So tomorrow is Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, which is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks at the close of the harvest season.

In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, and in Canada it is celebrated on the second Monday in October.
In the United Kingdom, Thanksgiving is another name for the Harvest festival, held in churches across the country on a relevant Sunday to mark the end of the local harvest, though it is not thought of as a major event (compared to Christmas or Easter) as it is in other parts of the world.
This tradition was taken to North America by early settlers, where it became much more important.
Have a happy turkey day everyone!
Posted on November 22, 2006 at by Laptop Guru
On Friday November 17, 2006 I was involved in a Skype conference call that ended up becoming a Skypecast which was pretty fun, especially when I had no idea what the content or subject matter was going to be.
In the conversation, a site that goes by the name BuddyLube came up:

Immediately going to the site, you’re greeted with a little jingle:
If you’re looking for a widget that’s cool, www dot buddy lube.
If you’re MySpace page needs some more attitude, www dot buddy lube.
You don’t have to know web 2.0
Just click on the eye and you’re ready to go!
It’s fast, it’s fresh, it’s easy to do, www dot buddy lube.
Buddy Lube comes with everything you see here each sold separately.
Buddy Lube! More eyeballs.
So what exactly is BuddyLube? I’m really not sure but I can’t get that damn jingle out of my head!
If you use BuddyLube or know more about it, please chime in.
Posted on November 19, 2006 at by Laptop Guru
Back on October 9, 2006 I posted about Inspirational Comedian Judson Laipply and his interpretation of the “Evolution of Dance” video. I even included the actual video to watch and links to his site and the songs used in the video.
Well this morning I received a comment on my original post by a user named Courtney saying:
does anyone know what the songs are in this video??? i really need to know them…
So I went to the post remembering that I posted a link to the songs and guess what? The link no longer works.
Have no fear Courtney, I have them all for you and since I’m such a nice guy, here is the complete list of every song and artist used in the “Evolution of Dance” video:
- Hound Dog – Elvis Presley
- The Twist – Chubby Checker
- Stayin’ Alive – The Bee Gees
- Y.M.C.A. – The Village People
- Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas
- Keep On – The Brady Bunch
- Greased Lightnin’ – John Travolta
- You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
- Billy Jean – Michael Jackson
- Thriller – Michael Jackson
- Oompa Loompa – Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- Mr. Roboto – Styx
- Break Dance (Electric Boogie) – The Sugarhill Gang
- Walk Like An Egyptian – The Bangles
- The Chicken Dance – Bob Karnes
- Mony Mony – Billy Idol
- Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice
- U Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer
- Love Shack – The B-52’s
- Apache – The Sugarhill Gang
- Jump Around – House of Pain
- Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-A-Lot
- Tubthumping – Chumbawaba
- What Is Love – Haddaway
- Cotton Eye Joe – Rednex
- Macarena – Los Del Rio
- Bye Bye Bye – N’Sync
- Lose Yourself – Eminem
- Hey Ya! – Outkast
- Dirt Off Your Shoulder – Jay-Z
- Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice (“Yo, let’s get outta here. Word to your mother”)
- Bye Bye Bye – N’Sync (“Bye, bye, bye”)
So there you go, every song and artist used in the “Evolution of Dance” video… oh and no I will not link to the MP3’s for you, so don’t ask. It’s up to you for locating the songs.
Posted on November 18, 2006 at by Laptop Guru
Today I was out and about and noticed something really interesting while at a store.
The girl behind the cash register actually shaved off her eyebrows, then penciled them on… sort of like a circus clown.
I could tell she was able to grow eyebrows because there was some stubble… but why girls?
Why do this to yourself? It looks stupid.
It’s not even like she tried to make them look natural… huge freaking McDonald’s M’s for eyebrows… yikes!
I can understand a little plucking to separate the uni-brow but the Ronald McDonald draw in needs to go away.
So my question is… why do women do this? I’ve seen it a lot.
Posted on November 16, 2006 at by Laptop Guru
Searching around the internet today for random images, I came across this:

I never knew that Best Buy hired little kids for their Geek Squad.
Posted on November 8, 2006 at by Laptop Guru