tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188082922011-04-21T21:25:40.963-04:00Ideally a place for me to share my thoughts and perspectives on moments and encounters while on the moving walkway of lifeJasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071338183905352058noreply@blogger.comBlogger1071100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18808292.post-62857456961067292032008-03-28T09:38:00.001-04:002008-03-28T10:08:29.157-04:00

From WISH webpage on HD availability "Right now, it is not possible to receive directly from Dish or DirecTV,..."

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Trying to add to my knowledge of Unix via the terminal window in OSX - here are some handy tools for troubleshooting a cranky mac. Thanks to Randy for showing me! ps -ax|grep {app name} will return information about the application, provided it is running, most importantly the PID. Knowing the PID you can execute the followingkill {PID} perfoms an old school force quit ps -axug lists all process

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071338183905352058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18808292.post-78114688276827497202008-03-07T09:05:00.002-05:002008-03-07T09:14:06.038-05:00

I wanted to draw some attention to my delicious page. I have been updating it daily and have found it easier to post links to.. then I don't have to come up some attempted witty paragraph just to post the link. since I am here I will add a link to something fun lastly, I ended up purchasing the NIN Ghost I-IV for $5 and I am quite pleased with the overall experience. I got all 36 songs in Apple

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071338183905352058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18808292.post-42062594634442766982008-03-03T15:06:00.003-05:002008-03-04T10:33:00.716-05:00

Thank you Nine Inch Nails for having the guts to explore new ways of working with technology and not against it. I know other bands have done it / are doing it, I just happen to be a fan NIN and I think they did a nice job. Licensed under Creative Commons and available at Ghosts(dot)nin(dot)com. I am particularly impressed with the options to purchase. In this release there are 36 songs over 4

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Torture is forcing a tech to sit through an Adobe CS3 install with no options but to meditate on how it could possilbly take this long.

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Man I can't wait for this movie to be released! Watching the trailer makes me want to take a day off and spend it watching the other 3. If you haven't seen the trailer get outta here and go check it out! Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skullthe official site is worth a look too, wallpapers from all of the Indiana Jones and bunch of other fun stuff

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Here are some good beer review sites - forget bud and miller there is a world of beer out there.Beer Advocate - also offers a magazine!RateBeer - kind of clunky interface but good infoBeerTowngreat now I am thirsty.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23148063/While this wasn't the first time someone witnessed the face-to-face act, it was the first time to capture it on film. Surprisingly only 3 primates are known to sex it up in this fashion, all others are too interested in watching the hockey game.

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I am compelled to sign the praises of this site! I am completely hooked on the purpose and function of TheSixtyOne as a place for original music. I don't want to go into a full review of the site because the one person that may be reading this is the person that introduced me to the site. But man what a fresh concept; get points for logging in and use those points to promote the music you like!

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I have been a D*TV subscriber for many years and an HD subscriber for the past year or so and I have been generally quite pleased with my service, picture quality etc... As for local channels I am attached to the Indy market which gives me ABC, NBC, and Fox in HD - not bad. The one channel I would LOVE to get in HD is CBS - I mean SEC football, AFC Football, College Basketball just to name 3 good

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I decided to change things up a little bit in the hopes of writing more often and hopefully with a little more purpose. With a total audience of 1 person, of whom I choose to call when most things of importance happen what better way to self aggrandize than the opening sentence! Smashing start. As I muddle through my 30's one of the feelings I wrestle with is the need to do something important or

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revival smival.. I had this great post all typed out, well mostly, then got distracted and it sat unposted for a day... so now you get this piece of nothing. Here's to me trying to post more to my blog with no audiencecheers

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Best Comercial on FunnyOrDie.com

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if you have played Guitar Hero you will like this

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The Hole - video powered by Metacafe

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click here and I double dare you to not laugh at this "serious and dramatic moment" from the reality that is daytime tv.

