Bill Willingham and Matt Sturges, the former who wrote some of the worst Robin stories in recent years, the death-at-the-time of Stephanie Brown included. Maybe he's got some energy to spare in Fables, but on the more mainstream books he's written for DC, he's got none, and his recent writing efforts, DCU: Decisions to name but one, have sold very low, deservedly so.
So, I don't expect Justice
One of the first things we did at our last two properties is to replace part of the lawn with gardens.
It’s not that I hate the turf… especially my idea of turf which is combination of grass, white clover, and whatever green plant happens to take root in my lawn at the time. If [...]
The International way to deal with not being able to call mom or dad, call and aunt or uncle! lol.
Last night, I really wanted to talk to my mom, but I wasn’t going to wake her up in the middle of the night, so I called my aunt.
One of my roommates was nodding her head [...]
Local anesthesia is commonly used no matter what method is applied in hair replacement surgeries. Sedation and anesthesia generally makes the patient feel comfortable and more relaxed. Although a person’s scalp does not feel any pain, the patient will still be aware of pressure and tagging during surgery. There are other types of anesthesia available during hair replacement surgeries. General an
Google Page Creator is awesome - anyone can build a good looking website in minutes using the built-in templates or they can write pages externally (say in Dreamweaver) and upload them to Creator.And everything is free - there are no ads on your pages and Google takes care of all the web hosting bills. But as they say, all good things come to an end, and so is Google Page Creator getting replaced
Trains are interesting objects of observation, owing to the various purposes that they serve. In Japan, they have the regular commuter train as well as the Shinkansen.
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I hate to be contrary. I know that we’re supposed to have respect for those who passed, especially if it’s as recent as this morning. But I’m not gonna even lie, I’m kind of pissed. Really! In this day and age, is it really possible for people to not know that there are certain prescription pills that you can’t mix together?
Here's something that should make your weekend more complete. It's old, from 2005, but I just stumbled across it.There is a free Paul Westerberg tribute album, entitled Bring Your Own Lampshade, available for download.I haven't heard of any of the artists doing the covers, but the song selection does span Westerberh's whole career. Solo stuff like "Born For Me" and "Waiting for Somebody" are peppe
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A few weeks ago, I inexplicably referenced The Flinstones in Viva Rock Vegas in one of my posts. Sure, that may be grounds for movie blog renouncement right there, but somehow my inpending trip to Las Vegas made me think of it. Besides, it gave me the idea for the post that you're currently reading. See, the first Flintstones movie starred John Goodman in the title role. Who doesn't love Goodman, after all? He was in Roseanne, he'll be forever remembered as Walter Sobchak - heck, he even played The Babe (not that anyone cares to remember that one). So, imagine Jack's Total Lack of Surprise that the second, Goodman-less (and every other star-less) Flintstones movie bombed. But as bad as either film might sound, the truly egregious act here was the replacement of Goodman with the terribly un
Saturday’s Republican conventions may be a signal of a paradigm shift in Minnesota Republican political thought.
Traditionally, the incumbent would receive the de facto endorsement of the party. Both Democrats and Republicans have enjoyed this undeserved luxury for most of our nation’s political history.
Saturday’s caucuses have produced a much different result. Grass roots activists within their [...]
For people who have difficulty with self selection and/or portion control, meal replacements (e.g., liquid meals, meal bars, calorie-controlled packaged meals) may be used as part of the diet component of a comprehensive weight management program. Substituting one or two daily meals or snacks with meal replacements is a successful weight loss and weight maintenance strategy.
