Greetings

I've added a twitter feed to my site on the right column there... and hopefully my flash status thing at the top of the page will start working again.

COLTS WIN!! Comfortably to boot, it was a double blessing. I'm thinking of inviting people over for next weeks game against the Lions, hit me up if you have interest.

I'm in the process of deciding whether to move to SmugMug from PicasaWeb. PicasaWeb has been great and no matter what I'll continue using Picasa on my computer and most likely continue with their free storage but for the money I spend I want more. I have 25+gb of photos/videos, it's about 20,000 files in 500ish folders. The flat structure of PicasaWeb does not handle it well (and I could only house about 50-60% of my items there). I started using SmugMug a few days ago to just check it out, I kind of got into it and was doing a lot of customizations as well as uploading a bunch of photos. That's when I found that I was missing some original photos I had taken and/or scanned over the years. This is exactly the kind of problem only being able to house a portion of your pictures online can cause, luckily some of the pictures I had online but they were reduced quality because of space limitations. SmugMug has no space limitation, so another point for them there. I'll be making the final decision sometime this week, but if you've read this far you have probably picked up my inclination so far. My PicasaWeb link is on the right (I've stripped it down to be under the 1gb free limit) and contact me if you want my SmugMug link... in case you want to give input, which I welcome.

How about some Haffey's Links??? It's been quite sometime since I've dumped some of these on you, so let me crack open Ye Olde Dusty Google Notebook to share some gems with you:

• The 5 greatest office pranks of all-time, definitely a couple good ones in there. I still like the cube-taped-shut-and-filled-with-packing-peanuts gag best, myself.
• Extremely expensive gadgets? If you're buyin', I could go for the 103" TV... let me if you need my shipping address
• Weirdest Accidents, Part 4... Do not fear, parts 1, 2, and 3 are linked from there so you can catch up. Some truly strange vehicular after accident photos, nothing gross
• The 10 Unmanliest Drinks in the World, this doesn't require extra description.. lol.
• Piracy PSA from Christopher Mintz-Plasse, this has some adult language
• Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs: The Lightsaber Duel is pretty awesome

And we'll close up shop today with this disturbing video of a Senior Citizen Church Choir singing some of today's most popular... RAP tracks.

From the desk of Dilbert...

This was a hilarious Dilbert strip from last week that I wanted to put up for Friday Funnies, but I just didn't get the chance too... so here it is today instead. Please click the image to take you to the Dilbert site so that Scott Adams gets the web traffic he so richly deserves for being the creator of one of the greatest comic strips ever.

From the Haffey's Links department:

• 10 Kick Ass facts about Bruce Lee
• Tech Support thwarts criminal!
• The latest update from the Street Fighter: The Later Years series
• An awesome invention, I can't wait to get one!

We'll close with an awesome Will It Blend? episode.. featuring the one and only Chuck Norris.

Number one hundred forty...

Greetings... with training last week and the arrival of our baby quickly approaching I haven't had a ton of blog time. So let me take advantage of this five minute lull to dump some stuff out here.

• The most ridiculous game show answers, EVER!
• Did you have childhood dreams of becoming an astronaut? NASA may be able to help you out with that.
• Jimmy Kimmel was so kind as to explain exactly what Miss Teen really said.
• How to NOT make your customers happy, demonstrated here.
• Watch all your TV while at your computer, catch up on old shows, etc. Great site.

LIFE CHANGING TIPS AND TRICKS!!!!
Hey, I know it's been awhile but never fear I have a good one today... especially for you home owners out there. How to burglarproof your doors. I know I am going to be doing a couple of the suggested things in there, I had been thinking of a moat and drawbridge but maybe just some improvements to the doors would be a cheaper route.


Finally we close with a story about health... Eye doctors warn that prolonged computer use can have ill effects, SO STOP READING THIS BEFORE YOU GO BLIND!

NON-PICTURE CONTENT!

LOL.. I've been doing so much catching with photos, I thought it would be a nice diversion to catch up on the 5 billion links I've collected over the past three weeks.

Let's start off with some funny pictures that other people have taken:

• Crossing Sign
• Darth Vader, the normal joe (look through the whole album)
• Maybe I'm a wimp, but this might be going to far for "teh funneh"

How about some news of the cool/weird:

• Meteor sighting, it's in polish but the visuals in the video and the picture don't need words
• Five stadium promotions gone wrong
• Who steals a pool? ok, so there may be some people but who steals a pool, FULL OF WATER? yea
• Funny and useful military warnings
• AWESOME Case mod!
• Top 13 worst slogan translations

How about some cool/fun flash goodies?

