I fully understand that entities on the internet have ways of finding things out about me that I would otherwise think impossible to find out. I don't know how they do it, but they seem to know where I am and what type of computer I'm on when I'm browsing around the web.

I was checking my web-based, no-name, meant for junk email earlier today and ( Read more... )

Last night I decided I'd finally sit down to import some of my business PayPal transactions into Quickbooks. After one failed attempt I started searching online for a tutorial of sorts. Finding nothing but a few discussion board posts on the topic, I gave it a few more tries on my own. I finally went to bed with nothing but a few dozen voided ( Read more... )

Every now and then I look around me and wonder if the moment I'm living wasn't plucked straight from a story book. Some meticulous author labored through words and pages to describe the scene in which I've been placed.

Or maybe, somewhere far above my head, there's an accomplished film director who cues the lights and sounds of my experience and ( Read more... )

"Existentialism is dark. Those people are fixated on death."

That's how I used to think of existentialism.

For the longest time I was never sure what existentialism was. I asked people in high school, but I could never get a straight answer. People either loved it or hated it, but no one could really explain it to me.

When I was first introduced to it ( Read more... )

Last summer (2007) I struck gold at the thrift store.

I started out looking for pants, but soon realized they have electronics too. I found a great USB extension cable (of which they had many) and soon uncovered what I consider to be a great treasure - an APC Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) - a electronic backup battery (generally for computers).

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I think it's about time I explained myself.

A few people have pointed out that I seem to have fallen off the face of the world (my words, not theirs). While that not really an unusual thing (I tend to disappear at times), this time there was a reason.

Shortly before Thanksgiving 2007, lightning struck my brain. For as long as I can remember, my ( Read more... )

I didn't realize it at first, but my cell phone was truly a wonderful device. At first I was impressed with the bluetooth options, the music playback, video features and expandability. Months later I learned how to enable the data connection to my provider and discovered the wonderful world of mobile internet.

I looked up actors on IMDB without ( Read more... )

RFID - Radio Frequency IDentification

At least I think that's what it stands for. It's all based on a chip that stores information and responds to radio frequencies. I'm not sure how it works (since the chip itself doesn't seem to have any power supply), but it's supposed to be pretty cool.

The chips are super tiny and super cheap to make, which ( Read more... )

I've done it.

I've compiled a wish list for the holiday season. There are some in my family who've been waiting for this occasion much longer than they would have liked. There are other who probably won't even look at it ;)

But this wish list is unlike any other wish list that's come before it. It may not look like much, but this list wasn't just ( Read more... )

I have a profound respect for outs.

Outs allow us to withold participation in any number of things while still retaining our respectability and potential for further invitations.

I love having outs - for those days when I don't care to gather in a large group to play or participate in activity I really have no interest in. It's wonderful to have that ( Read more... )