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Reflecting on 2007
2008-01-01 03:01:00 As 2007 winds down with about 3 hours to go, I guess I’ll spend a little time reflecting on how the year went. 2007 really was not a pleasant one for me and the rest of the family with a lot of unforeseen circumstances, accidents and sicknesses. It just seemed like it was one bad ...
Knight Rider series being revived
2007-12-31 07:07:00 Managed to catch the 15 second new Knight Rider series clip on TV yesterday. It’ll be a 2 hour first episode — testing the waters so to speak. If it is well received, we’ll see a whole season of it. As a huge Knight Rider fan, I’ll be anxiously waiting for the NBC premiere on ... More About: Series
Merry Christmas
2007-12-25 14:26:00 Merry Christmas to everyone and a Happy New Year! Share This More About: Merry Christmas , Merry
Beneath the Rubber Tree
2007-12-22 13:56:00 A touching animated vid by Hanna Abi-Hanna. Beneath the Rubber Tree from Hanna on Vimeo. Share This
Looking for old versions of your fav software?
2007-12-21 10:39:00 If you are looking for old versions of web software because the new upgrades aren’t compatible with your computer for some reason (like Vista), here is site for you to bookmark. It’s called OldVersion.com. They currently have about 2388 versions of 179 of the most popular software applications used on the PC. Some popular apps include ... More About: Software
Not a good role model
2007-12-20 18:27:00 I read about Jamie Lynn Spears (Britney Spears’ 16 year old sister) announcing that she is 12 weeks pregnant yesterday. Wasn’t at all surprised, considering her big sister isn’t exactly a good role model. Ok, maybe that statement was a little harsh but she is a Nickelodeon girl, of *squickly clean* Disney… what in the ... More About: Model , Role , Good , Role Model
Leave a Legacy with Time Vault Letters
2007-12-20 13:38:00 I love the idea of Time Vault Letters i.e. you write a letter or record a DVD to someone or yourself, post date it, after which the company will mail it on the specific date. They will store it in their fire/ waterproof vault up to 5 years from the day you post date it. ... More About: Leave , Legacy
Happy Baby
2007-12-19 16:30:00 Saw this on TV last year. One of the few videos that will make you smile when you’re down. Just too cute… happy little one, isn’t he? Share This More About: Baby , Happy
Elfster: Your Online Secret Santa
2007-12-18 20:25:00 With Elfster, using pen & paper to exchange Secret Santa names is now a thing of the past. Using it is as easy as 1-2-3 … 1) Create a Secret Santa group 2) Invite the Friends, Family or Colleagues to join the group 3) Elfster will then pick and choose names at random, sending everyone their assigned ... More About: Online
My Charlie Brown Christmas tree
2007-12-17 01:11:00 Couldn’t help but buy a miniature version of Charlie Brown ’s pathetic Christmas tree from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Share This More About: Tree , Christmas tree
Wantz.it: Create wish lists from your Del.icio.us tags
2007-12-16 14:02:00 Wantz.it is a simple app yet mighty useful. It’s a tool that makes the creation of wish lists easy and fun - living online proof that less is always more. The idea comes from the fact that everyone needs a wish list but there isn’t a simple way to create and compile the links from different ... More About: Lists , Tags , Create
Organizing delicious tags
2007-12-16 01:12:00 I use delicious extensively to bookmark all my sites so that I can access it anywhere. Realized lately that I have not been using it efficiently at all. I found this out the hard way when I recently wanted to search for a bookmark (I knew I saved) but couldn’t find it — a classic ... More About: Tags , Delicious , Organ
The door of happiness
2007-12-15 13:29:00 “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” - Helen Keller Share This More About: Happiness , Door
w00t for the word w00t!
2007-12-15 00:49:00 Bet you would never have guessed this but Merriam-Webster’s 2007 Word of the Year is w00t (interjection) Similar to “yaye” or “woohoo”. It’s an expression of joy for no reason at all, after a triumph or when you’re in agreement with something. Could also mean Waste of Our Time or Way Out of Topic (in online ...
IWantSandy: The virtual administrative assistant
2007-12-14 11:39:00 I have been using this useful online reminder service lately, it’s called IWantSandy. Named after Tim O’Reilly’s real life administrative assistant, IWantSandy is a virtual assistant that allows you to schedule and create lists by email. All you have to do is email *Sandy* and she’ll create/ remind you of your appointments when it is due. ... More About: Administrative , Virtual , Assistant
Google blog comments area
2007-12-13 19:36:00 What’s going on? Every Google blog I go on doesn’t allow me to put my name & website in the comments area. I now only have options to put my Google username/ password, to put a Nickname and to post Anonymously (see pic below). There used to be an area for external websites too. Did ... More About: Blog , Comments , Area , Google Blog
8 random facts about me
2007-12-13 18:23:00 I haven’t done a meme before and decided to do one after being tagged by Dizzy Dee. Rules Each player lists 8 random facts/habits about themselves. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed. At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people and posts ... More About: Facts , Random
Bloggy Award
2007-12-13 08:25:00 Not sure how I missed this one but I just found out that my blog received the Bloggy Silver Award exactly a month ago. w00t! Here is what they said: ?A blog about life, technology, sport, and just about everything else.? That is how The Foo describes his blog, The Foo Logs. I suppose we can classify ...
