Yesterday, I connected my phone (ATT Tilt with Windows Mobile) to my laptop (Vista, because Ubuntu did not recognize my phone) to transfer a few photos over. I explicitly told Windows Mobile Device Center (Vista’s ActiveSync) not to sync any data on my phone with my laptop. Apparently WMDC took that to mean […]

In regards to the previous post — it was my power supply. The one thing I didn’t think to check (because the lights came on, and the fans whirred, and the drives spun) was my Achilles’s heel. I would like to say “live and learn”, but this being my third or fourth “somethin’ […]

I was in the process of writing a very long post when I realized how off-track I had gotten. I am so frustrated, I cannot keep my thoughts straight. So let me try this again.
All I want to know is why, with so many years behind the computer industry, why, can’t these bastards […]

The first two episodes of this season’s Family Guy have been so-so in my book. However, I have to give mad props to the writers for their nod to Office Space in the second episode. Great movie.
< insert stapler quote here >

After spending over an hour trying to figure out how to “fix” a windowboxed video, I finally stumbled upon the answer on the MPlayer man page.
If you have a widescreen display and are as annoyed at having black borders on all four sides as I was, the solution is as simple as running:
$ mplayer -vf […]

I had too many “users” signed up with wonderful names like Prescription Drugs and Dating Service, so user-registration is now off, and I mass-deleted a few hundred signons.
If you find that you can no longer sign-in, please let me know, and I will re-instate your account.

Tabetha and I are rather fond of arguing. Well, I like to think of it as debating, but you know… tomato tomato. Please, do not get the wrong idea - these are not the disagreements and fights that many couples have. Those kinds of arguments we have so rarely, I could count […]

Over the holidays, I visited my parents in their home. I never talk about it, but my father is currently engaged in a war against his own house. Well, it’s not so much a war, as a gradual tearing down and rebuilding of the entire house, bit-by-bit. Since he had a few […]

Man, I was all ready and willing to update my book list, only to find that I cannot get to my database. =(
Oh well, maybe I will try again in a month or so.

The difference between rugged and ragged is about 1/4 inch of stubble.

I admit it — I am one of those “damn foreigners”, and while I do not have the “funny accent”, I do have the “long, weird name”.
I don’t have to worry about spam mail, because it is never actually addressed to me. My name stumbles teachers and nurses alike, and yes, it was butchered […]

I was wrapping up for the night and was just about to go to the bathroom to brush my teeth, when I noticed both of my cats sitting next to each other and staring up in the same direction. Upon following their gazes, I saw a large bastard of a roach, lounging up on […]

I am having issues feeding my kittens. When we first adopted them, our food decision was made exceptionally easy by the Humane Society.
– What do you recommend for food?
– Well, we feed all our kittens Purina Kitten Chow.
– Cool.
And so, for the last several months, the kittens have been fat and happy […]

If the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, then why doethn’t the Lord taketh away thith terrible lithp?

There are four stages to the human sexual response:
1. Appetitive
2. Excitement
3. Orgasmic
4. Resolution
Otherwise known as:
“I saw — I conquered — I came — I ate a sandwich”

Dear friends. At this time, I would like to take a few moments to bring you this brief Public Service Announcement.
Trans-saturated (or “trans”) fat is bad, it is true. But it is bad only insofar as it closely mimics our dear old and apparently-forgotten friend: (fully) saturated fat. So please do not […]

Well, it doesn’t beat a pink slashdot, but it’ll have to do…

I just popped in here for a second to delete a spam comment (something I rarely have to do anymore thanks to Akismet) and noticed my entry from two years ago.
At this time two years ago, I was stressing something fierce about the MCAT and EMT registry exams. Right now I am stressing about […]

A couple of days ago, I learned that the very first vitamin was discovered sometime in the early 1900s by a Dr. Funk. He was the guy who first used the term “vitamine”.
Too bad Dr. Funk did not follow the path of numerous other scientists and name the substance he found after himself. […]

“Do you mind telling me why you ran away from the operating room?” the hospital administrator asked the patient.
The patient replied, “Because the nurse said, ‘Don’t be afraid! An appendectomy is quite simple.’”
“So?…”
“So?!” exclaimed the man. “She was talking to the doctor!”