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I believe it is now official, I have too much downtime at work. On another note the Internet once again comes through in giving me something I never thought I would see. I have to admit, the name alone is pretty funny but the actually video hysterical.please enjoy - a shrimp on a treadmill (yes the treadmill is underwater, what kind of mad scientist would make a shrimp run out of water.)j

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UFC 68 will be held for the first time in Columbus, OH. This is the first time EVER that the sport will be held in Ohio or the Midwest for that matter. The fight card is still coming together, but it is strong out of the gate featuring Tim Sylvia, Matt Hughes, and Rich Franklin. It will hopefully be a great opportunity for MFS fighters to showcase their skills to a potentially new audience.I

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Not really my thing to constantly post security items or software updates but since this applied to such a widely used application, well I am posting. Apparently Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 - 7.0.8 has a significant vulnerability, see the press release. The recommended fix is to upgrade to the newest reader version 8. In the less the exciting world of updating your software, at least they changed

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Not excited with the first set of results, I took another glam shot with a smile this time.. check out the results

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Apparently I have a face that says "Early 20th Century" or Moby since we are both bald... where's all the celebrities? Why have I not heard of any of these people... well that wasn't much of an ego booster.j

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Interestingly enough Microsoft's new mp3 player, the Zune may strike an off cord with some people due to its name alone. Apparently zune is, if pronounced in the right way is pretty darn close to the Hebrew word for F$%K.. It seems unlikely that this will not truly offend anyone, it takes a weird unusual pronunciation to get close to the Hebrew f-bomb. Regardless, it makes for MS fodder.. It

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Congratulations you. Well thank you, me. Time magazine announced the annual person of the year a few days ago and it was you...and me too for that matter. Some may disagree and say that it was an easier, less controversial choice than selecting an individual world leader or what not. I think it is a real acknowledgment as to the impact the web has had on what it means to be a "reporter", how

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find a way to see this documentary

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http://one.revver.com/watch/19542/flv

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I just stumbled onto this blog from MacWorld by Jason Snell. Now obviously things have an Apple lean but the information crosses platforms. I had not heard too much about reading digital comics (DCP) but apparently there are lots of legal and illegal comics out there and slick software by which to read them. If you are at all interested in comics (especially Marvel - they seem to have the most

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A couple last minute gift ideas for yours truly :)Inspired by my good buddy Brad's BNL night of a lifetime I have a rediscovered why I love their music - it's just good. So I would like to add the new BNL album the Barenaked Ladies are Mejust for kicks I am adding the "wind it up" video cuz its good for you.

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071338183905352058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18808292.post-1163167011775334122006-11-10T11:56:00.000-05:002006-11-10T08:59:05.393-05:00

I try not to go home and drink but the gd helpdesk just won't let me! I used to be such a patient person - phone support has ruined that. Computers have been marketed like college educations - everyone needs one, but those that just get one to have it don't know what to do with once they got it.. the world needs ditch diggers and by god the world can do with people not owning computers. Why would

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Keith Olbermann - Worst Person of the Year...

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These are no particular order and generally Medium in size.FCF snow camo short sleeve rash guardsize MFCF NHB Extreme Fight Shorts - Black/Printed size SThree Most Deadly Forms size MSprawl Limited edition shorts size 30Diggnationzefrank thinkingMatt Hughes say little

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I thought I would share this article to help average users identify what problems may be lurking on their machines. I spend a good portion of my day cleaning up student machines that have all kinds of nasty malware/ spyware/ virus activity, most of the time people have no idea (and don't care) that these things are there. They simply state that they can no longer update or that things are working

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071338183905352058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18808292.post-1161194847968480862006-10-18T14:04:00.000-04:002006-10-18T14:07:27.993-04:00

is this wrong?I mean really what happened to the traditional costumes.J

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Credit Sean Ward with developing this handy search plugin for firefox. For those who are curious or those that actually need to know or verify the manufacturer of a specific network device the first 3 hexadecimal numbers of you MAC address can be entered into the IEEE OUI database to find the corresponding company. You could do that here or install his plugin and use the search box in Firefox,

