Las Vegas Geeks now has a new radio ad on Newsradio 840 KXNT.

What do you guys think?  Like it?  Dislike it?

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Engadget is reporting that in a mere few hours, AMD will be mkaing a significant announcement, rumored to be a breakup for the worlds # 2 CPU maker.  About half of my systems have AMD processors and about half Intel processors.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/06/amd-to-make-significant-corporate-announcement-tomorrow-possi/

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has finished and released the new “Meeting House Locator” called LDS Maps.  It’s a really neat website that will show you the closest meeting houses as well as the assigned Wards for an address entered, including things like YSA and language wards.

Check it out at http://Maps.LDS.org

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Somehow, a ton of comments disappeared off Mike’s World News.  I had to restore from backup from a few days ago to get them back, but some of the more recent ones may be missing.  Sorry for anyone who’s comment is missing.

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I’m proud to announce that Las Vegas Geeks is now sponsoring “Jerk of the Week” on Newsradio 840 KXNT.

Jerk of the Week is a weekly segment held during the Casey Hendrickson show on Fridays in the 6 pm hour.

I just found out that the wife already posted this news already.

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I had a birthday recently. As a birthday present, my Wife and my Mother purchased a Global Sun Oven, which is one of the Preparedness items that I’ve wanted. While I hope to use all of the items in the Everything Under the Sun - Solar Oven Food Storage Cookbook, I figured today, I’d start with something simple; I’d start with making hot dogs. I couldn’t find directions on making hot dogs in the Sun Oven. I had two different ideas of how to make them; first was to put them in a pot of water and let the Sun Oven bring the water to a boil. The second idea was to put them on a dish and cook them you would in an oven. I was planning on doing both, but didn’t have quite enough room in the Sun Oven. I ended up going with my first idea of putting them in a pot and letting the water boil. I did not put a lid on the pot and the glass lid of the Sun Oven got very steamy. After the hot dogs where finished, I decided to cook some chili. The Wife can’t eat chili yet, but Mikey and I can.

I thought the food came out pretty good.  I think I’m now ready to try more complex things in the Sun Oven.  They do sell larger Sun Ovens so at some point perhaps I’ll get a larger one, but for now, this one is good.

For anyone interested in trying to make a solar oven, try this one with your kids, from NASA.

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So, one of Mikey’s favorite activities now is to type on our computers.  He will, for example, come sit on my lap and say “Notepad, Daddy”.  He will then sit and type all sorts of random characters.  Recently, he has saved a new document, closed it, and reopened it.  Today he was able to print what he was working on.  A few days ago, he did a print screen and inserted it into Microsoft Word!  So, it makes me wonder; how long would it take Mikey to type all the words of Shakespeare?

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How to start the day with a positive outlook!

1. Create a new folder on your computer.
2. Name it “Hillary Clinton”
3. Send it to the trash.
4. Empty the trash.
5. Your PC will ask you, “Do you really want to get rid of “Hillary Clinton?”
6. Firmly Click “Yes.”
7. Feel Better?
8. Tomorrow we’ll do Ted Kennedy.

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For Christmas, Mikey got a toy laptop.  Yesterday, Mommy got pictures of her boys using their laptops.  I thought it was a cute picture.

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Today also marks the 23rd birthday of the Apple Macintosh, originally released August 24, 1983!

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