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Re: The Emergency Fund

Dan — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 02:51:18 -0000

I have just started building up an emergency fund. I would eventually like to have about three months worth in an immediately available account and another year's worth in an investment from which I can safely (without significant losses) withdraw with in about one week.

Re: Airplane crash imminent!

Dan — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:38:08 -0000

fact. i agree, and really like what you've seen in us. it really is exciting to see / hear bad news when it's not about us. i suppose it's the same as the much retold story of the root of all comedy. we love it when bad things happen to other people. i mean, we don't love it, we love to hear about it. i don't think this makes us bad people.

Re: http://mommyisinthebathroom.blogspot.com/2009/05/im-wife-of-professional-poker-player.html

Dan — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:21:52 -0000

You forgot the other ENP question - How do I get a "job" like that?

Having been a self-employed consultant for many years, I get the same questions (just change the occupation).

Re: http://mommyisinthebathroom.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-life-explained-crowes-cursed.html

Dan — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:48:21 -0000

Black Crowes is an interesting choice. I have been surprised that thus far no one has chosen a ballad as there anthem.

Re: http://mommyisinthebathroom.blogspot.com/2009/06/in-previous-life-when-i-was-productive.html

Dan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:15:59 -0000

I have to agree - if it weren't for the cost of postage, it would be a great way to get rid of all those "too good or unique to toss but I never use doodads." In any case, I don't need the terra cotta rooster, so You are on your own.

Re: http://mommyisinthebathroom.blogspot.com/2009/07/wait-what-was-that.html

Dan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:49:40 -0000

I liked the one about Chicago Pols. We lived there during the Byrne - Daly wars when every cemetery voted well and often. I sometimes miss the blatant obviousness of the corruption and influence peddling occurring at the time. Now it seems like they try to hide it which makes it harder to tolerate. Oh well.

Re: Lippi njöt nog varken av maten eller staden…

Dan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:04:17 -0000

Grande Trapattoni!!!!

Re: http://www.h-i-r.net/2008/12/dangers-of-proliferation-of-shared-ftp.html

Dan — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:14:00 -0000

My employer (a major research university) went through a process a couple of years ago to decommission all FTP transfers; converting to more secure alternatives. Also, we don't allow external connections to the transfer servers. Instead, we connect to external servers hosted by vendors, etc.

It was a little work to switch, but our data is safer because of it.

Re: Community Bubble

Dan — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 02:18:28 -0000

As much as I hate listening to other people yammer on their phones, I don't think it's the FAA's job to make airplanes the "last safe place". The reason cells were banned from planes was the fear of interference with cockpit instruments. Since that's utter crap (or at least it is these days), there's no reason to continue the ban.

I'm all for limiting cell phone use in many places, airplanes included, but if you're doing it, do it for the actual reasons, not for some crap.

Re: Mona Lisa Phone Home | Jack Baty says...

Dan — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 17:49:19 -0000

weird. i just rented this flick tonight. haven’t watched it yet. looking forward to it.

Re: Programmers and Trauma Surgeons | Jack Baty says...

Dan — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:37:59 -0000

I just came upon an article for company called “Zillow”:http://www.zillow.com

“Article Source”:http://http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/256174_zillow19.html

They raised $26 Million in their first year.

Re: The Absolute Best Songs of 2009 (.25 of the way through)

Dan — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:33:09 -0000

Hopefully as the year progresses, so do single choices. I'm looking forward too seeing "Summertime Clothes" or "Heads Will Roll" or "Fences" up there.

Re: Is America Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

Dan — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:40:00 -0000

As much as I love Jeopardy and hate other, dumbed-down trivia shows, let's not pretend like game shows have just gotten dumber since Alex Trebek came on the scene. Wheel of Fortune after all has been on just about as long as Jeopardy.

Re: The Economics Of Signboard Advertising

Dan — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:34:00 -0000

I really dislike those boards. They are extremely distracting even when watching a short clip like that own goal, nevermind an entire match.

Re: "MLS Saturday On FSC" Scores an Awful Own Goal

Dan — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 10:16:00 -0000

That show was, as Todd Grisham would know from his WWE days, a complete clusterf***.
I was looking forward to seeing its debut, but was instantly embarrassed within the opening moments.

Hopefully next week's will be pre-recorded like HDNet's halftime coverage, or they'll have everything set up the way it's intended.

Re: Diamonds In The Rough

Dan — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:30:00 -0000

Giorgio hosts a weekly 3 hour football show on Sirius every Wednesday from 5-8 pm est. You could try sending an e-mail to the show and maybe your interview request could be passed on to him. The address is thefootballshow@sirius-radio.com

Re: Copa America Kicks Off on GolTV

Dan — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:01:00 -0000

All the games can be viewed online at Univision's web site.

www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=1215239

Re: Copa America Kicks Off on GolTV

Dan — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:17:00 -0000

I don't know if it's allowed, but someone gave me a link to a free program called TVU. GolTV is one of the channels they carry and I'm watching the USA vs. Argentina match as I'm typing this. Quality is very good.

Re: Don’t Believe The Hype: David Beckham

Dan — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:59:00 -0000

I just thought you were avoiding the story because this is an EPL blog. Beckham, Real Madrid, LA Galaxy, MLS all have nothing to do with the EPL. Perhaps you should've timed this article the day of the LA Galaxy vs. Chelsea exhibition.

Re: The Gaffer: It’s Good to be Back

Dan — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:28:00 -0000

Great to have you back Gaffer! Best wishes...

Re: The Gaffer: It’s Good to be Back

Dan — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:39:00 -0000

Glad you're back, Gaffer. I kept refreshing the page, multiple times a day, thinking you changed the URL, yet my browser wasn't updating to the new site.
Sorry you missed the opening weekend.

Would love to read your opinions on FSC's new Super Sunday + show.

Re: Benitez’s Future In Doubt Due to Hicks Admittal

Dan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:16:23 -0000

Are they going to fire the manager and then bail? That's just what they need.

Re: Changes Must be Made at Liverpool

Dan — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:42:06 -0000

Ryan Babel had a great game against Luton, yeah it was only Luton but you don't drop players when there playing well. It should have been Torres and Babel up front against Villa not a bloody goal shy lacking in confidence Dirk Kuyt, Kuyt works hard alright but so does the bus driver that drives buses around city centres monday - friday. He doesn't have the quality to play for Liverpool, that said we had feck all cash when we bought him and Moores had to dig into his own pocket to buy him. I think the c**t that should get most of the blame for all thats bad with LFC is Mr Rick Parry. He sold the idea of little and large to us and now were stuck with the two greedy fuckers.

Re: Changes Must be Made at Liverpool

Dan — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:44:12 -0000

Why don't LFC Fans protest against Rick Parry - the bloody cheek he had to attend that match, I feel sorry for Moores but not Parry. Not one bit

Re: Changes Must be Made at Liverpool

Dan — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:47:33 -0000

LFC Norway you are so right, just reading your comments about Kuyt, I completely agree. Must be the worst striker playing for any of the big four

Re: Changes Must be Made at Liverpool

Dan — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:50:11 -0000

Personally if I was Rafa I would have sold Crouch for £10m , Sold Sissoko for £8 - £10m , sold Carson to Villa for £10m, got rid of Risse for about £6m and got rid of either Voronin or Kuyt, then I would have bought Mascherano and brought in two decent players.

Re: Newcastle, Bolton and Fulham are Depressing to Watch

Dan — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:02:08 -0000

The Gaffer, you dont have a clue, keep your idiotic opinion to yourself and find something else to write about because you clearly have no idea about Newcastle or football in general. IDIOT!

Re: ITVN and Setanta: Service Comes to an End

Dan — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:14:41 -0000

Just a reminder... all cable users should contact their cable company and request Setanta Sports. If enough of us do, then maybe we can get them to add it to their lineup.

Re: Avram Grant At His Finest

Dan — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:11:36 -0000

Grant is a douche! Chelsea goes only 2 points behind ManU and this guy is acting like a fool.

Maybe his strategy is to keep people from talking about the race and turn their attention to him. But the team deserves better representation from their manager after an incredibly important win.

Even if he wins something this year no one will like him and will be waiting to criticize him again.

Total DOUCHE!

Re: Manchester United Wins the League As Predicted

Dan — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:43:33 -0000

Hey Gaffer,

What do you make of the EPL's policy of rewarding the higher placed teams with more money than the lower placed teams? It's like the exact opposite of American football, where the lowest teams get the first drafts picks to keep the game competitive. Doesn't guarantee success in the NFL, but it gives bad teams a fighting chance the next season. Not sure how they could do this in the EPL given its structural differences, that 3 teams get relegated each year etc, but surely there is something that could be done to even the odds.

What this all comes down to, and I guess what I'm saying is, your predictive skills were great, taking into account that you had a 1 in 4 chance of getting it right to begin with last August.

"I root for two teams, Tottenham Hotspur and anyone playing the top four." -anonymous Tottenham supporter

Re: 5 Reasons Why The European Football Championship Is Better Than The World Cup

Dan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:29:05 -0000

I agree with a lot of what you say. The biggest thing I'd disagree with is the part about teams who "don't deserve to be there." I'd compare the world cup more to the FA cup, when we get to see the lower league teams have a shot at the big guys. This last years was great as we witnessed several "dragon slayers" beat the tar out of the big four teams. That was fun. And rooting for total underdogs can be exciting too (Trinidad & Tobago's run in 2006 comes to mind). It's also one of the only chances some of these country's get to watch their teams compete on the world stage- and explains some of the media overhype - and as Kartik said these teams are getting better.

The big concern I share with you is player burnout. FIFA and all of the soccer confederations need to do something about their regular season schedules vs. cup schedules. I still think the EPL shouldn't even have regular games in January, and ending earlier in May might go some way to allowing players some rest before the summer matches.

Re: 5 Reasons Why The European Football Championship Is Better Than The World Cup

Dan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:35:09 -0000

One last comment. I'm American and really enjoying Euro2008 even without England in the tournament (and that's saying a lot as my wife is English, I've also lived there and am a huge fan). We were disappointed that they didn't make it, but I'm surprised at the amount of coverage it did get here and the amount of attention all of my soccer-skeptic friends have given it as well.

This also skips the fact that there are *a lot* of non-Anglo Americans watching the tournament this year, though maybe living in Italian-American rich Boston biases my view a bit...

Re: Wigan Athletic Unveils New Club Crest

Dan — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:13:04 -0000

i love wigan

Re: West Brom Makes History With Sponsorless Football Shirts

Dan — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:20:25 -0000

West Ham have played without a sponsor.

Re: Liverpool Does the Right Thing: German Clubs Do Not

Dan — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:49:50 -0000

You fail to mention that Barca are refusing to allow Messi — who is only 21 — to travel to Beijing.

Re: Join The 2008/2009 Fantasy Premier League

Dan — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:16:50 -0000

same old chelsea

always winning

Re: Premiership Preview–10. West Ham

Dan — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:49:32 -0000

I think Behrami may feature as the left mid, and Faubert as the right. And Parker is definitely starting in the middle assuming he's healthy.

Fair article though.

Re: Premiership Preview–2. Liverpool

Dan — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:01:44 -0000

I think your a bit off in saying Agger and Carragher is as good as any Cent. D pairing.

But good article

Red Devils for the Quad!!

Re: Phoenix – Lisztomania (Yuksek Remix) / (The Tremulance Remix)

Dan — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:11:16 -0000

Are you kidding me?
These remixes suck, they are not original and they are just totally uncalled for. How much do you get paid by these people to support this shit?

Re: UpsideTrader

Dan — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:39:00 -0000

New reader here. Love the analysis combined with sarcastic humor. C to 3, for example. Look forward to the weekend newsletter.

DT

Re: New Bloc Party – “Letter To My Son” / “Your Visits Are Getting Shorter”

Dan — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:20:43 -0000

When i first heard the new album I wasn't sure if I really liked it or not... but after a few days of listening to it I fucken LOVE IT!!!!

Re: Wale – Penthouse Anthem

Dan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:29:16 -0000

haha, he probably wants you to listen to Chillin' instead.

