I said Happy Birthday to my cousin. She said “upload some photos!” I uploaded some photos to FaceBook. I said, “Hey, got any grapes?” No wait…I said, “Hey, some of those should be on DeviantArt!” I uploaded some photos to DeviantArt. I said,”Hey, you got your chocolate in my peanut butter!” No wait… I said, […]
OK, as usual I have to open with disclaimers: I am not a doctor, and this is all personal opinion. As this article shows, I also need to be more careful where I spray bug spray. I wrote this up for anyone who may ever wonder about the effects of ingesting a fairly small quantity
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You know… I used to work for GoDaddy. So, when a friend of mine sent this link, I had to watch (be warned: dead elephant is shown). Don’t worry, I tie this loosely into Easter at the end… I think…? Now, I am not exact a PETA zealot…but when their spokesperson was like,”Why not build
THE SUPER SHORT VERSION True, there is no SAFE level of radiation, but if I contract brain cancer, I am going to be looking angrily at my cell phone…or I might remember that day I visited the Star-ship Enterprise and mooned the dilithium crystals. That probably wasn’t my smartest maneuver. INTRO OK, for serious, I
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I love it. My son has called me with the 3rd game he wants to sign up for on the computer. “This time I checked,” he said, “It says right on their site there are no viruses, no malware, and no spyware!” “Buddy,” I replied, “If I was going to write software that installed a
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A friend in Arizona texted me when Giffords was shot on Saturday. I went to fire up Word Press, but then I stopped. I had no information. What was I going to say? Was I just going to catch the tag wave frenzy? That’s not my style, so I waited until there was more background
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LOLBOOT: Verb. 1. Replaces the word “reboot” when nobody knows why a particular problem is occurring on a computer or server, they’ve spent hours researching it and everyone is stumped. 2. Acknowledges the irony of throwing expertise out the window, assuming the crash position and simultaneously conveying the need to reboot. Usage: “Try lolbooting.”, “I have know idea why air
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You heard right. I’ve been having issues with my system handling the latency on virtual synthesizers. Luckily I found ASIO4ALL – and this has done the trick. I have copies of Ableton Live 8, Sonar 4, Music Creator 4, and have recently added Sony’s ACID Music Studio 8 to my list…for this track, I am
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History My first job was at Taco Bell, in high school. I worked the whole summer in 1987 with one purpose in mind. I wanted to save up $1,450 to buy a Yamaha V50 Music Workstation. I am sure my parents thought I was nuts… most kids wanted to buy a car, or…or…whatever else it
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DISCLAIMER I am conducting an experiment on my equipment that is hopefully to your benefit, but I am not a repair person, and if you blow up your gear while referencing this post, my sincerest condolences will have to suffice. Use this information at your own risk! IN THE BEGINNING OK, so the truth is,
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