• Escape the car!
• Frank allows the internet access to his USB devices
• Scorch things in the microwave, without breaking YOUR microwave

Tech News tidbits:

• Free app that tells you when your software needs updates
• Make your pocket PC look like an iPhone
• Cisco plans to kill Linksys brand
• Six steps to securing your PC
• Restarting your Windows OS without restarting your PC

Let's wrap it all up with a creepy/funny video:

How did the "Keep Off the Grass" sign get there in the first place?

Friday Funnies
They're not gone, there just hasn't been a lot of me posting on Fridays. I'm going to dip back into the Penny Arcade well though (as I probably will a lot) and give you: A Kris Kross reference How can you go wrong with that?

We're going to hang out at the Randolph's cabin property tonight in western Indiana, should be fun. I'll try to take some photos.

News of the "SAY WHAT?"

• BILL + TED SEQUEL TO GO AHEAD WITHOUT REEVES OR WINTER, say it isn't so!?!?!! All my hopes and dreams smashed in one snappy headline
• A trailer for an internet video game reveals hidden facts about Santa... this one may not be a good watch for the little ones. (Unless they know the truth... then they'll laugh)
• Jay Leno featured a spot showing the effects of Anti-Helium... scary. lol

I read a review of a website that helps people move, called MoveMe. It looks to have lots of cool features to make moving less painful.

How about some free tickets to an Indianapolis Colts game? Feel free to sign up, win, and give them to me. I've signed up and my username is airthom.

Sports Illustrated has a "Top 10 College Sports Venues" story up... Memorial Stadium didn't make it (I'm surprised), but Rosenblatt Stadium did make it. I've been to Rosenblatt (a lot) and to the Rose Bowl one time, both are amazing places.

Have a good weekend, see you on the other side.

Fourth of July

This is going to be an action packed blog entry... buckle your seat belts.

First and foremost, sixteen posts ago I passed the 100 mark for blog entries. Yay!

Second, yesterday was the Fourth of July... we invited some people over to my parent's place for some swimming, cooking out, and a little fireworks fun. I captured some of the excitement with my camera. All the fireworks shots were from our neighbor's later that night.

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Alright, how about we drop some Techie news and a little "Haffey's links" now...

• Sony PSP FakeBook
• Who loves the Kwik-E-Mart? Burbank, CA does.
• This is a great example of how to complain to an airline.
• 10 Reasons It Doesn't Pay to Be "The Computer Guy"
• One of the few iPhone news bits that I enjoyed reading.
• This has to do with liquid cooled computers... go to the next one if you didn't say "REALLY!?!? WOW!"
  
• Can you say "8 core?"
• Eight timesaving tips for Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office
• A great example of how far our society has come in 52 years.

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How do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes?

Hello good people... I've got some links and things to share today and of course the Wednesday feature:
LIFE CHANGING TIPS AND TRICKS!!!!
How to Sleep Better, some really great tips and information about getting better quality sleep. Also, they changed around the How-To site I've been using it looks a lot nicer now.

Bargain Alert!! Here is a great deal on some Lego Sets.

• When I saw these, I thought "why?"... well the title answers the question, but it still left me scratching my head.
• I enjoy beer, and occasionally I'll creep out of my comfort zone brews to try something new... but this is just craziness.
• I SOOOOO want to get something like this... uber baby stroller!
• FUN WITH ELECTRICITY! (Don't try this at home)
• If you've seen 300 then this will make you chuckle.
• For that special emo in your life... CRAYONS! Not sure what emo is? Click me
• Here's a great commentary on the use of Voice Communications while playing online games.

Remember that fun with electricity link up there?? Well, here is some more fun


I watched Hot Fuzz the other day, so I'm going to try and write up a good review of it before the end of the week. Be safe and see you tomorrow.

When French people swear, do they say, "Pardon my English"?

This day in history

1889: Flag Day in the US

In the United States, Flag Day (more formally, National Flag Day) is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress.

Flag Day is not an official federal holiday, though on June 14, 1937 Pennsylvania became the first (and only) U.S. state to celebrate Flag Day as a state holiday.

Funny and Scary:

• Amp'd Mobile files for bankruptcy after 1/2 of their subscribers don't pay their bills
• Happen to need an industrial can-opener?
• I like a good thrill ride from time to time, but this is taking it a step too far
• Have you ever used PowerPoint? Ever been in a meeting where someone had BAD slides? This guy gives you steps on how NOT to use PowerPoint

Haffey came up big this past week with an OUTSTANDING link to a couple very useful sites:

• Windows XP Post SP2 Update Pack, which let's you update your media with the latest updates to save time after building machine by not having to patch them. It also has some other add-on tools that are pretty cool.
• The other site is tlbox, which is a great repository of various tools (in our link we have focused on System Admins, but there are others to choose from) that you can integrate into Firefox. Kudos to you, sir, for the awesome links.
  