Re: ImJustCreative Logo Redesign Ideas - Round 1

Dan — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:48:40 -0000

You must be naive ;)

This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://logo72.posterous.com/imjustcreative-logo-redesign-v3#pcomment_commentunit_137360" rel="nofollow" title="“ImJustCreative Logo Redesign V3” (http://logo72.posterous.com/)">Logo72</p>

Re: New The Killers – Spaceman (’Day & Age’ Version)

Dan — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:40:55 -0000

I think the problem with this version is the way he's singing it. compared to the way he sang it at Foxwoods the vocals are pretty average, especially for a killers song

Re: Cross Country Trip Pics

Dan — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:41:56 -0000

Our Lord Jesus Christ says, "KANSAS RAWKS!"

Re: Read American Gods, For FREE!!!

Dan — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:40:34 -0000

I love the (apparent) trend of authors allowing some of their books to be distributed free online. Baen publishing has been doing it for years with (as far as they are concerned) great success as a marketing tool.
http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm
Currently about 100 books, all scifi or fantasy.

Re: Saturday Nite Party Music Planner 2.28.09

Dan — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:19:21 -0000

That soundcloud player is SO kick ass.. you can even download the songs right from it, haha! what's the point of posting the mp3s?

PS: EPIC post

Re: Firefox Sidebar + Google IG = Useful on any platform

Dan — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:57:00 -0000

@Sridhar:

Thats the default theme for FireFox on Mac OSX.

and great tip!

Re: The rumors are true | A View from Judi Sohn

Dan — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 06:20:28 -0000

I haven't finished trudging through all the WWDC coverage and released info yet..but I don't know if the 'universal binary' is universal in the Windows and Mac sense, or universal in the PPC Mac and x86 Mac sense. I think, at least initially, its only PPC Mac and x86 Mac universal..but I could be wrong

Re: I Love the Tigers

Dan — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 19:03:50 -0000

Go Red Sox, right Carter?

Re: WPBT!

Dan — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:16:17 -0000

Jetblue recently had some good deals; under $150 roundtrip....

Re: Flirting With New Hosts

Dan — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:19:01 -0000

Definitely monitor things; dreamhost sometimes has a habit of not staying up all the time. And watch out for performance hits if something else is running on the machine you're on. arlingtondrunks.com was on there (for very cheap); if it had stayed up when the cheap deal ended, I don't know if it would've stayed at dreamhost, to be honest. Just my thoughts.

Re: Bands Gone in 2006

Dan — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:49:00 -0000

I would've included The Darkness in that list.. Losing their (very recognizable) lead singer is probably the death of them.

Re: Farewell DC

Dan — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:55:00 -0000

White Castle is good. (Or at least it was 12 years ago when I had it last.)

Good luck!

Re: Spymob CD problems

Dan — Wed, 10 Dec 2003 10:39:16 -0000

Don't know of this will work on your flavor of drm, but give this article a shot:

http://www.drmwatch.com/drmtech/article.php/309...

Re: SCO (Caldera) = Litigious Bastards

Dan — Tue, 13 Jan 2004 06:47:58 -0000

Is this similar to the whole "miserable failure" thing linked to http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html ?

Re: Tolerated to steam at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 01 May 2004 19:25:58 -0000

thanks for you sincerity

Re: Tolerated to steam at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 01 May 2004 19:25:58 -0000

thanks for you sincerity

Re: Tolerated to steam at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 04 May 2004 10:16:15 -0000

Its funny that you say that Beth. Because I do take into account that I do not know there personal story. In this case the guy was just trying to get to the surf in a hurry.

Re: Tolerated to steam at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 04 May 2004 10:16:15 -0000

Its funny that you say that Beth. Because I do take into account that I do not know there personal story. In this case the guy was just trying to get to the surf in a hurry.

Re: A rectract at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 04 May 2004 12:55:59 -0000

Thank you, I am proud of being mellow in person, but I do get extremely agitated and quickly. In person I dont let it show and I dont let it bother me. Stuff builds up though and when I get pissed I get pissed. The root of my problem is management, so I dont get too upset at the littlest things. And another big thing is self worth or taking things personally. The tagboard chicks honestly just bug me, there is no hating involved it just as I said bugs and it escalated from both parties, but I am over it. What do you mean weave tone. I know that I am horrible at expressing my feelings and writing is helping but its like I am a third grader at it. Thanks though theJames. I will try my best to be there Friday. What time does it start.

Re: A rectract at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 04 May 2004 12:55:59 -0000

Re: A rectract at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 04 May 2004 17:50:00 -0000

I get what you are saying, now that I have read over what you said about "tone". I totally agree with what you are saying, I am, for the sake of better words, "tone" deaf when it comes to having "conversation" through typing. That really helps me out a lot.

Re: A rectract at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 04 May 2004 17:50:00 -0000

Re: Look at me…NO!…Look over here at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 18:24:14 -0000

Well I cant get it to work for Safari yet, but its the picture beside the URL in the address bar. Its named after when someone bookmarks a page it stores a little picture for that bookmark. Its pretty cool and easy. Except for Safari.

Re: Look at me…NO!…Look over here at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 18:24:14 -0000

Re: Welcome at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:41:26 -0000

Thanks for the info.
I finally fixed it.

It looks like everyone who signs up for the forums will get an invite the way its going.

Re: Welcome at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:41:26 -0000

Thanks for the info.
I finally fixed it.

It looks like everyone who signs up for the forums will get an invite the way its going.

Re: Incoherent Minds Version 1 at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:58:13 -0000

As a director I decided it was best to use already created pictures, to incorporate the experience that stryker brought and the tagboard quotes. Everything was a piece of a big picture and I put them all together to make my art.
Blah Blah Blah...
No I meant to do that.
Next time it will be completly different. If there is an event that I could expose the truth.

Re: Incoherent Minds Version 1 at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:58:13 -0000

Re: Fahrenheit 911 - Free at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 18:02:58 -0000

I know...I know.

I was going to comment on that, The excuse is I dont want to pay for a movie Sara wants to see and she doesnt want to pay for a movie I want to see. So for love we are willing to break the law to protect each other from going to the movies alone.
But now since Santa Paula is so cheap we just go there.
$9.50 is way to much for one movie.
Terminal was pretty good.

:D

Re: Fahrenheit 911 - Free at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 18:02:58 -0000

Re: bowman at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:53:21 -0000

Make sure you add the wall.
Its the best.

Re: bowman at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:53:21 -0000

Make sure you add the wall.
Its the best.

Re: Interesting Read at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:58:21 -0000

Did you read it?
I am thinking the same thing, if they became "micrsoft", and I mean have the billions that they have, would they be as they are now?
I love mac, and I hate corporate micro$oft, but it is an interesting question.
Would if guys had boobs.

Re: Internet Explorer Sucks at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:44:13 -0000

who in the hell uses Opera:?:

Re: WordPress and Gallery integration at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 16 Aug 2004 00:22:29 -0000

something wrong:?:

Re: Work Release at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:36:03 -0000

As you know Wordpress is the new standard for open-source blogging systems. Since MT went for the money I had been contimplating it for a while. I am having problems with the styles with wordpress, for instance 3 columns, but it is all good. After I switched I had to switch everyone else after I found out how awesome it was.

Re: Work Release at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:38:29 -0000

oh yeah,
I agree with you on the right-winged thing.
:wink:

Re: A Great Day at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 02:05:10 -0000

I dont know what you are talking about.
:roll:

Re: A Great Day at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:57:51 -0000

I was talking about the mispelled name, duh.
:mrgreen:

Re: I am coming out of the Closet at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 02:39:28 -0000

It is funny what people will say when they are scared of someone like Moore. I repect him because the interviews I have seen he is a bright controversial man. He speaks his "theory" and thought with proof or reference. I am tired of the slander, I really am tired of it. Because of that Kerry wins on my side. Moore doesnt spread elatious slander he speaks thought, and points out coincidence. I see his movies and draw my own conclusion. I bring this up because I hate it when these people talk about how awefull Moore is and how he spreads lies. I saw an Bill Mayer show with Moore and a RWR and he went on and on about how his movie is a big lie, blah blah blah, but Moore asked if he ever saw it and he said "no". Where is he getting his info and who is he following.
I could go on and on. I will bring this up again. Thanks Jared.
Have you seen Farenheit 911?
You should read a post I had earlier on it.

Re: I am coming out of the Closet at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 02:41:49 -0000

I just read the second part as I posted my first part and it is funny how great minds think alike.
My mind might just be a little behind though.
:grin:

Re: Frustration Ineveitable at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:13:40 -0000

I was writting it all as a comment early on but I just thought it would be in the wrong place. Being so long, it not really being a reply to what you had to say, and being mostly my own take I had to crtl+c crtl+v it.
:!:

Re: FREE GMAIL at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:36:13 -0000

Well I will be your freind for a day if you help me. And then you can start your own at the same time.

Re: New iMac G5 at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 20:06:10 -0000

those pics are so damn funny to look at.

Re: Anti-Spam - Fight Back Against Spammers at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:25:32 -0000

No, No, No. Dont worry about the last post. And this has nothing to do with it.

Re: Anti-Spam - Fight Back Against Spammers at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 23:02:51 -0000

But I am curious to why you said that.
And why do you think this post is cynical.
Is geek offensive to you?
I am confused as usual.

Re: A lot that needed to be said in 15 minutes or less at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 15:20:38 -0000

sounds good to me.
I am sure sourceforge has something.

Re: Gmail Invites for all at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 18:51:12 -0000

:neutral::arrow:
Look at them go. :shock:
to bad its 2 people hitting them all up.
JK

Re: 80+ Gmail invites now at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:37:51 -0000

Are you guys that retarded that you cant read the post after this.
They are already gone, maybe.

Re: Gmail Invites for all at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 11 Sep 2004 01:33:42 -0000

Jekul is a fu--ing asshole for taking more then 3.:mad:

Re: Browsers at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:59:30 -0000

I thought so too; but it says it doesnt track admin activity.
Its all gone now anyways because I have changed hosts.

Re: Google Sensed at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:34:01 -0000

On strykers blog?

Re: FreeiPods.com at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:47:47 -0000

No I dont think so. That is what sucks. but AOhelL I guess is the easiest and I dont think they will rip you. But if they did its not my fault.
The main reason frripods gets there money is through spam. I recieve 20 email a day for my ipod@freespeek.com email address. And then they send spam to your referals so its a spam pyrimid scheme in a way.

Re: Microsoft Expression FREE at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:14:55 -0000

test

Re: Was that a Christ Like Men’s Retreat? at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:54:40 -0000

First off I think its so damn funny that google ads to the right has jelly belly ads.
Second the big incident happened Thursday morning so it wasnt like I was on a couple days of no sleep, just one. And I think that if I did get sleep I still would have taken it to heart, because they just needed someone to bag on.
Third, there is a clear difference in mocking and making fun of someone then confronting someone, even in a abrupt way; especially if it is the truth.

Re: SoftCME.com at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 22:23:17 -0000

I agree and disagree. There are other applications like mine but not ecactly like what I am doing and I havent actually shown anything nor do I intend to untill I research the copyright stuff a little more. Also if some stranger came to my site and said to himself "I should make an app that does the same thing", he could but it would definitly be crap since he doesnt work in the continueing medical education field to know what the criteria is.

Thanks for lookin out though Dave.

Also the Website is up but its not advertised to anyone but the readers of this site and googlers.

Re: My new Mac at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 18:03:17 -0000

what you too:?:

You know that what you just said makes it sound like you are pregnant, right?

If so congrats, and i will call the national enquirer about the baby factory the bridge has become.

Re: My new Mac at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 19:26:41 -0000

:lol:

Re: How do I get over the fear?

Dan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:18:59 -0000

You could be closterphobic as well (fear of small enclosed spaces) ... my suggestion is to take medication ... Lexapro is a medication that helps control anxiety ... I'm sure there are plenty of other drugs out there you could take that would help you.
References :

Re: please help:Fear of flying?

Dan — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:06:59 -0000

Hi.

After reading your dilema it is clear that your fear is not with flying, trains, sinking etc but more unknown.

There is clearly a subconcious anxiety that even you may not be aware of the root cause. Unfortunately for you the anxiety is coming out when you try and complete a journey.

I work within travel now, but my background is medicine, particularly psychology and sociology. Fromw hat you are basically describing hear it appears you have more of a fear of leaving soemthing or being taken away from something safe.

Usually our fears stem back to our childhood when we have a lack of understanding about things, so many things look negative and wrong to us but we do them because someone else knows better. That is the way western society works.

