How NOT to Implement a Paywall
Yeah…I hope they didn’t pay these guys too much. Via: Cynical-C.
Category: Miscellany
Windows 7 0x800704cf Error
So I turned on the computer today and the network shares weren’t working. Ran through a couple of checks: Can I ping the machine? Check. Can I remote desktop into the machine? Check. Are the firewall settings okay? Check. Can...
Misc. Adventures
Just some random photos to unload from the camera. We recently saw this little guy scouring our Mums for prey: Spent the weekend in Tennessee. Stopped by a BBQ/country music festival in Nashville. Got myself some Bayou Billy’s homebrew soda....
Advertising Done Right
This one made me chuckle:
I Learned A New Vocabulary Word Today…
Apophallation. Apophallation is a technique resorted to by some species of air-breathing land slugs such as Limax maximus and Ariolimax spp. In these species of hermaphroditic terrestrial gastropod mollusks, after mating, if the slugs cannot successfully separate, a deliberate amputating...
Cappuccino
Got myself a Bialetti cappucino/latte set this week. I have to say, I’m pretty impressed. Check out the results for yourself: It comes with a milk frother cup, which worked out really well. Check out my Amazon review: I’m a...
Now For Something Completely Random…
“Network Apologizes For Mocking Athol” http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/06/ap/strange/main3915750.shtml (AP) A cable sports network says it no longer will make Athol the butt of its jokes. Comcast SportsNet said Thursday it would pull a newspaper ad that leaders of the small central Massachusetts town...
And I Thought My Setup Was Badass…
Excessive? Maybe. Badass? Most definitely. Now I’d be way more impressed if those monitors were 30-inchers.
Commitment Chains, GUIs, Frustration, And Other Ramblings…
Warning: massive brain dump ahead… As I was laying down to sleep and having a discussion with my wife – much to her dismay – the topic of her current graduate class came up and she mentioned how much she...
Photo Tour Of China
Rediscovered an awesome photolog of a tour of China today. Note to self: visit China.