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Is there anything more fun than homecoming weekend on a college campus? As a student, alum, or general party goer I would say definitely not, bring on the beer, friends and normally football. Well I have a new perspective on this good-time campus event, and that is from the humble helpdesk seat. I watch as student led tours come and go pointing out the changes and updates, but better yet is

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071338183905352058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18808292.post-1160744416370419762006-10-13T08:47:00.000-04:002006-10-13T09:00:16.386-04:00

Personally, I do not like haunted houses and choose to pretty much avoid them. After perusing this website full of things to add to your haunted house, you can be damn sure i will continue to stay away.. I guess part of me would like to see some of this furniture in action, around mid-afternoon in a well-lit area :). Check it out. I believe The Ring TV might be the scariest on the page.MMA class

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go ahead check out the link.. but I warned you.J

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life is short and if you feel like you want to try something new, search it out and try it. Last night I attended my first mma class just a few blocks from campus. This is something that has been building for around a year or so now and last night was the first step in seeing it through. Before arriving at the gym, it is safe to say I was nervous and not so much because of the combative nature of

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An outstanding interview with UFC President Dana White on the direction of the UFC and growing popularity of MMA.credit ultimate grappling magazinejason

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I will admit now that I am using my MBP close to 95% of the time and getting ready to install Vista RC2 via Parallels, I really really like my Apple. I too also get a chuckle out of the I'm a pc.and I am a mac commercials, I think they are amusing and sometimes sorta accurate. But lets be real, Apple's are not immune from common problems, soon will come the day when a real viable 'in the wild'

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071338183905352058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18808292.post-1160075663574222252006-10-05T15:07:00.000-04:002006-10-05T15:14:25.150-04:00

As a part of my job I spend a fair amount of time walking from building to building around campus and I have noticed that there are some strange things being promoted on campus flyers. Sometimes it is the choice of verbage other times it is nifty image accompanying otherwise bland headlines, and now and again it is both image and text that combine to complete the wierdness. After such a great

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Well I have sat down to make updates to my blog several times in the last few days and it just never seems to get finished, so here I go again. I guess the big thing that I am excited about sharing is that I have located a very close (a few blocks from Earlham) establishment to beginning learning Mixed Martial Arts fighting or MMA. They have an MMA team and classes are T / TH in the evening

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Even if this is a staged event, it is still pretty funny.

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Wow - what a hard rockin', ears still buzzing Indy weekend. Saturday at the Verizon wireless music center was X-Fest 2006. We got there around 2:30 which was just in time to hear Alien Ant Farm close their set with "Smooth Criminal". They rocked it and sounded great. The sun was out, the beer was cold (albeit a touch expensive at $7 for 16oz) and the crowd was rowdy. We pushed our way toward the

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So life at Earlham is beginning to settle in and feel normal. I am able to make it to and fro all week long on 1 tank of gas, which is nice. Due to the pay cut though, I am still all but poor. I am beginning to believe that this is how my life will be, worrying about every penny and wishing I had enough to buy my wife a decent b-day present. Oh well, moving on. In order to support the apple

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So life at Earlham is beginning to settle in and feel normal. I am able to make it to and fro all week long on 1 tank of gas, which is nice. Due to the pay cut though, I am still all but poor. I am beginning to believe that this is how my life will be, worrying about every penny and wishing I had enough to buy my wife a decent b-day present. Oh well, moving on. In order to support the apple

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071338183905352058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18808292.post-1156525182422265982006-08-25T12:59:00.000-04:002006-08-25T12:59:42.426-04:00

Well, I thought I would give MS Live Writer a shot for updating my blog in an easier fashion. So far as I am using it to create this post, the only incompatibility with Live Writer and Blogger was the inablity to download and use my template... guess I will see if that makes a big difference in the wysiwyg experience. I looks like it is very easy to include pictures, maps and links... on the

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I started my new position as a support specialist at Earlham yesterday and overall it was a good first day, lots of meetings / information. I am looking forward to setting up my "cube" area today. Not supposed to call it a cubicle, its bad for morale.. arggggg. Anyway, took my car in for new tires and it looks as though I have to buy some other parts that have become worn out over the past 2