As you have mentioned fears about other transport apart from your flying I can't suggest a 'fear of flying' course for you as that doesn't appear to be the fear.

My honest opinion would be to book in with your GP and discuss the issues with him and ask him to refer you to a counsellor, which is YOUR right. If you have no success then look through the yellow pages as they are usally inexpensive.

The counsellor is nobody to fear and will instead glide through your emotions with your regarding these holidays. they will help you find the root cause and how to over come the anxiety when you wish to travel. When you finally DO find the root cause and have it explained I can pretty much guarantee your stresses with holidays will be over!

GOOD LUCK!!

Kind regards.
References :

Re: Ziggurat by Stephen O’Connor

Dan — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:54:24 -0000

I couldn't agree more with Hershiser. This story started out with such promise -- I was so excited and interested. But it seems as though O'Connor totally lost control of the story about half way through. Maybe he was trying to make the prose match the theme. In my experience, that's usually a mistake.

Re: http://www.fairyblogmotherblog.com/2009/05/slanket-giveaway.html

Dan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:59:12 -0000

Ruby red for me

Re: http://www.fairyblogmotherblog.com/2009/07/silver-love-letters-giveaway.html

Dan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:10:35 -0000

I liked the custom ring where you can add your own words.

Re: http://www.fairyblogmotherblog.com/2009/05/carolina-pad-giveaway.html

Dan — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:05:54 -0000

Hot chocolate is my favorite design. This is a great collection of products.

Re: http://www.animationtipsandtricks.com/2009/08/whats-it-like-to-work-at-pixar.html

Dan — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:11:20 -0000

Sooi Leon Li-Aun,

Yes I believe they do. The whole company. Even the security guards and the cooks and the accountants.

Re: http://www.lagrandt.com/2009/05/fichas-de-partidos-del-sabado-fecha-8.html

Dan — Sun, 03 May 2009 04:09:00 -0000

gerardo no sera que lo mandaste o intestaste entrar el pin en tiempo de veda?

Re: http://www.lagrandt.com/2009/05/programacion-fecha-13.html

Dan — Sat, 09 May 2009 23:41:00 -0000

hey buenisimo esta info... entro a la gran dt y encuentro todo de una.. gracias!

Re: http://www.animationtipsandtricks.com/2009/08/whats-it-like-to-work-at-pixar.html

Dan — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:11:20 -0000

Sooi Leon Li-Aun,

Yes I believe they do. The whole company. Even the security guards and the cooks and the accountants.

Re: http://hitormiss.org/2002/06/15/ive-been-thinking-a-lot/

Dan — Sat, 15 Jun 2002 15:14:10 -0000

XML output from Weblogs.com or a Weblogs.com aggregator (like BlogTracker) is an obviously useful feature, and it's #1 on my to-do list for BlogTracker below all the bug fixes. This would include querying of a particular user's "filtered" list (gotta come up with a new name for this), which is a form of what you're thinking.

Including a list of URLs instead of a username in the query for XML only makes sense if you think of the service (Weblogs.com or BlogTracker) as a database that supports raw slice queries. This isn't very useful considering you could just query the entire feed of aggregated, normalized data and pick what you want out of the results. Might save on bandwidth for the query, but that's about it. It's also messy from an API design perspective, because only URLs in the database will return valid results.

It also pushes some of the burden of record normalization onto the data client, which is supposedly part of the value of an aggregator in the first place. If a URL for a site changes, your query would also have to change. With BT-stored user lists, BT has an opportunity to re-key sites in people's lists to the new URL. BT doesn't do much of this at the moment beyond basic URL normalization, but it could. (I have some ideas for letting site admins register URL changes, though that's low on my list right now.)

I suppose BT could expose its internal key for a weblog that it would use to re-track sites when URLs change, but I'm not sure that's something I want to expose. (Once exposed, I can't change it without breaking functionality for clients.)

Just a few thoughts.
-- Dan

Re: The ABC’s

Dan — Sat, 21 Oct 2000 15:10:00 -0000

Agreed, though I also think the head-and-arms-moving-independently-of-body dance is also a highlight.

Re: Walmart isn’t so bad

Dan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:53:00 -0000

I know a thing or two about Walmart* given the dealings that our company has with them. I think that the reason they garner so much attention is because they are number one. If Canadian Tire was number one, I'm sure we would be hearing all about them.

The fact of the matter is that competitors of Walmart*, for the most part, simply aren't as sophisticated in their collection of market information, sharing of data with suppliers/employees and logistics.

If anything, people should be mad at the fact that other retailers have not adapted well to life with Walmart*. Look at Canadian Tire - its basically a deal house. They have a big promotion on an item at a crazy price, then after the promo is done, the price on the item is significantly more expensive than competitors. I wouldn't go to CT for an Everyday Low Price, as Walmart* offers.

The idea that Walmart has somehow done something "to us" is absurd. People vote with the wallets and the results are clear.

Re: True story

Dan — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:45:00 -0000

Grandaddy is breakng up....

sigh

Re: Is religion the root of all evil? - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Dan — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:12:00 -0000

Good point Salvatore, but it sure is hard to bring them around when they constantly brag on the church members and tell how much the preacher is a true man of god and that they are doing gods holy will, it'so hard to bring them into reality, most are zombies, most are way too far gone. Religion has gone unquestioned way too long now, it's made it's grip, basically all around the world.

I see no hope in ever disolving the grip of religion, it would take a tragic event, like bird flu, to kill millions and millions, although that possibility could happen, but that is the only way. I think that is what Hitler tried to do. I can't understand how people have let the religion virus infect so many, without it being questioned until just recently by probably the most people ever in the history of the world. It's obvious it doesn't take much to mesmerize whole nations into a zombie state. All the world leaders know this too.

Re: Cycliquette

Dan — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:33:11 -0000

Although the training rides do need to be addressed, these rides still represent a very small proportion (albeit highly visible) of cyclists on the roads. It may also bear thinking about how this message might reach all cycling groups; I am not so sure your average commuter "looks up to" the average racer/PRO, but all cyclists have an impact on motorists' perceptions thereof.

Re: Hats Off To Wendy

Dan — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:35:31 -0000

I'd love to see Russell Crowe take you up on your "real cycling" challenge, but aren't you being hypocritical for saying that he was beating up on a reporter and that's exactly what you just did with Wendy?

Re: Random Crowie Tips

Dan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:01:48 -0000

An old football coach drove it into my head to identify and train my weaknesses, and capitalise on my strengths. I do every single ride and race with that in mind.

Re: Tour of Geelong Stage 4 Results

Dan — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:10:15 -0000

Was the TT windy? What was the course like? I hear there was a nasty hill

Re: What You Missed…In Tibet

Dan — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:33:56 -0000

the dalai lama rocks. Wonder what type of bike he rides

Re: What You Missed This Morning…

Dan — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:49:53 -0000

The more escapism you can provide, the better. Especially on Mondays

Re: My story... - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Dan — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:06:00 -0000

Anonymous wrote:
"Maybe there's some truth in the claim that man needs someone or something to worship: since for you, it wasn't going to be God, I guess it became Sagan, Schwimmer and the others. Welcome aboard"
posted: 2/22/2006 4:06 AM EST

Anonymous. Do you really think that God created us simply for the purpose of worshiping it? Don't you think that is an insult to God? Do you really think that a force capable of creating a billion galaxies in an instant needs to be worshiped?

Do you really think that the trillions of living things that our ancestors captured, killed, and ate in order for us to emerge at the top of the food chain, felt any love for their creator as the teeth of our ancestors clamped down on their jugulars?

Is it possible that we created God in our image, and we are the ones who desire to be worshiped?
Dan (Dano) (Rationalist)

Re: Out of a life of extremism - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Dan — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:57:00 -0000

HereticChick,
What a "blessing" (er, is it ok to use that word here? lol!) to have a spouse on the same page! I envy you.

I frankly don't know if our marriage will last this way. We're both depressed, but unable to come to terms. Of course, to her the problem is my rejection of the love of christ - and how destruction has come upon me. What a load of shit.

Re: Out of a life of extremism - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Dan — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:58:00 -0000

dano,
You know, my wife, more than anyone I know, HATES how "god" made men and women different. She has said to me more often than I can remember that she resents "him" doing this.

Umm, dear, I think I have an answer...

Re: I started to research the history, and... - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Dan — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:29:00 -0000

Nobody can defend the actions of religious groups who abuse others with crazy rules, etc.

However, let's be honest regarding Jesus. Much, if not most, of what Jesus taught HAD NOT been taught before He came.

The concept of "Love your neighbor as yourself", "turn the other cheek", and "it's better to give than receive" were new concepts on social relationships. Before this, history records the opposite behavior of humanity.

As well, to dismiss the miracles that Jesus performed (and that were witnessed by thousands and recorded in written testimony) is too cavalier even for other leaders of opposing religions.

What I'm saying is, you can lose faith in men and you've lost nothing; but to lose faith in Jesus himself is to lose everything.

Faith in a good life hereafter may not appeal to you if you are healthy, living in a decent country, and enjoying life financially. The message of Jesus and life after death is a joy for millions who live in horrible life circumstances. People who are tortured for their faith, others raped, still others very sick and coping with paralysis or other debilitating diseases. Millions live lives of poverty, despair and distress. To such Jesus came with a message of hope. And they believed.

So do I.

Re: I was once an MK - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Dan — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:30:00 -0000

As much as we might like it to be true it doesn't hold up much weight.
Some initial problems arise; the confusion of Persian Mithraism with Roman Mithraism, Mithra sources from the 3-6th C.E. being cited (they were influenced by the then dominant Christian society not vice-versa.

This issue seems to be entirely created and supported by amateurs pop-scholars on the internet. No Mithra scholar that I have read makes this connection and most, if they deal with it at all, do so dismissively e.g. see the most recent survey of research in 'The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire: Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun' by Roger Beck
Oxford University Press.
I have never read that Mithra was born on the 25th of December, you could be right, sorry I don't know offhand.
Mithra did not have 12 disciples but two; Cautes and Cautopatres nor is there any record of Mithra either dying or rising again. These two claims seems to the an internet myth. I have seem many secular websites proclaiming them, I have also seen some of the more sober and credible atheists websites move away and remove their contents on the Mithra suggest.
We have to be serious and show the maturity of arguments, not just latching upon any argument that supports our position- no matter how intially potent it seems. Otherwises its just as bad as the fundamentalists.

Just my opinion.
I am majoring in ancient Greco-Roman history(Classics) if it helps anyone wondering about the creedence of my comments

Re: "A Sabbatical?" or "My Anti-Testimony" - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:50:00 -0000

What a discussion!

I was raised an atheist. I have dabbled with Christianity.

I am currently a deist, I just can't believe in a universe without a creator, I've tried.

As for the bible it looks like a collection of stories written by authors who were seeking some kind of truth/wisdom. Christianity is a money making scheme based on fear as far as I can tell.

The search for truth is just hard.

Re: A Challenge to any Christains reading this - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:11:00 -0000

Swiss Christian wrote

"....there are many things that have no use for us, and therefore no need for God to certify their accuracy."

Why then are those things even part of the "word of god"??

Re: Happy Friday! - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:03:00 -0000

Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster it's Friday!!! Amen Brother

Re: Who wrote the Bible? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:17:00 -0000

I'm afraid I really can't be as enthusiastic about it. Beckford is not a Biblical scholar and it shows. He presents very basic and often erroneous arguments. His treatment of Paul's scribes especially so, the canon and so forth.
I know this sounds like a hit and run 'fundie attack' but I can't go through everything I found unsatisfying. If someone wants to point out a particular argument they found cogent I will see if I can offer any qualifications to it.

Also Baz, Beckford actually produced a film on the pagan similiarities to Christianity 6 months ago. It was interesting this time he couldn't get hold of hardly any scholars talk to about it- why ? Because the pagan-myth hypothesis has been almost entirely disregarded as a serious enterprise since the late 50's. Only living on in the minds of internet conspiracy theorists and self-published books [sorry! but its true].

Re: Who wrote the Bible? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:27:00 -0000

Pull,

Well my opinions on these matter fluxate. They are more broader ones that Beckford dealt with. My critique isn't always necessarily what he is arguing for- but the arguments he used.

