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In an interesting move Microsoft recently flew out some leading anti-Microsoft people to a press briefing at their headquarters for an in depth look at their new Vista operating system. Check out the following articles for their reaction and reviews:

• Gina Trapani of Lifehacker’s Q&A with Microsoft about Windows Vista
• Robin Miller of Linux.com’s Microsoft desperately wants my love — and yours
• Tamlin Magee of The Inquirer’s INQhack survives Vistability test in Volesville

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George Vaccaro recently had a problem with his Verizon based on an unfortunate miscommunication of currency. The crux of the matter was that he was quoted .002 cents per kilobyte for data during a trip to Canada but was charged .002 dollars. Normally this would have been an easy fix, however several humorous calls later the Verizon reps still were unable to discern the difference between the two rates.

It’s just simple math people. It’s amazing what passes for an education these days. Check out his account it is extremely funny (and sad at the same time).

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While reading the Strobist today I ran across this great site that has a lot of free Photoshop tutorials. The one mentioned that particularly caught my eye was Smooth Skin. It walks you through the steps for smooth the skin tones in a picture. The site also has a bunch more so I strongly recommend that you stop by and see what you can learn.