From my Google Reader shares

• Swine Flu Kills Obese People Disproportionally:
• Ladybugs cover home, trees: Be ready to bow before the ladybug overlords!

From my Google Reader shares

• Ryan Reynolds Is Green Lantern!!!:
• Some people are Retired [Pic]:
• Secrets of the 7th Harry Potter Movie Revealed by the Cast:

From my Google Reader shares

• Beware the Airport Wireless: I think this goes without saying that you shouldn’t be doing things that require passwords on public wifi.
• W.Va. woman wins her 9th big lottery prize
  (AP):
• July 11, Last Day for Discounted Win 7 Upgrade:
• Dissidia: Final Fantasy – Exclusive Combo Gameplay Trailer:
• Analyst Believes Starcraft II Will Be Delayed:
• Green Lantern Casting Narrowed to Three: Please not Justin Timberlake!
• Google's Schmidt initially opposed to Chrome, says Microsoft is welcome to port Internet Explorer on over: Indistinguishable from a browser? Didn’t that get Microsoft in trouble in Europe?
• Blew Out My Flip Flop, Stepped On A Pop Top, Decided To Make A Dragon:
• The Scribblenauts ESRB listing is hilarious:
• There’s Finally a Use For the Caps Lock Key [Software]:
• Command & Conquer 4 Finally Confirmed:

From my Google Reader shares

• Microsoft's Next Patch Tuesday Could Be Big – PC Magazine:
• Cute Stop Motion Donkey Kong Movie:
• Quiznos Free Sub w/ Purchase of a Sub and Fountain Drink at Quiznos:
• Silverlight 3 goes live on Microsoft’s servers:
• Free Version of The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall Released by Bethesda:
• Best Buy-brand TVs to get TiVo:
• First Google Chrome OS screenshots leaked? Update: it’s a fake:
• Marvel VS Capcom 2 Release Date Wrestled To The Ground [Release Date]:
• Fake Dragon Quest IX ROM punishes overeager pirates:
• Apple Releases Safari 4.0.2:
• Turtles crawl on runway, delay flights at JFK
  (AP):
• Shack PSA: GameStop Begins Massive Summer Sale:

A hotly requested feature is the removal of my Google Reader shares from my RSS feed, mostly because of the duplication if you’re someone I share with natively through Reader.  So I present to you the feed with the omission:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/thanson-reader

For anyone else using WordPress here’s a nice tutorial for customizing the feeds for your site:

http://dailycupoftech.com/2007/07/25/creating-custom-wordpress-feeds/

From my Google Reader shares

• New RTS Based on DotA Offers Native Linux Client:
• Extended Battery Shoves 20% More Capacity Into the Palm Pre [Pre]:
• 11 Kanye quotes (done in pics) that prove he is a giant douchebag ***SFW**:
• ‘Harry Potter’ Star Faces 14 Years for Growing Drug Farm:
• North Korea May Be Behind Wave of Cyberattacks:
• Starcraft 2 Trailer Remake Using WOW Machinima:
• Unofficial: the complete Guitar Hero 5 track list:
• Command & Conquer 4 Officially Announced:
• Transformers Nikes Come in Sweet Toy Box [Toys]:
• Peggle: World of Warcraft Edition Spreads Free Glee:
• Sony Boss Getting Fed Up With People Telling Him The PS3 Is Too Expensive [Sony]: Uhhh how about you lower the price then? I thought old consoles did lose money per console and made it up through publishing.
• Google announces Chrome OS, coming to netbooks second half of 2010:
• Rubik Cube inventor devises new puzzle to infuriate us all.:
• So How Did Megan Fox Land That 'Transformers' Gig Again?:
• Southwest One Way Flights from $30:
• Pandora Agreement Saves Internet Radio [Pandora]:
• PopCap Working on Games for Pre:

A reminder: Microsoft is offering Win7 Upgrade versions at a significantly reduced price until this saturday.

Preorder Windows 7 cheaply

In select markets, Microsoft is offering its customers the ability to preorder Windows 7 upgrade versions at a significantly reduced price. This is easily the most aggressive pricing Microsoft has ever offered for Windows. The low preorder price will vary per country:

• US: Windows 7 Home Premium ($49.99) and Windows 7 Professional ($99.99)
• Canada: Windows 7 Home Premium ($64.99) and Windows 7 Professional ($124.99)
• Japan: Windows 7 Home Premium (¥7,407) and Windows 7 Professional (¥14,073)
• UK: Windows 7 Home Premium (£49.99) and Windows 7 Professional (£99.99)
• France and Germany: Windows 7 Home Premium (€49.99) and Windows 7 Professional (€109.99)

The deal includes select retail partners, such as Best Buy and Amazon, as well as the online Microsoft Store. This program begins Friday, June 26 in the US, Canada, and Japan. It goes on while supplies last or until July 11 in the US and Canada, and until July 5 in Japan. For the UK, France, and Germany, the preorder starts July 15 and runs while supplies last or until August 14. Microsoft was not willing to discuss the limits of the supplies, but a spokesperson did confirm to Ars that the reduced prices for the European countries will simply apply to the full version (as noted above), as upgrade versions will not exist in Europe. In short, these preorders will allow those in the UK, Germany, and France to purchase full versions of Home Premium or Professional, except without IE8, for a very low price.

From my Google Reader shares

• Microsoft Warns Users of ‘Zero Day’ Security Issue:
• Re: Karune/Cydra:Health Bars(Unanswered): I actually hate this feature because it’s hard to distinguish between friendly health and enemy health. Hopefully they fix this.
• Michael Jackson’s memorial service costing taxpayers millions:
• British Library Puts Oldest Surviving Bible Online:
• Social Security Numbers Easy to Guess, Study Claims:
• First cat ever launched into space [pic]:
• New algorithm guesses SSNs using date and place of birth – A:
• Live Action Jin-Roh Coming? How About More Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex?: Ah cool, more SAC.
• Miyamoto: “Wait, Please” For Kid Icarus [Nintendo]:
• Dell Could Face Fines In Taiwan Pricing Faux Pas – ChannelWeb:
• VLC 1.0.0 Released:
• YOU SLEPT WITH WHO?: X-Men Universe Relationship Map:
• Newspaper Argues the Internet is Even Killing the Internet:
• iPhone 3.0 pinpointed as likely battery life killer:

From my Google Reader shares

• CBS is the last man standing against Hulu:
• Spaghetti Measure Ensures That You Make the Right Amount Every Time [Food]:
• Zerg StarCraft II Alpha Evolution:
• SCE: PSPgo’s 480MHz clock speed references USB, not CPU:

Well I was supposed to be using Last.fm at work and Pandora at home, but I’ve since just stuck with Pandora. The simplified interface makes it much easier to customize stations whereas in last.fm it’s a bit more complex than it seems like it has to be, certainly when compared to Pandora. Maybe I’ll give last.fm another shot, but Pandora’s simplicity seems like it’s too hard to beat.