His presentation of the JEDP and Moses' authorship theory for example is old hat and needing heavy qualification. As for Daniel I'd probably have to say it was a 2nd Temple Jewish writing.

As for the N.T. yes I would quite firmly hold that the Gospels had eyewitnesses material. I'm thinking of the works by Richard Bauckham, Graham Stanton, Martin Hengel, Blunt, Williams etc....
Beckford's presentation of the canon was completely inadequate and calling it 'misleading' wouldn't be too far.

Pseudonymity is a harder issue. Again I'd have to say it isn't so much the issue but Beckfords' attempts at explicating the argument. Perhaps it was because I watched his documentary just after reading two recent studies on ancient letter writing.But anyway I think I actually began shouting at the T.V. at this point. Beckford clearly hasn't got the slightest appreciation of the work a amanuensis had. But then again he has no need- he is not a Biblical theologian or a Classical scholar but an academic observer of the contemporary Black Church. I image if I made a documentary on Black Christianity we find it equally as a frustrating experience!

Hope that goes some way in placing where I am coming from in context.

Re: Who wrote the Bible? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:44:00 -0000

[i]What's wrong with the JEDP (and let's not forget R - redactor/editor) theory? and does it mean that you don't think that the first five books of the OT were spliced together from seperate accounts.[/i]

Whats wrong is that the presumpitions, definitions and historical underpinnings of the JEDP theory have/area going under intensive criticism in modern scholarship. Beckford instead presents the pre-60's version of the theory as fact. I found that completely unacceptable- he wouldn't get away with it if proper Biblical scholarship was better known in the public domain

[i]
If Daniel was a 2nd Temple writing as you put it (i.e. after the return from exile in Babylon) doesn't that make at least the second apocalyptic part of the book a blatent fraud? After all, somebody was only pretending to be Daniel, and pretending to come from a different time in order to make retro-prophecies.[/i]

Yes I think you have a point.

[i]
As for the gospels, are you saying that the writers were eyewitnesses themselves, or that they spoke directly to eyewitnesses?, or do you think that the stories passed through several intermedieries first? [/i]

I don't think the evidence can allow us to say whether the ultimate collator was an eyewitness or not- how would you know that? What I am saying is that the gospels contain eyewitness accounts.

Beckford's presentation of the Gospels and their historical context vis-a-vis non-canonical gospels was absolutely lamentable.

[i]
You said that pseudonymity is a 'harder issue'. Let's be more specific[/i]

I am fairly convinced all the writings in the N.T. were written by the people they claim to have been. A caveat I would attatch is that its only an issue I've studied in depth with regards to the Pastorals though. A lot of the skepticism came from a fairly anachronistic idea what a 1st century charismatic vs. institutional church would look like and, again, a lack of appreciation of a amanuensis did. Colossians and Ephesians is a more interesting one though.

Re: The True Christian - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:41:00 -0000

For the record only three of you here said "I am an atheist. I do not believe in god."

So by this small poll at this blog over 90% of you do not claim atheism and have a belief in God. That sure is great news thanks for playing along.

BTW I did a post about where Atheists should live to feel more at home since the US has the least percentage of atheists. Where do atheists congregate and feel at home?

Re: The True Christian - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:04:00 -0000

Thanks stronger now I feel your love.

Plus you have answered the question that I posed earlier, Do atheists have a sense of humor?

Re: Atheism vs. Christian Myth - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:34:00 -0000

"[what] is up with all the gratuitous violence in the second video??"

It sure proved to me that we are in deed in a fallen creation that is for sure. I flagged it because of it's content I suggest you do the same.

Re: So much for integrity from the Christian Community - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:48:00 -0000

Funny how I went from wanting to understand atheists to debunking them. But hay that's just me.

Re: So much for integrity from the Christian Community - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:49:00 -0000

'Funnier how "hay" is for horses.

Laughing (with egg on my face), hey, I am human you do understand. Thanks for correcting me.

BTW There is No such thing as an Ex-Christian

Re: So much for integrity from the Christian Community - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:17:00 -0000

Biblically I proved there is no such things as and exchristian. You just complained about it in your blog. Where is your proof? Prove Biblically that there is an exchristian and I will consider your points.

You claim "The arrogance and pride of such individuals is striking."

(45) "There is no such thing as an ex-christian, honey."

With nothing to back up your position.

You claim "I am a former member of the centrist Christian Churches/Church of Christ " I can totally concede/agree with this true statement. It is a fact and can be proven. You just falsely called your blog something that is untrue and you are unable to back it up Biblically, that's all.

You will forever be considered an Un-Biblical false platform to gather at, be proud.

Re: So much for integrity from the Christian Community - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:56:00 -0000

YAY! I was wondering when someone would try to pull the "No True Scotsman"

This does not hold up to basic logic. If you were to use the comparison to lets say Chinese people there would definitely be characteristics of a Chinese person. The originator of the "Scotsman" augment (probably an atheist, prove me wrong please) used Scotsman because of the lack of physical characteristics of a certain race. This argument wouldn't work with "true Japanese", "true Chinese" Even Obama is being compared to a "true Black man" so your argument is washed.

Christians, like Chinese, have definite characteristics of being one, albeit not physical, but distinct characteristics. A person swinging an axe at children screaming "I am a Christian" would never be confused with a Christian. Just because you all are parroting each other because some bozo thought of the 'Scotsman' augment doesn't mean you all lack logic, but you do lack leadership skills. Speak for yourselves instead of seeking "validation" from each other. Atheists look for validation, Christians are proclaiming truth.

Remember what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said:

"Christians should not be a thermometers that merely record and reflect the temperature of popular opinion.

Christians should be like thermostats, responsible for transforming and setting the temperature or standards of society" (Thank God free at last!)

Dan

Re: So much for integrity from the Christian Community - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:29:00 -0000

Scotsman are a group? Since when? From what I understand they are from Scotland, am I wrong? The analogy wouldn't work with any obvious nationality like I pointed out. Why Scotsman? I stand by my point.

Remember webmdave you were not "chosen" by God to be His. Bring it up with Him. Besides, I am not presenting myself in any way other then a wicked sinner that is in desperate need of a Savior. Thank you Jesus Christ our Lord and my Savior. I bow to Him, as you should also. You will someday but it might not be under good conditions. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Re: http://fleckingrecords.co.uk/music/2009/01/more-more-more.html

Dan — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:31:00 -0000

Stop.. Collaborate and listen! Ice is back with a brand new addition

Re: A Romanian’s take at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:49:55 -0000

Always with the punk.

Re: Its in my Grasp at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 16 Oct 2004 02:32:01 -0000

Camera Phones arent very good. I cant wait for the 1 megapixels right around the corner.

Re: Use your illusion at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:44:55 -0000

test

Re: PowerBooked at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 18:40:17 -0000

I agree. It seems the best practice is to charge people and tell them only if I have the time.
I just get frustrated sometimes because not only am I known at the Bridge as the village complainer but the village computer guru, which I regret to say is a facade.
I also cant say no sometimes, if someone asks for help and they know I can help how do I say, "No":?: I just said that I was going to charge people because it seems like a better excuse then to say no I donâ€šÃ„Ã´t want to do it. The money is not the issue the constant help is, I like helping once but after that I want to wash my hands. It is hard to explain my feelings except that I feel pulled in too many directions.

Re: Re: I always use free software, free off the p2p networks. :lol: Seriously I would use open source a lot more if it did what I needed. Video Editing software is not free, and I would use Gimp and open office like I used to, but it doesnâ€šÃ„Ã´t do what I needed it to for other applications. Moreover, if I made money with these applications I would definitely consider purchasing these products. They really are all for the B and hobby.

Re: PowerBooked at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:27:16 -0000

Thanks dave.
I use GoogleAds now, check them out. :neutral:
I started to use them for a comment system that I was working on, its just one of the projects I have slated for the freespeek.com service. I have also placed them on all the blogs that I host except Kats.
I thought it was caddy to put them on the sites but I thought I need to pay for my host somehow and noone has complained. I try my best to censor out the ads that aren't appropriate, like diet pills or get hard fast.

Re: PowerBooked at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:28:59 -0000

They are a little bit lower to the right.
I dont get anything out of them. Every click is 1-40 cents. In a month I have collected about $7.
whooopy :cry:
Its enough to pay for the exchange account though. So if you want to help me out and see an ad that interests you click away.

Re: Sick Dog at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:22:10 -0000

you guys are on top of things because I changed that sentence 5 minutes after posting it. wow.
The reason this happens is I proof read after I post. Is there something wrong with that?
And ATT sucks. What carrier do you have?

Re: Sick Dog at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 01:02:11 -0000

Oh, Thats strange because I thought Beavis was referring to a misspelling of mine, in which I knew I had sore in my post. oh well, since the idiot is not me, Beavis you are an idiot.
Yeah, I dont even use the data that much, and I cant figure out how I used 8MB. I resolved it with them so instead of paying the $230 I now am committed to the $20 a month plan for a year. It figures out to be the same cost but now I have a data plan and I could always upgrade to the unlimited if I ever start using a little bit more.

Re: I see the light at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 17:28:41 -0000

Don't worry you don't offend me with your beliefs. But you do generalize a lot.
I never heard that partial birth abortions were illegal because of something Bush did. If he did, you think Kerry would overturn it? Or do you think the all Democrats will? the generalization that Demos are for abortion is pretty silly, why are we not voting for policy of the candidate?
Do you think that if a mother wants to kill her child, making abortion illegal will stop her? Maybe 50% will not. But what about the non terrorists we are killing overseas, and there children growing up to hate America because Bush Jr. killed there Dad or Mom.
I love how we all group people together because of affiliations they have. For example not all Democrats think alike and all Republicans think alike. That is like saying the extremist Christian protesters think the same way I do.

Another note: Kerry and McCain worked together in the POW MIA Senate investigation together and I think that is how they can stand each other now.

Re: I see the light at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 12:52:57 -0000

You think wrong, while Kerry looses the left will definitly come more to the center, making both sides preach morals, and values.

Re: at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 12:57:30 -0000

The reason they didnt give them the states right off the bat is because they were so close and they didnt want another 2000. Duh.
Who are you talking about shutting up, you are so critical and you don't even back your statements up.
While the Demos can do what the red did in 2000, you know take the election to the courts Kerry has decided not to.
The ones you should tell to shut up are the laywers that helped Bush win in 2000.

Re: I see the light at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 13:18:26 -0000

Well its over so in four years we can talk about it when H. Clinton runs.

Re: at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 13:27:32 -0000

You forgot a couple and its free trade and deficit. Oh and dont forget healthcare.
CNN and Fox, wow there unbiased.
I see your point, a small one at that but the Draft is real, its a so called "back-door" draft.

Re: I see the light at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 14:14:14 -0000

Dont worry about it. I like ranking you out too.
Just dont be sad when you cant watch apprentice with us.

Re: Am I that stupid at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:47:43 -0000

It proves I dont pay attention.
:sad:

Re: Am I that stupid at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:48:36 -0000

Test, my site is freeking

Re: Am I that stupid at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 13:24:34 -0000

test

Re: Am I that stupid at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 13:25:29 -0000

test

Re: Am I that stupid at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:24:43 -0000

if it didnt work for you then you are not good at math; or directions.
The horseshoe is closing.

Re: Sore loosers or Sour winners at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:27:22 -0000

there are so many other ways spammers get your email address.
Maybe you posted something that people didnt like so they submitted your email to spammers. I would have.

Re: Sore loosers or Sour winners at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:01:42 -0000

which one?
:wink:

Re: Torn at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:07:26 -0000

test

Re: 911 at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 14 Nov 2004 01:00:18 -0000

no Jared, the other Jared.

Dave, do you read my posts or do you scan it. You see Moore and you automatically go on the defense. Your comment said the same thing I did. I guess you are agreeing with me...?

"Moore is not a documentary creator but a propaganda creator, I agree with you, but there is a lot of truth behind his films, a lot of things we should be looking at and asking ourselves"

Re: 911 at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 14 Nov 2004 01:02:20 -0000

this

Re: Exactly at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:38:07 -0000

its not possible that its my site. Sorry, pay more attention next time. And no that wasnt harsh.

Re: Spammed by a fat elephant at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:19:59 -0000

While you take this formula to compare us, lets compare Kerry (#1) to our Pres. (#33).
UUUHHMMM...
:???:

Re: Spammed by a fat elephant at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:47:44 -0000

This is a friend of mine, so please dont be harsh, its supposed to be funny.

