I use Excel all the time. I’ve been on the 2007 version for quite some time and I still can’t get over the ugly pastel color scheme that Microsoft provided us with for the new version.

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Dear Sony Pictures:

2012 sucked. Bad.

Please do refund me 158 minutes of my life back.

Thanks you in advance for your help with this matter.

Sincerely,
Marktastic

A while back, I got a Bag of Crap from Woot. It included a limited edition (1634 of 2000) Woot Bucket.

I have not found a good use for this beautiful bucket in the year or so that I’ve had it, so I’m selling it and a few other Woot collectibles.

If you would like to be the owner of a very rare Woot bucket, head on over to ebay and place a bid or two. If you win, you also get, some Woot Lights and a couple never-used, flying Woot Monkeys with purple capes.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220500078476

Bid Early & Bid Often!

Recently, I mentioned Awkward Family Photos and Photobomb. Since then, I’ve found a couple more great sites chock full of hilarity.

These wonderful sites also provide an RSS feed so you can subscribe using your favorite reader.

People of Wal-Mart

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I’m a fan of So You Think You Can Dance on Fox. I’ve posted before about my favorite routine on the show. And I was extremely happy to hear that season 6 of SYTYCD would be on this fall; no more waiting until summer for the next season.

The one good thing about tonight was that everyone got to dance in their own style and they were good.

It seems though that SYTYCD has finally reached BIG SHOW status and with that they got themselves a fancy pants bigger set/stage/studio . . . and so far it sucks. Read more…

If you are like me, you have several USB Keys sitting around doing nothing. It’s time to repurpose those old drives. Turn them into a swiss-army drive that contains any possible program you might need . . . and for free!

I’ve been a big fan of the Portable Apps suite for some time. Granted, most of my software is installed locally, but it’s nice to have an alternative at hand on a spare flash drive for use in a pinch.
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Computers have made your life easier. But they wouldn’t work without nerds.

Today is the day that you thank the nerd in your life for saving your bacon and for keeping your computer running.

http://www.sysadminday.com/

Gifts of food, technology and cash are of course welcome and encouraged.

Everyone has starred in a bad picture or two over the course of time. Leave it to the Internet to provide a place to share those embarrasments with the rest of the world.

I present to you two of the greatest uses of the Internet that I’ve seen in the last 13 days.

Awkward Family Photos: http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/

Photobomb: http://thisisphotobomb.com/

Both have RSS feeds, so you can have the hilarity delivered straight to your Google Reader, or whatever newsreader you like. Enjoy!

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Lending Club Referral Link

Prosper Referral Link

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