Sep
7
Pretty pretty, Shiney shiney…
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I have to admit that I’m usually behind on things, like updating about our move… You don’t want to know how long it took me to upgrade my WordPress when I first got it on my site, just because I didn’t want to mess with it. And moving to FireFox from IE? Yeah, let’s not talk about that, even if I do taunt and tease Goob about using IE 5.5 on my laptop…
Needless to say, I’m trying to stay with the curve on this one…
A new webbrowser that really is faster than all of the others. No joke! And it has its own task manager built right in so that if one of the tabs you have loaded gives you a problem? There’s no closing all of the tabs. Nope, all you do is just open that sucker up and kill the one giving you problems. Can’t complain about that one.
I’ve had a few times that its hung up on me and I’ve switched over to FireFox, and there was an issue earlier in the week about the Terms of Service in it, but other than that, its not a bad little program.
There are some other great little features to it, and the way it brought everything I had set up over in FireFox over? Well, flawless. Added to the speed with my already lightning fast internet, and?
Well, it was worth a shot to try it out, so I suggest this one back on out to my friends…
EDIT: If you happen to stumble across this post, please take a look at my update to this post… I no longer recommend this browser.
Aug
31
Everybody needs a little help sometimes…
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I know that I’ve been really quiet recently, and I promise that I’ll update soon, but between unpacking and getting settled in here and the virus that hit me last weekend, well, I’ve been busy to say the least. That’s why I dedicate this Sunday Share to something that’s helped me out with some of those problems I had:
This software alone, while only being a 30 day trial, helped me out because my Norton’s was expired. And at about $35 a year? Can’t top that. My protection files update regularly overnight, and its caught anything and everything and even some trojan related files that I never knew I had.
So while I get this all back together? I’ll let you take the time to download and protect yourself…
Aug
24
Good Sunday morning, friends… I just wanted to have a friendly Sunday Share from Champaign-Urbana, Illinois as we’re fully moved in and rip-roaring ready to go.
Yesterday morning we went to the farmer’s market in downtown Urbana. An area that we just started to explore yesterday seeing we’ve mostly stuck with Champaign and the west side of the town, its got a small gorgeous main street type area with a very nice sized farmer’s market. And if you’ve ever been to the one in Winter Park by Orlando? Imagine that, but about three to four times the size, with various live musicians throughout, and produce that’s even fresher, naturally baked bread, and very uncommercial arts and crafts.
And amidst all of that, we found something that was commercial and familiar. See, back when Sarah lived in Utah, there was a bread store that she really enjoyed and that I enjoyed when I got to try it on our honeymoon, and apparently? There’s another in that chain here:
Sadly, Orlando and Florida friends, the closest you get to something that has this sort of fresh quality that I know of is Yalaha Bakery, but even still? It just isn’t the same…
Take care, and I’ll be back soon with a fuller update!
Aug
17
Okay, so I know that I take way too many political shots on my blog, but this is one that I just have to share, especially after a contribution I passed along recently.
An all around fun site that even if you are a Republican, you can always find some humor if you look past some of the partisan shots. The webmaster does a great job with his finger on the pulse of the age issue with humorous posts and other videos that show arguments in the perceived judgement of John McCain.
Sure, I know I’m in the can for Obama, but even not being solely for him, I think that there’s enough things on here to consider what’s up with this nominee… By the way, if you’re curious my submission? Head over here and read it.
Aug
10
The old games are the best ones…
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I’m very much a vintage sort of guy, and I love playing all of these old games. Recently, I lucked out and I happened to find this little freeware gem…
Remember the old JezzBall game? Well, first of all, this isn’t JezzBall. The concept is similar, but its just as fun. Oh, and my old laptop? This one works just fine on it. A brilliant time waster. Love it.
Aug
3
Another freebee site that I enjoy hitting up is actually a daily changing one…
Game.Giveaway of the Day.com
Both of them are run by the same folks, and they have some great software items pop across their pages. On the game giveaway site, each and every Saturday and Sunday, they give away games that normally run $15-20 or sometimes more. And on the other site? There’s everything from DVD ripping/burning programs, computer memory and tweaking utilities, to screensavers. All in all, it doesn’t hurt to add the sites to your RSS feed and just see what pops up and each and every day, maybe find a free little piece of software goodness…
Jul
27
Maybe Columbus was wrong…
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Instead of my usual link or cool item for the day, I thought that I’d actually post a freebee that I found on HIF today. Well, yeah, I wrote the entry for it and I posted it, but still.
If you head to Thomas Friedman’s website–particularly this page–you can sign up for his e-mail list and for a free download of his book The World Is Flat. I actually sat down and read this book a year or two back and really enjoyed it, despite the fact that it didn’t really do anything to explain the problem but just diagnosed the situation.