Re: Imagine at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:42:52 -0000

Right click and save them or just use Quicktime

Re: Styled again at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:28:47 -0000

Either way is fine for me.
The easiest is the one I am looking for.
I think if I just make it so everytime you load the page it switched is the easiest because the header is a php include and all I would have to do is change that include after every refresh.
You know of a javascript that can do this easily?

Thanks.:smile:

Re: Trumped at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 13:41:44 -0000

True, True.
And Yes we watch DH, I dont know why but I like it. And its totally a soap opera, there is just some type of suspense going on since we started watching it after the second episode.
Its a lot easier for use to watch tv with it being recorded, we watch what we want, when we want, without dumb ass comercials waisting 1/3 of the downtime. That means 1/3 more TV then normal.

Re: Trumped at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:27:39 -0000

Dave,
Sorry but you cant just post stuff on my blog, hence it being my blog. You can always start your own blog at blogger.com, if you did I promise I will visit and comment.
And another thing this "post" has nothing to do with the topic, not one bit.
You are always welcome within our circle to comment and say what ever you want, but remember it is not your blog, or our blog, its mine all mine.

Re: Styled again at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:33:06 -0000

Cool I would like that a lot. I understand a little. So the header would just be an image, and if I switched it using javascript it wouldnt be a problem. Then the ul, what does ul stand for? All it would be a layer of sorts over the image. Is this right?
I need all the help I can get. thanks.

Re: Trumped at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 19:12:01 -0000

Dave, You know I love you. You can always comment...always.
I thought you would like the strike out.
Really though get your own blog, so I can comment on the nonsense that you have to say.
:D

Re: Styled again at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:26:48 -0000

I think I got it. you like? I like it a lot better this way, It took a while but I finally got it to work.
I do need some help on the header image switch, could you help me on that?

Re: Trumped at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 27 Nov 2004 04:14:14 -0000

Stryker you are so punk rock. What do you watch? Dr. Phil?

Re: Styled again at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 27 Nov 2004 21:54:33 -0000

Thank you so much Jared
It looks real good now. IE is such a hassle. I am going to get rid of the forums and just make another blog for all wordpress and tech how to, currently I just copied the archives and changed it but its not dynamic its flat html and it doesn't update.
I was going to ask if you knew the code to make the pictures transition, like a dissolve. Also I don't think IE pre-loads the images.
Thank you, again. I will post the code in the new wordpress blog. It was so easy to place in the code. you are magic, I hope you didn't waste too much time.

Re: Dave Z Blog Home at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:53:16 -0000

Daves really into it. First day and he already posted and updated his bio.

Re: Good, Bad and Ugly at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:55:07 -0000

I didn't think so until you said it like that.
I put it in originally because there was nothing else to put, I didn't want my home phone there, and for my cell I wouldnt think anyone would call and if they did I would let it go to voice mail. But after you brought that up I realized the number is on a html page that the flash site parses (wrong terminology, I don't care). So I am not sure if I want my cell were others can crawl for.
Jared:
Did you see the comment on transitions? I love the script you made for my header thank you. I was just wondering what the code is to make the pics transition or dissolve between each other.

Re: Good, Bad and Ugly at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 01:35:42 -0000

I will look into it.
I meant to say fade, which is almost the same thing as a dissolve...anyways, I know there is a transition fade because I used to have it on my old blog (the black one). There were small pics that faded, they linked to my gallery and they were above my itunes music that I illegally posted. ha ha.
All I remember is it never worked for IE.
Don't worry about it though, I just thought you might know off hand. I will definitly look into it when I have the time. Hopefully I can find the site I ripped it from.
Thank Jared you are a true help.
Have you worked on a spam plugin yet?
Anything else?
I need an update on the FreePress system.

Re: Good, Bad and Ugly at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:44:40 -0000

I see. I will look into it thanks Jared.

The "real text" issue? The flash site uses html files for each page so I just open them up in notepad and change what ever text I want. I don't have to compile the flash .swf file every time. It's a lot easier this way.

I have a html based site 85% finished but I do not know if I want to use it. Nathan and I were talking last night and IE has flash built in and all the firefox and mozilla users out there are smart enough to download the plugin, so I am not worried.

And another reason I don't want to give a choice is a lot of people would go straight to the html site and bi-pass the flash because they are not familiar with the term "flash" and they think its slower.

I will wait on it since I wont be using it too much anyways. It's not like its a business yet. I just hated the splash page I had before, it sucked. And the few things I am doing now must have some kind of representation.

Nathan, thanks I like the logo too. The flying might be too much but I like the bouncing. And yes I hate the go back to the homepage thing. If I wanted to put more effort into it I would definitely look into fixing that, but I see myself getting the html site up first, and that is going to take a while.

Thanks guys for your feedback.

Re: Good, Bad and Ugly at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 01:21:15 -0000

Who wants to make videos for the blind anyways?

Ha,

That was a joke.
If the site was big and people came to read what I wrote or there was a lot of info I wouldnt have a problem with making a non-flash option. But that is not the kind of site I need, I just need a flashy logo that spins and bounces with pretty pictures and link outs because if the people that are getting the videos I made go to my site they can actually see something other then a big black ugly logo.
I know you werent serious...becuase you broke your cardinal rule, smilies.
:-D

Re: Aids Vaccine at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 11:55:25 -0000

No, I am not talking about that one bit. Noone deserves Aids, I am talking about people actually getting the vaccine. People that think it wont happen to them. People that say "I wont get it so why should I wear a condom, or not shot up with your needle", would just say in the future, "I wont get it so why should I get a shot to prevent it".

And yes there are a lot of people who did not get Aids through sex or drugs but the overall percentage is.
Newsweek published an article giving the overall sources of HIV

MEN:
19% IV Drug use
13% HeteroSex
8% IV Drug use and gay sex
59% gay sex

Women:
28% IV drug use
70% Heterosex

Re: Aids Vaccine at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 13:40:05 -0000

<del>o</del> America and I am primarily talking about Americans. If there was a vaccine I don't see African citizens not wanting it, because there nation has been through so much, I dont think they would be unwilling.
To clarify, I am talking about the lazy, pompous person who thinks it could never happen to them, so they decide not to get the vaccine, I am not talking about the world only american citizens that I see statistics for, and am not talking about the "church".

"This is a much greater problem/issue than just Gay sex and a little shot." , looking at the percentages what issues would that be.
"People are very uninformed and ignorant", I think everyone in America knows how hiv is contracted and spread.
The bigger issue that you have said is Ignorance, the lack of knowledge or education, I am with you on this, I think that this is the main issue for America and the world but for America I still don't think its a lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS but just an overall lack of education and strength.

Pre-empt, I should have wrote preemptive: "to do something that makes it pointless or impossible for somebody else to do what he or she intended." Maybe I should have said concerned about protecting themselves to begin with.

Re: Aids Vaccine at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 04:26:12 -0000

Dave, you lost me after the Hitler?

Re: Aids Vaccine at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 17:43:01 -0000

Thanks, thats what I thought but it didn't make any since, for one I think he is in Hell, and I hope not to ever meet him.

Re: What is wrong with our Prayers? at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:40:57 -0000

Prayer is something that I do always. I will check out some of those books, you do not need to buy them for me. Thank you, Dave.

My thought is: do we pray for all sinners? And I am not talking about those high profile criminals like Osama, and Saddam. I know there are a lot of prayers going out as we speak but I wonder how many prayers are from the mind or heart and not from the spirit. I only say this because its seems I hear more prayers of the dying children in Africa then the terrorists families in iraq.

Please do not take any of this personally, I do the same thing, and if it's just me then please tell me.

Re: Sick of it. at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 00:43:20 -0000

No they are using the new comment post file.
The spamminator gives me this:

Request : POST /stopspamm-post.php

Re: Sick of it. at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 00:44:26 -0000

How stupid, I deleted all but mine.
I was thinking the same thing but when I read the email that I get (above) it says it is using the new post file. This would explain the few I got after the change too, well lets see if it works.

Re: More Politics at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 13:35:26 -0000

Dave: I am glad you think my comments are "semi-entertaining".

Re: Sick of it. at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 22:13:51 -0000

Everything is great, just a dumb mishap. I think I was too sick to go back and check the basics.
I am very interested with your variation though.

Re: Sick of it. at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 10:01:50 -0000

I just received 5 this morning on the bridge blogs and the old post file is gone. So there is someone doing it the old fashioned way.

What is your other idea?

Re: Golf at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:34:00 -0000

The reason there isnt any traffic is 1) its friday 2) the tourney doesnt begin untill around noon.

Re: Golf at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:28:07 -0000

<strike>after</strike> before your punctuation? Is that an NY thing, if so another reason not to like NY.

Re: Golf at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:22:57 -0000

Thanks Martha, and now we are even.

Re: Google Suggest at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 11 Dec 2004 03:16:19 -0000

Actually it looks like it uses the same code as the "Did you mean:".

Adsense? Adsense doesnt work this way. Adsense sends the words in a webpage to google's servers then google sets an advertisement for that specific page specified by the words within that page.
Sorry Dave, but your thinking about it which is good. Most people will just go ay, cool.

Re: More Politics at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:51:55 -0000

I definitly agree with you on those issues Hoby.

Re: Google Suggest at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 11 Dec 2004 14:08:11 -0000

Yes, but in a different way. Your five search words or phrases are referenced when someone searches, then is posted to the right side.
Google suggest has nothing to do with adsense, did you check it out?

Re: O-12 at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:43:16 -0000

What are you guys talking about?

Re: Bogged at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:27:44 -0000

Thanks guys, I do feel integral to the company I just think my boss who works on the other side of my wall thinks I am a kid and needs to be micro-managed. It's cool though because I have time.

Gallery 2:
I went to Gallery 2 because I liked the layout, its still bugy and I wouldnt recommend it. It uses SQL, the interface is better, and it has expandability through some cool modules. The main reason I used 2 is its NEW.
Here is a link to what is new:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout...

Re: Death at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 19:32:07 -0000

I would'nt be bragging if I were you because according to that information you only have 9 more months to live.

Re: Death at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:37:42 -0000

I tried to say this before, Martha:
What if it were to keep your kids from losing their mother? What about a murderer would? You going to let him/her just kill you.

There are a lot of hypotheticals, but my main comment is to the people that say no. Because I think when someone says no to this question they are throwing out every circumstance that would normally be good reasoning in my mind.

Re: Finally at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:05:28 -0000

Damn now I am 4th.

Re: cha-ching at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:09:19 -0000

That is right, Jared why don't you track back?
then you wouldn't have to comment.

Re: Is a house something to move for. at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:02:12 -0000

I hope you are staying for the one main reason I am. You, Martha, Jared, and all of my FAMILY; including you.
I am glad to hear that you are going through the same thing we are. Nomatter what we have to wait, my plan is to reasess in 5 years. Maybe you can join us Hoby, at least in Idaho there is snow; but Arizona has some aeswome golfing.

Lets bring this back up in 5.

Re: Is a house something to move for. at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:03:06 -0000

Dave too.

Re: Is a house something to move for. at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:18:53 -0000

That's funny you say that, for two reasons; One being the movie, as I remember it, doesnt depict boise very well, Boise is actaully just a big spread out city just like Ventura or LA, only it doesnt have as many freeways, Two Sara's mom wants that movie and it is nowere to be found. We checked everywhere, even kmart (the Kmarts here are nice; almost comparible to target).

Re: Boise XMas at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 02 Jan 2005 00:16:29 -0000

What's so funy, is there actually wasn't any sound effects added, all the sound is real.

Re: It’s a… at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 18:48:34 -0000

yeah, but I'll have 13 years before she is a woman, so I guess I have plenty of time.

Re: It’s a… at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 19:56:18 -0000

You have great wisdom Jared, but I will not follow in your foot steps; I will train and I will do it, no matter what it takes. I will prevail.

Re: Standards of driving a big F-ing truck at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 18:45:30 -0000

Dave: doing that would make you an asshole in my book, only for the 2 minutes you drive up or down it but imagine if people drove on your street to go to the mall.

James: I don't mind labeling people. HA.

