Sigmoid Freud

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Jun 16

Generic vs brand name Effexor – differences for some people

Jun 16

How I fixed my Flip Mino

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I have a Flip Mino – which has been great. I’ve had it several months and don’t use it a real lot.

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Jun 11

Maybe I was an Exact Match Domain algorithm false positive?

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I was still struggling with figuring out why all of my sites lost traffic on September 28, 2012. My sites aren’t exact match domains, and the content had never been affected by Panda (as far as I could tell). It is possible that with Panda 20 some factor that was helping me before got taken out, or something new that is now hurting me was added.

Jun 09

Is there a way to get a pseudonym approved in advance on Google plus?

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One reason I haven’t been active on Google plus is because of their pseudonym policy. Originally, they strictly banned pseudonyms, but now it seems they do allow pseudonyms that have a “significant” following. They haven’t defined what that means – and I’m guessing my identity at this point may not be “significant”.

Jun 03

Jim Breuer says cancer loves sugar

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As a doctor, I got very uncomfortable with today’s Howard Stern interview with Jim Breuer. I think Jim seems like a very likeable, talented, and smart guy.

On the May 30 episode, he talked about his wife having being diagnosed with breast cancer after discovering a lump in her breast. She decided to have aggressive surgery and had a double mastectomy. It turned out she also had an early cancer in her other breast, so it was a good thing she was so aggressive with surgery.

May 15

Google Panda still hurting me

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I’ve seen a continued downward trend since last September’s Panda 20 update. My sites that lost about 50% of their traffic overnight are now down to about 35% of their previous traffic. It basically seems each week they lose a bit more traffic. The pattern of traffic has also been very strange since hit by Panda 20.

Apr 22

DXR-5 Video Camera is killing my wireless internet

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I have AT&T Uverse and I’m mostly happy with the service they provide. One of the issues that I’ve struggled with is their internet service. You are locked into using their router / gateway, as the one device provides the connections to TV, phone, and internet (both wired and wireless).

Apr 14

I don’t know much about bees

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Over the past week, I’ve noticed a few dying or dead bees inside my house – maybe 5 or 6. I’ve never had anything like this before, and I really wasn’t sure what to do. Looking on the internet I couldn’t find a clear recommendation, so I decided to call some professionals. I figured I’d share what they have to say but I’m still not sure exactly what will happen.

Mar 31

Win 8 keeps Grub from loading with dual boot Ubuntu on Dell Desktop – Solved

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I spent more than a few hours trying to get Ubuntu to play nicely with pre-installed windows 8 on a new Dell Inspiron 660s. Previously, it was fairly easy to install Ubuntu using WuBi. Now, thought, there are issues with UEFI which is meant to be an additional security layer. Also, it seems Windows 8 wants to take over a system’s bios and replace it with their own settings. All in all, it makes installing Ubuntu more complicated. Some have gone as far as to claim that Microsoft is using its muscle to try to keep Ubuntu out of the market, recently filing official complaints. Whatever Microsoft’s intentions, Windows 8 made installing a dual boot system with Ubuntu much more challenging.

Mar 04

Garbage Disposal causes water to back up into second sink

Home Improvement, Plumbing Issues No Comments »

I’m a novice when it comes to plumbing issues, but I did learn a bit with this episode. We have a dual sink in our kitchen, and one side has a garbage disposal. The sink seemed to be going down fine, but then when we ran the garbage disposal, the 2nd sink on the other side started to back up messy water filled with food bits. I assumed the garbage disposal was chopping up bits and unable to drain quickly enough, so the water backed up on the other side.