spiderman05

@spiderman05 (851)

Canada • Age 53

Joined myLot 17 years ago

A roaming open mind...

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Headache with Mandriva 2009

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 26 Oct 08

As usual Mandriva released its new distribution a few days ago. As usual, I jumped in and upgraded to the new release. I was mostly hoping that this release will allow me finally to solve my Wifi configuration problem. I did an...

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How Often Do You Back up Your Data?

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 13 Dec 07

I have been watching a TV show today on the new Apple operating system Leopold. This system comes with a feature that allows the user to back up her files automatically and periodically, like every 4 hours. This show reminded...

back up

external storange

leopold

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Blogger v.s. Wordpress

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 3 Dec 07

I have been a regular user of Blogger since 2 years ago. Last week, I decided to try something new. Many bloggers have been migrating recently from Blogger to Wordpress. I said to myself, I will have to see what all this fuss is...

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2 people

Would You Buy an Linux-Based Everex PC For $199?

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 18 Nov 07

Wal-Mart is selling very cheap computers (at $199) called Everex. These computers are so cheap because they use a distribution of the free operating system Linux. The name of this distribution is gOs (as in Green OS). The...

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Signatures in Mylot Posts

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 7 Nov 07

It would be nice to have a feature that allows us to attach our signatures to our posts on myLot. This way we would be able to add our blogs, web sites or favorite citations to our posts and would give members more incentives to...

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The Alter Isaac Newton

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 14 Oct 07

I have just finished reading a great biography of Isaac Newton by Michael White. This biography is far from the shiny books that relate the life of this physicist. The book shows many not-that-knows aspects of Isaac Newton...

1 person

Google Has Launched Adsense Video Units

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 10 Oct 07

I have discovered this morning a new post in the Adsense blog about Google's last Ads format i.e. Video units. Publishers will first need to sign in for a You Tube account or to integrate their existing You Tube account with...

adsense

video units

you tube

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First Impressions on Mandriva 2007

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 8 Oct 07

I was bored two days ago, so I decided to give Mandriva 2007 a try. Well, my first goal was to get Mandriva on a USB key, though I did not manage to do so. Instead, I downloaded Mandriva One, the compact version of this Linux...

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Microsoft threatened by Flash Video Players?

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 25 Sep 07

Flash video players are pervasive now on the internet. I guess these players started getting popular with You Tube. But now, many web sites are using them. Back to the late nineties, Real One inc held a quasi monopole over...

flash

media player

video players

Have you ever felt that you just missed the love of your life?

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 11 Sep 07

I was on the bus last week going back home. A girl came to sit next to me. She had black hair and a beautiful face. For some reason, I was attracted to her, maybe it was because of her hair color. I took some glimpses at her. She...

approaching strangers

love

romance

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Three Months Without Drinking Coffee and I Am Counting

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 9 Aug 07

I used to drink coffee just like I drank water. I did not even count the number of mugs that I drink in a single day. At the beginning of May, I ran out of regular roast. I remembered that I had an espresso coffee in my kitchen,...

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Montreal, such a wonderful city

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 26 Jul 07

I have been living in Montreal for almost 8 years now and I really love this city. Montreal hosts so many ethnicities which makes living in it a real cultural experience. I have been to the African nights festival last Sunday....

african music

montreal

montreal festivals

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2 people

Do You Know Dbojitc?

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 26 Jul 07

This is a guy who has a blog. I am not posting the URL of his blog because I think that he does not need any advertisement from me. I am a member of the mybloglog social network and whenever I click on a user's profile, I notice...

blog

blogging

mybloglog

It is so good to be depressed

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 30 Jun 07

Thinking about it, I seem to favor depression. Sometimes, I just like to be down, sad and crying. This feeling of being vulnerable. I guess I am not the only one who is in this situation. I have my highly productive times and I...

depression

mood

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3 people

Would you disclose your internet persona to your family members?

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 24 Jun 07

As the internet has become commonplace, many people have developed a dual personality, talk about a new era form of schizophrenia. We generally forget the socially correct factor when we post on our blogs or on discussion forums....

forums

virtual communities

virtual schizophrenia

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Frozen Vegetables

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 4 Jun 07

I enjoy cooking a good meal and I also enjoy putting a lot of varied vegetables in my dishes. I try to choose vegetables of different colors, mainly flashy colors, like red, yellow and orange. There are many stores that sell...

cooking

fresh vegetables

frozen vegetables

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Are You a Submissive Woman?

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 29 May 07

Women tend to be submissive in many cultures on this planet. They are told since their childhood how to please men and serve them. I have always thought that submissive women were just an oriental thing. Though, I personally knew...

control

submissive women

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Are you for an ignore list feature on mylot?

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 28 May 07

To each his likings, but I am pretty sure that some of you find that some mylotters are irritating for various reasons. Many forums on the internet, specifically those using the Vbulletin software offer their members an ignore...

ignore list feature

mylot

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I Will Never Get Tired of Lieutanant Columbo

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 27 May 07

I started watching this TV series when I was ten years old. My father used to explain to a bit the story to me, well at least during the first 5 minutes of the movie before diving into the investigation himself letting me guessing...

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Have You Ever Stumbled On Your Mylot Alter Ego?

spiderman05 @spiderman05 (851) • Canada 15 May 07

I was replying to a discussion today, then I glanced on the related discussions at the bottom of the page. I was surprised to see that one of those discussions was started by "myself" and I do not remember starting such...

avatars

mylot

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3 people