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Pro-life and Pro-choice Can Be Two Sides of the Same Coin If That Coin Is Education 2008-06-28 19:17:10 I am both pro-choice and pro-life and the 2 views are not in conflict with each other because I am also very pro-education.In a perfect world, every child would be born to 2 responsible parents that loved it, wanted it, had the means and skills required to take care of it, nurture it, properly educate it, and help it to become a productive member of society.But we don't live in a perfect world, do Read more:Sides
, Education
Bill Gates Cleans Out His Desk and Leaves Behind a Priceless Email 2008-06-28 05:25:39 The internet has been cluttered lately with tributes and articles devoted to Bill Gates
and his contributions to the world of computing, on the eve of his retirement from Microsoft.Out of all of these, one in particular stands out...Back in 2003, Bill Gates
tried to download and install Windows Movie Maker, unsuccessfully, and then sent a whopper of an email rant to the proper department heads.I c Read more:Priceless
, Email
Rainbows and Cake 2008-06-27 23:27:48 My daughter went for an orientation meeting for her new job today. She landed a position on a special project with a rather large, well known company with locations all over the US.After the meeting and a tour of the facilities, she was told she could go into the break room and have some cake.Upon entering the break room, her eyes were met by the sight of rainbow banners all over the place, and a Read more:Rainbows
The American Spaghetti Crisis 2008-06-26 15:30:29 While the world's eyes are focused on the global rice shortage, skyrocketing rice prices, and how it is affecting 3rd world countries, there is another issue that seems to have slipped by relatively unnoticed: the skyrocketing price of pasta in the US.Over the last year there has been an extreme increase in the price of spaghetti and most other macaroni products. In some cases it has been an almos Read more:American
, Spaghetti
, Crisis
I survived the Bad Storm In Northern New Jersey 2008-06-12 10:26:35 On Tuesday night (June 10) we had an incredible storm here, in the Nutley, NJ area.My husband was watching the Lakers game, I was on the computer (as usual), and my daughter was in the shower.Right around half-time, the heatwave we were having ended when a violent storm rolled in, the worst in over 20 years, with heavy rain, hurricane force winds, dangerous lightning, and hail. Some say it was gol Read more:Storm
, Northern
, Jersey
Win a Microsoft Visual Studio Team Suite Package Worth Over $10,000 2008-06-08 04:53:06 DonationCoder is running another whopper of a coding contest, with the help of Chris Hanscom (who runs veign.com). The prize is a copy of MicrosoftVisual
Studio Team Suite
with MSDN Premium subscription (almost every application from Microsoft!), worth over $10,000! So what do you have to do to enter? Code a new, never-released application, using one of the free versions of Microsoft Visual
Studi Read more:Worth
, Microsoft Visual Studio
You Proposed. She said yes. Now what? 2008-06-06 09:55:07 Prewife.com is the often amusing journal of an engaged man, that also serves as a guide for wedding planning...for men.With so many guides written for women, it is refreshing to finally see something made with the groom in mind. Covering everything in the life of a groom from cold feet to what to buy your best man, this guy tells it all, from his own personal experiences...and he does it with styl
Finding Inspiration in a Billionaire Without a Home 2008-06-06 02:12:45 Nicolas Berggruen is a multi-billionaire that doesn't own his own home...or a car...or not much else, for that matter.He lost interest in acquiring and owning material things. At some point, he realized that you can't buy happiness, nor can you find it in possessions...and then he sold off everything he had.According to Mr Berggruen, “Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that Read more:Inspiration
, Billionaire
Van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles 2008-06-06 01:40:21 The first time I saw an image of this painting was when I was around 9 or 10 years of age. It was on a card included with the Masterpiece game.My first impression of it was "If they let this guy be a famous painter, then anybody can become one."I was not very impressed. Something about it was very child-like and seemed not much more skilled than the average child's crayon drawings hanging on the f Read more:Bedroom
, Van Gogh
Update on the Haiku News Idea 2008-06-02 17:52:58 I have given more thought to my Haiku