I have some friends that are really into Guitar Hero, so the next two links are all about them. If you are into GH, you are welcome to enjoy them as well.

• Guitar Hero rocks the 80s?? Get out of town.
• How about using your Guitar Hero "axe" to make music you can save on your PC? Just, wow.

Apple iPhone... June 29th... 6pm... local time.

The Colts received their SuperBowl Champion rings last night.

Blast from the past:

I really wanna go see if there are some episodes of this I can get, I used to watch it all the time. heh

What disease did cured ham have?

What American accent do you have? (Best version so far) Midland ("Midland" is not necessarily the same thing as "Midwest") The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it's a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from the Midland.

Click Here to Take This Quiz Brought to you by YouThink.com quizzes and personality tests.

I'll drop some more stuff in here a bit later.

Short weeks are good..

I like when Wednesdays feel like Tuesdays.. that means that on "Friday" I won't have to come into work.

IT'S A WOOT OFF!

Couple neato tech things:

• WiFi hedgehog? Yea, that's cool.. especially if you live in a dorm or apartment with a bunch of open WiFi networks nearby.
• Nvidia is set to release software to allow your GPU to take over some cycles from your CPU when it is bored.
• Google has launched its new "Street View" feature for Google Maps... interesting.
• Apple releases iTunes 7.2.. to prepare for iTunes Plus (DRM Free music)
• Microsoft announces... well, just go look.. Surface
  

Alright, on to our Wednesday feature..
LIFE CHANGING TIPS AND TRICKS!!!!
Hot on the heels of the May 9 update on how to sleep on a hot night, How to stop brain freeze! It is the season for cold treats, so take the time to read this over and avoid the dreaded BRAIN FREEZE!

I have been using Geni.com for sometime to record my family tree.. it's a great site with a ton of really nice tools/features.
Here is there latest feature add-ons:

• Four new tree views: Calendar, Map, Index, and Discussion
• Photo Tagging, Enhanced Privacy, and Tweaks to existing features
• Family Friends!

If you are into genealogy and might be thinking about putting your info into a system to help organize it.. I encourage you to try out Geni.com and let me know so we can be family friends. Oh, one last note from the genealogy end... someone that posts at the Geni.com site wrote a good guide on how to use social networking sites to find relatives.

How about a quick movie review? Alright, we took Carson to go see Shrek the Third. It was really good, the whole family enjoyed it. They did very well at moving the story along from the first two movies using enough of the old schtick and characters from the previous flicks, while introducing a good amount of new material too keep it fresh. I often see movies in the theater and think that I would've been better off waiting to rent it for home viewing. Shrek the Third did not fall into that category. I will also be buying a copy to watch a few more times at home.

Finally a couple of vids:
John Stewart exposes the "Under Investigation" saying.
And PTI on ESPN features internet-style video clips... lol

May day, Cinco de Mayo, etc

It's May already... I'm severely behind on photos, so I vow to take some this weekend as we have some photo worthy things in hand as well as a wedding to attend this weekend. Long time family friend, Martin, will be tying the knot with his lovely bride-to-be, Karyn... more on this story as it develops. ;)

Make haste to the funneh...
Microsoft counters Apple's iPhone with... the oPhone. Watch the video, it's worth it.
Who's the best shipper? DHL wins the package race.
Thieves beware! Do not steal from Wal-mart in Attala, Alabama... or a judge will make you look like the idiot you are.
Johnny Five is still alive... in legos.
Do not fly with these people.
Coolest monitor configs I've seen... the one guy takes his flight sims a little too serious. ha
Various pictures of beautiful and/or interesting churches... make sure to read the comments there are few bonus links in there.


LIFE CHANGING TIPS AND TRICKS!!!!
This week's tip is one you'll want to bookmark.. How to sleep comfortably on a hot night.

Finally,
Conan O'Brien visits LucasFilms and ILM studios... Great Videos, a must watch.

This video is for anyone with more money than space to add-on to their garage...

If you get one, invite me over so I can watch it work in person... because it looks cool as heck just on video.

Superman, beware...

