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Busy Bee
2008-08-19 19:24:00 Just to let you know that I’m still here. It’s just been a busy summer! The past three months or so, we’ve … 1) Bought a new house 2) Packed and moved (we live in Pennsylvania now) 3) Redid our old house to sell 4) Started my own engineering business 5) J was offered (and accepted) a teaching job ... More About: Busy
Flux Capacitor
2008-06-04 14:07:00 I found something to put on my Xmas list. Put it in your car, speed up to 88 mph and it’ll help you travel back (or forward) in time. It does work better with a Delorean. For those of you who don’t have a clue what it is or what I am talking about, it is ... More About: Flux Capacitor , Flux
Enemies
2008-05-30 16:02:00 “Keep you friends close, and your enemies closer.” One of the quotes that has always stuck in mind. Supposedly Sun Tzu said it first in his book The Art of War but that claim is subject to numerous debates. My interpretation of it is … you should always keep an eye on your enemies so that ... More About: Enemies
Thoughts on the new Indy movie
2008-05-29 15:09:00 I watched the new Indiana Jones movie last weekend. Here are some thoughts… - they shouldn’t have mixed Science Fiction with Indy Indiana Jones is traditionally known for mythical or biblical adventures, not SciFi. That is what makes him different. You’ll know what I mean when you go see it, there won’t be any spoilers here. Steven ... More About: Movie , Thoughts
Trilogies: The best and the worst
2008-04-14 01:33:00 I was watching the third installment of Blade yesterday and it got me thinking about the best and worst trilogies I’ve watched. Here are my picks (in order)… Best 10 1) The Godfather (they don’t make movies like that anymore) 2) Star Wars (the original three) 3) Lord of the Rings 4) Indiana Jones 5) Back to the Future (I love the ...
Super Mario on your webpage
2008-04-09 16:00:00 Just stop and think about how far we’ve come in technology when Super Mario comes to the computer in the form of a 14 kb JavaScript code. It’s far from complete, and you’ll have to start over when you die but that’s besides the point — I’m in awe that something like that is actually possible. Be sure to click the mouse on the game if Mario won’t move. When you die, you have to reload the page to start over. And yes, you can move left. Sorry. Regular version: no music or with music Double size: no music or with music Source with writeup, instructions and full script. Share This More About: Webpage , Super Mario
IRONMAN
2008-04-07 01:22:00 Haven’t been this excited over a movie in years. Finally my all time favorite Marvel superhero is making it to the big screen and it looks mighty fine! You know where I’ll be on May 2nd, 2008. “Heroes aren’t born, they’re built” Interesting trivia from IMDB: # In October 1999, Quentin Tarantino was approached to write and ... More About: Ironman
Drinking toilet water
2008-04-05 19:39:00 Few months back I watched a news report on how some counties/ cities are recycling sewer water to make it suitable for drinking. The water is then fed back for human consumption and sold to some manufacturers. The water supposedly exceeds drinking standards and is purer than distilled water sold by wholesalers. It is probably very ... More About: Water , Drinking , Toilet
Starbucks supersizing?
2008-04-04 19:04:00 Got this in my inbox today. Great, just what I need … a supersized Venti Starbucks cup. Like I don’t spend enough on Starbucks already. Share This
It?s not easy being green
2008-03-17 11:25:00 J gave me a card with Kermit (the frog) on the front this morning. It said, “It’s not easy being green, except on St. Paddy’s Day.” Cute. Happy St. Patrick’s day everyone! Share This More About: Green , Easy
Vista bug
2008-02-26 22:16:00 For the past week or so, my hard drive had suddenly started to work overtime i.e. it was constantly active as if scanning for something. My CPU utilization was getting maxed out (close to 100%) and my whole operating system became extremely slow/ sluggish. At first I thought that it was my Anti virus software ... More About: Vista
Left handers rule
2008-02-23 18:00:00 With the presidential primaries going on, thought it might be interesting to mention some left handed presidential facts and stats (being left handed myself). Left handed presidents: James A. Garfield (1881) 20th Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) 31st Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) 33rd Gerald Ford (1974-1977) 38th Ronald Reagan (1981 -1989) 40th George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) 41st Bill ... More About: Rule
Can?t get it out of my head!
2008-02-18 00:08:00 Speaking of earworms … Can’t believe I haven’t heard of this song until J told me about it. Now I am regretting ever hearing it. Share This More About: Head
Organizing tax receipts
2008-02-15 23:52:00 With the ongoing planning of my new business (which I’ll be officially launching mid this year), I am trying to explore the best way to organize future receipts incurred for tax purposes. In my personal finances, we’ve always taken standard tax deductions and not itemized anything (didn’t really need to). Receipts and tax related stuff ...