News idea over the past month, and I have come to the conclusion that the best way to do a site like this is not by having a handful of people posting and writing haikus.The best way is to make it a site like Fark or Digg, and let visitors submit the links, and not just news. But rather than require them to write a catchy headline and a brief enticing descript Read more:Update
Haiku News 2008-06-02 17:46:14 I was thinking about starting my own news site, where all the news is reported in haiku.I'd just have to take the top news stories for the day, write a haiku for each, and then post them with links to the articles.I tried to give away the idea to a friend, but he's not all that fond of 5-7-5. He's more into 4-2-0.The only thing I am worried about is that a project like this would consume way too m Read more:Haiku
Adsense Earnings and What I Plan on Doing with My First Check 2008-06-02 14:47:13 I have had an adsense account for about 2 years now. At first I only had ads on my software site, which I later removed because I needed the space for another purpose, plus I didn't really have the traffic at that time to make anything from them. (I may put the ads back on there in the future, after I redesign the site, slightly)I didn't get 'serious' into adsense till around September 2007, so mo Read more:Adsense
, Earnings
, First
, Check
BDO tracking software idea 2008-06-02 14:44:39 Every airline in the world loses luggage...lots & lots of luggage. Every airline hires a courier company to deliver that luggage to the passengers, once they find it. For each airport they have a different courier company.Those courier companies hire drivers to do the deliveries. Those drivers must keep track of data from BDO's (Baggage Delivery Order) issued for each delivery.Most do this on
Some day I am going to _____. 2008-06-02 14:40:29 Too many times I hear friends make statements about things they want to do and then make stupid excuses on why they can't.For instance, they see a restaurant they would like to try, but then make the excuse that they don't have a girlfriend or boyfriend, so they can't.But when they do have one, they sit around banging their head against the wall coming up with ideas on what to do, where to go, etc
EntreCard Needs Bigger Better Whips 2008-06-02 14:35:00 What is the deal with EntreCard's signup form?I have been trying to create an account for at least a week. Every time I hit the submit button on the signup page, I get this error:Is there some trick to getting an account that I do not know about? Is this some sort of exclusive club and "certain people" are not welcome to register?This is not a problem affecting a certain particular browser, as I h Read more:Needs
5 Tips for Studying with All Your Senses 2008-06-02 14:29:55 Most students need to study if they want to do well. There is no denying this fact. But for each student, and for each subject, the method of studying that is most effective will vary. One thing that is for sure, is that they will be using one or more of their 5 senses to accomplish it:tastetouchsmellsighthearingWhich one works best is an individual thing. And most traditional study methods miss s Read more:Senses
What does a 13 year old boy from Texas do with hookers? 2008-06-02 14:27:54 He plays Halo with them, of course!And then grows up to be a politician.This is one of the most hilarious news articles that I have read in awhile."13 Year Old Steals Dad's Credit Card to Buy Hookers" Read more:Texas
Google Trends Fiction 2008-06-02 14:23:38 I have often wondered how popular of a site you could have if you took the list of the day's top 100 searches from GoogleTrends
and concocted a wild crazy humorous well written story, incorporating as many of the search terms from the list as you possibly could.Of course the story would have to make sense, and that would take a fair amount of writing skills. And it would take a fair amount of tim Read more:Fiction
, Google Trends
Silver Buttons 2008-06-02 14:21:57 Another batch of blank buttons for you to have some fun with.The zip file contains a variety of sizes from 23x23, to 600x23.Included is a number of formats: .bmp, .gif, .jpg, and .png.These buttons may be used for both non-commercial and commercial purposes.You may use them on your website, in your applications, or whatever you wish.You may alter these buttons to suit your needs in any way you des Read more:Silver
, Buttons
Music Downloads Will Now Be Blogged 2008-06-02 14:16:58 In the past, I have added my Last.fm music finds to my playlist and embedded that in a player on the sidebar. Everything that I added could be downloaded, full songs, for free.To cut the time it takes for my blog's pages to load, and because Last.fm's player has issues, I am going to start making posts for my music finds and get rid of the player.If you have never bothered to listen to my playlist Read more:Music
, Downloads