They have located some kryptonite... let's hope it doesn't fall into the hands of evil.
American Idol update from last week, Sanjaya is finally gone. Finally. A local radio station did a parody song honoring the performer; the song is titled "American Idol's Sanjaya!"
Been running out of good cursing material lately? Well, Ship of Fools are here to help with some Biblical classics.
Here's an excellent article called 10 Steps to Cell Phone Security... it cover a lot of very important ground that most people take for granted.
What an AWESOME find this site was, Matt Groening & Friends Appreciation Society.

Geni.com announced some new features today on their blog.. I'm especially excited about the printing feature. If you are into genealogy at all, this site is worth a look.

Lightsaber for $33 in 33 minutes, I'm sooo making one.

Couple funny pics,
Say what?
Drinking and galloping?
Someone at Disney I hope got in trouble.
Awesome T-Shirt
Something tells me this car took a wrong turn


IT'S A WOOTOFF PEOPLE!!!!
Gogogogogogogo!

We'll close it up with the Thursday normal,

This day in history

New Coke was introduced on April 23, 1985. Production of the original formulation ended that same week.
New Coke was the unofficial name of the sweeter drink introduced in 1985 by The Coca-Cola Company to replace its flagship soda, Coca-Cola or Coke. Properly speaking, it had no separate name of its own, but was simply the new version of Coke, until 1992 when it was renamed Coca-Cola II.

Miss me?

It's been awhile since I've had a real blog post... so you'll have to excuse the following flood of links I've been collecting (and receiving from Mr. Haffey).

We'll start off with the news of the cool:
I was never into model cars much, but this one is REALLY cool.
Have you seen this picture of an iPod that saved a soldiers life? Technology is your friend people, EMBRACE IT (and make a nice layer of things to stop bullets)
Rich guys get all the chicks, I have photographic proof.
Have a rampant Vampire problem where you live? Never fear, there is a solution.
Sony released a new series of displays that are ultra thin, way cool.
The Red Cross has been using a new mobile billboard in a few different places, the images are just breathtaking (scary and cool).
Remember what 5mb Hard Drives looked like in 1956? Me neither, now we both know... crazy.

Quick dip into the serious news, Chinese government restricts those under 18 to 3 hours of online gaming a day. It'll be interesting to see what effect this will have and how they will enforce it.

Alright, back to the funneh.
WTF indeed. Funny and scary pics of things geeks do, right here.
Need a friend for you desk? Get a bike riding mouse.
Know an office worker that needs a special award for their special abilities? Here you go.
Your favorite "unfortunate" domain names... sometimes you have to read them twice to get the funneh.
Be careful when you buy things to make sure the price you thought you were paying is the price you actually pay, or this could happen. LOL
Top Firefox plugins... to have and NOT to have. A good read, although they do contradict themselves at times.
Leave it to those who over analyze to bring about the existence of this web page... poor Santa.

Ok, here are a few web games/quizs that I messed around with a bit this past week.
Are you smarter than a fifth grader? Not the TV show, it's a quiz. I got a 75%.
Here's a cool block building game, remember you have to think in 3d.
This link labels itself "The Top Five Most Addictive Games".. so click here with care (and free time).

We'll round out this massive post with two videos;
First, have you wanted to get into the newest season of The Sopranos but felt you've missed to much to really understand what's happening? Well, your prayers have been answered because a seven minute refresher of everything so far is here. Adult situations, violence, and language await you on the other side of the link. If you can handle those, it is a good watch.

Lastly, Alanis Morissette recently did a parody of "My Humps" by Fergi (Black Eyed Peas).

“I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada.” —Britney Spears

Howdy folks! It's been a crazy week and we're only halfway done. Started off in shorts and 78 degrees with sun to spare and today it's cloudy, 31 degrees and it's starting to snow a little. Ahh, global warming.

LIFE CHANGING TIPS AND TRICKS!!!!
Need a new pickup line? Want to entertain at your kids' next birthday party? This week learn how rip a phone book in half.

RIAA Lawsuit Decision making process chart!
Seagate, fighting terrorism one hard drive at a time.
VGA and DVI are dead, long live DisplayPort 1.1
To everyone that argued with me about the DST change being a scam.. I just have one thing to say to you; HAHAHAHAHA... I WAS RIGHT!
Haffey sends funny stuff all the time, but this one was so good that one of the quotes made my title today. Celebrity Quotes
Oh my... Top 10 beer myths, grab a frosty mug and learn something about brews.

The 80s called... they want to know why their commercials were WAY better than todays. Also play some retro Nintendo games online.