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As my night draws to an end... I would like to thank our leader, Jimmy Buffett for broadcasting live on margaritaville. It was the next best thing to being there and with a quick call to me longtime parrothead friend Jules, it was almost like old times! I hope you stop by Indy next year... I will be there.Cheers to friends near and far...J

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If you want to run the videos on your iPod out to a TV but don't want to buy the Apple cable, you can use a generic 3.5mm to RCA AV like the ones that often come with camcorders. The small trick is that the the standard colors / functions don't apply. Your right / left audio channels are the white / yellow cables respectively and the video is the red. Other than that things work nicely!On another

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Ok here is today's little chuckle moment. I had received a letter from the Indiana teachers retirement fund asking me to change my address. They had not been updated since we moved, no problem. In the same envelope was a flyer promoting their online access with the ability to do what I needed to do. This was great, no mailing no hassles just boom done. So, I jump online and head to the site and I

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Since I am unemployed, I thought it best to sample the less expensive beers at my local beverage store. I walked out with OM Light at $3.75 for 6, I am feeling pretty good already. I must say I am completely impressed with OM light, granted it is an american style lager so it is very light in color and mild in taste but for that style of beer it was well done. At 3.9% a/vol after 3 quick cans I

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My how time keeps rolling on. First off if anyone knows of tech employment in the East Central Indiana / Western Ohio area please feel free to email or call me 7659643383 - Jason needs a job :). So my brother in-law got married a couple weeks ago - congratulations to him and his new wife, it was a wonderful wedding. Anyway, he got married in Montana at the Snow Bowl rented the entire lodge for 2

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Pearson delivers a devastating right/left combo to the educational world! In one week, 2 major SIS applications fall to Pearson. First Apple's PowerSchool and now Chancery's WinSchool/MacSchool lineRepresenting a school that just recently switched from chancery to Apple, I am a little concerned at the longevity of my choice. Will all of these eventually meld into one new conglomerate product?

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An extremely well written article on datamining and why you need to get familiar with this term.

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Check out the scoop

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The owner of Cedar Point amusement park, Cedar Fair has signed papers buying Paramount Parks for somewhere in the neighborhood of $1.2 billion. Cedar Point and King's Island are now under the same owner! It appears that no significant changes will be made for a couple years due to licensing contracts. Read the press release here

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It must be the end of May. My tolerance for, well anything outside of the daily norm is extremely low. Let's just say I have a full plate of personal stress and that has to be factored in to my demeanor. That aside, being in the business of technology and education everyday brings its own basket of stresses to the table. The root of which is the forced situation of trying to provided technology

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So today at school was the field day / talent show end of the year festivities. This morning was the talent show portion in the auditorium which began with an all-school salute to our principal who is saying goodbye at the end this year. I like talent shows but they tend to make me uncomfortable, kind of nervous even. I have to laugh when we do these because they tend to be very loosely organized

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So I am driving in to work this morning and mentally making a list of things that when they happen, cause stomach pains and generally ruin your day. I am keeping the list to nondeath /noninjury nobody gets hurt annoyances that can often be the "icing on the cake". Here is what I have so far:Discovering you have a flat tire - this can be elevated to higher levels of annoyance depending place and

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Logging in to blogger this morning I see that my last post was back in March. This gives me pause as I think about everything that has happened over the past couple months, as well as things I hope happen in the coming 2 months. As the title suggests - today is my birthday, 31 to be spot on. I guess I don't feel one way or the other about the age, though I am becoming more conscious of what I

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The thought of buying a PSP will get a little more tempting come next month. The price is set to drop to $199 buy April 1. Not to mention some interesting add-ons like GPS and potential memory stick hub. Now it seems the only major drawback is the lack of blank UMD media, which considering the state of copyright infringement will probably not happen anytime soon. For now. No Deal.

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The beatings will continue until morale improves.

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added some new Caleb photos to flickr

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Italian to be specific.. this podcast is all about learning the language and wouldn't you know it.. its free!

