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Room Chills - The Unpacking 2008-05-25 21:34:47 A respectable part of the life of the average programmer is the maintenance of a good work environment.
if you think the above sentence is boring, do not lose hope. there are pictures at the end of this post!
One of the huge quandaries of the aspiring college student is what to do with all the stuff [...]
Poetry Corner - In Restless Grove 2008-04-20 22:30:10 This semester, the fires of sonnetry have been kindled within me again. I was afraid, after a rather dry season last year, that my unoriginal logic side had conquered me, and I would never be able to write poetry again.
So, although I have never published any sonnets that I know of, I shall post my [...] Read more:Grove
, Poetry
, Restless
Windows 8: Reverse Curse 2008-04-08 18:16:20 With all of the misleading hype about Windows
7, very few writers and tech nuts (like me!) seem to be contemplating Windows 8. However, I think they have put more thought into the OS-after-next than they realize. Allow me to illuminate and share some possible guesses about an operating system that, while being planned, is [...] Read more:Reverse
7 Musings on Windows 7 2008-04-06 17:10:30 Over the past month or so, website after website has rolled out review after review of “Windows
7.” Of course, everything they say is almost pure postulation; with Windows Vista barely weened of its first year and Vista SP1 only recently released, any news of a new operating system from Redmond is tentative at best.
However, [...] Read more:Musings
Cut and (not so) Dry 2008-04-05 20:57:37 After a hiatus of many days (or months), I decided to post a photo gallery depicting what caused me to stop posting.
During the vicious, early days of the semester, I woke up one Saturday morning, eager to finish off my homework and start the next week off ahead. After going through all of my emails, [...]
Invisible 2008-03-01 17:23:50 That is what this post is: invisible. Or, rather, what it would be if it went the way of the other three posts I was going to write in the past few days.
Yet another month has gone by without leaving its mark on my blog. However, hardly a week goes by without leaving a mark [...]
Blogging 2008-01-30 12:49:39 Reading blogs is a little bit like watching a dolphin as he travels his wettish world.
Diving deep, with his tail a’flash a’flow a’flipping
In a sweep, rolling waves a’roll a’ripping–
A dolphin loves attention, to be sure. If he had the time, he would likely spend his life above the water, floating up above for some human [...] Read more:Blogging
End of Theme Week 2008-01-12 14:02:40 Well, now I’ve got to sit down and figure out which of the three themes will work. The break-down:
AquaTheme
- Definitely original. Not too hard on the eyes. Nice, mute colors.
Black-n-Blue - The fastest theme I have. It downloads in three seconds compared to the others, which take ten to fifteen. The white text on [...]
Merry Ole’ School 2008-01-11 07:40:52 Reporting live from a university near you, it’s Daquell saying, “School
’s in!”
This semester’s round-up involves Speech, Acting, Medieval Literature, Biblical Church Leadership, Greek (round II), and work! After interviewing some of the classes, the consensus is that a good semester is ahead. An exclusive interview with Speech left me with these closing remarks:
There Read more:Merry
Theme Week 2008-01-06 21:19:39 From impending pressure of the Web 2.0, Website Optimization, and general gut feeling, I’ve changed my blog template. Every time a blog owner changes his/her template, I groan inwardly. I always think, “Well, that’s fine Charley-Bob, but what’s wrong with the old one!?” Except I don’t really think those exact words, because the owner’s name [...] Read more:Theme
An Upset Dog 2008-06-20 00:12:00 Tonight our dog started barking his warning bark. Not his angry bark, just his warning bark. That could mean that a leaf smacked the outside of the garage door, or it could mean that someone is skulking about on the driveway.
I’ve been downstairs twice, and outside once, trying to put an end to this. I [...] Read more:Upset
Trespassing Teens 2008-06-19 00:01:58 Following close on the heels of the mysterious truck crash, another unsettling event has befallen our quiet neighborhood:
It’s late at night, and I hear a thumping coming from the corner of our house. I assume my sisters are taking the dog out. This close to midnight? The thumps continue… and then I hear my sisters [...] Read more:Teens
Daredevil Trucker 2008-06-11 02:34:17 It is approximately 2:25… AM. My parents and I have just been awakened by loud, squealing tires and a sickening jolt of crunching metal and shattering glass.
