Ordering new iPod touch 5th gen, ship date? [ship oct 9th, 2012] [arrival on 12th]

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UPDATE 2: the 5th generation iPod touch shipped out on Oct 9th 2012 via FedEx and has an expected arrival date of Oct 15th Oct 12th! (FedEx is ahead of schedule!!!) UPDATE 1: Amazon now has the entire 5th gen iPod touch line available for pre-order. I am considering canceling my Apple pre-order and switch to Amazon because there would be no sales tax in my state. UPDATE 0: the ship times and arrivals mentioned in this article are based

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Best small form factor slim PC for less than $500? (late 2012)

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With all the lovely ultrabooks and super-powerful phones out there today, is is surprisingly hard to find diminutive-yet-powerful PCs at a reasonable price. We’re talking at least Core i3 and preferably i5, with the capability to have 8GB+ of memory, mSATA + 2.5″ SATA storage options, dual video out (at least Intel HD4000 or faster) and a small footprint. Ideally: under $500 and easily upgradeable with industry standard parts. UPDATE: We ended up purchasing a Dell 660s from Amazon. We also put

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Google Analytics and site visitor IP addresses

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A buddy sent me an email today saying that he had a bunch of simultaneous visitors to his work’s website today. All the visitors were from Seattle and he wanted to know if they were legit or not. How did he know they were from Seattle? Google Analytics told him so*. I suggested that we reverse DNS their IP addresses to see what their company (or at least their ISP). He told me he didn’t know how to find their

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Exede satellite internet VPN performance review

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NOTE: if you are looking for general (non-vpn) performance info about Exede, here is my Exede review. 🙂 Exede VPN Performance If you are like me and sometimes need to use a VPN for work or privacy you may be interested in how VPN over Exede works. So here are a few results from testing a VPN connection over Exede. Summary: It is not the ideal VPN solution, but it is reliable and can get the job done in a pinch. Details:

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How to check your Amazon mp3 credit balance

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If you are like me you periodically receive free Amazon.com downloads credits in small amounts like $1, $3, $5 etc. This is really cool but sometimes it is hard to remember how much credit I have accumulated at any particular time. If you have this same issue, and if you want to know exactly how much Amazon credit you have available, here is how you can check your balance: #1 Go to this Amazon page: (Amazon ‘How to Redeem Your

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Error 109 when applying for an EIN online

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Recently I was applying for an EIN online at the irs.gov website. I was on the very last step and received an error referencing error number 109: I was using the Google Chrome browser the first time I applied, so I switched to Internet Explorer and attempted the application again. This time the application completed successfully. If you are using Chrome and receive a similar error at the end of the application process, I recommend retrying with Internet Explorer. Hopefully that

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