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Opt out of annoying surveys

By Jacob Allred | Published: January 3, 2012

I’ve recently been bombarded by annoying “take our survey” in-page pop-ups on dozens of pages. I hate these things. If you hate them, too, then you can opt out of many of them by going to these URLs: VoiceFive Opt-out Safecount Opt-out Update: Sadly, ForeSee is the leader in this field, and they don’t have [...]

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Recipes and U.S. copyright law

By Jacob Allred | Published: October 13, 2011

I often search for recipes online and end up at sites like Allrecipes.com. The recipes I find often have terrific reviews and star ratings. The problem, however, is that people are dumb. You see, people have a bad habit of writing reviews along the lines of: Oh my gosh this is the most amazing recipe [...]

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Nuclear Risk

By Jacob Allred | Published: October 3, 2011
Nuclear Risk

For a few months on my mission I got really into playing Risk. We’d often spend our entire preparation day trying to conquer the world. It was a blast! I still like to play Risk a lot today (found it for $3.99 at a thrift store!), but I most often like to play what I [...]

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Going back to college

By Jacob Allred | Published: September 23, 2011

It has finally happened: I’ve gone back to college. My friend Brandon has pointed out that I’m doing things backwards though. He says “you are supposed to go to school, graduate, be miserable for 40 years, THEN retire.” Regardless of whether I’m doing it backwards or not, I’m now a few weeks into the semester [...]

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Android Notifier

By Jacob Allred | Published: September 17, 2011

A few days ago I stumbled upon the coolest app I’ve ever put on my phone: Android Notifier. This app takes all the notifications from your phone like incoming calls, SMS/MMS messages, battery status, etc, and displays them on your desktop. Automagically. You just install the app on your phone, install the app on your [...]

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