Re: Standards of driving a big F-ing truck at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 16:56:16 -0000

Chill out Dave, I only said you were an Asshole when you purposely take a residential side street to cut 2 seconds off your trip; rather then taking the normal street that commuters are intended to take. Next time you drive down our street look at how bad the pavement is, I have been fighting the city since I moved here at they are scheduled to pave it in 2007, so if you want to ruin my street even more then what I said was true; out of your 24hr day you are only an A'hole for the 30 seconds you drive in front of my house. Oh and thatâ€šÃ„Ã´s cool if you want to honk, because I wonâ€šÃ„Ã´t be able to tell if it were you or the other Aâ€šÃ„Ã´hole that has been doing it for the last 3 years.

I wonder if we would have this problem in Idaho?

Re: Update at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:06:41 -0000

You are comparing 98 to XP, wow, that proves you do not have...

Re: Standards of driving a big F-ing truck at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:10:42 -0000

Jared: Just let him go. I never intended this to go politcal but it has.
Dave what are you talking about; Yahoo what?

Re: Update at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:14:28 -0000

Why do you use yahoo? Did Yahoo come with a free 30-day trial on your windows 98 install?

yahoo is so 98.

Also , when you surf the internet you should enlarge the text, that way you have no problems reading . You know , what I mean ? I wonder if 98 supports it ?

:P

Re: Standards of driving a big F-ing truck at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:21:00 -0000

Look at this conversation.
We are really conversing here. ;D

Martha: Lets just say fat elephants a lot.

Re: What a great day for MacFans at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:25:20 -0000

Sara and I watched the keynote, WOW.

I am definitely going to buy the iLife suite now, it rocks. iPhoto is awesome. iWork looks really good but I don't know if I want to pay for it, but I wont rip it. I cannot wait iPhot, mpeg support and the editing is so much better I wont have to go into photoshop to adjust everything.

The shuffle looks really cool, and slim. But another cost issue that I might be able to work around if I get rid of my current usb drive, and sell some more eBay stuff.

The mini is way small, too bad I have no need for it. Maybe as a media center downstairs (DREAMING).

Re: Update at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:40:38 -0000

Wow, you must have A+ a certified. :D

It does not matter if you use outlook, the last major virus was spread through the internet. You know, that one that you said it was okay to for your friend to sue that kid to make a statement; when he clearly did not write the virus, he just modified it and tagged his own name in it. Jared, sobig?

OSX is the most stable, general user, operating system out.
Blackberry's are so 2002, you should have gotten a treo.

And the only way to get your email is if you pay for the pop service and set-up your phone to retreive it, unless your blackberry can surf yahoo's site. I know tech too, I just am not A+ certified.

Re: Sick again at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:43:52 -0000

I will let you play with it; the shuffle when I get it.
I heard the controls are perfect. That it takes 5 minutes to get used to and you never have to look at it becuase of the formed buttons.
The main thing that sold me was, at work I can plug it in as a usb thumbdrive, like I already do to run firefox off it, then I can plug the speakers directly into it. Rather then have my computer send the music and eat up my processor sinc emy songs are on a disc.
Oh, and the lanyard, I think I will were it everywhere.

Re: Old news at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:05:02 -0000

days". This topic would get a lot of people going, personally I have been thinking the same things Crichton is saying now, but I thought of them years ago, without any facts.

It proves that governments not only control the media but many organizations, not through money, but fear. Because, the watchers of the news LOVE PANIC AND HESTARIA.

Re: Wordpress 1.5 at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:07:12 -0000

Re: Wordpress 1.5 at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:18:53 -0000

Re: Bugs Bugs Bugs at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:17:43 -0000

Re: Are RSS readers hurting the blog community? at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 01:15:21 -0000

Don't get me wrong, I love using an rss aggregator but I just think some people blog because they want people to communicate and respond, so they know someone is reading. I don't really care even though I love a great battle of comments. Some people though I just feel don't blog anymore because they think no one reads there blog, because there are no comments to go with there post, no matter if was a â€šÃ„Ãºcommentableâ€šÃ„Ã¹ post or not.

You might want to recheck the url you have for my comment feed because it works fine for me.

I wish that plug-in would close the tags because it works extremely well. I still get spam, even with the post change, which I need to implement again.

Re: Sick again at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:05:15 -0000

You supposidly will get sick more with a kid, not a baby.

Re: Are RSS readers hurting the blog community? at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:30:00 -0000

Martha: You admitted you are a nerd. Sage, I don't even use sage. And Sara has no idea what a feed is. You are the biggest girl nerd I know, Jared is rubbing off on you.

Jared: Everything should work now. Notice all the test comments? I took the spaminator comments out, but I really like the concept of having that info displayed, especially the white list count. Oh well. The rss would work now as well.

Re: CrazyShuffle at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:39:47 -0000

If you buy them the conventional way through apple. ;-]

I was about to but I do not want to draw attention to my other purchases. Through edu. you are limited to 2 software purchases a year and I am way over that.

I will just sell it on eBay. And the B needs one anyways.

I guess I wont Trackback my own posts anymore either.

Re: CrazyShuffle at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:36:04 -0000

All the time, I just think iWork has a lot to offer for publishing and Keynote I would never use in the conventional way but I have used it for exporting work PPTs; it exports to quicktime and now I can export to flash. I know presenter has the export to flash feature, but it sucks. iWork will be for work, and I don't see myself using it for anything else. But I see Sara making all kinds of stuff, pages is like word and publisher combined and is very easy to use, something Sara has needed.

Re: Are RSS readers hurting the blog community? at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:51:58 -0000

That your a nerd; I think of you as a ubber Geek.

I am a geek, Sara has a shirt to prove it.

Re: Bugs Bugs Bugs at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 03:17:50 -0000

Jared maybe you could make a minimum for the words in a comment for your plug-in. Or another plug-in for quality comments; which would count the words in a comment and rank it higher in a post that has a lot of comments. A lot of work, but a good idea.

Dave: Jared is right; it tell you to slow down for a reason. And I will take you off the top 5 if you don't act civilized.

Re: Weather at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 03:19:35 -0000

Yeah Dave, what is that comment all about? Is it spam, I will delete it if it is.

Re: Symbol Life at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 03:22:32 -0000

It's called H.264 video and it will be main stream. It will diliver everything from high-def to low-band. It will be the next big thing in compression.
Quicktime 7 will adapt it into there system.
I can't wait.

Re: Update at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 03:23:29 -0000

I don't even know what CCNA is and I don't want you to explain it to me. But I had nothing to say.

Re: Microsoft Spyware software Beta at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 03:24:49 -0000

You said it's not good but it got things spybot didn't. What?

I like it but I hear it really stinks. I like how it doesn't intrude too much, something Microsoft has never done.

Re: CrazyShuffle at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 03:26:30 -0000

Read the apple website, that is where I got the 3-4 weeks. FYI: I buy direct from apple.

Re: How to Switch at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:59:10 -0000

your acting like Dave now. I love you Sara.

Re: Wordpress 1.5 update at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 01:26:46 -0000

Please tell me any problems you have. I am looking into this new release for the bridgekids site.

Re: How to Switch at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:52:29 -0000

Jared: Correct and Correct.

First off, 256 is, yes, way to light for OSX but it will still work for those internet users.

The mini is great, not only for people needing an upgrade but for people fed up with the constant problems a windows machine creates. I think the poeple that are going to be the best sales reps for the apple mini are the computer literate family members. Because, the the computer literate of each family, which I am one, are getting fed up with being IS support for family and freinds. I for one will recomend a mini for everyone that asks about a new computer upgrade, and make people buy one if their computer life is limited to internet, photos, family movies, word processing, email and porn which 99% of all computer users are.

Also, the mini is a computer, no speacial jacks. The monitor jack that you were refering to is a DVI output, which is the next step for monitors, and high end monitors already have implemented it. But there is a dvi to vga connector included so every monitor will work. And, you can just buy a ps2 to usb for your old ass keyboards if need be.

Re: Best Apple sales reps at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:33:51 -0000

In OSX even if you are logged in as root you still are prompted for a password to install a program. The beauty of OSX how programs are dealt, you can easily install a program by dragging it to your applications directory and to uninstall you trash it. That goes for 95% of all OSX applications.

I agree with you on the security issue being more popularity then security of a system, but a lot of "hackers" and virus writers are doing there deads because of the hatred towards Microsoft's standards of security and their corporate monopoly.

We may be going around in this same circle again but ease of use for macs is primarily due to there closed hardware setup. They control the complete package and are aware of everything, not like windows were there are 2000 cd drives that you can use, and 400 applications to burn the cd.

Re: Best Apple sales reps at Scattered

Dan — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:45:41 -0000

That is sad if you are the IS dept. for your family.
:D

Re: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:51:47 -0000

What do you mean? I just put it in.

Re: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:12:59 -0000

I work in a library, now that is scary.

Re: iPod Shuffled out at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:52:30 -0000

You guys make it sound so bad. We will get a Crib, don't worry. And it will be one of those big awesome ones that convert to a robot.

I only have one "music player thing (MP3)" my iPod is broken because of the battery. So there.

I might just keep it now.

Re: iPod Shuffled out at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 01:04:54 -0000

Yeah I know that is why I got it. After selling this one I made a little over $25 bucks so what I am going to do is buy the 512, mainly because I don't listen to a lot of music at one time, nor do I need all the space for storage because I am keeping my other 512.
But before I rush out and buy one I am going to count how many times I would actually want one, for example, if I was in line at DMV, or I was shopping with Sara. And if I really warrant an tiny cool mp3 player on me at all times then I will get it.

How many times in 2 weeks would make me warrant buying one?

But what if I get a Sony psp later?
What I really want is a treo 650.

I am so addicted to tech toys, but at least that's my hobby and I am not into cars or motorcycles.

Re: iPod Shuffled out at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:11:26 -0000

My secret.
Buy stuff as soon as it comes out or just at good price, then when you know the newer version is coming out, sell the old ASAP. Most of the time your loss is about 10-15% then use the money to buy the newer version. That is how I always have the newest junk. And I don't have anything old collecting dust.

Apple products are really easy to resell and if you get it before the shortage happens then you can make money. Supply and demand at eBay's best.

Next year I will probably do the same thing with the video iPod or in the next couple months with the sony PSP.

There are also sites that direct you to the best deals on the web, which is great.

Re: iPod Shuffled out at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 21:41:30 -0000

<del datetime="2005-01-29T23:05:5908:00">150</del>375 hr x 5.5 minutes = $40.91
x 2.5 for weekend support = $102.26
$102.26 plus expenses

Expenses
5.5 minute wireless call = $16.50

Friend discount - 10%
=
$106.88 envoice sent to Dave Z.

After tax of buying a new 512mb iPod shuffle I will have 7 cents to spare. I guess I will put that towards Avery's college fund.

Re: iPod Shuffled out at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 02:16:34 -0000

tuff about it.
It might sound like I am really pissed right now...I am not. ...
huggies, that's cute and well thought out...yeah right!

Re: iPod Shuffled out at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:29:40 -0000

this; but make sure it's behind there back and they don't know.

Re: iPod Shuffled out at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:42:56 -0000

Joke Ha Ha.
Trying to lighten the mood after my rant.

Re: iPod Shuffled out at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:36:28 -0000

"...then I am sorry for the name calling"

Re: iPod Shuffled out at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:24:40 -0000

I thought that was from you. Because you have been recently forgetting to leave your name.

I noticed the internet service was the same as yours. Oh well, sorry.

Re: Warning!!!! at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:56:15 -0000

Jared is right about describing web standards becuase my site isn't compliant anyways so it doesn't matter. But the real issue is that my site doesn't look like it is meant to through IE, I made it for mozilla and Safari.
I don't see the big deal with IE detection code. Maybe you can tell me why, doesn't everyone right browser specific code.
Stryker, I somewhat agree, I may tone it down especially the red, but I dont think if I just put it in the sidebar people would see it, nor do they get any education on why IE is for "dipshits".
I will tinker with it, and rewrite the caption, I didn't write it in the first place, but I will keep it no matter how small or big I make it.

Re: and I thought I was rich… at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 23:42:20 -0000

That wasn't me. I will have to do some research.

ahhhh haaaaa, Sara.

Re: What am I doing at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:18:58 -0000

Okay I have the rpm. Which one do I need the src or the i386, I am guessing the i386.

After I upload it to the usr/local/ how do I run it? Or do I need to put it somewhere else?

