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Sent To Vox From Google Reader

nobody@vox.com(enSue) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:51:33 -0700

Two days ago, Google finally incorporated a highly desired feature -- well, a feature I've been coveting for some time -- into Google Reader: the ability to send links of an article the user is reading in the feed reader to the social networking w...

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A Call for Alpha Testers for My Vox Export Tool

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:50:22 -0700

EDIT: Thanks for all the volunteers - I think I'm set on the alpha testing crew (who I will be contacting as soon as I can get the front-end tied to the back-end and make sure it's not going to break when you type in your vox address). If you mi...

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State of the Vox Export Tool

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:39:53 -0700

Note: The post below is extremely geeky and probably not interesting to anyone except those who would like to follow along with the progress of HOW I'm implementing a Vox export tool. If you're just interested in hearing when I'm done with it, t...

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A Different (But Still Undesirable) Kind of Downsizing

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:31:46 -0700

I've always had a fascination for news and studies regarding the theories of evolution and natural selection. Heck, I even intentionally went out and bought a copy of Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle because I was interested in reading of the accou...

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If you use Windows XP and haven't updated since last October, please read this.

nobody@vox.com(patapete) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:20:34 -0700

Ivysgrandkid's post reminded me about the upcoming Conficker exploit coming on Wednesday, April 1st, so if you're using a Windows XP machine (SP2) and haven't updated since last October, you might want to run an auto-update from Microsoft to Windo...

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How to Use Audacity to Speed Up Audiobooks and Podcasts

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:27:34 -0800

Note: This is the second post of a two-part series. Part one explained the benefits of changing the tempo of your spoken-word audio (audiobooks and podcasts) to listen to more content in less time. This post will explain how to use Audacity to c...

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How to Listen to More Podcasts in Less Time

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:12:52 -0800

Note: This is the first post of a two-part series. Part two will provide specific instructions on how to use Audacity to listen to more podcasts in less time and will be available on Monday, November 24th. If you're listening to a lot of audiobo...

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Whatcha playin?

nobody@vox.com(patapete) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:02:54 -0800

Been playing this game non-stop for nearly 2 hours now, and I can't put it down! This is going to be my addiction for a while, probably lasting the entire week, I think. Ah...so many fond memories of Earthbound keep swelling up... Scrambling a...

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How Can I Improve Vox?

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:23:50 -0700

I've been remiss in posting here on Vox lately, mostly because work has been kicking my butt during the day and dealing with sick kids has been kicking my butt at night. In my spare time though, I've been toying with a couple programming ideas fo...

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How to Get Rid of Blind Spots (No Optometrist Required)

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:29:06 -0700

Since the dawn of time (or at least since we've had rear- and side-view mirrors on automobiles), our parents and our parents' parents have been instructing us on where to point our side-view mirrors. And along with this instruction comes the dir...

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