Happy Birthday to me
2007-12-04 05:01:00 Happy Birthday !… Eid milaad saeed! (Arabic) qu ni sheng er kuai le (Mandarin) Sun Yat Fai Lok! (Cantonese) Tillykke med fodselsdagen! (Danish) Hartelijk gefeliciteerd! (Dutch) Joyeux Anniversaire! (French) Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! (German) Chronia Pola! (Greek) Hau`oli la hanau! (Hawaiian) Yom Huledet Same’ach! (Hebrew) Selamat Hari Jadi (Malaysian) Buon Compleanno! (Italian) Saeng il chuk ha ham ni da! (Korean) Feliz Aniversario! (Portuguese) Feliz Cumplea?os! (Spanish) Suk San Wan Keut! (Thai) Penblwydd Hapus ... More About: Happy , Happy Birthday
Don?t eat too much on Turkey day!
2007-11-20 06:23:00 Thanksgiving is rapidly closing in and I would like to wish everyone a Happy Turk ey day. As a national day symbolizing the Pilgrim celebration of harvest, food and feasting, let us remember that it is also a time for thanks and praise to God for the food that he has given us. Also hoping that ... More About: Turkey day
24: The Unaired 1994 Pilot
2007-11-16 21:28:00 I laughed myself silly when I saw this on College Humor. It’s a spoof off the TV series 24 and is what it would have been like if they made the series 10 years ago. Windows 3.1, AOL dialup, Prodigy (remember them?), floopy disks etc. … ahhh, the memories. Link: College Humor Share This More About: Pilot
Bad cat behavior
2007-11-15 16:33:00 Miles has a new (bad) habit. In the past week, he has been putting his paws in his water bowl and overturning it. We’ve been moping the floor multiple times a day and it’s starting to get really old. Not sure where he learnt this from or why the sudden change in behavior after 3 ... More About: Behavior
Top 10 adventures to experience in my lifetime
2007-11-14 05:27:00 What happens if you have only a certain amount of time to live? Would you want to take a trip of a lifetime or just sit at home counting down the days? For me, I would want to experience some exciting adventures and do some things that I’ll never forget. Here is my top 10 ... More About: Experience , Lifetime , Adventures , Ventures
Facebook mania
2007-11-10 00:16:00 A little late in the game but I joined Facebook last week. I wanted to see what the buzz was all about… now I wish I had joined it sooner! Was just amazed to find so many of my childhood and high school friends. In less than a week, I’ve found 20 friends that I’ve ... More About: Mania
Learning from Andre
2007-11-08 21:46:00 Scanning the TV for something to watch yesterday, I was lucky enough to catch a good documentary about Andre Agassi called Between The Lines. It talked about how Andre Agassi changed from being the “image is everything” brat (who took everything for granted) to the respected ambassador of tennis that gave everything back to the ... More About: Learning , Earning
Burnt out or just busy?
2007-11-02 05:36:00 Seems like a number of the blogs I read everyday haven’t been updated in a while. They are probably burnt out with blogging or are pretty busy this time of the year. Lately, I’ve kind of been sporadic with my blogging as I try to catch up with my MBA coursework. Being on jaiku and ... More About: Busy , Burn
Be Frank
2007-10-31 18:51:00 This is my shirt of choice today. I bought it over the weekend at a Life is Good shop. The double meaning that it comes with is direct, yet subtle and expressive. Share This More About: Frank
Wordless Wednesday: Halloween Pumpkins
2007-10-31 03:07:00 Happy Halloween ! Last year it was a Hershey Kiss. This year, these are my pumpkin carvings: Lebron James (Cleveland Cavaliers NBA player) and a Spider. Took me 4 hours to carve Lebron, my favorite basketball player. wordless wednesday Share This More About: Wednesday , Pumpkins , Allo
The pursuit of goodness
2007-10-30 07:32:00 “A person?s pursuit of goodness leads to greatness, but the pursuit of greatness leads to ruin. Pursue goodness and you will achieve great things.” – John E. Kramer Vice president of communications, Institute of Justice. Share This More About: Goodness , Suit
This is what I go through every morning
More articles from this author:2007-10-29 17:15:00 You’ve got to be a cat person to appreciate this one. I nearly fell off my chair laughing when I saw it on Janet’s site. What makes it so funny is how accurately the animator has portrayed a cat. Miles does exactly this down to the scratching, pawing on the face and nudging. If he ... More About: Morning 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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