Traffic influx
2008-02-08 22:30:00 It just seems that I’m having less and less time to blog nowadays due to studies, our impending move and the preparation of my new business. On an average day, I have just enough energy to read blogs than to write it. I do apologize for not writing as much. I hope that my worse fears ... More About: Traffic
Are you normal or a genius?
2008-02-01 19:29:00 Here is a teaser/ illusion: How many Fs are in the sentence below? FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS… (look in the comments to see the answer - no peeking!) Share This More About: Genius , Normal
To pee or not to pee
2008-01-28 13:20:00 Pretty funny what people come up with on the web. Take a look at this site, it’s called MizPee. It’s purpose — to find you the closest and cleanest public restrooms in your area. So the next time you find yourself needing a bathroom badly, just use your mobile phone browser to key in your ...
Steve J. Kutnitsky: Rest in Peace
2008-01-28 01:03:00 Steve passed away on Saturday, Jan 26 just after 7 am. Surrounded by his family at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia, he is finally at rest after a very long two year fight for his life. Thank you everyone for the prayers and support. He never stopped thanking everyone for the love he felt. ... More About: Peace , Steve , Rest In Peace , Rest
The Earworm Invasion
2008-01-24 22:55:00 My word of the day: Earworm. They stay in your head, they dig deep, they never let go and there is no known cure for it. I’m not talking about an animal or creature, I’m talking about the *Songs stuck in your head* syndrome and those you ultimately find yourself humming when you least expect ... More About: Invasion
Spidey a bachelor (again)
2008-01-21 02:41:00 The comic book world was rocked in the past couple of weeks when Marvel dissolved the Spiderman Peter Parker-Mary Jane marriage. Titled “One More Day”, comic #545 sees Spiderman deal with a devil like villian Mephisto to save Aunt May (who was in a coma). In the deal, Mephisto wipes Peter Parker and Mary Jane’s ... More About: Bachelor
Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
2008-01-11 21:59:00 J emailed me this nifty way of making her students solve a math problem (with an incentive) i.e. the answer to the math problem is the password to open the (Microsoft) Excel file. Lets see whether you are smarter than a 5th grader … There are 7 girls in a bus Each girl has 7 backpacks In each ...
Presidential candidate match
2008-01-11 07:30:00 Saw this on FOX news yesterday… find your presidential candidate match. # Play 20 questions to find your closest political match # Dig deeper into the candidates’ answers, stances and news coverage # Download a cool political bobble head widget # Embed this quiz on your blog or site Share This More About: Presidential , Match , Candidate , Presidential Candidate
Good music source: YouTube and TV
2008-01-10 16:58:00 YouTube seems to be a good place to find many good singers (and bad ones too). The pool of talent there is enormous. From randomly stumbling across them, I’ve come some very good ones that film themselves, hoping to get their big break and get picked up by record labels. You know they have talent when ... More About: Youtube , Music , Source , Good
Handy URL shortening services
2008-01-10 03:13:00 I was going to research/compile a list of URL shortening services but Mashable beat me to it today. Worked out for the best as it saved me a lot of time. If you don’t know what a URL shortening service is … It’s a service that minimizes a long address, creating a shorter URL address that gets ... More About: Services , Handy
Hillary to Obama ?
2008-01-09 07:06:00 “Anything you can do, I can do better!” With the New Hampshire primaries just completed and Hillary defying the polls to win there, I couldn’t help but post this one up. Link Share This More About: Obama
Car door of the future?
2008-01-08 10:51:00 Jatech LLC has come up with the Disappearing Car Door , a futuristic and innovative hingeless car door design that folds beneath the car. The technology can be implemented in any automobile or an originally designed body frame. It reminds me of something out of a Transformers movie. The site is not very informative and I ... More About: Future , The Future
Is it ever going to end?
2008-01-07 14:19:00 “Breaking news, Britney Spears has been released from the hospital hours after she lost custody of her two sons to her ex-husband…” It’s pretty sad when I turn on a news channel on the radio/ TV and they report on Britney Spears before the New Hampshire primaries, war in Iraq or any other national news. The ...
2.008 Status: Sick and Grumpy
2008-01-05 07:46:00 Nice way to usher in the New Year with a pesky cough and stuffy nose. This pesky cough has been lingering since the 27th. I’m so clogged up my head feels like it’s ready to explode, my ears ache, my skin’s dry and my nose is sore from constantly blowing it. It seems like when ... More About: Status , Sick
Happy New Year from The Foo Logs
More articles from this author:2008-01-01 05:01:00 Happy New Year to all my readers and friends! Here is to 2008 being a year full of joy and happiness for all of you. Share This More About: Happy , Happy New Year , Logs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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