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If anybody noticed, Yahoo! Geocities officially closes today for good. But, for the geeks that recall being on the Internet prior to 2000, a piece of history was lost today. To pay tribute to what was the first web host for many of us, several popular website have paid tribute and provided archives
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I'm sorry, readers. This article is 100% off-topic and not technology-centric at all, but it is something I feel that I must put out there. You see, I was given a kitten about a week ago by a friend, and there are some things you learn with experience that you feel necessary to pass on to others.
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As I'm sure some readers noticed, we were temporarily offline for a few hours. Apparently, our recent article that spilled the beans on 4chan's Facebook account compromises pissed off the lovely folks at 4chan. The whole thing is actually kind of funny, and don't be surprised if it happens again
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For about two days following The Coffee Desk's 100th article, the site was flipped upside-down. It's back to normal now, but in case you missed it here is a screenshot: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="421" caption="The Coffee Desk Upside-down(click the image link for the full screenshot
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(If you missed this when it was originally posted, then go here) To celebrate our 100th article, we decided to flip the entire post (and website) upside-down. If you are a weenie and prefer the right-side-up version, then go here. ˙(ʇɐɯɹoɟ ǝuılǝɯıʇ uı) ʎɹoʇsıɥ ɟǝıɹq ɐ ǝ
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Some of you may have noticed that we started putting a "motto" (technically a tagline) at the top of the website, just under the logo. It's honestly nothing but a snarky one-line commentary that usually reflects something the last few recent articles discuss. For example, the first motto was,
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The Coffee Desk will be going down for a major server move and some routine maintenance for around 45 minutes to an hour today starting around 4:00 - 4:30 Eastern Mountain Time. Our Twitter profile can be used to track the upgrade's progress as it happens. The move is largely a front-end serve
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So lately, our focus has sort of shifted from the traditional tech news and commentary to a more humorous spin. And many of you have noticed, as Emails/comments/tweets would show. Truth is, we want to be taken seriously. But on the other hand, a bit of humor won't kill anybody. Otherwise I would
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We're pleased to announce our first annual Watching Paint Dry Contest - here's the flyer: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Watching paint dry contest flyer"][/caption] *remember, this is not real even by a long shot
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Since our inception around August 2008, The Coffee Desk has (as of today) generated 100 replies from users on our pages via comments or pings (which also post a comment). While this shouldn't be a big deal, it's just nice to note. We've gone places we shouldn't have gone, reviewed products, co
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