Before completely giving up on ever being the weight you'd like to be, consider drinking your way to your ideal weight - you may just keep the weight off longer. Researchers from Clinical Research Labs in New Jersey followed 64 women for one year and compared the effects on body weight and composition of two diet plans similar in nutrients. One plan incorporated liquid meal replacements while the other plan followed
-DAY 68. I'm excited to report that I have found the solution to my Spooning problem! .Who knew IKEA would come to my rescue in my desperate times..I told my beloved hubby of ALMOST 7 YEARS COME APRIL 16th (day after the tax deadline, we figured we needed 2 things to stress about every year) that I was going to buy him a substitute to cuddle with. Behold Hippodot:She is huggable and squeezable with no danger of being strangled to death unlike her human counter part who wakes up after her air supply is cut off in the middle of the night. You know, that might explain why I've become so forgetful. Lack of oxygen to my brain... If you think poor Hippodot has a pitiful look on her face now, imagine what she'll look like 7 years from now....I did give him a choice between an alligator and a hipp
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(Archived in: Open Source and Shareware Online Applications)Series Number NineABIWORDUse the most excellent AbiWord app as an alternative to MS Notepad and WordPad. "AbiWord" is part of an open source project that started out as "AbiSource" by the SourceGear Corporation. It has been winning awards since 1999. Refer to AbiSource Dot Com for the complete history and description.From the AbiSource Website:"AbiWord is unique among word processors in its drive to become a fully cross-platform word processor. Our source code is carefully written so that AbiWord will run on virtually any operating system with a minimum of time spent on porting. This combined with our support for internationalization (the ability to run AbiWord in many languages) gives AbiWord a massive potential user-base."Multi Platform / Interoperability (source: www.abisource.com)Although this blog series in on MS Replacements, consider AbiWord as a robust word processor to use on the operating system that you prefer - it
Chinese vehicle markets have shifted permanently in favor of replacements, according to the Union of National Passenger Car Market Information.Rao Da, secretary-general of the association, predicted there would be at least 8.5 million vehicles sold in 2007, one-fifth of which will be consumers’ second car. Figures show the number of passenger cars in China increased to 35 million units in 2006 from 12 million in 1997.
The new vehicles sold in Beijing totaled 392,000 in 2006, and the number of second-hand vehicles sold was 320,000 units, up 57 percent from 2005, said Su Hui, general manager of Beijing Asian Game Village Automobile Exchange, adding the transaction volume of second-hand vehicles is expected to reach 500,000 units this year.
Local replacement means that an incoming page is brought in only to the relevant process’ address space. Global replacement policy allows any page frame from any process to be replaced. The latter is applicable to variable partitions model only.
(Archived in: Open Source and Shareware Online Applications)Series Number Seven KATO RESTORATION"Restoration" by Brian Kato restores files that have been deleted permanently. I have not disabled the Recycle Bin, but if you have been reading this blog then you know that I have "hidden" the recycle bin and my deleted files automatically bypass the recycle bin.You can read a hack on how to skip the recyle bin at this Saman Sadeghi post. Below is a screen shot of the Restoration utility window and controls on my PC.From the SNAPFILES Website:"Restoration is an easy to use and straight forward tool to undelete files that were removed from the recycle bin or directly deleted from within Windows, and we were also able to recover photos from a Flash card that had been formatted. Upon start, you can scan for all files that may be recovered and also limit the results by entering a search term or extension. In addition, it also provides the option to wipe the found files beyond simple recovery.
(Archived in: Open Source and Shareware Online Applications)Series Number SixFIREFOX BROWSERNo doubt if you have been around computers any length of time, you know that Microsoft owns the browser market with over a 70% share. Netscape and Opera no longer are contenders, although Navigator shares its roots with Firefox because of the Mozilla Foundation. If you have a hard time understanding the relationship and history between Mozilla, AOL, Netscape, Firefox, and maybe even SeaMonkey, then take the time to read all about it as chronicled in, "Understanding the Relationship and History Between Mozilla and Netscape".Suffice to say that Firefox and Netscape 8 are not one and the same animal, and that Firefox may well be the Ultimate MS Replacement, as in replacing Internet Explorer. If you don't know why you should switch to Firefox then you need to read "Top 10 Reasons to Switch" , or "Rediscover the Web". You can download the Firefox Browser from either site. Firefox is also the recipi
Now you all know that Windows Media Player is one the worst players available. So here I have some replacements for it. I would recommend all WMP users to switch to something better. And that also when all the other good applications are free to use.
