|
|
within the past hour (8:04pm pst), earthquake nc40204636(measuring 5.6 on the richter scale) hit near san francisco; based in the alum rock area of san jose. fortunately, impacts to the blogosphere should be minimal. it was about 20 miles from dave winer'
Post.aspx?Title=Earthquake+Just+Hit+San+Jose+-+Measured+5.6
-
Post -
10/30/2007 9:42:55 PM
just some more thoughts on my car's underheating problem. i was driving last night for about an hour. even with the windows up and heat on, i had to wear a coat. it just isn't right that the car would have difficulty generating heat. it stays frosty, and
Post.aspx?Title=Ruminations+on+the+Eclipse's+Underheating+Problems
-
Post -
10/28/2007 10:27:24 PM
i realized that i have some decent multimon resources here, mostly in the form of very widescreen panoramic wallpapers. unfortunately, until now, they were all interspersed at random with no bookmarkable single location to get them.
so i wrote a new
Post.aspx?Title=Multi-Monitor+Resources+Link+Added
-
Post -
10/27/2007 12:14:10 AM
one of the more prolific trolls on channel9, under the pseudonym 'shooby', posted some flamebait today. the post was so inarticulate and poorly thought-out that i felt i had to respond.
his initial post, sans irrelevant cannabis-induced meanderings:
Post.aspx?Title=10+Reasons+Windows+is+better+than+Linux
-
Post -
10/26/2007 9:02:25 PM
i ran a traffic analysis today and must say, i like the results. stats are for the dates of 07/14/07 19:40:19 through 10/16/07 17:09:55. all stats have had internal addresses (hits from me) filtered out, so this is pure external data.
general
to
Post.aspx?Title=Blog+Traffic+Analysis+and+Ruminations
-
Post -
10/26/2007 7:39:11 PM
since my project just got pushed to test and we have to wait for them now, i've found myself with some time at work. so the boss's boss tasked me and j to another project...
the "other project" is an inventory system under a totally different group (
Post.aspx?Title=Helping+the+Wrong+People+with+the+Wrong+Product
-
Post -
10/26/2007 6:25:57 PM
interesting. my recent google search results include some unusual results:
got the glass: #2 of 85,900,000
afterdark for windows vista: #1 of 27,000
car repair estimates: #12 of 263,000
10 most recent google searches: #4 of 18,100,000
i ju
Post.aspx?Title=Today's+Googleability+Results
-
Post -
10/24/2007 7:12:37 PM
i went to the garden of the gods yesterday around sunset and did the tourist thing. the pics are being hosted at my flickr site; alas, the panoramas i extrapolated therein wouldn't fit into my monthly flickr upload allotment, so here they are.
for th
Post.aspx?Title=Very+Widescreen+Wallpapers+-+Garden+of+the+Gods+Scenery
-
Post -
10/23/2007 7:57:39 PM
a project at my company goes through these phases:
1. analysis, design, documentation
2. development
3. testing
4. production
i just finished my big, fancy, secret project's development cycle and moved into testing. now i get to sit back and
Post.aspx?Title=Project+Goes+to+Test+Phase
-
Post -
10/23/2007 7:16:14 PM
i've had ten cars now. each one of them had no problem generating heat; in fact some generated too much. tonight i went driving through the seven falls [ website ] area up in the mountains. i kept trying to get hot air to heat up the cabin, but the eng
Post.aspx?Title=The+Eclipse+has+an+Underheating+Problem
-
Post -
10/21/2007 7:53:46 PM
we got our first snow last night. it looks like we got about 4" and none of it seems to be on the road. either it got plowed already or it just didn't snow there (?).
hopefully the winter of 2007 will be shorter than the winter of 2006, in which we g
Post.aspx?Title=First+Snow+of+Winter+2007
-
Post -
10/21/2007 4:10:19 PM
tomorrow is the end of the development cycle for my (big, fancy, secret) project at work. i ran into some interesting complications and learned a few things in the process:
1. how to write a windows service
2. windows services don't like regular win
Post.aspx?Title=First+Dev+Cycle+Nears+an+End
-
Post -
10/19/2007 12:05:49 AM
the car is finally completely running. i just paid $1100 for a bigass tuneup and new-car repairs (see previous entry), but it runs alot better now.
the thing i find amusing, of course, is that the "check engine" light came on after the mechanics at m
Post.aspx?Title=Car+is+Done
-
Post -
10/18/2007 11:58:21 PM
never would have thought i'd end up on page 1 of a google search for unused halo 1 product key... sure enough. obviously, i would never broadcast a perfectly-good product key across the internet; i'd keep it for my own selfish gains. nonetheless, i find i
Post.aspx?Title=Google+Works+Funny
-
Post -
10/18/2007 11:49:07 PM
41. why is firefox faster on vista than internet explorer?
