http://www.awesomeblogs.info A Compilation Of Everything Worth Blogging! Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:19:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Love the look. Love the name. Love the “power on demand” feature that could be so beneficial to people who are too out-of-shape to get regular exercise on their own. OHMcycles manufactures hybrid bicycles in either “urban” or “sporty” styles. Urban styles comes standard with fenders, rear carry racks, chain guards and ... http://www.awesomeblogs.info/2008/07/19/afraid-of-breaking-out-that-bike/   Although not a big Diane Lane fan I was persuaded to rent “Under the Tuscan Sun” a few days ago.  I must admit that although the person that recommended it to me has rarely steered me wrong I was a little less than thrilled with this suggestion.  Not that I ... http://www.awesomeblogs.info/2008/07/19/fun-in-the-sun/ Michael Fenger was formerly from Motorola. He joined Apple in March to be in charge of global iPhone sales. Prior to joining Apple, Fenger was an executive for Motorola in that amorphous MBA-created part of the world known as EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa). As such, he was in a ... http://www.awesomeblogs.info/2008/07/19/motorola-sues-former-exec-for-joining-apple-iphone-sales-team/ Give a big hand to this year’s winners of the MPG Challenge. For the third year running, the competition has had drivers at Hybridfest keeping their eyes on their fuel consumption. 36 drivers competed in the 2008 challenge, and drove a course of 26 miles. Here are the winners: Division 1 - ... http://www.awesomeblogs.info/2008/07/19/winners-of-the-hybridfest-mpg-challenge/ There’s been a lot of press recently about Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, which just released its third, and final, act this morning. It comes down off the free web tomorrow, so watch it now, while you can. It’s brilliant! While watching it, I noticed that it’s hosted by Hulu. ... http://www.awesomeblogs.info/2008/07/19/dr-horrible-and-hulu/ T-Mobile might be in deep s#it as consumers are up in arms over mobile phone spam. Truth be told, the story of cellphone spam is nothing more than push advertising but with your subscriber base ranting over being misinformed on whether or not they subscribed to a service in the ... http://www.awesomeblogs.info/2008/07/19/can-consumers-sue-for-mobile-phone-spam/ I’m checking out 3 popular music search engines (songza,  seeqpod, and skreemr).     Among the 3, I seem to like songza more. When using a music search engine,  I expect to search either for a specific song, or I enter an artist and expect to see a list of songs by that ... http://www.awesomeblogs.info/2008/07/19/3-popular-music-search-engine/ I say Yahoo did the right thing by fighting off Microsoft. Dvorak says shareholders who disagree are sick and greedy. Carl Icahn, champion of the sick and greedy, proposes a board full of losers. Good to see Yahoo’s biggest shareholders finally see the light. Carl Icahn’s chances to win the Yahoo proxy ... http://www.awesomeblogs.info/2008/07/19/yahoo-shareholders-see-the-light/ Personally I find it odd to see a Linux distro CD/DVD being sold for a really high price. I don’t mind it if it’s basically the cost of shipping a CD or a DVD and the cost of burning a copy because that’s been downloaded from the internet and ... http://www.awesomeblogs.info/2008/07/19/about-those-who-are-selling-linux/ Knowing that I'm a huge fan of vampires-with-Superman's-powers-based teen melodramas that have painfully obvious wirework, Kelly has sent over the second teaser trailer to Twilight. This latest preview has somehow managed to one-up itself in terms of looking like a rejected WB series. Even if Dawson's Creek suddenly involved vampires, ... http://www.awesomeblogs.info/2008/07/19/new-twilight-trailer-establishes-that-vampires-are-pale-supermen-2/