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CORANTE ON BLOGGING - a page all about blogging, from the same source as AMATEUR HOUR.
Friday, January 31, 2003
Blogging
AMATEUR HOUR: the "me" in media. Doesn't just pertain to blogging, but discusses the effects of blogging, why people blog, etc. Another "its a way for the masses to be creative" type article. I thought it was very good.
AMATEUR HOUR: the "me" in media. Doesn't just pertain to blogging, but discusses the effects of blogging, why people blog, etc. Another "its a way for the masses to be creative" type article. I thought it was very good.
Browser Tabs
Mozilla supports browser tabs, which are pretty cool. A friend just pointed me to Tabbrowser Extensions. It gives you even more tab functionality, such as locked tabs, default options for dbl-clicking on a tab, in the tab-bar, etc. Some cool stuff.
Mozilla supports browser tabs, which are pretty cool. A friend just pointed me to Tabbrowser Extensions. It gives you even more tab functionality, such as locked tabs, default options for dbl-clicking on a tab, in the tab-bar, etc. Some cool stuff.
Thursday, January 30, 2003
Tif
Tif, my talented, beautiful and amazing older daughter, as she called herself in my guest book, has signed my guest book! That is very cool. Someone reading my blog! As I very rarely use the phone, and am not all that great at email, this is a great way for her to keep up on things. Lastest "Tif news"... she and Brian are looking for a house. Very cool! Apparently the biggest problem is finding a living room big enough to hold their TV and give them enough room to sit far enough away from it! I wish I had THAT problem. :-) And yes... I love you too Tif!
Tif, my talented, beautiful and amazing older daughter, as she called herself in my guest book, has signed my guest book! That is very cool. Someone reading my blog! As I very rarely use the phone, and am not all that great at email, this is a great way for her to keep up on things. Lastest "Tif news"... she and Brian are looking for a house. Very cool! Apparently the biggest problem is finding a living room big enough to hold their TV and give them enough room to sit far enough away from it! I wish I had THAT problem. :-) And yes... I love you too Tif!
Lady Jaime
Lady Jaime has been invited by her Uncle Edward to spend her 16th birthday at his country estate. She is welcome to bring along some of her closest friends. As some of them may have never seen his castle before, the day will start with a tour. After the tour the young ladies may retire, freshen up, and then arrive for tea at 1:00 PM. Dress is formal, as required of all young english ladies! As there are many activities at the castle, the ladies will not be staying in the castle, but will be housed in the Pink House, with a chaperon. (The chaperon is required, as it is rumored that the stable boy has quite the feelings for Jaime!). The ladies will arise the next morning to a scrumptious breakfast back in the castle and then may return home at their lesiure.
OK... So Jaime isn't a "Lady", isn't English, and has no "Uncle Edward". But she has apparently been watching way too many "chick flicks" like Mansfield Park. ;-) But hey... you only turn 16 once, and she is so cute and beautiful! Her and her friends, spending the day at Glen Eyrie castle, spending the night in a house all to themselves (with a few adults in the other room!) and then breakfast the next day. How cool for them! And they'll be pretending they are in England the whole time... I'm sure. Much too "chick flick" a setting for me... but I'm very happy for her. As for me, I'll probably send them best wishes and then go watch Bruce Wills blow something up, or something like that.
Love ya so much kid!
Lady Jaime has been invited by her Uncle Edward to spend her 16th birthday at his country estate. She is welcome to bring along some of her closest friends. As some of them may have never seen his castle before, the day will start with a tour. After the tour the young ladies may retire, freshen up, and then arrive for tea at 1:00 PM. Dress is formal, as required of all young english ladies! As there are many activities at the castle, the ladies will not be staying in the castle, but will be housed in the Pink House, with a chaperon. (The chaperon is required, as it is rumored that the stable boy has quite the feelings for Jaime!). The ladies will arise the next morning to a scrumptious breakfast back in the castle and then may return home at their lesiure.
