Archive | November, 2006

30 November 2006 View Comments

This irks me

I pulled up to the Starbucks drive-thru the other day and they had a tip jar sitting next to the window. I used to work in the service, so I understand the importance to one’s income tipping can be. These people make at least minimum wage. I usually just ignore the tip jars on the [...]

29 November 2006 View Comments

This broke my truck

Yesterday evening I apparently ran over this lovely gem. Just put on the spare you say? I would have, except that my spare is currently on the front right. The tire resting where my spare should be is flat. Yeah, I’m prepared, eh? I was lucky enough to get towed to a service station just [...]

28 November 2006 View Comments

I severely dislike popcorn

No, not the buttery kind you find at the movies. I love that popcorn. I am talking about the popcorn that you find on the ceiling. That white, dusty stuff that falls off whenever you brush something against it. Scraping it off the ceiling is was an absolute nightmare. Some parts of it came off [...]

27 November 2006 View Comments

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25 November 2006 View Comments

Weird javascript effect

On any website containing pictures, just paste the code below into the address bar of your browser. 1javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.getElementsByTagName("img"); DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position=’absolute’; DIS.left=(Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5)+"px"; DIS.top=(Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5)+"px"}R++}setInterval(‘A()’,5); void(0); Tweet

25 November 2006 View Comments

An early start to the day.

Well, not really. There is a ton of sanding left to be done in the kitchen. And with everyone asleep, no work will commence until the house is awake. Not literally of course, but I am sure you figured that out, right? Talon has had a blast with the boys. They have all been going [...]

22 November 2006 View Comments

And for today’s interesting tidbit

1 x 8 + 1 = 9 12 x 8 + 2 = 98 123 x 8 + 3 = 987 1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876 12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765 123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654 1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543 12345678 x 8 + 8 = [...]

22 November 2006 View Comments

What camera do you use?

Flickr has the answer. Click the image below to view the camera statistics of images posted. Tweet

22 November 2006 View Comments

All growed up

Kate and Ricky had some pictures taken of the kids. Here is one of Talon. He looks much older than six, don’t you think? I feel old. Tweet

22 November 2006 View Comments

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope those of you that acknowledge Thanksgiving have a safe and tummy filled day. Those of you that don’t, should stay safe and eat lots too. Tweet