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Archive for May, 2005

on Blogging

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

I don’t know if I’ll ever get this blogging thing figured out.
Does it need a direction?
Does it need a theme?
Is there a point to it?
Pretty sure I asked about this when I first started. But, I’m too lazy to look for it. :p
I’ve been thinking of painting my Lincoln. I have a black Mark VIII […]

the Perplexing Plummeting Post Proliferation

Saturday, May 28th, 2005

I wish that vB gave us the option to see our post count average over a given time period.
Right now, mine is (13.83 posts per day).
It wasn’t very long ago it was (14.83 posts per day).
And, not long before that, (15.83 posts per day).
I seem to spend most of my time posting to help desk […]

waiting for the worms

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

My eight year old granddaughter planted some flower seeds I gave her a couple weeks ago.
This is when it was warm spring weather. But, three days later, it got cold enough to snow. And stayed cold a bit.
Doesn’t matter. She watered the little patch faithfully; patiently waiting for them to sprout their little green tails.
Needless […]

my Bread Pudding

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

Bread Pudding has been a long family favorite.
Just mentioning the words would light up the childrens’ faces; and still does.
I think it has that “comfort food” thing going for it. What, with being warm and yummy, it is always a pleaser and always followed by warm and yummy Thank You’s.
When the kids were growing up, […]

smoking cessation

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005

Since I started on the road to wellville, I’m not sure I smoke less, but I sure get more exercise.
Okay. I jest.
Of course I smoke less.
The goal is to not smoke at all.
But, I think one needs to be realistic when attempting to end a habit they’ve had for forty years.
I was a fairly heavy […]

Working Fun Theme

Thursday, May 19th, 2005

I’ve had some requests for this working theme. So, here it is; complete with Pink Lynk and the Admin Bar.
http://www.iamdum.com/downloads/themes/working_theme.zip
http://www.iamdum.com/downloads/themes/working_theme.tar.gz

Billing Madness

Wednesday, May 18th, 2005

Or, can be madness, I suppose.
I originally posted the copied email below as a comment in my discussion about time passing quickly, but then thought it deserved a topic of it’s own.
Here is a response from a customer after their site was suspended for non-payment.
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Dear Member Care,
Whew, you guys finally cut us off, after a […]

time passes quickly

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005

Seems like it was yesterday when I last updated this site.
After further review, it seems to have been three days ago.
How did that happen?
It’s not like I was overly busy. I’ve just been in my normal, doing everything to the extreme mode.
I have been working on a stop smoking plan though. Maybe loss […]

Why I can’t use FireFox

Saturday, May 14th, 2005

Here is the help desk I spend most of my time at using Internet Explorer. http://www.iamdum.com/pics/wht/kayako_IE.htm
Here it is using FireFox. http://www.iamdum.com/pics/wht/kayako_FF.htm
It is just a mess in FireFox.

the 13th

Friday, May 13th, 2005

As in, Friday the 13th.
Made it through another one. :p
Not that I’m superstitious or anything. It’s just fun to blame it on the day.
Although, since I was born on a Friday the 13th, some might be able to argue that it is indeed a sign of bad luck.
But, this Friday the 13th, was spent laboring […]

what’s UPS?

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

Time sure crawls, when you’re waiting for the UPS truck to arrive.
I finally broke down and got some more ram for my desktop, along with a new KVM (the old one just died a couple months back). Those, and some new ink for the main printer are on their way!
And me wants me […]

the sake of a name

Wednesday, May 11th, 2005

Well, this is good news.:)
http://www.childrenssoftware.com/
Name change! Starting with our Spring 2005 issue,
Children’s Software Revue will have a new name:
Children’s Technology Review
Whenever I googled SoftWareRevue, this is the only site that would come up besides things relating to me.
Now I do the dance of joy.

that’s it

Tuesday, May 10th, 2005

It’s just too hot.
Don’t know what I was thinkin’ when I moved into my upstairs office.
It is the hottest area of the house.
But, it’s got the best view!
I suppose I just need a better A/C. A little bigger. A little tougher.
Okay. I’m off to get something bigger to throw in the window.
Yes. I […]

Monday, May 9th, 2005

Holy carp!
Has it really been three days since I’ve updated this?
/blows the dust off.
It’s just been rather exhausting around here of late.
The warm weather means I gotta get all that outside stuff ready.
Manual labor!
Plus, I always go through vehicles this time of year too.
A couple days ago I started blogging about helping […]

Greatest guitar solos . . .

Friday, May 6th, 2005

. . . as voted by me.
Although this is a partial list of my personal favorite guitar solos and riffs, they could argueably be the greatest guitar solos.
With that, here’s my list of greatest guitar riffs, in no particular order. (except I am really partial to Aqualung being the greatest)
Listed as, “Song Title” Guitarist, Group […]

page rank, google, and links Oh My

Thursday, May 5th, 2005

I added a script to check your Google Page Rank (PR), along with back links and how often you’re linked on yahoo, msn, alltheweb, and altavista as well.
What is Google Page Rank? Well, we’ll talk about that later.
Right now, the script to check PR is in the left column at the top.
Still have some […]

there is no

Wednesday, May 4th, 2005

My signature on WebHostingTalk has long displayed the line, “There is no ‘best’ host. There is only the host that’s best for you.”
Although, I believe it to be so true, I get bored with it and occasionally change the word, host, to something else.
Some favorites of the past include:
“There is no ‘best’ shoe. There is […]

working theme

Monday, May 2nd, 2005

I been working on this working theme for a bit.
When I was close to done, my monitor decided to go on one of it’s psychedelic hippy trips.
Every few weeks it wigs out and casts a yellow tint to everything. Often times flashing between different shades of yellow.
So, I’m not sure if the colors […]

I have the worst luck

Sunday, May 1st, 2005

I research every provider about as well as possible before deciding on a service.
I don’t necessarily go with the most popular. But, will go with someone that has demonstrated through deeds that they deliver what they’re paid to.
That being said, I did go with a popular merchant gateway a year or more ago. Basically because […]

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