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I spent some time over the weekend updating the About page here at CMS Report. Most of the rewrite was done in the purpose and history sections of the page. I also placed on top of the page a link to a new page informing sponsors how they can buy advertisement space.

I'm probably a little bit too wordy in the about page. However, the quantity of words on the page doesn't compare to the amount of time I've spent in thought about CMS Report. Lets just say, I'm proud for what we have achieved in three years and I'm excited about the next couple years ahead.

Hopefully, you'll find some hidden humor on the about page. I wanted the fun we have with content management systems and this site to also translate on the page that explains what CMSReport.com is about. For example, did you know CMS Report's exclusive photographer for our book reviews was my son? At age three he started to take photographs for us and his services only cost us a nickel. He didn't start asking for the union wages until he reached the age of five.

Warning: This post may be proof that I'm guilty of narcissism.

Sometimes I can't help myself from saying some of the darnedest things via Twitter or comments in other people's blogs. I'm extremely proud of the comment I posted in this Gadgetopia article regarding Google and PHP.

This is a perfect example for why I say it's better to claim you know nothing instead of something.

When you claim you know something there is always someone bound to prove you know nothing. When you claim you know nothing there are always people out there that assume you know a lot more than you know.

Over the years I've become a genius by knowing nothing.

First, there was HOT or NOT where you could rate the pictures of men and women. A great site to visit if you're single and don't have a date on a lonely Friday night. But life changes and now you have a family. Do what do you do if you're married with nothing to do on a Saturday night?

Yes, you can always watch Curious George with the family, but how do you get back to your old life in a responsible manner? Well, now you have an alternative, Web Hot or Not?

David Sifry (Technorati) explains how webhotornot.com came to exist.

How did it come to exist? When I was in Madrid visiting my friend and investor Martin Varsavsky late last year, we had a fun time brainstorming ideas to help find and rate interesting web sites, and we came up with the idea. Who knows, perhaps the ratings might even be useful if people start using the site - sort of a "prediction market" for web sites. Most of all, we just wanted to create a simple site that was fast-loading and fun to use. We both love Hotornot, so we figured we'd do an homage.

This YouTube video was too hilarious to pass up. I do wonder though, how much did the video cost?

This story from InfoWorld shows that crime doesn't pay.

After a thief stole a printer for making driver's licenses, his call to the manufacturer's tech support line requesting driver software lead to his arrest.

The story then goes on to say that although the thief had stolen the computer connected to the printer, the computer "was locked with a key".  I wonder if that was a key for a physical lock on the case which prevented the computer to boot up or an authentication key card?  The latter, of course, would have been much more difficult to bypass.

Will a new anti-theft tool from General Motors and OnStar be enough to make your car not worth the hassle of stealing?

The Stolen Vehicle Slowdown, a new feature added to OnStar, takes away the ability to use a car's gas pedal, while allowing braking and steering controls to work.  More...

By the time my Dad gave me the Nova for college during the second half of the 1980's...the car had already it earned it's nickname, The Rustmobile.  I miss that car...