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a road to fame

It was the mid-1990s. Punks were, thankfully, a thing of the past, high-waisted pants and Doc Marten shoes were sadly at the height of fashion and on the charts, the Britpop music scene was about to conquer the world. Manchester band Oasis, at the time considered musical superstars, were performing at the city’s Maine Road…

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the little frida

I have often spoken of death. Sometimes it comes as a loud scream, a big deliberate bang, but sometimes it’s eerily quiet, like royalty in their element. And then there is the earth in which we physically fold our bodies, throw dust on it and pay our respects or the ash that we hold in…

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Configuring a Media Center PC

With a few tweaks, you can turn Windows into the ultimate entertainment center. Last month we looked at building a multimedia PC. Now we will deal with configuring the Media Center Interface (MCE) and playing your favorite video files. MCE is built into Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate. You can use it to…

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bamboo is booming

Bamboo is booming: the other grass is gaining ground The bamboo business is growing like weeds in a neglected garden, from ornamental, structural and other eco-friendly utilitarian forms. The growing popularity of this weed is in a commercial crop contest of late with legalized marijuana, the “other weed.” The accelerated growth in cash dollars has…

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Spirituality: Enlightening Cinema

“Let me tell you why you’re here. You’re here because you know something. What you know, you can’t explain. But you feel it. You’ve felt it all your life. That there’s something wrong with the world. You don’t know what it is, but it’s there.” Like a splinter in your mind, driving you crazy.” -Morpheus,…