OK... So Jaime isn't a "Lady", isn't English, and has no "Uncle Edward". But she has apparently been watching way too many "chick flicks" like Mansfield Park. ;-) But hey... you only turn 16 once, and she is so cute and beautiful! Her and her friends, spending the day at Glen Eyrie castle, spending the night in a house all to themselves (with a few adults in the other room!) and then breakfast the next day. How cool for them! And they'll be pretending they are in England the whole time... I'm sure. Much too "chick flick" a setting for me... but I'm very happy for her. As for me, I'll probably send them best wishes and then go watch Bruce Wills blow something up, or something like that.
Love ya so much kid!
1/2 a pound makes all the difference
I usually just delete SPAM w/o even reading it. I've been getting a lot of "lose 22 lbs in" mail. But today I got "lose 22.5lbs in 3 weeks." Wow... an extra .5 lb... I just had to open it and check it out.
OK... so I really just deleted it. Do they really think the extra *.5* lbs is going to grab someone's attention?
Speaking of SPAM... CO has a great No-Call list. Are phone has almost stopped ringing w/ annoying calls. Now some state rep wants is sponsoring a bill for a No-SPAM list. Would work just like the No-Call list, but for spam... Would this really work? I think *most* the spam I get is not by legit companies or is by individuals. I think it is a great thought - get rid of SPAM... but is this a feasible solution? Not sure.
I usually just delete SPAM w/o even reading it. I've been getting a lot of "lose 22 lbs in
OK... so I really just deleted it. Do they really think the extra *.5* lbs is going to grab someone's attention?
Speaking of SPAM... CO has a great No-Call list. Are phone has almost stopped ringing w/ annoying calls. Now some state rep wants is sponsoring a bill for a No-SPAM list. Would work just like the No-Call list, but for spam... Would this really work? I think *most* the spam I get is not by legit companies or is by individuals. I think it is a great thought - get rid of SPAM... but is this a feasible solution? Not sure.
Friday, January 24, 2003
GotW
Been reading some articles in the C++ Journal by Herb Sutter. Some great stuff. His articles are available for free at various sites off his main page.
Been reading some articles in the C++ Journal by Herb Sutter. Some great stuff. His articles are available for free at various sites off his main page.
OK
It's a bit bizzare to me that I did a search on Amazon for Martin's book "Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices" and on the page that came up was the following: (in addition to the book itself).
I'm not sure what search engine (or whatever) thought that someone interested in a C++/OO-Design book would also be interested in Clean Underwear...
It's a bit bizzare to me that I did a search on Amazon for Martin's book "Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices" and on the page that came up was the following: (in addition to the book itself).
Customers who wear clothes also shop for:
- Clean Underwear from Amazon's Target Store
I'm not sure what search engine (or whatever) thought that someone interested in a C++/OO-Design book would also be interested in Clean Underwear...
32 Bleu
My original post on Sixpence said I didn't know where 32 Bleu was. I've since updated that note with the link. Asked around, no one knew. Went out to Google and typed it and and up it popped. Cool. Turns out it is an "american bistro & concert night club" on 32 S Tejon St. They are playing Monday, Feb-3, at 9 PM. All ages. I'll probably see if I can get a group of people to go!
My original post on Sixpence said I didn't know where 32 Bleu was. I've since updated that note with the link. Asked around, no one knew. Went out to Google and typed it and and up it popped. Cool. Turns out it is an "american bistro & concert night club" on 32 S Tejon St. They are playing Monday, Feb-3, at 9 PM. All ages. I'll probably see if I can get a group of people to go!
Thursday, January 23, 2003
Googlert "Googlert is an experimental free service which keeps you updated on what the web is saying about you, your products or your interests. It does this by performing regular Google searches on your behalf and sending an email alert containing any new results that appear."
Pulled the previous from Ev. Checked it out. I used to use Spy... something, I forget now. I didn't have that many searches and mostly what I turned up wasn't all that relevant. Maybe I'll give this a shot at some point.