Re: Tagging vs. Cat’s at Scattered

Dan — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 19:03:44 -0000

Why don't you start then after a while just break your old img sources. While posting them on flickr. more people would be able to see them on flickr then in the heap of your blog.

Re: Tagging vs. Cat’s at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 23:12:51 -0000

I guess that is why you need 236 more days.

Re: Firefox: Mac PPC Optimized Builds at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:49:20 -0000

Find one that is optimized for the processor not just a different build. Like an Intel HT and P4 or an amd 32bit and 64bit.

I looked and I couldn't really find anything that wasn't just a custom build that would be "optimize" on all systems, no matter what windows computer you ran it on.

Re: 3s Company at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 14:02:15 -0000

Thanks. But I do know that. I just rather not spend the time to proof read.
Do I know you?

Re: OS X PROVEN hacked and running on an ordinary PC at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:35:48 -0000

Yeah right, I guess that comment that Justin wrote about giving the platform on the boot screen will help the vmware install too.

How could you not be interested, if the emulation ran at a good speed? With that humongous laptop of yours you don't have an extra 6 gigs?

Re: Auto Hyperlink from HTML Header at Scattered

Dan — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:05:49 -0000

If the middle content is actually part of the same document (not a frame), you can do it with javascript, just navigating through the document (assuming it's well formed) and replacing any given text with a specific link.

I control the header and footer.

Can you give me an example or point me in the right direction? Thanks.

Re: Slate at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:10:20 -0000

Not nearly as many as your plugins.

This one is actually easily set up with no tagboard or plugins that need to be installed.

Oh, and i get more questions because more people want to use mine. Ohhh, dissss.

Re: Adsense at Scattered

Dan — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:25:15 -0000

What would it matter if other sites share the same IP since this site is the only one that had the ads?

An adsense DOS doesn't make sense since it would show in my stats. I think they did a cross reference of IP addresses of the clicks and the ip addresses that I log in with to the account. So a DOS wouldn't make any sense unless it was a continues stream that making it obvious. And if that did happen you could just say it was some jack off.

Now if you made the script to change IPs then you would just make the person money.

Re: Financial plan at Scattered

Dan — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:32:29 -0000

Nate: Isn't everyone here in that same boat?

Another reason we are looking into Riverwalk, they are the least likely to suffer from a fall out like Brook was talking about. Because we wouldn't/COULDN'T buy if they were overpriced and unlike many we understand mortgage plans/schemes.

Re: Street Fight in Flash

Dan — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:57:25 -0000

I would kick your ass.

Re: Movies

Dan — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:58:44 -0000

The original is sacred to PJ as well, that is why he wanted to do the remake and he made sure to make it in the same vision.

Narnia? STUUUPID.

Re: Safari

Dan — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:01:19 -0000

Yeah right.

Re: Theme Competition

Dan — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:44:23 -0000

I also REALLY hate IE not supporting pngs like it should. You can see it here and on softce.net, how the they aren't transparent like they should be.

Re: M$ stagnation

Dan — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:30:58 -0000

Correction: "believe will lead to rampant evil" should be "believes has led to rampant evil".

Jared: You must be drinking the punch over at redmond and people think I might be a zealot.

Re: MacBook Pro problems already

Dan — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:33:30 -0000

Of course, but with the new pc card interface a company could potentially (I think) make a SATA connection which would solve the firewire 800 problem and make an external drive so much better.

Re: Scattered4 Theme at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:34:01 -0000

I'm not worried because he was very cool the last time I talked/e-mailed with him.

Re: Sca4ered 130 released

Dan — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:40:22 -0000

Like a "real" changelog? No. But I can tell you all that I changed in this release is the panel.php file, both css files (sca4ered.css and style.css) and the functions.php.

This release was just to fix the IE problems.

Next time I'll remember to doa search and compare and tell you what exactly I changed.

Thanks again.

Re: Plans for a WP CMS

Dan — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:41:54 -0000

That plugin is really cool, you could manage practically anything with that.

Now I'm leaning to WP.

Re: Fixed Comment forms

Dan — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:47:47 -0000

sweet.

Re: Theme Thoughts

Dan — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:10:35 -0000

navi?

Re: Microsoft Project Origami

Dan — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:14:33 -0000

Here you go Dave.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/02/origami-refo...

Re: Search Everything Wordpress Plugin at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:45:16 -0000

You just inall it. No code to insert.

Re: No More Moo.fx

Dan — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:49:21 -0000

Opera doesn't mind the site design anymore which is pretty cool. Next up IE7.

Re: Like father like daughter

Dan — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 23:26:52 -0000

My comment was supposed to be before yours.

Re: Search Everything Wordpress Plugin at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 20:23:15 -0000

I'll try to fix it this upcoming week. Keep your eyes open.

Re: activeCollab

Dan — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:34:46 -0000

http://dancameron.net/ac/

test/test

Re: i’ll show you the life of the mind!

Dan — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:56:55 -0000

That would be breaking the rules though.

"Only internet related pranks"
and "Can be undone"

Re: i’ll show you the life of the mind!

Dan — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:33:06 -0000

dammit.

Re: TYTHYLs Unite

Dan — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:45:37 -0000

Your negative side? I think it's crazy that you guys don't want to try the people who won this season were three out of shape college students that only won because they were smarter then the rest. That's the great thing about this show unlike the others it's not all about being physical.

Re: TYTHYLs Unite

Dan — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:46:37 -0000

oh, and they split 3 million.

Re: Move

Dan — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:00:02 -0000

Looks like I ran into some trouble last night. It doesn't look like I'm on the new servers yet but at least I'm back up.

Re: Sca4ered.2 Theme at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:34:14 -0000

Fixed, thanks.

Re: sudo

Dan — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:36:29 -0000

But that's not funny.

Re: XAMPP on IntelMacs

Dan — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:54:50 -0000

No OS X doesn't use a package manager per-se but the developers of the FOSS could create an installer package. MySQL, Apache and PHP for example all have packages/installers for OS X. The problem that we have is they aren't universal binary or compiled for intel so certain things don't work, like mod_rewrite.

Fink is a great way to get "the full world of Unix on OS X". So you can then use apt-get if you wanted.

OS X does support mod_rewrite, on PPC it worked fine but now it doesn't because the devs haven't supported it yet.

The good thing is, out of the box you have a webserver already. You just need to enable PHP and MySQL. I just went the route of XAMPP because it was (supposed) to be easier and the latest versions instead of updating the already installed packages. I also like how XAMPP let's you decide whether you want PHP5 or 4.

sherwin: That sucks, I don't have any problems except mod_rewrite, which isn't that big of a deal. I'd say you did something wrong but you've been working on it for a while it sounds like.

Re: The Departed

Dan — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:48:15 -0000

I thought the same thing, that it seemed to come out fast. But they my have not needed to arket it too much because it's one of those movies that's great. A similar movie might be Crash, I never heard about it until the reviews came out. Maybe that's the new marketing for great movies, let the reviews market it and networking do the same rather then shoving it down people's throat.

Re: SD cards for the Wii useless?

Dan — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:49:16 -0000

Transferring to the wiimote is nice but its a hack because I'm talking about getting a Mii off a computer from a download through miiplaza or email.

Re: SD cards for the Wii useless?

Dan — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:51:13 -0000

Unless you plan to mail your wiimote around the us.

Re: Sca4ered.2 Theme at Scattered

Dan — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:09:01 -0000

The easiest way is to deactivate all of them make sure the theme works and just start activating them one at a time.

Re: New Theme

Dan — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:19:56 -0000

I don't see anything wrong with IE except the comment box not changing color on focus. What do you see? I'm checking it in IE7 are you still on 6?

Re: GMail

Dan — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:14:21 -0000

You should its the Christian thing to do.

Re: Spiderman 3

Dan — Sun, 06 May 2007 15:19:36 -0000

Yeah an 8 is really generous but my scoring is rather weird becuase I rate on if the movie is worth seeing not a score on par with the great movies of our time. If I were to grade that way I would have to say a 2. Which sucks because with a two you're saying never see this movie even on DVD but I don't feel that way because if you did see the others its still worth it.

Re: http://dancameron.org/pownce/1854

Dan — Sat, 12 May 2007 23:31:38 -0000

Too bad it's critical for my work to use at least three of them.

Re: Google Nav

Dan — Thu, 17 May 2007 12:04:27 -0000

Nathan might say he's the exception.

Wow, that's what happens when you start a comment and leave three times before you finish.
What I thought was, the links were only for Google users which is not the case, they're for everyone.

And Google users should be able to modify the panel. At one point when Google Cal first launched someone found a hidden page where the nav bar was editable. You could just click on checkboxes of the services you wanted. I did actually use this page so it does exist even if it's not of use now (or then).

Re: Search Everything Wordpress Plugin at Scattered

Dan — Thu, 17 May 2007 12:07:08 -0000

[quote post="644"]how to put the search function on the blog[/quote]

It adds functionality to the already included wp search box. If you do not have a search box you can either request it from your theme author, use widgets or get the code from a default theme and place it into your side/header/wherever.

Re: 60+ OS upd……

Dan — Tue, 29 May 2007 23:25:37 -0000

The whole slipstreaming thing is lame, so I'm always going to complain because no matter what I'll always have to deal with updates instead of an update. If I were to just create one now it's not going to help me in six months since there are a lot of updates in the meantime. If I were to create a slipstream before that even worse because the point is how MS manages their updates.

And if I could download SP2 instead of the 60 updates that's not clear.

I can probably poke around and find the setting but it's still annoying that it's like that by default or at all. It should ask for you to reboot instead of forcing you on a count down.

Re: Cutting your own hair always seems like a great idea…

Dan — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:14:02 -0000

I've seen some of your haircuts and they don't compare. :)
And aren't you getting help from your wife?

Re: New Kanye West – Heartless (Rick Ross Remix) / Livinâ€™ A Movie

Dan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:17:31 -0000

Kanye should be ashamed of himself if Britney outsells him.

Re: New Kanye West – Heartless (Rick Ross Remix) / Livinâ€™ A Movie

Dan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:18:25 -0000

Whatever dude... 450k is HUGE. Maybe it doesnt live up to his previous efforts... but it's def not "tiny"

dumbass

Re: Congresswoman Julia Carson has Passed Away

Dan — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:45:00 -0000

Will the wacky demo reverend and his church members show up to tell us her death is their god's wrath on the USA????????????

Re: Kylie Rippin’ It To Shreds

Dan — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 05:52:39 -0000

Excellent of you to post these. Love the Braxe one, love the song, love the original demo by Kish Mauve which was just the same but with a different vocal aka the voice you hear on the backing vocals. Cheers!

Re: Joost invitations available

Dan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:18:54 -0000

I would very appriciate if someone could send me an invitation for Joost. moostal@gmail.com

Re: Lollapalooza lineup to be announced on April 7

Dan — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:48:41 -0000

i dont think death cab is playing now that they have a date booked in june for millenium park. also i heard that the postal service is going to be there so i dont know about you guys but i am more excited for that. i have never seen the postal service before.

also a friend of mine is friends with the drummer of alkaline trio and he said that rage against the machine is booked to play right before they are so rage is going to be there. awesome or what?

Re: Album Review: Narrow Stairs

Dan — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:43:44 -0000

I'm a little shocked you ignored Grapevine Fires. In my opinion it's the best song on the album, but maybe I shouldn't be shocked since you called Plans their best work.

Re: Who wrote the Bible? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:41:00 -0000

What's wrong with the JEDP (and let's not forget R - redactor/editor) theory? and does it mean that you don't think that the first five books of the OT were spliced together from seperate accounts.

Whats wrong is that the presumpitions, definitions and historical underpinnings of the JEDP theory have/area going under intensive criticism in modern scholarship. Beckford instead presents the pre-60's version of the theory as fact. I found that completely unacceptable- he wouldn't get away with it if proper Biblical scholarship was better known in the public domain

If Daniel was a 2nd Temple writing as you put it (i.e. after the return from exile in Babylon) doesn't that make at least the second apocalyptic part of the book a blatent fraud? After all, somebody was only pretending to be Daniel, and pretending to come from a different time in order to make retro-prophecies.

Yes I think you have a point.

As for the gospels, are you saying that the writers were eyewitnesses themselves, or that they spoke directly to eyewitnesses?, or do you think that the stories passed through several intermedieries first?

