Posted on Friday, July 10th, 2009
I thought this someecards.com card summed it up nicely. This week we’ve had the following news items overshadowed by the king of pop’s death. Fights break out between two ethnic groups in China North Korea launches 4 short-range missiles in ‘provocative’ test Honduras Stages a Coup? Ok. I’m done looking up new stories…there’s something else [...]
Posted on Thursday, June 11th, 2009
I have a digital TV tuner box, but the problem with the DTV signal is that if it’s unclear, you can’t watch TV, and since my antenna is REALLY crappy, I sometimes watch TV in analog mode. Well, our local news station 13 really wants to encourage people to make the switch. The picture below [...]
Posted on Monday, June 1st, 2009
For anyone who stumbled here and doesn’t know me, let me say right now that I am a Christian. I believe that Jesus’ teachings and the life he modeled for us are the key to the salvation of the world in every sense. I’m more of a conservative than a moderate, I didn’t vote for [...]
Posted on Thursday, May 28th, 2009
It’s not that hard. 1. Don’t go to sketchy sites. 2. Don’t download from sources you don’t know or trust. 3. Don’t open emails from people you don’t know, and ESPECIALLY not any attachments you get from them. 4. Don’t download Bittorrents. 5. Don’t be stupid.
Posted on Friday, May 1st, 2009
I have seen updates about the Swine Flu in the last few days…and none of it told me about how serious, or how “deadly” it is. But as far as “deadliness” goes, thousands of people die from the normal flu every year…and I don’t fret about that, but that’s not my big issue here. I [...]
Posted on Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
There are three very critical components to a movie: acting, story, and cinematography. The most critical of the three, in my opinion, is acting. When I see a movie with a bad actor, it immediately jolts me out of the fiction of the story and into reality, where all I can see is the man [...]
Posted on Friday, December 19th, 2008
I went to Tazo.com to pick out some tea for the office here (that’s right, I love tea, and I long for a British accent) when I see this: C’mon Tazo! I like your tea! I want to drink Tazo tea, and browse your selection for more…but I can’t because I have to go download [...]
Posted on Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
I’m a geek. I’ll admit it, it’s true. I like adapters for various wire and cable types, I like network switches, hubs, and routers. I like VNC clients and Virtual Private Networks. I love tinkering with websites, but most of all; I love video games. I always have loved video games. When I think back [...]