News: cnn.com: 66 held in Spanish child porn raid “Why don’t you have a seat right over there…”
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What is DNS?
I’m hard-pressed to explain exactly what I do for a job. Usually telling people I work in IT is enough. Other people press me for details, and the fun process of trying to explain IP address management, DNS, and DHCP begins. So over the next few weeks I’ll try to educate you on some of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Evening News Drinking Game
Want an excuse to drink during or after dinner but before Jeopardy and Seinfeld? Play the Network Evening News Drinking Game. Rules: Every time a drug commercial comes on, take a drink. Modifier: Take two drinks if the advertised drug helps with Restless Legs. Simple. Works equally well with NBC, ABC, and CBS network news.
Read the rest of this entry »Dear McDonalds
This was sent to the McDonald’s restaurant complaint people by me a few minutes ago. It’s enough already with the shitty 20% accuracy failure rate. Having an ongoing issue with this location and order accuracy. I always order breakfast combo #4 (sausage/egg biscuit meal). 80% of the time I receive sausage/egg, the other 20% I [...]
Read the rest of this entry »New style
Let’s try this style for awhile. It doesn’t really do it for me, but this stylesheet will be easier to edit than the old one.
Read the rest of this entry »Movie recap: Pride
We watched Pride tonight. If you haven’t seen it, I’ll boil it down. Basically, Terrence Howard finally earns the respect of Tom Arnold. Honestly, I can’t watch another inspirational sports movie where the Good Guys win the Big Tournament at the end. Not that this happens in Pride… but then again, yes it does. You [...]
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This entry got me thinking about my feelings on personal hygiene. Germ-wise, I feel like I’m a pretty clean person. I’m not too paranoid about hygiene stuff. There are a few exceptions, which I don’t believe are abnormal: When I deal with food, I keep my hands as clean as possible, even if I’m the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Fireworks roundup
July 4th is all about barbeque, beer, and fireworks… oh, and celebrating our country’s independence, I read somewhere. Inevitably, July 5th brings a rash of stories about fireworks-related mishaps. Vienna, VA – 10 injured Oakland, CA – 1 injured, critically Staten Island, NY – 5 police injured trying to shutdown illegal fireworks display North Dakota [...]
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Does anybody like this site style? It’s starting to wear on me and I’m learning CSS so I can start working on one that’s a little more “me”. Fair warning if you start to see peculiar stylings here in the next few weeks…
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I went to the library yesterday and picked up several books in preparation for a holiday spent outside on the deck. Mother Nature had other ideas. It rained practically all day, driving us indoors. You know, it’s hard to complain, though, given the amazing weather we’ve had since hermano and family arrived on Sunday morning. [...]
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