The first photo in a new feature on my blog. “Macro Monday.”
On Mondays, I plan on taking a random photo for posting on the blog. It’s not necessarily going to be a macro, but “Macro Monday” just sounded right. 
If you follow me on various “social” websites, you will notice I listen to a lot of music. It’s always fun to see what others are listening to, so I created a Last.fm group for my site back in 2005.
If you have an account on Last.fm please consider joining our group here http://www.last.fm/group/StevoFCdotCOM
And if you have never been to Last.fm before, I urge you to sign up.
Thanks everyone. 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission grants ‘market-based rate authority’ to Google’s newest subsidiary, appropriately named, Google Energy.
Internet search engine and global tech giant, Google Inc., has officially entered the electric utility game, although don’t expect to be writing a check to Google Energy for your monthly electric bill any time soon.
In a unanimous vote, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a request from Google, Inc. to buy and sell electricity, granting Google “market based rate authority.” But like many new ventures the Mountain View, California-based tech giant embarks on, they’re not quite sure where they’re going with it yet, or what they’ll do with their new authority. Google has no immediate plans to buy or sell electricity, but reportedly made the move to better position itself to manage its own energy and to have more access to renewable energy
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Luckily (or not) the Pittsburgh area was one of the first areas to receive the latest FiOS Firmware update of 1.7.1. After a few attempts over the last few days, the roll out here seems to be complete. The firmware was released, then rolled back, and now released again.
If you recall, in a recent chat with Verizon Tech support, I was told that the issues with my HD boxes weren’t truely issues, but not to my preference. As we all know, that was completely untrue. And this firmware update proves it. The 7xxx series boxes now have the 4:3 guide once again. The current show information and the guide itself is no longer stretched.
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