Looking out the window, we see a single headlight shining up from our neighbor’s ditch. I believe it is a car; my parents say it used to be a [...]
Egging, Part II 2008-06-01 23:09:53 Apparently, that wasn’t the last of such nonsense.
This evening, my sister was home alone while we all went to church. She says that she was upstairs when she heard someone banging on the back door leading in from our porch. When she heard the noises, she called Mom…
…and that’s all that happened. Nobody has broken [...]
Egging Us On 2008-06-01 17:08:08 Our house was egged this morning (or sometime last night). I think we shall survive, though.
The egg-throwers were merciful… they only three one egg. We washed it off without much ado, got in our van, and attended Sunday morning church.
Hopefully that will be the last of such nonsense.
Operation: Cameroon 2008-07-08 10:38:26 This week marks the launch of yet another blog… this time, for our family mission trip to Cameroon.
I would go into a lengthy dissertation about preparing for the trip here, but I suppose that sort of thing is best done on the trip’s blog itself. So, without further ado, ready to visit Africa? Read more:Operation
Live.com, a new haven for webmasters 2008-07-02 21:22:10 While killing time (precious time! O, Time that I Do Not Have!) yesterday, I noticed a small section of links at the bottom of my favorite search engine. One for advertising… a complete disappointment. One for developers… not currently useful, though I like knowing Microsoft already has such APIs out.
And then, “Hold the phone! Count [...]
*gloat* 2008-06-30 23:01:42 Don’t make fun of the big M, Mr. Yang.
“Tome: of Sword and Dagger” RPG Forum 2008-06-28 18:34:46 After many long and trepidacious hours of coding, searching, hunting, and gathering, I offer now a replacement for the venerable but broken How To Be A Hero forums: Tome: of Sword
and Dagger
. Obviously, the user-base is rather small seeing as the site was just launched. However, I anticipate it growing to normal proportions soon.
Away, [...] Read more:Forum
The Old Gamer 2008-08-04 20:27:31 As a youngin’, I often get tired of hearing older people whine about the “good old days,” when even your enemies went out of their way to be nice to you, when you could get seven pounds of chocolate for a penny, and when your kids could play outside by themselves, even in the middle [...] Read more:Gamer
End of a Cat 2008-07-27 21:09:47 After a whirlwind trip to the Cameroon in Africa (details on another site), we returned home with spirits bounding high with reckless abandon. Thirty-six hours of airplanes and rented vans has the tendency to do that to a person. So, there we were, as happy as mantisis in an ant migration, when the hammer struck the [...]
Computing Factors Algorithmically 2008-08-21 00:29:53 Introduction
Do you remember, way back in grade-school, when you were taught how to find the prime factors of a number? It was the biggest pain… especially since you knew that your teacher already knew the factors of that number, and that any work you did was not for anyone’s benefit. Let us face the cold, [...] Read more:Computing
Mr. MultiPersonality and Teaching 2008-08-25 22:38:56 So, every Thursday possible our pastor allowed me to teach the children (ages 4-12) for an hour and fifteen minutes. For anyone who has studied age-groups or worked with kids with such a wide variety of ages, this task does not look easy. But, I’m not posting to brag about the “great feats” that I [...]
College Critters, Track One 2008-10-25 22:13:08 A friend of mine and I are producing a CD of tips ‘n tricks by our very own CollegeCritters
. A sample track is below. More tracks may follow…
Track
#1 - Nasal Decongestant (if buffering is slow, try right clicking and saving to your computer) (or, you could buy me a faster server).
Wrapping up a Semester 2008-12-03 16:41:02 Today I took the final two quizzes for my two hardest classes. Next stop: final exams.
It sure seems as if this semester has flown. At a slow rate, of course. Thinking back over everything that has been accomplished, however, it definitely looks full and long. And next semester looms ahead-aaah. Mustn’t think about that now.
Fourteen [...] Read more:Semester
, Wrapping
New Theme 2008-11-30 00:18:16 Thanksgiving Break has been a whirlwind tour of home. Besides a number of other events that have gone on (and which will be duly posted), this site finally got a (much-needed) face-lift.
However, it is not complete. If you have any suggestions, please note them now. Or, forever hold your peace.
Finally, I beg forgiveness for not posting [...] Read more:Theme
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