This was entered as a Writely document, to test Writely’s ability to post to my blog.
It can! However, the following features don’t work right:
it can’t unpublish the entry
posting updates adds an entry instead of updating the original one
when I finish editing this document, then edit again, it doesn’t seem to know that it’s been […]
I learned a new trick yesterday. Apparently if you dial *228, you can update the software on your phone (option 1?). I’ve seen people advocate doing this update every month to keep up with the latest changes. I don’t know if this is unique to Verizon, but this is the first I’ve […]
I’m not sure it really qualifies as art, but over the course of a year at work, my coworkers and I had a constantly changing display of action figures on top of our cubicles. Some days were more creative than others, with the scene changing several times. Other days were fairly static, with […]
I have a much longer post in the works (mentally) on a related topic, but I had to get this thought out…
One of the main things I look for in the software that will run my web sites is something that (once installed) I can completely manage through the browser. I’ll accept that software […]
I’ve been looking for a replacement for the built-in task manager, and I just found a good (free) one called Process Explorer. The Sysinternals Freeware site looks like it has a number of other good utilities as well.
Just now I ate a few Dove dark chocolates (very tasty)…
On the inside of the wrapper, they have quotes. The first one said “Find your passion.” I didn’t think much of it until I opened the next one, which said “Live your dreams.” Does my candy know something I don’t?
I […]
I found an interesting store that has Remote Control Cars Trucks Boats Nitro Gas Electric - Airsoft Guns, Magic Tricks and more!
“Fab Lab” is an abbreviation for Fabrication Laboratory. It is a group of off-the-shelf, industrial-grade fabrication and electronics tools, wrapped in open source software and programs written by researchers at the Center for Bits and Atoms.
I stumbled on this before but apparently never made a note of it. eMachineShop lets you custom-design your own components with a variety of materials. They have a free CAD program that you can use to design and price things in a number of materials. If you need custom circuit boards, check […]
Check this out: Christmas lights (you need sound to get the whole effect).
Some wise guy(s) decided to slam my blog with comment spam. Fortunately I had it set to require approval for all comments, so none of them made it to the site. However, so I don’t have to be bothered with deleting it all, I’m requiring registration before you can comment.
I remember the days when everything seemed to have a three letter acronym. In fact, someone came up with an acronym to describe them: TLA. Well, I thought of a new acronym to characterize the increasing number of excessively long, contrived acronyms that I’ve seen lately.
BLATHER:
Blatantly
Long
Acronym
That
Has
Everyone
Retching
I discovered Sleuth Kit when I was installing packages on my home Debian system last night. I need to find out if this will help me recover data from the hard drive that died this summer.
Well, I decided to make this the default page for datguy.net. All of the links from the old index page should be listed here, but let me know if something is missing.
I’m curious how this will impact my listing on Google. I also submitted my site feed to yesterday, and […]
I heard a comment earlier that made me wonder — has anyone ever named a restaurant “The Holy Grill”? I searched and was surprised to find a couple books that used the name, but didn’t see any restaurants. I even found a site with an unpublished comic strip named Marty Python and […]
I found a gallery plugin I’d like to try. There’s discussion about it on the WordPress site. Another variation is here.
Someone sent me a hilarious disturbing animated GIF, posted here for you to see (click on the picture to see the animation in a new window):
I upgraded to the latest version of WordPress, and in the process I decided to refocus this site. I’ve got a new site set up for family news, but I’d like a separate place for topics that don’t really belong there. Stay tuned for more…