Now, let’s start the list
VLC Player
Also known as Video Lan Player is a must-have for every computer-geek just like having Harry Potter’s seventh book for a Harry Potter fan. It plays every thing you can imagine. As far as I remember, I have never had any compatibility problems with this player. You can say “It plays almost anything you throw at him“. I would recommend you to download this and try it out. It supports file formats such as MPEG, MOV, AVI, ASF, WMx, OGG, WAV, 3GP (this is just the start) and more. And one more thing, it’s skinnable just like other good applications. Download the best skins from here. The default is just like giving you a heart-attack, so get the skins now!
KMPlayer
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(Archived in: Open Source and Shareware Online Applications)Number Three in A Series AUSLOGICS DISK DEFRAGThis post is the third in a series pertaining to MS replacement possibilities. Along the lines of keeping your registry clean and making backups a frequent must, it makes sense to continue our review with a replacement for the MS disk defragmenter with Auslogics Disk Defrag.After years of keeping too much junk on my computers, and now that I am starting with a clean slate, my intent is to keep things clean and running smoothly through routine maintenance with free tools like CCleaner and Auslogics Disk Defrag.From The Website:"Disk fragmentation leads to system slowdowns, PC crashes, slow startup and shutdown and sometimes to system failures. Auslogics Disk Defrag® is designed for fast optimization of today's modern hard disks. Get the
(Archived in: Open Source and Shareware Online Applications)Number Two in A Series CCLEANERThis is the second in a series of posts dealing with applications to replace MS applications. I still am running on Windows XP, will use these applications discussed in this series for some time on my PC, but eventually want to be running Linux on a laptop for the mobility.Portability and usability are big on my agenda. This definitely is an MS alternative...as in a replacement for the Disk Cleanup utility.Since I have cleaned things up on my answer machine, time to make sure we keep things clean. That brings us to CCleaner Dot Com. I thought the "CC' had to be for "computer cleaner", but it turns out it stands for "crap cleaner". I have used this off and in the past, and now I have it embedded in my routine to run it a few times a week.From The Website:"CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
- Bertrand Russell
Russell was obviously never an Arsenal fan because the one absolute certainty at this moment in time is the overwhelming sense of doom, perpetuated by the media, and some irrational fears coming through. The situation is what it is. And Life Goes On. What is done, is done, and now we start a new era.
Who that era involves is unknown. Alan Smith hit the nail on the head yesterday when he noted that Henry exerted, either accidentally or purposely, a huge influence over the young players in the team. In the same way that George Graham’s team became overly reliant on Ian Wright, the current squad were overly reliant on Henry. When they lost their ‘talisman’, they struggled to score. In confirming the transfer, Arsenal’s hand was forced. The Club had wanted a lid kept on the deal until next week when they believed that they would have secured a replacement. Th
Shane “Footsteps” Falco is a disillusioned football player who believes his dreams have all but dissipated. Once a red-hot All American prospect, Shane now regrets ever believing that the NFL would draft him. However, fate takes a strange twist for Shane when during the 1997 NFL season, a player’s strike leaves the fields (and stadiums) empty, leaving team owners scrambling to fill uniforms as fast as possible.
When the Washington Sentinels bring back the contentious and self-retired head coach Jimmy McGinty to seek out players who will play with their hearts rather than their wallets, he picks Shane to lead his mismatched crew of outsiders through the strike. To everyone’s surprise, the ragtag team goes on an unprecedented winning streak as they discover in themselves the ability to hope for more than they ever thought possible…maybe even the playoffs, which has been denied to the Sentinels for seven years.~yahoo
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Whitney Gould of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned yesterday that a friend of hers has dubbed her "Gutenberg in the Digital Age" because she doesn't own things like an iPod, cable television, a digital camera or a Blackberry. She disavows any interest in new technology and explains why she much prefers a good book over any electronic version of the same thing. While I am Gould's complete opposite when it comes to new technology gizmos, I completely agree with her that a good book beats a new tech version of the same thing hands down.Recently, when I was convalescing from back surgery and a fractured foot, my techno-aversion took on new dimensions. After a brief fantasy about gizmos that might make my confinement more palatable (now is the time to finally call the cable guy; I really should get into text messaging, etc.), I reverted to my primitive ways. What I craved more than any high-tech gadget, I realized, was time to read.And read I did - 18 books in four months. Novels
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