How many of you have been to an auto-repair shop whether independent or car-dealership and felt you were taken for a ride? I have to admit I did; most of the time. In California, there is a law that forces them to give you a written estimate on how much the cost will [...]

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There is one thing stays true in San Francisco irrespective of time, weather, or the season. The parking situation in the city is a nightmare. There are more cars than there are parking spots (unless if you live in the outskirt like Outer Richmond or Outer Sunset.) I have it happened numerous [...]

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Did you install Bad Behavior plugin on your blog? I did and it has worked great. Bad Behavior blocks spambots from accessing your site and leave spam comments. Some people might argue Akismet takes care of the spam comments. That’s true. But Akismet doesn’t prevent the spambot from coming to [...]

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I received the following email from a friend of mine. I tried google-ing certain keywords from the email and I found a reference on Urban Legends Reference Pages at Snopes.com. It shows the information was first collected through email in February 2007. The status is “Undetermined” and they are still verifying [...]

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Own an iPod? I mean like the first generation iPod.  If you still own it, you of all people should know that it’s time to get rid of it and get yourself a new one. But hey, you don’t want to just get rid of it without getting anything back in return. [...]

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