Archive for June, 2005
Chopsticks and popcorn
First let me start by admitting that I didn’t come up with this idea but I do feel I can expand on the concept a bit. Most people employ one of the following ways of eating popcorn. The painfully slow one piece at a time method. The hand full in your face, funny sound snarfing [...]
No More Pens.
That’s it. I give up. I have tried every pen ever made and I can’t write with any of them. I’ve been fighting this battle for years. I finally got sick of not being able to read any of my notes about two weeks ago and went hunting, once again for a solution. I found [...]
Upgrades – Get them done!
Most developers are afraid of upgrades of software they don’t control. Most are fine with pushing their own changes into production but very few rest easy when it comes time to upgrade the database. They have little to fear with MySQL if they stay on top of it. Between every release of MySQL A list [...]
The More You Know – Murder
murder (mûrdr) noun: A flock of crows.
Gotta Love The Government
About a week ago I received my tax return check. Today I received a letter informing me that they couldn’t direct deposit my refund and that I would get my check in about three weeks…..
Fry’s Hardware Purchase.
2G Ram. 250G SATA HD. Adaptec SATA Controller. Stupid SATA Power Adapter. 1G SD Card. I love Fry’s. No prices on this one because I can’t find the receipt. [update 6/6/2005] This whole section if for me to keep track of my bad habits. Not to brag about any new crap I get. [update 6/6/2005] [...]
Howto Yahoo!ize firefox.
I personally like my firefox to not be so google heavy. Mistyping something in the address bar and having it send me to the first google “I’m Feeling Lucky” link is somewhat annoying. Here is how to switch firefox use another search or none at all if you want. I’m going to switch it to [...]