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How to Find $0.99 Digital Movies
When streaming, free with subscription is fine, free to own is better. Second best is $0.99 to buy a digital copy. I used to have a deal alert saved on slickdeals for “free google play”. It worked for a while, each week I would receive an email listing all the free movies and songs that were currently for sale on google play. Eventually, I had to kill the deal alert when the notifications were taken over with device offers and free shipping. I have found a replacement with JustWatch.com and their search filters. The following link searches Amazon Video for anything under $1, then sorts it by items that recently…
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Recipe: Boneless Chicken Wings
I have been trying to wrap my head around these delicious chunks of chicken for a few years. After a half dozen attempts, I have it almost perfect. The exact measurement of ingredients is less important than technique to achieve the correct texture of the batter. Can now enjoy them at home for twice the effort and half the cost :) Time: 45 mins Cooking Tools: Large Tupperware with Lid Frying pan Tongs Whisk Paper Towels Baking sheet or oven safe bowl 1 Gallon Plastic Zipper Bag (can also use another large Tupperware) Ingredients: 1 lb boneless chicken breast 1/4 – 1/2 liter vegetable oil 8 Tbs corn starch 1/2 cup flour 2 tsp…
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Let’s talk about luck
Luck can be quantified. Each person has a set max amount of luck they can carry with them, and a set flow rate that their luck is replenished. A person throughout the day uses there luck all the time, without even realizing it. Each time you take a risk, big or small, you use a portion of your luck reserves. Here is where people run into problems. Using too much luck creates a luck deficit, this is the cause of bad luck. A person who presses their luck all the time with a risky lifestyle will find themselves out of luck when they really need it. Don’t worry too much…
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Gaming Generations
A used game shop in La Crosse has really shined lately (the place is always packed when I head in there on Saturdays). Within the last year they have brought several arcade machines into the store, but only with the last week with the release of Street Fighter IV did they bring out something really special. Pictures available.A custom mame arcade machine that is so beautiful; 4 player, custom art, 40+ tv. On top of that, they also have custom made 360 arcade sticks for playing Street Fighter IV on their HD tvs. These are not the poorly made madcats arcade sticks. Did I mention they are holding fighter tournaments?…
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Piano Star
Woke up today with a great idea for a piano learning application. A program that would display songs in a format that is familiar to me, guitar hero. My plan was to make a scrolling music application written in C++ that would take xls files as input and display note names on each bar. I am not much with OpenGL/DirectX programming, so I would need help. It then dawned on me to search sourceforge for a similar application already in development and offer my help. I found one, Synthesia. Synthesia completely blows me away. Does everything I wanted and takes a huge step forward by using MIDI files, making it…
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Pedometer Enthusiast
New widget added to the main page for tracking my personal exercise activity (below the right side menu bar). Hosted by Walker Tracker, one glance shows the last 14 days. This new plan was inspired by an old article. I am keeping a step goal and increasing it by 2000 each month, but the simple act of tracking how active you are makes you self aware of when you need to be more active. "It takes about six months to "lock in" a new behavior." I am using a freebee pedometer that came with a brita water filter. I am about three months in and promised myself a new pedometer…