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Jan 25

24 Ways to Achieve a Deep, Uninterrupted Sleep -

*#23* Spend 10 minutes journaling the day’s events or feelings after tucking yourself into bed. This “data dump” will help turn off the repeating tape of our day that often plays in our minds, keeping us from falling asleep.

Fox News Interview: Bush Equates Himself To Lincoln -

Fox previewed his documentary — “George W. Bush: Fighting to the Finish” — on Fox News this afternoon. He said that what surprised him from the interview was the President’s repeated efforts to link himself to Abraham Lincoln

Jan 24

Toy Story 1 & 2 Returning to Theaters in 3D! -

It was announced today that the first two films in Pixar’s sole and signature franchise, Toy Story and Toy Story 2, are headed back to movie screens October 2nd, 2009 and February 12th, 2010, respectively, with a complete digital 3D makeover, called Disney Digital 3D to be exact.

Walmart Is Still Selling Nazi T-Shirts 62 Weeks Later -

Just when you thought all of the Walmart tshirts bearing the exact replica of an infamous Nazi symbol were recalled, or sold to a discount store and burned, a Walmart in Palmdale, California has them on sale for $3.00 a pop.

Cabling As Art -

The most beautifully cabled servers.

Jan 15

Apple Announces Time Capsule Home Server for Macs -

At Macworld 2008, Apple just announced Time Capsule, a full Airport Extreme base station with 802.11n wireless and four ethernet ports, plus server grade hard drives to back up all of the Leopard Macs in the house. Details and pics to come, but for now we’re celebrating the pricing: 500GB for $300; 1TB for $500.

Engadget's Live Macworld 2008 Coverage -

Live from Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs keynote, starts at 9:00AM Pacific, 12:00PM Eastern.

Jan 14

Mac sales up over 40 percent year-over-year -

Apple later this month is expected to announce fiscal first quarter revenues of nearly $10 billion for the three-month period ending December, fueled largely by the ongoing resurgence of the company’s personal computer business, according one Wall Street analyst.

Jan 12

SteveNote Expo game: only you can get Jobs prepped for Macworld keynote -

With CES in the books, banners flying up and rumors running rampant, only one thing could be on the horizon: Steve’s Macworld 2008 keynote. Unfortunately, it seems he’s a bit short on time, and needs you to access a totally awesome web-based game to help round up garb, VIPs and top-secret gear before taking the stage.

Internal changes bolster latest Mac Pro -

Macworld’s Speedmark tests of Apple’s latest high-end desktop system—the eight-core 2.8GHz Mac Pro released earlier this week—show that it’s notably faster than the four-core 2.6GHz Mac Pro it replaces in Apple’s product line.