This hit (and hurt) me in all the right places today.Via Cowbirds in Love....
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I'm sure many of us are familiar with the Social Security Administration's annual list of most popular baby names. The database, which dates back to 1880, can also be used to look up popular names by state and territories, as well as track the popularity of a name over time! (The name Jenny was most popular in 1977, when it was the 108th most popular female baby name of the year.)Well, Time.com has taken it a step further by utilizing the SSA database to tell you what your name may be if you were born today...
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Have you heard of Crystal?In short, it's a web app that attempts to analyze and summarize your personality through your web presence. Its main objective is to help improve communication — you can look up anyone you wish and their Crystal profile will tell you how best to communicate with them.Some have found the service "eerily accurate," while others find it problematic.Intrigued, I requested an invite and was granted access a couple of days later.I felt weird creeping on anyone I know — even J — so I decided to try the algorithm on myself.I wouldn't say that my Crystal profile is "eerily accurate." (But then again, it's only 40% confident that its analysis of me is correct.) For example, I practically...
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In all my years of blogging, I have probably hosted my site, addition to clients' sites, on over 10 different web hosts. And any idiot can tell you that not all web hosts are built the same. You may remember my troubles with HostGator a couple of years ago. Due to HostGator's slow speeds, horrible customer service, and less-than-acceptable uptimes, I decided to jump ship to Hawk Host. However, due to an unfortunate series of events, I was forced to change hosts again to MDDHosting, just 10 days after switching to Hawk Host. And I was happy with MDDHosting. Good speeds, customer service, and minimal downtimes. I remained a loyal customer of MDDHosting's Premium Hosting (which is ideal for those who have outgrown...
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