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What is it? <em>Bromance</em>.</p> <p>Along with <a href="http://www.supergnarly.com/">SuperGnarly Industries</a>, we’ve put together a magical 53 minutes and 29 seconds of Podcast dè la spectacular. The show stars part of the Use Bombs crew that you’ve come to know and love: Arison Cain, Josh Allen, and myself, Arion Robert III. In addition, you’ll be introduced to the intimidating, yet whimsical, Robert “Büb” LaVine.</p> <p>If you you feel up to the task of allowing the show’s riches to rain down upon you, or you just want to find out more about our NNY based podcast, head over to <a href="http://www.thebromance.com/">The Bromance website</a> and download the first episode. It wouldn’t hurt to subscribe either.</p> <p>You won’t regret following this course of action… hopefully.</p> The Time Has Come for Bromance – The Podcast is Upon Us <p class="postlink"><span>Comments Off</span> | <a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/06/use-bombs/the-time-has-come-for-bromance-%e2%80%93-the-podcast-is-upon-us/">Read Full Article: "The Time Has Come for Bromance – The Podcast is Upon Us"</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post Support the Cause" > <div class="avatar Arion Londraville"> <h2><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/03/use-bombs/support-the-cause/">Support the Cause</a></h2> <p class="meta">Arion Londraville - Wednesday, 7th March 2007</p> <p>Okay, I know I’m a little late on this… (I’ve been busy trying to get a some variation of the Daily Del.icio.us plug in working so I can share my links.)</p> <p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/putting-our-money-where-our-mouths-are-boycott-the-riaa-in-march-239281.php">Gizmodo is sponsoring a month long boycott of the Recording Industry Association of America</a>. Quite frankly, every single person should be taking part in this. </p> <p>I mean, it should be pretty easy to hop on board. A boycott is practically made for lazy people. All you have to do is not do something. Hell, I’ve been not doing things for years! (That includes buying albums released by RIAA members.) So, I don’t want to hear any whining.</p> <h3>Why?</h3> <p>If you’re unfamiliar with why people hate the RIAA so strongly or why this boycott is a necessary, look no further then the overview below.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.arancidamoeba.com/mrr/problemwithmusic.html">Underpaying and taking advantage of the very artists its member companies represent</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/RIAA-price-fixing-settlement-delivers-dud-CDs-to-libraries.html">Fixing prices on their products</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/05/riaa_sues_the_dead/">Going lawsuit-crazy all over the faces of its own consumers</a> for <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35669">unnecessarily crazy amounts of money</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/Sony-BMG/">Invading personal privacy and compromising or damaging personal property in the name of enforcing copyright</a>.</li> <li>Blaming poor financial trends on <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4831">unfounded digital piracy claims</a>.</li> <li>Making governments support RIAA member company’s dying business models with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy">a tax on every blank CD or piece of recordable media their citizens buy</a>.</li> </ul> <p>That’s just the start of it all. Dig around and you’ll find issues dealing with mix tapes, pre-litigation, and all kind of <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47552,00.html">really</a> <a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/">bad</a> <a href="http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/new-senate-bill-targets-satellite-radio.html">legislation</a> that the RIAA has helped to draft. </p> <h3>How?</h3> <p>Go to <a href="http://www.riaaradar.com">RIAA Radar</a> if you want a list of what not to buy. And, If you live in a country like Canada, I guess you should also avoid buying blank CDs. <img src='http://www.use-bombs.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif' alt=':-?' class='wp-smiley' /> </p> <p>So, allow yourself to be lazy for once, don’t do anything, don’t go out and buy that CD you wanted; all crippled with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Rights_Management">Digital Rights Management software</a>. And, if you really feel the need to get up and do something, go donate to a foundation like the <a href="http://www.eff.org/">EFF</a>.</p> <p>Whatever you do, do it knowing that we as consumers have a responsibility to correct the current situation.</p> Support the Cause <p class="postlink"><span>Comments Off</span> | <a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/03/use-bombs/support-the-cause/">Read Full Article: "Support the Cause"</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post Why Red?" > <div class="avatar Arion Londraville"> <h2><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/02/use-bombs/why-red/">Why Red?</a></h2> <p class="meta">Arion Londraville - Monday, 26th February 2007</p> <p>It’s assertive, ambitious, dramatic, and passionate. (<a href="http://www.mariaclaudiacortes.com/colors/Colors.html">Or so I’ve been told</a>)</p> <p>Anyway - aside from some tweaks to the underlying code and fixes for a few browsers, I’m deeming this site redesign as complete. I pondered waiting until the next <a href="http://www.cssreboot.com">CSS Reboot</a> event to update the site, but decided against it. I wanted the redesign up as soon as possible.