42. give me a way to get windows 2000/xp window behavior and aero glass visuals at the same time. just because i like it to be attractive doesn't mean i should have to look at the bloat and have
Post.aspx?Title=Things+that+bother+me+about+Windows+Vista+(SP1+Beta)%2c+Part+2
-
Post -
10/17/2007 9:09:28 PM
1. dwm (desktop window manager, the service that runs aero) is consuming 158mb "working set", which i believe to be non-paged ram.
2. still has crappy multi-monitor support. even if i overlook the fact that i had to get a driver written this month to ge
Post.aspx?Title=Things+that+bother+me+about+Windows+Vista+(SP1+Beta)%2c+Part+1
-
Post -
10/17/2007 8:44:38 PM
just a quick tip for the googlers out there who find themselves with as empty a search page as i was. if you're developing a .net application using a 3rd-party library to access a db2 database, sucks to be you.
anyway, when calling a stored procedure
Post.aspx?Title=SQL0113N+DB2Exception+when+accessing+DB2+from+.NET
-
Post -
10/16/2007 8:17:18 PM
meineke finally finished inspecting my car and gave me the run-down on the initial repairs needed to get it up to a "reliable" position:
brakes: $557
($69*4) rotors
$62 front pads
$59 rear pads
$160 stuff i didn't write down
engine:
Post.aspx?Title=Car+Repair+Estimates
-
Post -
10/15/2007 7:39:15 PM
live.damnednice.com -- in this video i perform some testing and initial marketing on a new windows vista user interface i've been working on for task switching. requires adobe flash.
Post.aspx?Title=MV003+-+New+Windows+Vista+Interface
-
Post -
10/14/2007 3:10:18 PM
live.damnednice.com -- it took three bug reports to microsoft, three new video cards, and a whole lot of patience; but i finally have aero glass working on my six-monitor configuration. those of you with shockwave flash installed and enabled can play t
Post.aspx?Title=MV002+-+I+got+Aero+Glass+Working+on+my+Multi-Monitor+Setup
-
Post -
10/13/2007 8:44:27 PM
i created another very widescreen wallpaper yesterday, having been inspired by an area with a significant elevation difference and mountain vista at sunset. be warned, this is a very widescreen wallpaper!
69 megapixels. wallpapers simply don't get bi
Post.aspx?Title=Another+Very+Widescreen+Wallpaper
-
Post -
10/13/2007 7:24:56 PM
i registered the car today. it took two freaking hours, with 13 booths open. other than the stagnant departmental progress, i was unexpectedly satisfied with the service. i walked in with a signed title and my dd 214, and had the proof of insurance faxed
Post.aspx?Title=Final+Car+Legalisms++Completed
-
Post -
10/12/2007 10:04:20 PM
so, i'm on my ninth car now. the eclipse is fully paid off ($950) and i have the signed title in hand. now, i must look into locations and hours of operation for the dmv (which handles registrations here instead of the county clerk). i have to remember to
Post.aspx?Title=Car+is+Paid+For
-
Post -
10/11/2007 9:59:22 PM
if you glance at your sidebar, you'll notice two new sections toward the bottom: recent queries and recent referrers. i added this a few nights ago.
recent queries reflects things people have recently searched for and clicked on my link. so i figured
Post.aspx?Title=Added+Recent+Referrers+and+Queries
-
Post -
10/10/2007 5:55:26 PM
the next release of the big, fancy, secret project i'm working on at work is due within two weeks. by "working on", of course, i mean "rewriting from scratch, in six weeks, what took the last guy 18 months; only now with object orientation and a much impr
Post.aspx?Title=They+Set+us+up+the+Bomb
-
Post -
10/9/2007 6:43:49 PM
i dunno if this is a new idea, and i'm too lazy to research it, but it seems like a good idea: cereal shakes. basically, you take your favorite breakfast cereal concoction, blend it all together, and drink it in a cup.
i'm gonna try that later this w
Post.aspx?Title=Cereal+Shakes
-
Post -
10/8/2007 1:42:07 AM
i got a wild hair up my ass to check my googlejuice today, based on recent search results i've been seeing. in my typical fashion of self-promotion, here's how it went:
1 of 6,240,000: very widescreen (entry) (wow!)
