Peon's Place

According to Larry Page, Google’s chief executive, Google+ has become a robust competitor in the social networking space, with 90 million users registering since its June launch. However that number is very misleading.

While I find Google+ to be somewhat easy (and at times, fun) to use, it feels very empty. Some of that is any lack of Twitter or other auto-posting integration. I can post to Facebook via text message (which Google Plus also allows now), web browser toolbar, or hundreds of third-party applications. My blog can auto-post to Facebook when I make new posts with API configuration. Google allows none of that. To seriously use Google+, you need to be on a web browser or in the G+ Application on your smartphone. Google doesn’t feed into other sources like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and other social networking sites do.  Read the rest of this entry » A virtual ghost town, Goo…

That’s been sadly the big question since this weekend. Did Jennifer Lopez throw in a “nip slip” at the Oscar’s?

Apparently J-Lo couldn’t contain her laughter when she learned about the drama surrounding her maybe/maybe not nipple moment at the Oscars, according to her personal stylist, Rob Zangardi, who personally zipped Lopez into her Oscar’s dress and then helped her change into another low cut outfit after the show.  Read the rest of this entry » To Nip Slip, or not to Ni…

Linda and I have spent our past few weeks, or those without my step-daughter around, home “shopping”. Sort of like “window shopping” really, as we are going into old homes, new homes, etc, trying to get a feel of the current market.

What’s the difference between buying a 20-30 year-old house and a brand new (still being built for the most part) townhomes?

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Just about anyone who watches football knows that the Saints have one of the best high-powered offenses in the National Football League. Quarterback Drew Brees consistently has 11 guys who catch a football from him at some point in the game. The guy who has been on the top of that list for 6 years is Marques Colston, who is about to hit the free agent market.

The Saints have numerous players they need to lock up before free agency starts; it begin with Drew Brees, but no one knows when it will end, or with whom. With the emergence of Tight End Jimmy Graham, can the Saints afford to let Colston go instead of signing him to another 5 years?

Colston was a 6th round draft pick out of Hofstra, essentially a no-namer. He is still young at the age of 28, and across his 6 years he has 449 receptions going for 6,230 yards, averaging over 1,000 yards per season. View the highlight video:

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In fact, I haven’t even posted since the 49ers were defeated by the (SuperBowl champion) Giants in the NFC Championship game.

I have been, since December really, working on a new rendition of the site. I’m moving away from the iPhone-like theme and going more custom. Colors to match the wedding colors selected by Linda and me, along with simplicity and a faster loading speed; less visual images to slow down page loading. Stu should be happier.

Oh, and I enabled cool Facebook commenting for every post I make, whether you comment from my blog or Facebook, they’ll both be the same, using your Facebook login session that you already have running.

Congratulations on your widescreen TV purchase! But do you still hate the black border on the top & bottom of your TV screen? I sure do. Why by a 42 or 56 (or even larger!) inch television, to not be able to use all of it?

It seems Vizio has your answer. CineWide HD televisions give a theatre correcting 21:9 aspect ratio. It’s better than your standard 16:9 widescreen TV that you just purchased, and these babies come with 3D.

America’s top HD TV company is unleashing these bad boys in 58 and 71 inch models, so start getting rid of your living room furniture to make room! Read the rest of this entry » Vizio widens their televi…