</p> <p>Personally, I’m extremely pleased with how the design turned out, far more than I was with the last version.</p> <p>Too much content occupied too little space in the old design. Upon reexamining all that material, it really became clear how unnecessary it was. So, we’ve removed a lot of that clutter, making the layout feel much more elegant. This means that eyeballs no longer scream in frustration as all sorts of stuff competes for their unwavering attention.</p> <p>The whole site also feels much more harmonious. There always seemed to be some sort of infighting between the elements of the old design. I could never put my finger on what the cause of that battle was, but it bugged me to no end.</p> <p>Along with redesigning the look of the site, we’ve also finally enabled a lot of functionality that was missing. Some of the biggest changes include…</p> <ul> <li>The Gallery link no longer leads to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/use-bombs/sets/">the Use-Bombs Flickr profile</a>. Instead we use the <a href="http://www.randombyte.net/blog/projects/falbum/">FAlbum plug-in by Elijah Cornell</a> to integrate the gallery directly into the site.</li> <li>The Video button is now more than a link to Google Video. The launch of our video section makes finding our film bits and pieces much easier.</li> <li>We’ve launched a music section. With the help of the <a href="http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash_Media_Player">Flash Media Player</a>, a person can play music directly from our site or download a copy. Although it only has material from Josh right now, I expect this section to grow quite a bit in the near future.</li> <li>Link bubbles! I can’t get enough of the little speech bubbles that appear when you hover over the “Recommended” links. They illustrate <a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/">XFN</a> relationships, show a thumbnail of the linked site, and give a description.</li> <li>Although the site will still stretch to fill the screen of longer windows, it will now only do so up to a maximum width.</li> <li>We’ve carried a set of text based ads on this site for a good while. (They’re a little more prominent since the redesign.) We’ve also recommended Firefox or Opera as long as I can remember. As a note of disclosure, I finally figured it was time we sign up for a Google AdSense “Get Firefox” link. Don’t worry, you’ll only see it if you’re using Internet Explorer.</li> </ul> <p>Some have asked me about the lower right hand portion of the site, which we had set aside for del.icio.us links in the past. I still plan to gather those links together and post them every few days or every week. However, instead of keeping them in their own list I will be posting them as a standard post.</p> <p>Enjoy the update and let me know about any issues you have (with operating system and browser versions please)!</p> <p><b>Note:</b> I know the video page looks goofy on Internet Explorer 6. Live with it or, like I said, go <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/">get a browser with <em>far</em> fewer bugs</a>! I’ll get to it when and if I have the energy left in me to try and debug another page for that <a href="http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer.html">horrid software</a>. Users of Internet Explorer 6 and below: You’re lucky I’m sending a style to you at all!</p> <p><rant>I want to make it perfectly clear that Internet Explorer is generally a bad browser; even version 7. This statement is not just personal opinion, but <a href="http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/wrongWithIE/">based on technical facts</a>. I have always affirmed this and will continue to until they fix some <a href="http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/acid/">very paramount rendering issues</a>. Migrating, at least for the time being, is most likely your own good!</rant></p> Why Red? <p class="postlink"><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/02/use-bombs/why-red/#comments" title="Comment on Why Red?">1 Comment »</a> | <a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/02/use-bombs/why-red/">Read Full Article: "Why Red?"</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post New From Use-Bombs Labs" > <div class="avatar Arion Londraville"> <h2><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/01/use-bombs/new-from-use-bombs/">New From Use-Bombs Labs</a></h2> <p class="meta">Arion Londraville - Monday, 1st January 2007</p> <div class="img-right" style="width:130px;"><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/bomb.jpg"><img id="image239" src="http://www.use-bombs.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/bomb.thumbnail.jpg" alt="The Dodedecotron 350XL in action." height="96" width="128" /></a> <p style="width:128px;">The Dodedecotron 350XL takes dedecorating to the extreme.</p> </div> <div class="img-right" style="width:130px;"><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/nade.jpg"><img id="image238" src="http://www.use-bombs.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/nade.thumbnail.jpg" alt="The Dodedecotron 350" height="96" width="128" /></a> <p style="width:128px;">When it’s time to clean up, the Dodedecotron is on the job.