Life is a Big Q and A by valmg

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Yet another in a long line of social sites is Jobvana. The site is free to join and provides small businesses and freelance employees the opportunity to market themselves and their businesses to others. People browsing the site can search within categories or a directory. There are also pages limited by geographical area called city pages. The site reminds me of cragislist meets careerbuilder meets facebook. I found the city pages misleading. I realize not all cities could be listed but there are cities with no cities in them. I don’t really get the site or what’s supposed to make it better than other better organized sites.

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I hope all of you have a safe and Happy New Year!

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I have been on the internet for many years and I’ve seen this typed for most of them. I’ve always wondered exactly what it meant and this week I decided to find out. I’ve always had the thought in my head that it was somehow related to gaming. As it turns out that may or may not be the case, depending on who you believe. Some online agree that it was used in reference to gaming when it started, and that it probably was a shortened way to say “wow, loot”. Other people think the phrase represents the joy a hacker feels when he successfully obtains root access. No matter what you think, it seems that over the years it has lost that meaning and is now just used as a term of excitement or expression of joy. I have no idea why it’s usually shown with a small w and t and zeroes or capital Os. Some people also think it might have started as an acronym for We Owned the Other Team. It isn’t a phrase I use. Do you use it? What does it mean to you?

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I’ve always wondered what the difference was between small and large cottage cheese curds, mainly because the taste between the two is so different. Here’s what I found out after reading a few cheese sites. When milk is acidified it becomes solid. Either lactic-acid producing bacteria or acidifiers such as Rennet are added the milk is separated into curds (chunks) and whey (liquid). Curds can be left large or cut to be small depending on how dry or moist the final cottage cheese product is to be and what taste is desired. Large curds tend to be sweeter and less acidic.

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I know my vision is bad. Since I was less than ten years old I’ve had to wear glasses or contacts because my vision is much worse than 20/20. I always wondered what 20/20 meant, so this week I looked it up. Normal vision, or acuity, is tested by reading an eye chart at a distance of 20 feet and comparing your vision to what should be seen from that distance by the majority of the population. So if you’re 20 feet back from the chart and see everything clearly your vision is 20/20. If you’re 20 feet back and you see what someone with normal vision sees at 100 feet back then your vision is 20/100. The cutoff to be legally blind is 20/200. If you see at 20 feet back what the average person sees at 10 feet back, then your vision is measured as 20/10 and is better than normal.

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20Q is a website where you can play the game 20 questions. There are numerous versions that you can play including Disney, the Simpsons, Earth, the Old Testament, Star Trek, People, TV, Movies, Name Game, Harry Potter, Music, Sports and Classic. The site lets you play for free. After you choose which version of the game you want to play you answer questions by clicking on links. It’s guessed my answer each of the five times I played it. Try it, it’s fun.

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I got an email from a friend about this product called Anti Monkey Butt Powder. At first I thought it was a joke or something but it looks like a real product. The site says that this powder is supposed to absorb sweat and prevent friction. The site also says that it’s made for people that sit a long time and are involved in sports or physical labor. I wonder how they came up with the name?

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My son asked me this one. I thought I knew the answer but wanted to be sure. Here it is.

Deodorants contain a fragrance or scent designed to mask odor.  Antiperspirants may or may not contain a scent and are designed to stop sweat from forming by blocking the sweat ducts.  Both are available in many forms including solid, gel and spray. It is healthy to sweat because toxins come out in sweat.

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Have two pictures and want to know which is better? Maybe the pictures are of outfits, or puppies, or houses, or anything. The site This One That One gives users the chance to post two pictures and then gives the public the ability to vote on them. The site is free to use, you don’t even need to create an account. I didn’t have any pictures I needed voted on but I did have a bit of fun voting on other people’s pictures.

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I never seem to hear about product recalls until they’re in the news and getting big attention. I never really gave much thought to what recalls were being announced at any given time until recently. The best source of product recall information that I’ve found is the CPSC site, which is the website of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. The site allows users to search by month and year, product type, company, product, type of hazard and country where the product was manufactured. An rss feed is available to receive updates on new recalls as well.

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Pipl is a site where visitors can search for people. They claim to be different because they say they search the “deep web”, the content that spiders can’t reach. To use it you put in the first and last name of the person you want to find, as well as the city and state. I found it less effective than google. It only found me once and didn’t find a few other people easily found on google at all.

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