I remember I was hammering on a fence in the backyard when my dad approached me. He was carrying a letter or something in his hand, and he looked worried. I continued to hammer as he came toward me. βSon,β he said, βwhy are you hammering on that fence? It already has plenty of nails… Continue reading Test Trackback
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Stuff that fits nowhere
Back to happy
I’ve always wanted to make a career in computers. It’s been 32 years since I got my first computer, a TI-99/4A, and taught myself BASIC and Extended BASIC. I’ve done a number of other jobs between then and my web programming gig. This marks the end of my sixth season of going back to nature.… Continue reading Back to happy
Intermittent internet connection failure using Vista on Verizon DSL
I’ve been having issues with Verizon DSL randomly shutting down and not coming back up for an unacceptable length of time. Strangely it only happens on the Vista machine in the house. None of the Macs have this issue. I think I discovered the issue. I had changed my settings in Opera using about:config. I… Continue reading Intermittent internet connection failure using Vista on Verizon DSL
Sweet rhythm section
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbN-jO11vKg
Music really does set the mood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr-e3qGQ884 π
A fake iPod
For those of you that still insist on using ebay I’d suggest caution when purchasing an “iPod” from ebay. Counterfeit Official iPod There is a little apple logo and the word “iPod” at the bottom of the screen I don’t see that logo on the real iPod Memory and processor chip at top (behind screen)… Continue reading A fake iPod
Why I am the way I am – IV
Grade: Kindergarten Age: 4 It seemed like a regular Friday. We had alphabet, milk break and recess just like every regular day. After recess we’d normally just sit and draw or play and wait to get ready for the bus. Miss McNanny announced after recess that we should each pick a partner for “something special”.… Continue reading Why I am the way I am – IV
Last Comic Standing – The voting begins!
Marcus – winner of the challenge, immunity and a guaranteed spot in the finals at Las Vegas. It was a terrible challenge and I wouldn’t have been surprised if the “judges” had picked Abe Vigoda as the winner. Iliza Shlesinger – Hi Iliza. π How are you? *ahem* Claims to have written fresh material. I… Continue reading Last Comic Standing – The voting begins!
Blow by blow – Last Comic Standing
Iliza Shlesinger – I love you more than last week because you helped me to never see Blahblah RJ ever again. Thank you. I swear I’ll listen to your jokes either next time or the time after. Winner of the second face to face and eliminator of 4 bad comics. Adam Hunter – he also… Continue reading Blow by blow – Last Comic Standing
Last Comic Standing rundown
Esther Ku – Rarely funny but the jokes that hit make you LOL. Eliminated at first face to face. God’s Pottery – fricken hilarious but a one trick pony. You only need to see it once. Eliminated at first face to face. Iliza Shlesinger – I love her. I hope she wins. I think she… Continue reading Last Comic Standing rundown
Office Outlook 2007 won’t restart after exit
Last night I was experiencing trouble with Outlook 2007. If I would close the app and then try to open it again it would appear to close down but would not start again. Checking in the Windows Task Manager Processes I noticed that OUTLOOK.EXE *32 was still running and after killing the process I could… Continue reading Office Outlook 2007 won’t restart after exit
Trouble installing Uru: Complete Chronicles
Trying to install Uru, I know, it’s about 5 years old but I just got it mostly because I just started using a PC and Uru was never released for Mac, I constantly received this error: Feature: DefaultFeature Component: AGameFiles File: D:\data2.cab Error: Data error (cyclic redundancy check). None of the solutions online were of… Continue reading Trouble installing Uru: Complete Chronicles