</p> </div> <p>Ah, the holidays. A time of the year set aside for love, joy, and peace. A festive time of filled with lights and decoration. </p> <p>You’ve spent hours of effort creating Yule-time joy and crafting holiday cheer. Yet, as with anything, what goes up must come down. And, as we all know, taking those decorations down can be a lot of work.</p> <p>Now there’s a better way! Now there’s a way to dedecorate your home in minutes instead of weeks. Enter the <em>Dodedecotron 350</em> and it’s older sibling the <em>Dodedecotron 350XL</em>. Cleaning up after the holidays will never be the same again!</p> <p>Do you have gift wrap on the floor? Garland hanging from the ceiling? Lights strung up across to the roof? A mother-in-law visiting for the season? Pesky raccoons living in the garbage? Nothing is outside the realm of spotlessness created by the Dodedecotron 350’s awesome explosive wrath.</p> <p>With simple patented Pull N’ Throw™ technology, the Dodedecotron eliminates the need for soaking, scrubbing, bubbling, sanitizing, and cannibalizing. This Saves you time, energy, and money!</p> <p>And, the Dodedecotron can make you the hero of your neighborhood! As a matter of fact, using the 45 kiloton Dodedecotron 350XL a single person—with a team of six dedicated explosive and Dodedecotron specialists—could theoretically dedecorate several square miles at a time.</p> <p>Am I not convincing enough? Users love the Dodedecotron! Just listen to what they have to say about it.</p> <blockquote><p>“I listen to Paul Harvey News! When I heard that the Dodedecotron 350 could cut my dedecoration costs by up to 50%, I was so eager that I bought two!”<br /> —Steven Little, MO</p></blockquote> <blockquote><p>“The Dodedecotron is a life saver. Not only did it get rid of my Hanukkah decorations, but it creates a warm, healthy heat. That cuts down on my gas bill!”<br /> — Beverly Simpson, ON, Canada</p></blockquote> <blockquote><p>“I just ordered my first Dodedecotron. Honestly, I’m more excited about taking the decorations down this year than I am about putting them up.”<br /> —Jonathan Wright, 1978-2006</p></blockquote> <blockquote><p>“United States. Infidels. Dodedecotron—Always Fun.”<br /> —Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</p></blockquote> <p>Einstein said of the Dodedecotrons 350XL’s predecessor, “The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.” Einstein! <em>You don’t get much better than an Einstein quote!</em></p> <p>Stay tuned for important information about ordering your Dodedecotron or Dodedecotron 350XL.</p> <p><i>Use as directed. Use-Bombs is not responsible for any injury, maiming, disfigurement, or death caused by the Dodedecotron. Dodedecotron has been known to cause permanent damage or a painful hammock effect in some users. Dodedecotron 350XL has been known to cause nuclear winter when used improperly. Use of the Dodedecotron in your area may be disallowed by local laws or international treaties. Additional fees may apply for international orders.</i></p> New From Use-Bombs Labs <p class="postlink"><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/01/use-bombs/new-from-use-bombs/#comments" title="Comment on New From Use-Bombs Labs">1 Comment »</a> | <a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/01/use-bombs/new-from-use-bombs/">Read Full Article: "New From Use-Bombs Labs"</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post Quite the Non-Dihydroxyphenylalanine" > <div class="avatar Arion Londraville"> <h2><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2006/10/use-bombs/quite-the-non-dihydroxyphenylalanine/">Quite the Non-Dihydroxyphenylalanine</a></h2> <p class="meta">Arion Londraville - Saturday, 14th October 2006</p> <p>Just when I thought all the computer issues were done and over with, they come back and strike 3 times as hard. This time, my personal tower down because of a power supply failure. But, there was a bonus. I’ve been fighting with the content management systems on the site, just to make them display information correctly. At one point, during a move to a new server, we almost lost a lot of data.</p> <p>Well I continue to try and clear that stuff up, you can <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/use-bombs/sets/72157594326854412">take a gander at these new photos</a>. They’re just a small glimpse at what will be coming to Northern NY cable television this November.</p> Quite the Non-Dihydroxyphenylalanine <p class="postlink"><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2006/10/use-bombs/quite-the-non-dihydroxyphenylalanine/#comments" title="Comment on Quite the Non-Dihydroxyphenylalanine">1 Comment »</a> | <a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2006/10/use-bombs/quite-the-non-dihydroxyphenylalanine/">Read Full Article: "Quite the Non-Dihydroxyphenylalanine"</a> </p> </div> </div>  <div id="siteinfo-legal"> <p><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/category/technology/page/2/" >« Older Posts</a> <a href="#top">Back to Top</a> <a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/category/technology/page/2/" ></a></p> <p>© Copyright 2005-2007 Arion Londraville, Arison Londraville, David Bova, Josh Allen, Brett Ramus.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-251906-1"; urchinTracker();</script> </body> </html>