Month: August, 2008

Product Giveaway: Norton Laptop Locks

28 August, 2008 (09:00) | Product Giveaway | By: Amy

When I was at BlogHer last month in San Francisco, I picked up some internet security products from Norton to give away, which I did earlier this week. I also picked up three Norton laptop locks. I was just going to get two, to give away, because I didn’t know that I could [...]

This week’s time sucker

27 August, 2008 (09:00) | Time Sucker | By: Amy

This site is absolutely brilliant. I bow down to the kind of mind it took to think this up.
Guess the Dictator/Sit-Com Character
The first one I tried was Mallory Keaton from Family Ties. After six or seven seemingly general questions, it asked me “Does your father work in public television?” Wow.
Next I tried [...]

And the Norton winners are…

26 August, 2008 (23:47) | Product Giveaway | By: Amy

We had four winners for the Norton internet security contest: Alisa and Carolyn (Windows) and Amybeth and Dale (Mac). Congratulations, and enjoy your new-found security!
Thanks to everyone who entered, and look for a new contest on Thursday morning.  The new one will also have to do with computer security, this time specifically for laptops.
Originally posted [...]

Hallmark Supports Gay Marriage, and I Support Hallmark

25 August, 2008 (12:00) | What's Going On | By: Amy

OK, maybe saying that Hallmark supports gay marriage is going a bit too far. They exist to make a profit, not to make the world a better place through greeting cards. They’ve probably been hurting lately. I can’t think of the last time I sent an actual greeting card bought in a [...]

Randomosity

25 August, 2008 (09:00) | Randomosity | By: Amy

This is what’s been floating around in my head for the past week. I need to clear it out to make room for more.
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There’s been a commercial running for weeks on comedy central from some show and it has a line that makes me laugh every single time (it’s from Dane Cook):
In the future, [...]