>> Archive for May, 2010
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
There was that recent story in the news about the Verizon debt collector threatening to blow up someone’s house. (NOTE: I don’t know about this industry, am not a lawyer, or whether this works in all cases. Use this suggestion at your own risk.) A month ago, I was receiving calls from debt collectors who [...]
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Great weather out. Went for a walk. Just bought the new STP album, should be neat. Yesterday was nice too. Went out with a pad of paper and sketched a bit before it started to rain. Some more quizzes for you: Your Creative Power is Your Logic You’re the type of person who [...]
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
From The Telegraph: British film archivists yesterday have released footage which apparently shows the world’s first mobile phone being used – in 1922. They…attach a wire from the device onto a fire hydrant before erecting an umbrella which has been converted into an aerial. Read the article and watch the black-and-white silent video. In other [...]
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
You Are a Creek You are a dynamic, energetic person. You tend to change quickly and often. You are spirited and gleeful. You believe it’s important to live a colorful life. You are also quite brave. You are able to look past your fears. You have what it takes to be very heroic. [...]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
When I heard that Pakistan had blocked access to 800+ sites as a reaction to the Everyone Draw Muhammad Day campaigns, I was just curious as to whether my site was affected, given the recent anti-Islam statements. So I decided to find a proxy server based in Pakistan, plug the settings into Firefox and check [...]
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
…but the one thing they don’t have, is a soul.
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
Your Late Bedtime Says You’re an Oddball You like to do your own thing, even if you have to make sacrifices for your lifestyle. You are extremely creative and inspired. It’s easy for you to lose time in your projects. You tend to live hard and not take as good of care of [...]
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
Who’s That Hiding In My Fox 5 News Logo?
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
I remembered something from a long time ago called “Blogger Code“, apparently it was updated since then with more and modern features. Here is the older version, a single line, no picture: B4 d t+ k+ s u– f- i- o x e- l+ c+ Here is the updated version: B4 D T+ K+ S [...]
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
very nice day to go fishing at the lake. didn’t catch any fish but i caught a clam. took me forever to get the hook out of him.
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