Archive for July 2005
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PCT Version 2
I just activated the new layout at Poker Chip Tricks. (...)
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Wireless Mouse on the Fritz
Almost every night lately my wireless mouse goes nuts. The optical light or whatever you call it starts blinking non-stop, which makes the cursor jump across the screen whenever I try to do something. It’s as if it’s getting a constant signal from something else in the area. Anyone have any ideas? (...)
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nofollow is BAD for the Internet
If you run a WordPress site, I highly suggest installing the Dofollow plugin. If you don’t, you’re hurting the legimate commenters on your site. (...)
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Keep Me Signed In Damnit!
I wouldn’t expect something like this from eBay, but their checkbox doesn’t work worth a shit. I’m prompted to enter my username and password at both eBay and Half more times than I care to count. (...)
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New Air Bag Style
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Google Adsense Flickering Fix
I don’t know how long I’ve been bothered by the Firefox problem with Google Adsense ad blocks. I’m sure you know what I’m referring to. While a web page is loading all you can see are Google ads flickering across the page. Or you’re on a site and when you move the mouse over a link, the Google ads flicker. It’s rather annoying. (...)
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Gmail and IE Disagree
Accessing Gmail with IE has been pretty slow lately. It appears as if Google hates Internet Exploder just as much as the rest of us. (...)
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Review: Million Dollar Baby
One of the best movies I’ve seen in quite some time. Million Dollar Baby deserves every award it won last year. Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, and Hilary Swank put on one hell of a performance for this one. The movie teaches a great lesson about life…even when it appears as if we’ve lost, sometimes we’ve achieved our wildest dreams. (...)
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Review: Deception Point
Dan Brown wrote another great book with Deception Point. I couldn’t put the book down once I started reading it and ended up finished all 550+ pages in a few days. That’s pretty good for me. I’d have to say that this is my second favorite (to The Da Vinci Code) book by Brown. (...)
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Kill Spammers
An entirely new meaning to “kill spammers.” (...)
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The Real Meaning of Windows Vista
The real meaning of Windows VISTA? Viruses, Infections, Spyware, Trojans, Adware. (...)
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Moved
It looks like the server move is complete. MDV, 2HC, and PCT are all hosted at DreamHost now. Please let me know if you notice anything behaving badly. I’m extremely happy with DreamHost so far. I’ll post more about my experience later. 2HC has a new design, which I whipped up this morning. Updates to PCT will be coming soon as well. (...)
7 Times
I just finished watching Lance Armstrong win his 7th Tour de France in a row. In my opinion, the TdF is the most difficult sporting competition in the world and Armstrong is the greatest athlete of our time. Winning this race seven times in a row was unthinkable. Lance did it after surviving cancer, which makes it even more remarkable. It is quite possibly the greatest sporting record of all-time. (...)
Server Move
I’m moving the site over to DreamHost. Watch out for falling HTML and PHP. (...)
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Cheap Web Hosting
Get web hosting from DreamHost for less than $10 for the first year. Simply use promotion code 777 when you order. I’ve been told that the promotion is over, so I’ve setup a new code. Use promotion code MDV2 and receive discounts on any hosting package through DreamHost. This applies to their “Crazy Domain Insane” package and you must choose to sign-up for a year. (...)
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More Daylight
Daylight Savings Time will be extended by one month. (...)
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Quarter Skills
Insane quarter bouncing skills. (...)
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WP Backup Week
WordPress Backup Week starts tomorrow. I highly recommend WP-DB Backup with WP-Cron. (...)
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Feeding Frenzy
I was invited to be an alpha user for FeedLounge and so far I’m impressed. (...)
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Review: First Strike (Halo)
This book is the 3rd in the series and should be an enjoyable read for any Halo fan. First Strike tells the story that leads up the action experienced while playing the video game Halo 2. Master Chief is the main character as you might expect, but there are other Spartans as well as Cortana and a few others from the first two books. (...)
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Not Wearing Yellow Anymore
Yesterday I took off my LiveSTRONG band for the first time in over a year. I’ve shown my support and did my time. The band was starting to annoy me a bit, so I decided to take it off and won’t be wearing it anymore. I managed to shoot a 39 last night golfing, which is my best round of the year. Coincidence? (...)
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Tiger’s Tenth
Tiger wins again. I woke up early to watch the weekend rounds and it was a joy. (...)
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Digging Adsense
I’m digging the new Google Adsense interface. Reports and channel data are easier than ever to access. (...)
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WordPress Database Backup Plugin
Tired of having to manually backup your WordPress database? Do you even back it up? Worry no more… Skippy has created an awesome plugin for WordPress. It’s called WordPress Database Backup. With a few clicks you can either download a backup of your database or have it sent attached to an email. It’s a very quick and simple process. (...)
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Debt Free-er
Each year at the beginning of July, the interest rate can change on my student loans. For the past few years that rate has dropped, but this year it reached a high point by increasing nearly 2%. When I found this out over the weekend I was pissed. I’d show them! I scheduled a payment for over $5K that should go through today. Buh-bye student loans! (...)
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Tony’s Flakes
As a kid, Frosted Flakes were my favorite cereal. After not having eaten them for years I forgot how good they were. “They’re G-R-R-R-EAT!” (...)
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Long Week
I just realized this will be my first full 5 day work week in nearly 2 months. The past 7 have all been short weeks due to holidays, vacation, jury duty, sick time, etc. It’s been nice to say the least. (...)
Review: Fantastic Four
The Fantastic Four was a surprisingly good movie. Or maybe I just enjoyed watching Jessica Alba a little too much. It’s another Marvel movie, but this one isn’t too cheesy. The acting, action, special effects, and story are all pretty good. There are a couple of sub stories to keep it all enteresting. One part of the movie I do have to complain about is the ending. (...)
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Double Steak
Today I tried the new Angus Double Steak & Cheese from Quiznos. That is one awesome sandwich/sub! Too bad you need to take out a small loan to eat at the Q. (...)
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Gmaps Pedometer
Gmaps Pedometer is a cool tool for measuring distances that you walk, run, bike, etc. (...)
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WordPress Auto Backup
I’ll definately be testing out Podz’s WordPress backup script as soon as I get a chance. (...)
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Top 20
MDV has cracked the top 20 when Googling for “Nick” at #18! (...)
Procrastination Quotes
Procrastination is the fear of success… Because success is heavy, it carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the “someday I’ll” philosophy. Denis Waitley Discipline is… Do what has to be done When it has to be done As well as it can be done and Do it that way every time. Bobby Knight (...)
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Review: Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Definitely one of the top movies of the summer. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were the perfect choices for Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I couldn’t imagine anyone else in Hollywood being able to do a better job. They’ve always been two of my favorite stars and this movie was a great showing of their talent. They worked extremely well together in this film. (...)
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Let There Be Light
Last night a 10 minute storm hit Saginaw and I was without power for 10 hours! Unreal. In today’s day of technology, you’d think the power companies would have their grids figured out so that areas aren’t without electricity for such a long period of time. I can’t imagine my life without technology and the electricity needed for it. It was one boring night to say the least. (...)
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2005 Tour de France
Lance is 2 seconds off the lead in the 2005 Tour de France after 3 stages. More importantly though, he has over a 50 second advantage on all of the men who are expected to be his competition. The team time trial, which Lance’s teams have won the past two years, is in progress right now. (...)
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3rd Place
Took down a cool $2,500 for a 3rd place finish tonight! Happy 4th of July! (...)
Middle Names
Have you ever thought about your middle name? What purpose does a middle name serve? Nothing useful that I can come up with. (...)
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Coasting
I’m off to Cedar Point. (...)