And to get it for free? Well, can’t really beat that. Being an audiobook too, you can enjoy it on a long roadtrip, like the one I have ahead of me.
Oh, and by the way, follow my instructions on the link to HIF so you don’t have to wait for the additional parts. It’ll save you some time there. But hurry: this is only good till August 4th!
Jul
20
An older charm…
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Following off of my post from Friday about my old computer, I need to share one of the best resources that I think most people know about but I want to post about it here…
Yup, anywhere and everywhere on this site you can find anything from Version 3.0 of Internet Explorer to the original download of GAIM. All of these are mostly pointless and unnecessary, until you actually need them. Sorta like me this past week.
Alright, I’ve got nothing else, enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Jul
13
Its all in the mix…
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I never really made many people mix-tapes. I’ve made one friend here or there one of sorts, but I remember growing up how I used to sit by the radio and carefully wait for the few songs that I wanted and do my damndest to record them off of the radio to make my own mixes. Why? So I could hear all of the songs that I wanted to hear, without having to wait three hours to hear it on the radio again. Yup, all of my hits, back to back to back. And you wonder why I love the 90’s so much?
That’s what makes this site so great:
A bunch of folks found their old mixtapes that old boyfriends or girlfriends made for them and share not only the music in beautiful grainy tape quality, but the stories and memories associated with these analog relics.
Poetry in music if I ever heard of it, if you ask me… And a great way to get a ton of free music too!
Jul
6
Hey its…
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Free?
I figure for this Sunday Share that I’d actually fully talk about something that I keep referring to from time to time here, there, and everywhere else.
Back a few years ago while I was working the RHAP shift one night, I got bored and I started Googling about getting freebees. I mean, hell, I’m a college kid (something I can’t say much longer), so I might as well get anything that I can for free. And that, is when I found Hey Its Free.
Goob runs an awesome site, and there is a nice little family on the forums there. One of the sites that I truly enjoy visiting and always like talking with the folks on the board.
And yes, I may be a writer for the site, but I wasn’t paid at all for this endorsement. :)
Jun
29
ChaCha says what?
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Remember Ask Jeeves? The search engine where you’d post your search queries as questions? Well, a classmate of mine showed me something similar to that…
What it is, is the website of a really unique cell phone service. Running around and have a question? Text your question to 242242 (or “ChaCha”) and in the next few minutes or so, you’ll get a reply back from a real person. Answers change all the time, depending on who’s answering, so you can answer one question and get different answers if its opinion based, but if its factual, well, its a good start.
Forgot who won Superbowl XIV? Ask ChaCha.
Need to know the airborne speed of an unladen swallow? Ask ChaCha.
And if you need a magic 8-ball style answer? Just ask ChaCha.
I’d say that the possibilities are endless. Its just like Googling yourself. Ever do that?
Jun
22
Almost as awesome as a successful Larry Craig joke…
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The other day while reading my usual icanhascheezburger.com, they posted a link that I scoffed at originally. It was a site that supposedly was a more political version without lolcats. And then, I went over and read it and had a smile…
Yes, my friends. A site that takes the best of lolcats and superimposes it on politics. PunditKitchen.com, which I readily linked for you on the picture.
Now, while I’d like to talk more? I have a class to head to. Back on Monday to talk about campaign public finance and all of that fun stuff. Or maybe, I’ll wait till Tuesday, as it is, just because MSNBC calls every Tuesday Super Tuesday from now till the election…
Jun
15
Happy Father’s Day… Kick back your feet and…
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let a cat lick them!
For this sunday’s Sunday Share, I thought I’d share a little video clip that I took this Thursday with my cell phone. As you can see, that’s my cat Cassandra licking my feet. So to all fathers out there? Kick back your own feet and relax and have a great Sunday there.
Jun
8
Not so cool in real life…
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This Sunday Share is sort of a follow up to my social networking rant the other day…
Thanks, Goob, for putting that on one of your sites. In watching that video, it makes me laugh and realize how lame things really are on that side of the track…
Not that I’m much better, I mean, I do update my status constantly on Facebook…
Jun
1
Viva Chuck Todd!
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For this Sunday Share, I want to share something very cool that I found the other day…
Yup, you read it right… Viva Chuck Todd! A site that celebrates the commentary of Chuck Todd, one of my favorite talking heads out there (if you hadn’t figured that out by now). A very well spoken man, its about damn time that someone recognizes how awesome he is… And speaking of how awesome he is…
Oh, and by the way, this blogger here wouldn’t mind if someone got him one of the organic shirts in XL… If you need my address, let me know… :)
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