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From ars technica:
Media player capacities are ballooning while downloadable music prices stay fixed. What’s a fan to do? A new report suggests that one third of PC users have turned to LimeWire.

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It’s been a while since I’ve written anything. So, I think I’ll write something. I’ll give it a shot, anyway. Ok. Here goes…
I had a pretty good time this holiday season. Sorry. Christmas season. I don’t really care for saying holiday season, but I do anyway, out of respect for those who don’t celebrate Christmas; but this is my blog, damn it! So it’s Christmas here! :p
I received several nice gifts, and am very thankful and appreciative of every last one. I believe the two things I enjoyed the most were a bottle of English Leather and an Old Spice gift set.
I had fun at my grandmother’s yesterday. I actually interacted a bit with my cousins, which I haven’t really done in years. We kinda fell out of touch years back. Not all that surprising considering there is an age gap, and a gender difference. Theres like ten years difference between me and the eldest. (Eldest of that set. I can’t remember the ages of the cousins on the other side, and I haven’t seen them in a few years.) Anyway, one thing that touched me was something that Emily had said, in reference to years past. Emily reminded me that when we were younger that she and Sara had both looked up to me. I think the cutest thing was that Emily said she had wished to be as big and strong as I was.
I also got to receive a tarot reading while at mammaw’s. Beck had gifted Emily a set of cards, and ended up giving readings in mammaw’s bedroom. As I recall, the reading said that I have a decision which is weighing heavily on my mind, and though I wish that I could take action on the matter, I should just stick it out, and take action later, once my current mission is complete, so that I might profit better from my choice in the future. I think that’s what it said… Anyway, the consensus was that I should stay very active in school, and wait for whatever it is afterward.
I had a rather interesting experience last night, while at my parents house. My sis () asked me to try a bit of Marmite spread on some toast. I took a bite, and gagged so violently that the muscles in my neck and shoulders tensed and locked. I had to have my mother give me a massage to recover and alleviate the pain. Needless to say, I don’t care for the stuff.
In other news, I received in the mail my certificate for making Dean’s List two quarters ago. I had the option of picking it up, but never did. I guess that this past quarter’s will arrive in the mail by the end of the upcoming quarter. Oh–I failed to mention my grades in any post prior to this. 4.0 GPA for the previous, and a 3.7 GPA for this quarter past. Hooray for me. Hard to fathom by reading this silly blog, huh?
Well, I think it’s time to get back to the housework. Where we have been running around doing the family and friend thing for five days straight the house has become a complete and total disaster area. It doesn’t help that I don’t feel like doing anything else but napping either, after nearly a week’s worth of excitement.
Oh well.

From ars technica:
An internal build of Internet Explorer 8 has passed Acid2, a test of a browser’s compliance with the HTML and CSS standards. The first public beta will be available during the first half of 2008.

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From ars technica:
New chat bots can be added to translate Google Talk chats in real time. As we expected, Google’s automated translation yields mixed results, but it’s a big step in the right direction.
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Prank May Have Led to Shock Treatments
By DENISE LAVOIE

BOSTON (AP) — State officials are investigating complaints that at least two teenagers were given electric shock treatments at a residential center for people with special needs because someone telephoned fake orders to the staff.

“There is still an ongoing criminal investigation,” said the school’s senior counsel, Ernest Corrigan. “We are working very closely with investigators.”

The state’s Disabled Persons Protection Committee is investigating a complaint that a third resident of the center — an adult — also received unnecessary shock treatments after the call, said Nancy Alterio, the committee’s executive director.

The complaints have been referred to the state police and the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office, Alterio said.

Full story available at: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gqyb1VTkV4O4FXoTfCCDh_yWvLYQD8TJUQ0G2

Inward harmony
Weak, transient effect: This morning you feel very much in harmony with yourself and able to do whatever you have to do single-mindedly.Your energies flow with less resistance, and life seems to be easier now.As a consequence, you can relate to people more easily, for others perceive your inward harmony and are drawn to you because of it.Obviously this is a good time for any kind of group activity. You are able to relate your own interests to the interests of any group you are working with, so that everyone will gain from what you do. Relations with women are also improved for the same reasons. A marriage or intimate relationship will be especially harmonious now, for this is a time of real understanding. On the physical level this harmony is expressed as a feeling of vitality, even if you may not feel driven to accomplish a great deal of work.

Study: Monkeys Perform Addition As Well As College Students
Duke University researchers said their finding sheds light on the shared evolutionary origins of arithmetic ability in humans and non-humans.

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Evasive maneuvers
During this time it may well be that you hide yourself away somewhere to avoid having to deal with the tension between your desires and your anxieties. Or perhaps you give in to your desire, but only half- heartedly, so that you get only half of something in the end, which is not what you actually wanted. This quality of time can indicate where your difficulties lie, i.e. in acknowledging your desires and completely giving yourself up to certain experiences. You will perhaps ascertain that this has to do with an insecurity or feeling of inadequacy of yours. That is why you should find out which experiences you actually avoid – then you can make a conscious effort to share these experiences with an understanding, sympathetic person who will not injure you anew.

Mental Mercury aligns with the Sun in your sign, allowing you to be a source of support and inspiration for others. Meanwhile, your feelings pull at you from another direction, tempting you to just take care of yourself. It’s difficult, as you must sustain multiple perspectives that don’t overlap. Be patient; by midday, you start to see the light of a solution and it can truly be exciting.