Pulled the previous from Ev. Checked it out. I used to use Spy... something, I forget now. I didn't have that many searches and mostly what I turned up wasn't all that relevant. Maybe I'll give this a shot at some point.
Raised in a different place
Jaime is always ragging on me for how I pronouce 'poem.' I found out today that I right... with at least 32% of the population. Must just be that I grew up in a different area than her!
Jaime is always ragging on me for how I pronouce 'poem.' I found out today that I right... with at least 32% of the population. Must just be that I grew up in a different area than her!
HS
V: Do you need a ride home this afternoon?
J: Yeah
V: Well you'll have to wait while I move my stuff. Hey, you can help me move it!
J: OK
V: I guess I should tell K I'm moving out.
J: Yeah, you don't want her to be shocked when she sees all your stuff is gone!
M: Are you moving out of K's and moving in with J?
V: Yeah. K is just so disorganized... and it is so hard living with a disogranized person.
After thinking about it, it stuck me funny. Sounded like a couple of people talking about roommates or something. But no, it was two high school girls talking about changing locker partners.
Jaime starts back at high school today, after being home schooled for the past year and a half. Good luck kid. I think it will be a blast!
V: Do you need a ride home this afternoon?
J: Yeah
V: Well you'll have to wait while I move my stuff. Hey, you can help me move it!
J: OK
V: I guess I should tell K I'm moving out.
J: Yeah, you don't want her to be shocked when she sees all your stuff is gone!
M: Are you moving out of K's and moving in with J?
V: Yeah. K is just so disorganized... and it is so hard living with a disogranized person.
After thinking about it, it stuck me funny. Sounded like a couple of people talking about roommates or something. But no, it was two high school girls talking about changing locker partners.
Jaime starts back at high school today, after being home schooled for the past year and a half. Good luck kid. I think it will be a blast!
Sixpence
Was in Guitar Center Monday buying some sticks and Tina saw a poster for Sixpence. I didn't see it (she told me after we left), but I thought it would be cool if they were coming to town. Went and checked their web site, and sure enough they will be at 32 Bleu on the 3rd... Not sure where "32 Bleu" is, but I'm going to find out.
I've been listening to Divine Discontent quite a bit the last few days. Paralyzed is a pretty errie song... but also very cool. Also I was very surprised to hear Don't Dream It's Over done by a Christian band?. I *thought* this was a Frampton song, but I guess it was done by Crowded House. Very cool. Also I though that Leigh's vocals on it were very good.
Was in Guitar Center Monday buying some sticks and Tina saw a poster for Sixpence. I didn't see it (she told me after we left), but I thought it would be cool if they were coming to town. Went and checked their web site, and sure enough they will be at 32 Bleu on the 3rd... Not sure where "32 Bleu" is, but I'm going to find out.
I've been listening to Divine Discontent quite a bit the last few days. Paralyzed is a pretty errie song... but also very cool. Also I was very surprised to hear Don't Dream It's Over done by a Christian band?. I *thought* this was a Frampton song, but I guess it was done by Crowded House. Very cool. Also I though that Leigh's vocals on it were very good.
Wednesday, January 22, 2003
SPAM
The worse thing about SPAM, imo, isn't dealing with having to delete it. Using MailWasher I can do that fairly easy and it doesn't take all that much time. The real issue is that I'm always worried that I'm getting mail from someone that I haven't marked as a friend, that is legit, and their address just looks like SPAM. So now I'm at least bringing up the beginning of the mail in MailWasher so I can check. How annoying.
The worse thing about SPAM, imo, isn't dealing with having to delete it. Using MailWasher I can do that fairly easy and it doesn't take all that much time. The real issue is that I'm always worried that I'm getting mail from someone that I haven't marked as a friend, that is legit, and their address just looks like SPAM. So now I'm at least bringing up the beginning of the mail in MailWasher so I can check. How annoying.
Common sense has prevailed
Judge Throws Out McDonald's Obesity Suit
"If a person knows or should know that eating copious orders of supersized McDonald's products is unhealthy and may result in weight gain ... it is not the place of the law to protect them from their own excesses," the judge said. "Nobody is forced to eat at McDonald's."
