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A neighbor has setup a site which is beginning to get some legs on it. Check it out and sign up! Be sure to sign up using me as a referral so I can get free stuff!

http://www.irank1.com/profile/paul

This site is a lot of fun. They even provide widgets to hook into other social network sites like MySpace.com and Facebook.

A friend stumbled across an interesting blog entry estimating the cost of running a computer 24/7. He passed it along to me knowing that I have about three machines running all the time at home---one for my server, another is my kids' (they forget to shut it down), and another is my wife's "public access" machine. I also have some peripherals running, like my network storage device and printers.

Between all of these, I'm probably spending roughly $700 a year in electricity!! I'll probably pick up a meter and calculate a more accurate estimate.

And here, I thought I was somewhat of a "green-friendly" guy!

Heard an awesome quote today that I just had to share.

<rant>It astounds me that companies *still* think that developers are plug and play components.</rant>

The man speaks the truth.

In the same vein as the Hooked on Hindi site, I found the following additional resource which includes Hindi as well as German, French and Japanese to name a few:

http://www.coolslang.com/in/hindi/index.php

Now, as a warning to all you kids out there eager to go out and use your new vocabulary, think again...the man is on to you!

http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~saha/archives/nohindi

Don't forget...ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!!