From the monthly archives:

July 2004

When you Eat a Candybar the Terrorists Win

July 31, 2004

Here’s a story about an EPA scientict who was arrested in DC for eating PayDay candybar on the local subway. You can’t make this stuff up.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A government scientist finishing a candy bar on her way into a subway station where eating is prohibited was arrested, handcuffed and detained for three hours by [...]

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Word of the Day: Cryptozoological

July 27, 2004

According to Dictionary.com the definition is as follows:
Cryptozoological: The study of creatures, such as the Sasquatch, whose existence has not been substantiated.
Related Words:
cryptozoologist
cryptozoologies
cryptozoologists

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Boggled at the Googleplex

July 26, 2004

First Google publicly announces their IPO (news Story) then they get hit with a a MyDoom Variant DOS attack (news story). Things like this have to make you wonder, conspiracy theory? Once they get things sorted out you can always go here and try to be one of the lucky ones to get a ‘get [...]

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This Land is Your Land at JIbJab.com

July 25, 2004

 Earlier this week an old friend of mine, who happens to run obsolylte sent me a link to jibjab.com (he was first so he gets credit!). Usually I am hesitant to share political stuff, because you never know where someone will fall on the polictics issue. However I have to say this is once of [...]

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Beach sand between my toes

July 23, 2004

Spheres of super heated plasma
Globes of rock and minerals
Small satellites orbiting and pulling
Wind and rotation creating the waves
Waves rolling … endlessly … in and out
Crashing, crashing, crashing
Breaking, breaking, breaking
Beach sand between my toes …

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Jerry Goldsmith Dies at 75

July 22, 2004

Film composer Jerry Goldsmith died on July 21 st (news story). He composed music for over 200 movies and television shows such as Star Trek , Patton, Planet of the apes (1968), LA Confidential, and the academy awards fanfare.  Sorry to see you go Jerry you will be missed.
 

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Firefox Tips

July 22, 2004

Ok since I’ve started a few converts down the Firefox path I figure it might be time for a helper guide. First you will need to download Firefox.
Extensions – These are the little add-ins that make Firefox so damn cool!

Tabbed Browsing – this extension allows you have multiple browsing instances in one window. For [...]

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Blogging Buttons

July 20, 2004

If you spend any time reading blogs chances are you’ve come across buttons like these:
 

 
At first I didn’t understand what they were for, and thought they were cute little graphics. Then I realized they were secret doorways into special blogger areas, I became jealous. I’ll admit I was tempted to right click and steal the [...]

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Picking Dandelions

July 19, 2004

I read Mivox’s blog about dandelions, and being on the losing end of a never ending battle with my front lawn I have a lot of empathy for her predicament. However I remember when we took my two girls to the arboretum for a picnic 2 years ago, well I’ll let them tell the story … [...]

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Free RSS Reader

July 18, 2004

Okay all you fellow bloggers. I’ve come across a nice piece of software it’s the  FREE RSS READER. It allows you to read all of your favorite blogs in one spot, and if you want to launch a new window and visit the website. Now here’s the cool part, you can set it to monitor [...]

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Gmail Invitations

July 17, 2004

Do you need a GMail invitation, tell me why and I may give you one. If your request is entertaining enough in way it’s yours.

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Build A Better Nacho

July 17, 2004

After my last two blogs I decided it was time to lighten it up a bit, and what better topic than Nachos!
 
If you’ve seen my kitchen you already know I like to cook. Now nachos are a free form kind of snack, with a very high refrigerator/pantry velcro quality (meaning you can use whatever you [...]

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Congratulations You Won … Maybe

July 16, 2004

Well congratulations you socialists troglodytes you won. Martha Stewart was sentenced to 5 months of jail time, 5 months house arrest, 2 years probation and was fined $30,000. You got what you wanted … or did you? Lets look a little deeper shall we.
 
Remember Enron, Tyco and WorldCom? Through complex financial schemes they cheated companies [...]

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Bailing Out Bobby Fischer

July 16, 2004

ABCNEWS.com : Japan Detains Ex-Chess Champ Bobby Fischer

I am a tournament level chess player and have always been an admirer of Bobby Fischer. His chess games are nothing short of brilliant (his political views however are way out whack). Now like most fans I couldn’t wait for “Bobby the Fish” to play Spassky again, and [...]

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Spam a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

July 15, 2004

I went to the doctor today for a routine checkup. I was filling out my updated medical history form
allergies … no …
dizzy spells … no …
depression … no …

email address … ??? …
Ok here I was sharing my most personal physical conditions and
medical history without a care in the world, but when I [...]

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Google Page Rank for Firefox

July 13, 2004

Yes boys and girls someone found it! Thanks to the fine folks at WebmasterWorld you can now get green pixel loving in Firefox. Download FireFox Googlebar.
Want to kick firefox into warp speed? Then check out another thread from the Webmaster World Crew Making Firefox as fast as Opera

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Spiderman 2

July 12, 2004

*** SPOILER WARNING IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN SPIDERMAN 2 OR DON’T WANT TO LEARN PLOT DETAILS DON’T READ PAST THIS POINT ****
I saw Spiderman 2 last night, and felt it was great movie. Special effects were top notch. Music was good, not great, but good. I’m a big Danny Elfman fan so perhaps I’m a [...]

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Microsoft Recommends Firefox

July 12, 2004

Microsoft’s online Magazine Slate, recommends Firefox browser (original story). How much wierder does it get than that?

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Firefox Browser

July 8, 2004

First the US Government department responsible for online threats ,CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) recommended not using IE as a browser (original story). Then came the WebmasterWorld thread about Breaking the IE habit. Lastly one of my buddies pointed out this and several of my other sites were broken in firefox. Ok so I had [...]

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Aliens

July 7, 2004

I run the SETI program on one my many computers. Do I believe there are extra terrestrials among us, like Elvis, or Clinton advisors, no. However I don’t think we are the only form of intelligent life in the universe. To presume that this entire planet and universe was created purely for us is rather [...]

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