Archive for 2005
Tuesday, March 29th, 2005
This is a sample post to see how the system is updated. This thing is pretty cool. I can add to the blog from any browser from any connection. So, no painful HTML editing to do to add content to the site; it’s easily added just by using the admin interface on […]
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Thursday, March 31st, 2005
Well, welcome to the new site. It’s amazing — as Igor, my Russian co-worker would say. And, it actually is amazaing; I’ve learned more about HTML, PHP, XHTML, CSS, etc. in the past four days than I learned over the past 4 years! And, let me tell ya — this stuff is […]
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Monday, April 4th, 2005
So, what ever happened to customer service?!? Does it not exist? Well, let me help ya out here. IT DOESN’T! There is no adjective to describe how deeply my hatred goes when it comes to having to deal with both service and good oriented establishments — ‘cus neither one of […]
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
Um, was that a sound in the engine?
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
You ever want to see what it was like to see the earth from space. . . I mean, actually space itself?! No? Well try it anyway. It’s pretty sweet. Google bought this company with plans to tie it into their ever growing collection of all the world’s garbage. […]
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
Ever since Google started to offer users a GMail e-mail account, which includes storage space of 2000 megabytes, you have had plenty of storage space but not a lot to fill it up with. With GMail Drive you can easily copy files to your GMail account and retrieve them again. So, don’t let […]
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
I should really get a job at Popular Science. I push this magazine on people as if it were the Bible or something. My dad had a subscription to this magazine since the early 70’s; I can remember it since I was a wee little shortie. I would always grab it from […]
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Thursday, April 14th, 2005
A few months ago I finally caught Penn and Teller’s new show — well, really not that new — on Showtime, Bullshit. And, let me tell you, this has got to be one of the best shows on the air right now. The shows basic premise is to attempt to bebunk common […]
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Monday, April 18th, 2005
Well, a day after I posted the ‘Popular Science’ item below, I received a message from them. The subject was ‘Popular Science - Seeking Permission. At first I thought that I was going to get some heat (the usual for me) for posting an old magazine cover of theirs, but to my surprise, […]
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Monday, April 18th, 2005
Okay, whoever you may be. . . I guess I never really explained my intentions for the “gallery.” I went with this involved, comprehensive, feature rich gallery to try and have all you wonderful people give me some feedback on the shots that I posted up there. Yeah, I want you to […]
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Tuesday, April 19th, 2005
I found a great plug-in today — MyNetFlix; it doesn’t really do much, but what it does do is pretty cool. Plus, it’ll work well in the ‘Movies’ page I am working on for my blog. It is a plug-in capable of listing your current queue at NetFlix. After downloading it, I […]
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Friday, April 22nd, 2005
You want to get some laughs yet learn an immense amount of sometimes practical information? Well then, The Straight Dope is for you. The basic gist is, people write in with these questions — questions ranging from the semi normal to the absolute bizarre. Then, Cecil Adams, the world’s most intelligent human […]
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2005
Okay, for those of you in the video world, there is an open source application that, if found, will become the backbone of all your video processing. That app is, AviSynth. I found this app many years ago and shelved it. It did what I needed back then — putting frame numbers […]
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Sunday, July 24th, 2005
Took a trip with Meg this last weekend — up to Charleston. My Mom had hooked us up with a nice weekend in Charleston as a Christmas gift last year. Went and saw ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ at the local IMAX. Nice! I wish that all features films were filmed […]
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2005
Okay, it’s official. I was diagnosed with ‘Site Deficit Disorder’. The symptoms are apparent; just look at the number of postings that are present on this site since I created it. Maybe it’s because I think blogs are a bit ‘gay’. I don’t know. Either way, I’m going to try […]
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2005
Home Depot is the most disorganized, worthless, waste of a company I have ever seen. I’ve given them the benefit of the doubt over the years — even though they have screwed me on several occasions. But, now. . . I’ve had it. I’ve been screwed for the last time. Lowe’s, […]
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2005
A work associate and myself have started a small shareware venture — W² Software. . . Well, not really a venture, but a webpage with some software we created and a donate button. (Get it, donate button. . . meaning, send us cash! ) The software was mainly born out of our needs […]
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Thursday, August 18th, 2005
Is it just me, or are people generally disorganized and cruising’ through life with a complete lack of any common sense?! You know, I try hard, really hard, to give people the benefit of the doubt, but they never seem to fail to surprise me. Or, should I say, not surprise me. […]
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Saturday, August 20th, 2005
Only one hour left and the Kid officially becomes thirty-six. Nutty. . . Feels like I was just a kid a few years ago. If years start going by any quicker though, at seventy they’ll seem like days! Whoooa, boy. And, does this mean I have to grow up now?
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Monday, August 22nd, 2005
The saga continues on the Home Depot, hardwood floor gig. But, now we’re getting somewhere… This arrived in my Inbox the other day:
Dear Mr. Wolf,
Thank you for your e-mail of August 10th.
We have added your latest comments to the information you previously provided to us. At the same time we have contacted the […]
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Thursday, August 25th, 2005
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2005
A WordPress plugin that displays the top headlines at Slashdot.com
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2005
It’s been some time since I heard any decent music… you know, music other than this processed, copied crap that gets cranked out for the baggy-pants wearing, juvenile delinquent types. (Probably gonna piss a few peeps off with that one. Oh, well… I enjoy the heat.) Fortunately however, the past few weeks of Nettin’ have […]
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