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Google, Apple, Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger and many other celebrities have spoken out against Proposition 8. It was a big deal for big corporations like Google and Apple to do so, since they are a big commercial corporation who’s customers and staff come from a wide range of background. In these cases, they like to remain ‘neutral’ on most political and otherwise sensitive subjects, but perhaps this is a big step forward for the homosexual community. As ‘neutral’ they would like to stay, they will never support anything when involving human rights No doubt that all big corporations would in a flash oppose anything racist or sexist. Is homosexuality finally making it’s way to the acceptance and equality that they desire with their heterosexual counterparts? Perhaps there is hope for this world after all.

I’m always looking for a bargain; anyway to save a penny or to strike a deal.
Today I stumbled upon, for those interested, savings on some outdoor equipments, garments, and other high performance gears from Nikon. Nikon is offering Free ATB Pro Gear from NikonProGear.com of value up to $50 with a purchase of a Nikon ATB binocular.

With a purchase of the Monarch ATB binoculars, you will receive a free $50 gift card for NikonProGear.com. With a purchase of a Trailblazer ATB however, will get you a $25 gift card. The offer ends December 31st.

If hiking, hunting, and the outdoors is not your thing, the store also offers casual garments and accessories for just about anyone. If you know someone who might be interested in a nice pair of binoculars (useful for many things like hunting, animal watching, or other far-distance watching), then buy them a pair for the soon-to-come Christmas holiday and benefit with a gift card, perhaps offer it or another product as another gift. Why not kill two birds with one stone?

Give a thanks to the 1,000+ Rogers volunteers for their efforts in keeping it safe on the streets yesterday night. The Rogers Cable company sent their employees, all of which have signed up voluntarily, to patrol the streets at night during the peak time of the customary Halloween trick-or-treating. They called themselves the Rogers Pumpkin Patrol, and will be driving around Toronto to keep an eye out, as well as giving out tips on safety, and safety tools such as reflector wear and glow sticks. The wonderful deed and the contribution to the friendly community atmosphere, one that is greatly needed in Toronto, was greatly appreciated.

Had a persistent unnamed caller on your phone, but you are reluctant to answer? Perhaps you were away for work, and they always called you during the day and left no message? You could tap into a site that contains feedbacks, comments, complains and suggestions from other users who may have experienced a similar problem. There are various Phone Number Reporting, and if you are curious about who that frequent caller is, you may find your answer here. I had once received a call from an odd 4 digit number whom I could barely hear, yet said something about being at a mall recently…which I believed was followed by ‘you have won something’, but the signal was not very strong. Another caller left me a message of a language that I was not familiar with. With the help of other users,it could give me a better idea if it was a somewhat common thing that others had experienced - or was it something that i really had to worry about. If you’ve experienced calls yourself, then by all means report it and let others benefit from your experience.

Dell is releasing a new netbook called the Vostro A90. That’s right, they are releasing another one so soon after the Inspiron Mini 9. But looking at the specs; Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor, 1GB ram, XP, 8GB flash, 4 cell battery, it seems identical to the Mini. It even looks similar! Except it is black.

With such similarities, you would expect the price to be the same. However, be surprised to find the Vostro A90 is almost $300 more! I guess they are taking the same system, prettying it up, and selling it for much more.