertainment center... 3 days ago

But after seeing some software XBMC and Boxee, I think the answer is yes.

XBMC


Available from http://xbmc.org/

Boxee


Available from http://boxee.tv/

One advantage of XBMC is that it is a little sexier than Boxee, and sexy is good.

However, the big advantage of Boxee is the connection to services like Hulu and Pandora. I’m sure it can be done with XBMC, too, but it appears to be more integrated with Boxee. However, in order to take full advantage of these services through Boxee, I may need to upgrade my older PCs.

I’m impressed how both of them are able to fairly accurately identify the right movie I’ve recorded from ReplayTV. XBMC also has an advantage that there is the possibility to connect directly to my networked ReplayTV box, but this code doesn’t seem to work.



create a way to evaluate and compare different things (read all 4 entries…)
Internet access 1 week ago
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Current phone (ATT)0.64 Mb/s0.03 Mb/s2010-01-31 @ DFW


defeat the republicans (read all 55 entries…)
2010 will be a pivotal year to see if we can continue to make progress in legislation... 4 weeks ago

But the right-wing is using their monetary power to influence elections. In the race to fill the seat of the late Edward Kennedy, an Iowa-based right-wing organization called The American Future Fund plans to spend $400,000 over five days on TV ads attacking the Democratic candidate Martha Coakley. In the ads, it refers to her comment that the country needs “to get taxes up” when she was referring to tax collections from the improved employment situation, not raising individual’s taxes, so we are back to the misleading attack ads again.

Reference:
Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/01/07/conservative_group_launches_anti_coakley_ad/

More information about Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley may be found at Emily’s list website: http://www.emilyslist.org/profiles/coakley/

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