Quit Smoking the Liberty Stix Way
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Quit Smoking the Liberty Stix Way

I brought it home and charged it up and gave it my first try around 1pm today. Each cartridge is roughly equivalent to a pack of cigarettes and at my local smoke shop, that brings the cost of a pack to $2.50 which is a little more expensive than rolling my own, but certainly less than a regular pack of cigarettes. The unit with the battery costs about $45 including the wall and usb charger. Of course cost is not the only reason, or even the main reason to give these Liberty Stix a try.

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Hello Fringsters Goodbye Skype
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Hello Fringsters Goodbye Skype

I hope fring and skype work this out. It is not good for the users when companies such as Skype don't play well with others. Think "What Would Google Do?" Google wants users to come to their service through any means. Regardless of how we use Skype, Skype is still benefiting from the use.

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TechCast Live: The MySQL Community Lives-Can We Believe Oracle
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TechCast Live: The MySQL Community Lives-Can We Believe Oracle

This Oracle TechCast which comes to us from an "undisclosed location" in Silcon Valley, offers us assurance that Oracle is committed to maintaining the free, open source, GPL'd community edition of MySQL. They have recently released version 5.5 and state that they are hiring within Oracle and will surpass Sun's investment into the MySQL project. Jono Bacon, the Ubutu community manager and author of the book, The Art of Community, offers his insight into how Oracle can foster and support the already vibrant MySQL community.

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