You always here about these stupid lawsuits... but so many of them win. I'm glad at least one judge made the right decision!
Judge Throws Out McDonald's Obesity Suit
"If a person knows or should know that eating copious orders of supersized McDonald's products is unhealthy and may result in weight gain ... it is not the place of the law to protect them from their own excesses," the judge said. "Nobody is forced to eat at McDonald's."
You always here about these stupid lawsuits... but so many of them win. I'm glad at least one judge made the right decision!
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Google News
Google News, an interesting way to check out the news. It is in beta and probably been around for a bit, but I just took a look today after seeing yet another mention of it on a blog.
To me, this is one cool thing about reading blogs. Rather than surfing the web and trying to stay up on everything, I can find a few people whose opinions seem valid, and follow their links. This allows me to stay more up-to-date than usual, but w/o all the effort on my own part. That is how I used stating the obvious when it first came out.
Google News, an interesting way to check out the news. It is in beta and probably been around for a bit, but I just took a look today after seeing yet another mention of it on a blog.
To me, this is one cool thing about reading blogs. Rather than surfing the web and trying to stay up on everything, I can find a few people whose opinions seem valid, and follow their links. This allows me to stay more up-to-date than usual, but w/o all the effort on my own part. That is how I used stating the obvious when it first came out.
Monday, January 20, 2003
Worship
I drummed again Sunday, and it was great. It is hard to explain, but I was really on. Maybe not in a "I'm so great" kind of way, but in a flowing kind of way. Yeah, I probably sped things up some, like I always do :-}, but you could just feel God's presence. We really started moving. I had a great time and was playing hard. I need to find some Vic Firth sticks, 'cause the B2 and B5 sticks I got from Graniers just aren't lasting. (I think they are generic Zildjan sticks w/o the brand name). I chipped a wood tip and also chipped the nylon on a nylon tip. Oh well. I have one old Vic Firth stick (nylon-tip) and it is great. Anyway, Sunday was great. I came off the stage shaking. One thing that was really cool, and helps builds the dynamics (I think) is that I'm starting to play the toms much more. Not so much in rolls, but just as occasional hits. Michael has been doing this lately and I think it really adds, so I started doing it. It is pretty cool when you feel like you are flowing, and that the Holy Spirit is playing through you, and you do stuff that you've never done before and it just works. Stuff that you'd normally never be able to do. Its a God thing. :-)
Teresa is great to play with too. She's like, "Hey, I want you to play passionately in that last song... and I know you can. Just go with whatever you feel!". It is really freeing, and lets the Holy Spirit just take you where he wants.
Very cool stuff.
I drummed again Sunday, and it was great. It is hard to explain, but I was really on. Maybe not in a "I'm so great" kind of way, but in a flowing kind of way. Yeah, I probably sped things up some, like I always do :-}, but you could just feel God's presence. We really started moving. I had a great time and was playing hard. I need to find some Vic Firth sticks, 'cause the B2 and B5 sticks I got from Graniers just aren't lasting. (I think they are generic Zildjan sticks w/o the brand name). I chipped a wood tip and also chipped the nylon on a nylon tip. Oh well. I have one old Vic Firth stick (nylon-tip) and it is great. Anyway, Sunday was great. I came off the stage shaking. One thing that was really cool, and helps builds the dynamics (I think) is that I'm starting to play the toms much more. Not so much in rolls, but just as occasional hits. Michael has been doing this lately and I think it really adds, so I started doing it. It is pretty cool when you feel like you are flowing, and that the Holy Spirit is playing through you, and you do stuff that you've never done before and it just works. Stuff that you'd normally never be able to do. Its a God thing. :-)
Teresa is great to play with too. She's like, "Hey, I want you to play passionately in that last song... and I know you can. Just go with whatever you feel!". It is really freeing, and lets the Holy Spirit just take you where he wants.
Very cool stuff.
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