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Have you been seeing these stupid ads all over the internet like I have?



Why are these women dancing? And why are they always different sets of black women that are dancing? Are they trying to appeal to a black demographic? Are they happy that Don Imus is off the air? And when they realized they are being watched they look surprised or embarrassed. Why? Are they LowerMyBills.com workers that are supposed to be busy processing your loan applications instead of dancing?

Anyways, NY Times has an article about their annoying advertisements, though not about this specific set of ads. Are these the same guys that used to have the ads with the bouncing pig abdomens too?

Fascinating map of where the disparity of single men and women in various regions of the US.

I often want to open an admin-level command prompt, like a “sudo” in linux, and it’s a distraction to have to move my hands off the keyboard to go through the elevation contortions. So I was stoked to find a keyboard shortcut for launching an elevated process. Simply press Ctrl+Shift+Enter from the search bar on the start menu with a selected application, and that triggers elevation. For example, to launch an elevated command prompt, simply press the Win key; type cmd; press Ctrl+Shift+Enter; and then hit Alt+C to confirm the elevation prompt.

I’ve started a tumblog for fun. I’ll be posting any quirky, wierd, fun images or videos, etc instead of posting it to my blog here. Check it out here.

If you installed Windows Vista over an existing operating system your old operating system files are stored in “windows.old” so your Vista OS can be installed in a fresh, brand-spanking new folder. If you try to delete your old operating system files you may be prompted to allow it to happen. Even with Administrator privileges, this attempt may fail.

The fool-proof way to remove old, unwanted files and old operating system installations is to use “Disk Cleanup”. Press on the Windows Pearl (formerly called the “Start” button) and type “disk clean” in the search box and press Enter. The disk cleanup tool will detect any windows.old folders and offer to remove them for you.