Archive for September, 2010

Worth Quoting

“I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted and I won’t be laid a hand on.  I don’t do these things to other people and I require the same of them.” – John Bernard Brooks (John Wayne in The Shootist)

Chris-isms

“Try things… be timid when you’re dead!” – Chris Doelle

My Bogey-less history comes to an end

I know it is hard to believe but, I have never seen a Humphrey Bogart movie all the way through. Yeah, me – the guy who has rated and/or reviewed over 3,000 movies – the same guy that LOVES old black and whites… never has seen a Bogey film all the way through. Sure, I [...]

Careful what you wish for…

Okay, I have been hoping for rain the past few days because the cracks in my yard as large enough to lose a small child.  The rains of the past few days have been a welcome relief to the yard and most of Central Texas, but there is a one major casualty – FOOTBALL PRACTICE!! [...]

Last.fm is one of those things I can’t stop using. I love statistics and the fact that is has kept stats on my audio habits for nearly a decade leaves me with some very cool statistics. I finally found a patch for one of the loopholes. I now have last.fm track my listens not only [...]

Been a while since you’ve used Google Earth?

It has been over four years since I last booted up Google Earth and although I loved it then, it is even better now. (Here are my previous posts related to Google Earth) I am not sure that I can even spell out the differences I see now – it could just be a reawakened [...]

Part if growing up is owning your immaturity

I find it disheartening when I run into people who continually blame everyone around them for their situation in life.  I mean, come on – you are where you are because of choices you have made. I am sure you have all run into those people – you know the ones. “I would be a [...]

Found an RSS problem

Okay, so most of you will either a) not have a clue what I am talking about or b) not give a flip.  I just felt that for the nerd in-the-know, I would bring them up to speed on an issue I discovered. Turns out that sometime a couple months ago, I made a tweak [...]