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Porn, piracy, and personal data: Universities providing more than just education…  UPDATE, 5/19/11 2:13PM EST: It appears word is getting around to some of the schools I’ve linked to in this post, as links are beginning to die off (which is a good thing for the universities taking care of business).

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Zach Honig / Engadget:
Skype for Android update adds US 3G calling, fixes personal data hole  —  Verizon Android users have had 3G Skype calling since this time last year, but the latest app release — v1.0.0.983 for those of you keeping tabs — brings 3G calling to the masses, without the need for a VZW-sanctioned app.

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Homemade Personal Christmas Gifts

For several different reasons you might want to create personal Christmas presents to your relatives and friends this holiday season. It might be that you have a person on your Christmas list that is hard to buy for. It might be that you have very particular feeling towards somebody and you want to communicate through personal Christmas presents. Or, it can be that you are hoping to scale down your Christmas expenses and make things a bit less materialistic for your family or friends. Here are a few personal Christmas presents that you can make:

Customized Gingerbread characters

You can make gingerbread men, women, and kids, that you can decorate to make them look like the person or people who you are going to give it to. You can even put their names or initials on them. That kind of personal Christmas gift is excellent when you are going to visit another family.

Name poems

When you have particular feelings to express to somebody, you can tell them by writing a name poem and giving it as personal Christmas gift. All you have to do is to use the recipient’s first or last name to make a poem. You can also enhance the look of the poem in different ways like coloring and printing it on the computer or better, by printing it on paper that is similar to old parchment. 

Photographic presents

Photographs are wonderful tools as they allow you to make a good number of different personal Christmas presents. Decorating an a decoration item with photos or making a photo album of your family are two basic options. Another idea would be to make a “special friend” photo album, that has pictures of you with the recipient. You can also have a lot of fun while making your gift by deciding to make a scrapbooking photo album.

Customized Bottle Of Wine

Whether you are computer and graphic editing software skilled or not, there are several different ways to design a professional looking wine label with the name, birth date or a photo of the recipient to personalize a bottle of wine.

With a bit creativity you can make amazing and personal Christmas presents for your friends and loved ones that will be cherished for a long time. As you can see, there are several amazing and personal Christmas presents that you can make for your friends and loved ones with a little imagination.

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Timeless Toys: A Personal journey back to childhood

In this modern age of plastic toys with integrated iPod and Wi-Fi connectivity, there is a part of us all that cries out for a simpler time. Toys didn’t used to need a user manual to set them up, or regular updates from the manufacturer to work properly. Toys were just fun; good, old-fashioned fun.

I remember spending long train rides as a child being mystified by the small spinning top that my mother kept in her handbag for such occasions. I still even carry a Yo Yo in my work bag as I find the simple act of playing with one therapeutic. It is these traditional children’s toys, available from UKToysandGames, that the modern child is missing from their lives.

To dive back in to another moment of self-indulgence, this past Christmas, my 8 year-old nephew was given as a stocking filler, an old-fashioned Wooden Yo Yo. Whilst pleased with the toy, he was obviously mystified by its operation, staring angrily as it bobbed at the bottom of the string, not returning as promised, to his hand. I grasped this as an opportunity to gain some cool-points with said youngster, and politely offered to give him some tips and tricks in how to use his new gift. Within a few minutes of me ‘Walking the Dog’ and ‘Rocking the Cradle’, and nephew was gazing in absolute wonder at the previously inactive Yo-Yo. Since then, every time I have seen the lad, he has been more than keen to show me the latest trick he has learnt, and all his friends want to try them too! (Note: his skill has now surpassed my own, and I now have to learn the tricks from him).

The range of great wooden toys available is not limited however to Yo-Yos and Spinning Tops. There are  a massive range of Wooden Toys available from UKToysandGames, from Childs Baking Sets, to Xylophones, Push-Along Trucks, Train, Tractors and Lorries and Wooden Birds and Animals which are great for brightening up a bedroom or nursery. Children are sure to love the enormous range of toys available, and parents are sure to love the great quality of the toys, which are sure to last for years to come (perfect for handing down to younger brothers and sisters!). All Wooden toys from UKTG are handmade in the EU using sustainable resources, and conform to all EU Safety Regulations.