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The Lonely Island crew has done it again with a little help from Natalie Portman. Over the weekend SNL had a new digital short featuring the afore mentioned - go watch it now UPDATE - sources notified me this morning that the above link is no longer and this is in fact true. By some stroke of intelligence NBC is offering the video free of charge the way it should be. For now enjoy it, I doubt it

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Ever been driving along, pass the posted speed limit (usually 55 on Highways like 465 are a great example) and as you read the legal limit you think, shit if I went that speed I would cause a wreck. Not because you were grossly speeding and out of control but because slowing down to that mph would seriously jepordize the flow of traffic. Click here and watch the video of this group of friends in

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I am not a fan of classic rock necessarily, but the this site is cool. Listen to the vault radio and hear awesome preformances from classic venues. The shop section has some awesome vintage concert Tees, albeit a little pricey.I also learned that if you don't want to utilize the gtalk chat feature in the new gmail you have 2 choices. 1 - turn it off works for the individual but what about a

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Dressed in my Colts apparel, I sit and think what could have been... so tonight I root for the Steelers. I like Jerome Bettis, Ben Roethle... Big Ben, and the AFC. Just watched the coin toss.. it seemed weird, not sure why the officials were asking them to turn there backs? To the tech side of things Engadget has a good tech of.. breakdown..Grab a few cold brews.. game on.

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I heard on the radio this morning on my way to work that Jimmy Buffett will not be touring this summer. It was reported that he may do a couple spring / fall shows but he is taking the summer to be with his kids. This Parrothead is definitely sad at the thought of a summer without Jimmy in Indy but I understand. Jimmy I wish you the best this summer and hope you come back to Indy next summer -

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I have no clue how old this site is, its definitely not new but I chuckle everytime. When I need a dumby account to test something this is a great resource for stupid names

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before you get the respun media sanitized verision take a second and read the description by the person who was physically removed from the State of the Union address last night. scary stuff.

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Yikes! time flies, everyday I have this list of things to add to my blog and never get the chance.. To you my loyal readers I apologize. So here it is to the best of my knowledge all the tidbits I can 'member from the past few days. New to me podcast - Ask a ninjaNew to me band The Postal Service Kevin Rose mentioned them on diggnation last week so I gave them a listen they have a unique sound, I

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Wanted to take a second and promote my services. Apple iPod battery replacement - any generation I am happy to do it. I just finished up with a 1st generation iPod, the whole process took about 20 minutes and left no cosmetic evidence of my surgery.Thanks to BAM for giving due credit on the TikiBar discovery. I was listening to Bob & Tom this morning and I had to share this link. Well just follow

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Thought I would go ahead and blog this so I have a link. It is a small program that will help determine the codec both audio / video you need to view a video. The really nice feature is that it will provide a direct link to the d/l site for the needed codecs. Took all the guess work out of installing codec packs.. go grab it

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Testing post from phone

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I am going to recount my morning for the loyal readers of 'Life in these parts' for 2 reasons. 1. maybe you will laugh and I can feel better through your giggle. 2. I am so angry I can barely type this so maybe it will help get it off my chest.So I get to work this morning and as usual need to make a restroom stop, #2, enough said. I suppose you need a little idea of the porcelain choices at this

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Quickly, open question to anyone..Why must every site on the web that offers some miniscule service require that I create a username / password? Friggin' ridiculous. Hallmark you prompted this frustration. All I wanted to do was send a free e-card, quick & easy like it used to be, but NOOO now I have to have an account, login, remember yet another u/p combo... Just to send a little flair to the

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Colts, colts where for are't thou ColtsJust for my good friend Brad I will share the following linkThat being what it is - drop IE and switch to the Fox!I had a great idea for a post over Christmas break but didn't get to a computer. The idea surfaced again over the weekend as I was designing a layout for Caleb's geotrax's train set. The need for childrens toy certification, much like MCSE - I am

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071338183905352058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18808292.post-1137076711629370092006-01-12T08:41:00.000-05:002006-01-12T09:38:31.696-05:00

an original idea. sell pixels for ad space you will likely hear about it in the news because it is nearly to capacity.

