links for 2007-10-17

• Get Ready For More Advertising On Your Cell Phone from Verizon
  Unless you opt out by calling 1-800-333-9956, verizon will be selling your calling habits to anyone interested.
  That’s right, despite the law saying you have to give consent, they’ve turned it into opt out.
  (tags: advertising phone privacy verizon)
• 101 LINQ Samples
  Hello samples – if you learn by doing this is a good way to browse through some ideas and pick up the patterns.
  (tags: c# cheatsheet code csharp linq .net programming sample)
• Sixeyes ‘Bloc Party’ Mix – Sixeyes MP3 Blog by Alan Williamson
  Nice bloc party remixes. Uses the little delicious mp3 player.
  (tags: bloc.party blocparty music)
• The Shins – Pink Bullets
  Best emo sad song ever, live at austin city limits
  (tags: music shins emo)
• Rent vs. Buy – Financial Calculators from Dinkytown.net
  Should you rent or should you buy your home? It takes more than looking at your mortgage payment to answer this question. This calculator helps you weed through the fees, taxes, and monthly payments to help you make a good financial decision.
  (tags: rent realestate housing home finance money)
• Klaxons – No Diggity (Blackstreet Cover)
  via http://mixtapemaestro.blogspot.com/2007/10/klaxons-no-diggity-blackstreet-cover.html :

  Play this one over and over. That giddy grin plastered all over your face will never wear off.

  (tags: klaxons covers music)
• SOWETO – SOUTH AFRICA BY JR
  This is extreme poverty in south africa, but don’t worry – it has a nice track and some good looking photos.
  “South Africa is going to be the most beautiful place in this world.”
  (tags: soweto africa video poverty south.africa)
• Wooster Collective: Fauxreel’s Cheap Lobotomy
  Reminds me of the BBC documentary “The Trap” around episode 2 when they discuss the medication of society. People call thinking the honest solution to their problems might be “somebody to fuck with my grey matter” or “cut part of my brain out”
  (tags: art video lobotomy sickness pranks)
• Get My FBI File
  This web site helps you generate the letters you need to send to the FBI to get a copy of your own FBI file. We can help you get your files from other “three-letter agencies” (CIA, NSA, DIA, …) too. It’s quick, it’s easy, and best of all, it’s free!
  (tags: cool identity tools privacy security generator generators government)
• Tell Netflix: No DRM | DefectiveByDesign.org
  Here’s an easy way to let Netflix know that you will not be using their DRM video service.
  Just:
  * Download, print, and cut out the mini-letters.
  * Sign one and put it in the sleeve of the DVD you are returning.
  * Mail it off.
  Tell Netflix to lose the DRM
  (tags: drm netflix politics pdf)
• SpendView™ – Spend Analysis The Web 2.0 Way
  Like expensr, etc. web2.0 app that helps you visualize your finances. Seems everyone is getting in on this idea.
  (tags: finance money web2.0 finances spend-analysis)
• Mint | Refreshing Money Management
  expensr like.
  Also claims to examine what you are buying and suggest cheaper alternatives, higher interest rates for your savings.
  (tags: spend-analysis finance web2.0 money online personal tools)
• Gastus – Easily control your expenses!
  Expensr like – track money in various ways, get charts.
  iPhone support.
  (tags: spend-analysis web2.0 finance online money budget finances accounting)

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