What to do with all this yarn? 2008-06-02 13:40:32 In a previous post, I mentioned how I was dejunking my home. While on this adventure I came across a huge trash bag full of vintage yarn from the late 70's-early 80's...leftovers from projects created by my stepmother.What I would like to do is either create something, a single project, that uses as much of it as possible, or many very small projects.The colors are many, but the amounts aren't eno
Rank Spanked 2008-05-24 08:26:18 I have had a few of those freebie .tk domain names for quite awhile pointing to a few sites of mine, that back when I started those sites, the hosting of them was quite unstable.I acquired them so that visitors would always be able to find my sites, even if the hosting and real url changed frequently. Those sites were originally hosted on free servers or in the case of one of them, a single page o
Creative Commons and Author's True Intentions Creates Copy Confusion 2008-05-13 01:49:34 You see it every day on blogs all over the web: content posted with a Creative Commons
license.The Creative Commons license, for his own original works, is the choice of the author. He is not forced to do this (unless it's a derivative work based on another Creative Commons work, or he is publishing someone else's CC licensed work). He does it willingly. He makes the conscious decision to make his Read more:Author
, Creates
If I could read someone's mind for just one day 2008-05-05 21:59:04 I have an online friend that I am crazy about. I don't know if it's love. I am not sure I even know what love is, any more, or if I still believe in love. But there is some kind of feelings there, I can't deny that, even if I can't define what is.I know plenty about him, without really knowing anything at all. It all seems so superficial, and kind of empty, and leaves me craving something deeper.
How I feel right now 2008-03-14 16:30:23 The good pc has been down for about 10 days and it doesn't look like it will be coming back. I don't have the money or the skills or the luck needed to fix it, nor can I afford to replace it.It feels just like 2003 all over again, only this time I won't allow myself to be stuck using an old P1 with WinME for 2-3 years, watching the world pass me by, feeling hopeless, powerless, pathetic...while pe
Procrastinators: Beware of magical mops 2008-07-17 13:34:33 Some of what makes anti-procrastination tools work, is their novelty. Once that novelty wears off, you are right back where you started, procrastinating again.A hypothetical example:Let's say I hate mopping my floor and I always procrastinate about doing it. Then I see an ad on TV for a wonder mop, with a handle that twinkles when you push it. You stop pushing, it stops twinkling. You push it fast Read more:Beware
Bloggers With Comment Forms That Suck a Chunk of Your Life Into a Black Hole 2008-07-15 01:25:37 Listen up, John Chow, Jack Humphrey, Matthew Henrickson, Andy Beard, and the rest of you lazy and/or inept bloggers out there:I am tired of wasting my time on broken comment forms, screwball captchas, lazy moderation, and bad site design.Too many times in the past 2 weeks, I have tried to make comments on blogs that ended up sucked into cyberspace and never making it to its destination, which is t Read more:Comment
, Forms
, Chunk
, Black
, Black Hole
Picking Up Where George Carlin Left Off 2008-07-11 22:28:41 I found a brand new blog today called "What a Crock of Monkey Snot". It's a rant blog, written by a guy from the UK that goes by the name of "Crock".And while he doesn't have very many posts yet, he is off to a great start. From ranting about stupid blog comments, to stupid Vista updates, to the increasing amount of bandwidth it takes to load your ISP's homepage, he does it with an amusing style t Read more:Picking
, George
, Carlin
U Comment = I Comment - Exchange Your 2 Cents Here 2008-07-08 01:43:17 There are a number of people that read my blog and will contact me in private or elsewhere to share their thoughts, rather than leaving comments here.They raise interesting points and we get into great discussions.This is why I have very few comments on my blog and so many long IRC & private message chatlogs, instead.Then there are others that read and wander off...with me never knowing what t Read more:Comment
, Exchange
Freedom Sandwich 2008-07-06 01:01:23 Yesterday, on the anniversary of America's indepencence, I wanted to write a piece on freedom, but kind of got stuck.At first I wanted to write about the countries that still are not free, like China, where bloggers are now resorting to writing backwards in order to beat censorship and report about what is really going on behind the Great Firewall.Or perhaps focusing on who is and isn't totally fr Read more:Freedom
, Sandwich
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