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I read this article in eweek by Jim Rapoza and was once again fearful of money & government here in the "Free" world. First, stop and read his opinion. It is a quick read and may make you think. Here is why you should care: We have all enjoyed the convenience of watching & listening to what we want when we want to thanks to VCR's, Tape Recorders etc... Now we have digital media CD's DVR's, iPods

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071338183905352058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18808292.post-1135875478234379602005-12-29T11:55:00.000-05:002005-12-29T11:57:58.240-05:00

Sleep.. I don't need no stinkin----zzzzzzzzz.zzzz.zzzzz 

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As the holiday season is now upon us, I have a small list of complaint / wishes to share.I want a laptop that is quiet. One with a fan set to a lower decibel than a leaf blower.I would appreciate some real choices for broadband in rural America. If you cannot load 2 pages simultaneously or if forecastfox times out while retrieving the current temp.. you do not have broadband.I would like my son

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just thought this was a funny combination

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Some songs are just destined to be great, some songs hide from you concealing their title and artist waiting for that opportunity when you are ready to listen. Johnny Cash for instance. Never considered myself a fan, oh sure I like my share of country but not Johnny. Then there I was standing in the store debating whether to buy his new cd or save the $10. I bought the cd (cause I have spent $10

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but can we always believe what our brain is telling us? Take a look at this study on how the eyes deal with certain levels of detail when distance is a variable. Basically, it is an optical illusion. Nothing scary here, but you will be amazed. On the other hand, what can we really believe even after seeing it with our own eyes.

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Stars of the upcoming Happy Madison film Grandma's Boy... Robbie: You hit two cones back there. Those could have been pedestrians... they could have been people at her wedding!Sammy: [exasperated] They were CONES! 

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Started my flickr page tonight... thought it would be a good way to share some photos.. I had thought that the good people @ Google bought the name, apparently it was Yahoo.. maybe google offers similar and I am too lazy to search for it.

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the song that is played during the Pontiac Torrent commercial that is always played at the conclusion of Survivor, please make a comment and tell me! It is a dance-club beat with purplish lights raising to the beat. I would like to have the full version if there is one...

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article on cl shutdown jobs win2kalso note that small form factor cases are a beyatch to change out components, maybe its just me.

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Crap. I had 3 lines, good lines typed out then hit a bookmark by mistake and erased it all. Oh well, basically, I was saying how I had planned on posting from the City by the Bay. I thought I had read that google was providing wi-fi access to the city for free. Turns out that is still in the proposal stage, and our hotel wanted $10, which wasn't bad, but we were never there! So here I am back in

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Just finished up watching "The Office"... another great episode, The Christmas party... beware the corporate (or any work related) Holiday party...I find it interesting the product placement that the show does.. All of their meetings are held at Chili's, and the big present on tonight's show was a new iPod nothing overt about it, they are actually usually subtle drops.. Regardless, it looks like

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Brad, Roger Chang, Myself at the Game and Music Experience

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Touch down yesterday in sunny San Fran around 12:15 local time, 6 hours of flying had worn me out. We jumped on the bart and headed in to the city and emerged onto Market street 20 minutes later. My first impression was, WOW! It was very overwhelming the buildings, the people on the streets, the vendors, homeless, everything.. I felt like a fish out of water a little bit.Anyway, we got to our

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Well it looks like I made it.. tomorrow is the big day. I think I am going to sleep until 2:00 am then head to the airport for the 7:20 flight. That will give me plenty of time to make the hour + travel and relax with a cup of joe at the terminal.Talked to BAM today, he is equally stoked about the weekend. Looks like we are going to be able to use the public transportation once we are there to

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So everything went as planned, and then there was Caleb who is anti-napping. Argggg. So I hopped online real quick. Checked out the christmas light gone stage show. You should watch this. The music used in this is from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra which is now my favorite seasonal music. I am guessing this guy / family had a light board, setup the cues and basically put on their own show. That is

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