1 of 221,000: comcast line te
Post.aspx?Title=Today's+Google+Results
-
Post -
10/7/2007 11:14:57 PM
some of you will recall that i mentioned i'd be doing paid blog entries, and even posted a few already. i waited for a few weeks, just to make sure they would, in fact, pay me for the first two. they finally did, so i'm back to posting for pay.
they
Post.aspx?Title=PayPerPost+Paid+my+Posts%2c+so+I'm+Posting+More+for+Pay
-
Post -
10/7/2007 9:40:55 PM
some of you have probably been following my adventures in trying to purchase a car, and my generally-bad luck therein. this whole thing started when i realized i had a repo on my credit report, and thus couldn't finance a car through a company for seven y
Post.aspx?Title=Adventures+in+Credit
-
Post -
10/7/2007 9:20:45 PM
i added two google adsense ads, one below each of the first two displayed entries when viewing the new entry view (default view). in the three days it's been active, i've earned a whopping three cents. i need more traffic.
Post.aspx?Title=Google+AdSense
-
Post -
10/6/2007 11:07:16 PM
so, the question of the day is how to solve a routing problem. hopefully some of my secret blog readers are ccna's who don't mind working with linksys and belkin hardware. yes, i know, linksys embarasses cisco. moving on...
comcast's continued proble
Post.aspx?Title=Manually+Routing+Traffic+to+a+Specific+IP
-
Post -
10/5/2007 11:58:27 PM
php servlets continue to amuse me. i guess being a professional web developer, one notices these things. every time i see one, it looks like it was written in some archaic n00b language propagated by open-source hippies...
...oh, wait...
Post.aspx?Title=PHP+Servlets+Continue+to+Amuse+Me
-
Post -
10/5/2007 8:19:02 PM
those of you in the know will know about this: ebay recently did an in-depth threat analysis to gain further perspective for great justice.
those of you who are known to more than two people on the interwebs surely receive in the range of 50-200 e-ma
Post.aspx?Title=Linux+Rootkit+Compromises+Security
-
Post -
10/5/2007 9:26:26 AM
some of you may have been following my endeavors to acquire a reliable conveyance. i've been trying on and off for over two months.
first, i tried (and failed) to buy a 2000 celica gt. i was ultimately turned away because there's a repo on my credit
Post.aspx?Title=Selecting+a+Car+Through+Trial+and+Error
-
Post -
10/4/2007 10:45:19 PM
uc berkley has announced that all their class lectures will be made available on youtube. you can watch them here. i love to watch videos that teach me something, don't you?
i've already started watching. since integrative biology 131 was first on th
Post.aspx?Title=UC+Berkley+Publishes+All+Lectures
-
Post -
10/3/2007 6:59:29 PM
i submitted an explorer bug to microsoft through the vista sp1 feedback tool. their response made me laugh out loud:
hi kevin,
according to the devs this existed in rtm as well therefore it's a won't fix for sp1. this will be addressed in a later o
Post.aspx?Title=Won't+Fix+-+Existed+Previously
-
Post -
10/3/2007 5:46:16 PM
i've been researching possible causes and fixes for my issue with aero glass. that is, it doesn't work and it should.
synopsis: aero glass worked when i had one ati radeon x1600 (agp 8x, 256mb) card and two monitors plugged in. my experience with th
Post.aspx?Title=Researching+my+Issues+with+Aero+Glass+on+Multiple+Monitors
-
Post -
10/2/2007 9:50:34 PM
let me begin by saying i am a power user, and as such many things in my environment are different from a lower breed of user. my vista system has six monitors and some of the best ddr2 ram money can buy. i have a server at home with nearly 4tb of total st
Post.aspx?Title=Thoughts+so+far+on+Windows+Vista+Sp1
-
Post -
10/1/2007 11:25:57 PM
|