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A while ago (around December 3, 2009) this blog passed the 100,000 views mark. A milestone for any blog, so I thought I’d show you some of the stats from around that time: Proof that it happened. 100024 views. Daily stats leading up to 100000 views...
Just in case you’re wondering (yeah, I know, you probably AREN’T) what you’re missing by buying a new PC (such as the HP TouchSmart 600xt – hint, hint ) with Windows 7 preinstalled, here are some pictures of a Windows 7 upgrade DVD that recently showed...
Sorry about the bad scan quality (it’s from today’s newspaper – yes, dead trees, and yes, I still read newspapers). It says:
80% of Toyotas sold in the last 20 years are still on the road today. Is it any wonder that it’s hard to make any kind of change...
I’m working on switching this blog over to the Disqus commenting system . I have it in place for commenting now, but still need to find a way to export all the old comments and import them into Disqus so I can keep the legacy discussions alive. Read More...
You may never have heard of ACCU, the Association of C and C++ Users as it was originally called. It is a volunteer organization, consisting of programmers who care about programming. The ACCU publishes two magazines, both devoted to raising the standards...
In case you’re wondering why this blog has been unavailable the last couple of days: My domain seems to get hit excessively by a couple of IP addresses belonging to Microsoft (mainly). I don’t know why or how, but my host (Dreamhost) has decided...
A recent neighborhood sunset. Points for anyone who can guess where this was taken. Looks different when posted using Windows Live Writer. Wonder why that is? Read More...
In case you’ve seen my Windows 7 Theme Pack, here are the pictures that are in it. You may want to know if they’re worth it before you download the 12+ MB of .themepack file.
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Looks like my hosting company decided to move my blog from a 32 bit OS to a 64 bit OS, breaking the PHP CGI in the process. Thus, my blog was offline for around 20 hours or so (rough guess).
Support claimed I had a “custom” PHP install, which...
I had a very unpleasant experience today. My wife is trying to deal with pain in her arms and hands from too much typing by using Vista’s speech recognition feature along with Word 2007. She was writing a final paper for a college class and had...
I don’t normally speak much about my personal life, or social issues unless they somehow tie back to technology. But I feel this is something that I must share with you my dear readers. Recently, my friend and former boss wrote a blog post stressing that...
This is something that has come back in popularity in my family recently: Boomerang, the audio magazine for kids aged 6-12. It’s a really interesting concept, in that it tries to introduce kids to “big ideas” through all kinds of interesting...
I did this the other day with my kids, and they thought it was a lot of fun.
It’s a simple experiment to do with your kids when they ask what the gears on a bicycle do. You’ll need: A bike with gears
Sidewalk chalk
A measuring tape or stick...
This is an example of how customer service is done right.
We bought a JanSport backpack three years ago or so for use at school. A few days ago a buckle broke, so I contacted JanSport via their customer service web page. I explained the situation of the...
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