Bargain alert: Dell Laptop on the cheap

April Fools day updates: Some jokes I saw that were pretty funny.
Woot BOC for One Meeeeelion dollars
Google announces the TiSP (Toilet Internet Service)
Dilbert Blog asks people to post about their favorite April Fools Pranks

Another Die Hard movie? Yea, I was thinking the same thing until I watched the trailer:

The more you know...

hehe.. cheesy title for tips -n- tricks day.
This should be a very good entry though.

LIFE CHANGING TIPS AND TRICKS!!!!
Have a password? Of course you do, who doesn't these days. Here is an extremely important read for you, go ahead and click through to read the linked blog in the story too. Be safe with your information.

Vista is not doing to shabby. I've been using it on my main desktop at work since the enterprise edition launched and I have to say that I've been overall really pleased with it.
This link is for Jenni, spiffy new medical tablet PC. If you work in health care, I'm sure you'd kill (figuratively) to get one of those.
Do you fly often? Use text messaging on your mobile phone too? Here is some great info for you to help keep track of your flights, etc.
Speaking of Google, there is an exciting rumor spinning about GDrive... JotSpot = new GDrive? I would love to have all my Google services wrapped in one beautiful little container so I'm extremely excited to see this kind of news, even if it is just a rumor.

Bargain alert: Amazon.com toy clearance sale!

Oops, almost forgot an additional Haffey Link... Who loves the Kwik-E Mart? News of the weird kind, indeed.

I hope to have some big news tomorrow and some photos to boot.

A Lego couch? NO WAY!

If I was still single I would definitely have one of these bad mammajammas. I mean come on, that is too cool.

UPS has read my mind. Their newest feature of their service is the smartest thing they could've done. Read all about it.

Haffey time; Sick of meetings, coworkers, office politics? Do yourself in, hurry though you only have 5 minutes. Animated violence and bloodshed, as well as inane office environment which is torture by itself.
He also sent this link, about people who have been banned from being on SNL. It was very interesting to read.

Speaking of SNL... did you see Peyton Manning's United Way fake commercial? Hilarious, have a look.

Well, that was quick...

The weekend was a blur, got a good amount of stuff done but it still seemed to go to quick. Did the quarter-round for the tile in the bathroom (will try to update a few pics this week in there), attached a steering wheel and telescope to Carson's clubhouse, fixed a few of the gutter spouts, and took Carson to the neighborhood Easter egg hunt.

Story update: On the RIAA vs UNL story.

Haffey strikes again with his links! Photos of wrong place/wrong time situations, on the adult meter the worst is a far away shot of some dudes butt. Speaking of Haffey, check out his new bike... hot.


I got 4242 meters on the Monkey Kick Off! Woot!!!

The weekend is upon us

Bargain Alert: 320gb Hard drive for $80ish .. not too shabby.

Microsoft griefs Sony? Hilarious!

The woot-off is still cranking! Get it while it's HOT!

Do you work with code? Here's a really neat little tool.
Also, on the string of cool things from/for Google stuff... GMail loader! Import old "pre-gmail" mail into your GMail account.

Friday Funnies
Dilbert is a riot today, so go check it out.

Have a good weekend!! I've got a few things to keep me busy around the house and if we get some time we might go see the TMNT movie!

This just in...

I'm back at work...

This day in history
The first working laser patented this day in 1960. Sometime later, Dr. Evil uses this invention in his evil plot.


My old employer tells the RIAA to pay them for wasting the University's time... HA HA HA. Go UNL!!

Here's a funny link that Haffey sent me yesterday... funny stuff said in court. In honor of Haffey providing me so much material, I've added a new label "Haffey's Links"... in time I hope to go back through what I've already posted and add the label when necessary. This way you can target just the posts with "Links provided by Haffey"(tm).

IT'S A WOOT-OFF PEOPLE!!!!
GOGOGOGOGOGO!!!

What a laugh on this one!

Fridays are my favorites

I mean, besides the weekend days of course. I think I've probably post that before, but it's worth mentioning a second time (or third, etc).

Let's get this Friday started..
Friday Funnies
I enjoy the quirkiness of Non Sequitur... and yesterday's comic was hilarious.

Bargain Alerts:

• Great bargainhunting tip from DownloadSquad.
• $40 off $95 Coupon for Finishline.

Peyton Manning celebrates his birthday as the host of SNL! I haven't watched a live airing of SNL in ages, this one I will be watching.
I watched the IU vs. Northwestern game the other day... that was more thrilling than it needed to be. It was cool to see Wilmont break the IU 3 point record in a game though.

Haffey sent me a nice link on how to optimize your computer, whether you are running Vista or XP. Check it out. Thanks Haffey.