I don't think the evidence can allow us to say whether the ultimate collator was an eyewitness or not- how would you know that? What I am saying is that the gospels contain eyewitness accounts.

Beckford's presentation of the Gospels and their historical context vis-a-vis non-canonical gospels was absolutely lamentable.

You said that pseudonymity is a 'harder issue'. Let's be more specific

I am fairly convinced all the writings in the N.T. were written by the people they claim to have been. A caveat I would attatch is that its only an issue I've studied in depth with regards to the Pastorals though. A lot of the skepticism came from a fairly anachronistic idea what a 1st century charismatic vs. institutional church would look like and, again, a lack of appreciation of a amanuensis did. Colossians and Ephesians is a more interesting one though.

Re: Who wrote the Bible? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:10:00 -0000

were woven together, sometimes rather clumsily - is still very much supported in academic circles to this day.

Indeed. It is a rather startling turn around though. The once assured result of higher criticism has started severely pealing. But again though its not that I object to the idea of redaction. But Beckfords paltry explication of it was frustrating- especially with the smug look of his face.

I'm glad to see that you are willing to come clean on Daniel, but have you sat down and thought out the implications of what you are saying?

I guess you are wondering how I square that with my Christian faith. Well the idea of inerrancy was only manufactured in the 16th century. Take a look at Benjamin Witherington's Divine Spiration of Scripture, for a evangelical errantists viewpoint. In some senses its a strawman. Knock it down but your only knocking down a recent, and still outside of the English speaking world, marginal viewpoint.

If one book of the bible can be admitted to be a deliberate fraud, then it must also be admitted that there is no sacred forcefield around the bible keeping out deception and falsehood. Other books should therefore be treated with extreme scepticism.

We are getting out of Beckford's documentary here; but I do understand why you want to know. You can e-mail me if you want or check out Witherington's book.

As for the gospels, if they are based on eye-witness accounts, why does Mark get so many of his facts wrong on Jewish customs and Palestinian geography. Who told him that Jesus included 'Do not defraud' among the Ten Commandments?, and which eye-witness was it that told Matthew that Jesus road into Jerusalem on two donkeys, or did Matthew prefer to get his details from the Old Testament instead?

Well that wouldn't do anything to counter the evidence that there were eyewitness accounts. A secular approach assume Jesus was just as liable to misquote the O.T. as Mark?-given that Jesus would have been as falible as Mark. That says nothing about eyewitnesses material that is argued for convincingly. That probably doesn't satisfy you though, if you are wondering how I deal with that, well, I'd probably tell you I thought it something to do withJewish exegesis. Jews knew the decalogue, they'd certainly know if it was mis-quoted inappropriately. I can look into it if you want and make a more definite decision. I'm not aware of what you mean about the two donkeys sorry.

You should also be aware that there is general agreement among scholars that the style of writing and the content of letters such as the ones to Timothy indicate a different writer from the person who wrote to the Galatians and the Corinthians, for example

Yes I am aware of that. Its quite apparent even in my own reading it.
This was what I meant by understanding how an amanuensis worked though. This objection might very well be a problem for a 19th century higher critic in Tubigen University- but not, if you understanding the most basic facts of how ancient letter writing worked*. Which, again, was completely ignored by Beckford. Its like he has picked up an introductory textbook from the 1950's and not bothered to spend the time carrying out the research. Its either plain sloppy or its done to further his particular aim.

* not that I'm saying that those who do understand this point don't also think some of Paul's letters were pseudonymous. Klauck in his recent Ancient Letters for example, who does understand this but still thinks the Pastorals aren't Paulinian.

Re: The True Christian - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:32:00 -0000

Did you read that 1 out of 5 atheists still believe in God? I have something about it at my new blog called Debunking Atheists

Re: The True Christian - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:41:00 -0000

Thanks for your encouragement Scooner.

A while back I addressed what the characteristics are of a True Christian, if you are really interested in seeking truth. Or are you seeking like minded people for validation of your beliefs?

Re: The True Christian - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Dan — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:43:00 -0000

Thanks for making my point boomslang. The existence of real atheists out there, figures of 5%, are much lower then that. So the people out there that are claiming your religion of secular humanism is actually closet believers.

The Christians that are letting you all just take over our education system and such are going to be in a huge surprise when the get to heaven and Jesus says "I never knew you"

Dr. Martin Luther King's quotes that said it best was:

"The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict."

God help us all. Pick a side Christian, the time is near.

Re: Album Review: Narrow Stairs

Dan — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:57:43 -0000

I don't think that accessibility makes an album good, in fact I think when a band is forced to make themselves accessible to the public they have to abandon the things that made them great in the first place. But I do realize that it is an industry and you have to do what you have to do. Now as for the pure content of Plans, I feel that a lot of it is very decent, but that's all it ever is, decent. Very few tracks on that album truly stand out to me the way a lot of their early work does. I think that "I Will Follow You Into The Dark", "What Sarah Said", and "Crooked Teeth" are tremendous tracks but the rest of the album just cannot match up to those three songs. Now on Transatlanticism I play the entire album straight through every single time. Yes I'll admit "The Sound Of Settling" is a bit off compared to the rest of the album but "Tiny Vessels", "We Looked Like Giants" and "Transatlanticism" more than make up for it. I don't think that Ben Gibbard has written better lyrics than he did on that album, and it was that album that lead them to being signed by a major label. There is just something special about putting on that vinyl and turning the lights down and volume up. Like I said Plans is good, I just don't think it can measure up to Transatlanticism or Narrow Stairs.

Re: Album Review: Narrow Stairs

Dan — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:17:00 -0000

As we've been having this discussion I thought I might be missing something so I put Plans on to check, my original opinion still holds but I can see where yours is coming from as well. As for the vinyl, I think that certain bands have sounds that are missed when the sound is sent around the internet, we need to be able to hear what the band heard when they wrote the song, and outside of a concert vinyls feel like the next closest thing. Maybe I just have a special place for Transatlanticism. Regardless of all that this album is fantastic and I believe is a huge step in the right direction and I think everyone should listen to it when they get a chance.

Re: Album Review: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

Dan — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:08:43 -0000

This review is dead on. Those who say the review was terrible, have you even heard the album yet? I listened to the leak of the entire album, and this review is exactly what I thought of the album.

The new sounds is good. But there's nothing that stands out. Honestly, Viva La Vida and Violet Hill are the only two great songs on here. He's also right with Lovers In Japan. Good song, but sounds just like U2 (not that there's anything wrong with that).

Lost! is horrible, in my opinion as well. I don't think I'd hate it as much if I didn't hear the acoustic/piano version of it first, but I really think Eno and them dropped the ball on that song.

Overall, the album is all around better than X&Y, but honestly, there's 4 or so great tracks on X&Y that are better 90 percent of this album.

Re: Album Review: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

Dan — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:34:16 -0000

"If this album had been released by any other band than Coldplay, it would have got a far better review than it does here. "

No, it wouldn't of. It's not a great album.

Re: Maybe “pay what you want” isn’t such a good idea?

Dan — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:22:21 -0000

I think the reason a lot of people ended up downloading from other osurces is that not only was the In Ranbows website god awful slow, but Radiohead also asked for lots of personal information that they did not need (cell phone number?) from you in order to download the album. And, considering the extremely minimal costs for producing this album and the fact that they keep 100% of profit, they still ran away with a shit ton of money out of this whole ordeal.

Re: CoS Mid-Year Report: Our Top Ten

Dan — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:18:38 -0000

The Raconteurs and The Black Keys are the albums on your list worth mentioning, and some of them are pretty garbage (ahem, Vampire Weekend). The Airing of Grievances is AOTY so far.

Re: Viva La Vida or Plagiarism?

Dan — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:59:15 -0000

Plagiarism*

Re: Viva La Vida or Plagiarism?

Dan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:13:11 -0000

So does Coldplay...

Re: Kanye’s tears of frustration

Dan — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:52:41 -0000

Kanye West is a piece of shit and every video I see of this show is embarassing. I find it hard to believe even the biggest Kanye fan doesn't cringe when he's having conversations with the robot thing.

Re: http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/08/18/youtube-live-dan-deacon-on-nbc/

Dan — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:15:47 -0000

Great man! Total boss.

Re: http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/08/23/album-review-new-york-city/

Dan — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:54:05 -0000

er, "bossa nova from spain"? yikes. brazil is not spain.

Re: Watch: Phish reunites as wedding band

Dan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:21:05 -0000

hell yeah, 1st show will be right here in Burlington

Re: http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/09/17/smashing-pumpkins-release-dvd-details/

Dan — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:21:53 -0000

so where are the asheville songs? the filmore shows blew!

Re: http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/09/23/smashing-pumpkins-post-anniversary-dates/

Dan — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:10:37 -0000

ill be at CT

Re: Court of the Ginger King: Shitty Venues

Dan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:13:23 -0000

webster theatre in Hartford CT - horrible staff, sound, and location for many many years. someone with $ open a new hartford venue and you will win.

Re: Just Wondering…

Dan — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:19:02 -0000

yep! and love this one as well!

Re: Where My Mind’s Been For Six Weeks

Dan — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:39:27 -0000

Great song!

Re: Introduction: “Music of the Moment”

Dan — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:43:27 -0000

Very cool! Can't wait for the great music!

Re: Flash (YouTube) Videos in My Reader

Dan — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:05:42 -0000

From Bloglines: YouTube from Inside Bloglines We have introduced a new feature that allows Flash-based content to appear within Bloglines. Check out the new Ask.com commerical just above this post. Subscribe to YouTube's RSS feeds and you are sure to get your recommended daily dose of laughter. We enjoy the Today's Most Viewed Videos feed. Publishers, wondering how to get your content to appear within Bloglines? We now display RSS enclosures with type="application/x-shockwave-flash". For more information regarding enclosures please see the RSS Specification. -Team Bloglines I am not sure how to get Wordpress to automatically add an enclosure of type="application/x-shockwave-flash". I believe it does it automatically for mp3 links. Let me know if you find out a way.

Re: Flash (YouTube) Videos in My Reader

Dan — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:22:52 -0000

Does Howard go through Feedburner? I wonder if that messes with it? As for Streampad, it would be the same thing since it is just a flash movie (for the widgets). Your playlists' RSS do have mp3 enclosures which show up on the Bloglines mp3 player and most likely Google's reader.

Re: Music of the Moment - Dried Jeans

Dan — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:29:51 -0000

Wow - I never hang up jeans. Must use dryer. And I still hate it when they are somewhat stiff from that! ps - nice to have you back in the 21st century!

Re: Amsterdam wedding in 2008

Dan — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:28:00 -0000

OK, I totally want bike taxis for my wedding after seeing these pics. Can you have them in the United States by September? Thanks.

Nice blog, I just found it. I visited your fine city 10 years ago and loved it! I wish we had the biking infrastructure you do over here. Any place where the bikes get the green light at traffic lights before cars is alright in my book.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Glow Bricks

Dan — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:10:11 -0000

In reality it glows nothing like the picture. Simple GITD material encased in acrylic. Disappointing.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Monster Cable - Outlets To Go

Dan — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:31:36 -0000

looks like an interesting product, but I make it a point to never buy anything from Monster. They always sue other companies over their stupid name.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Japanese Company Develops Bras That Double As Shopping Bags

Dan — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:02:16 -0000

Um, I'm betting this isn't really for outings at the mall, but more like outings at my place - ...

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » CD Diversion Safe

Dan — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:05:32 -0000

Urm... great... nobody EVER had their CD collection stolen.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » A Geek’s Memories

Dan — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 05:10:48 -0000

I remember mono-laptops with 20mins battery life
I remember networking with a parallel cable
I remember my old CompuServe ID
I remember my second ISP giving ALL USERS the same username and pw
I remember 'Homepages'

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Giant Treadmill Built For NASCAR Testing

Dan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:53:40 -0000

Can we put an aeroplane on this? ;)

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » OhGizmo Giveaway: Listen Carefully And Win $25 At Thinkgeek

Dan — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:36:47 -0000

Not working here at all.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » The DoorKnob Condition Ensures Privacy

Dan — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:52:47 -0000

Well it was definitely conceived by a design student and not an engineer, but it is fairly good looking.

"Can it be forced open should there be an emergency?"
As a home builder I can say that this door would be no more difficult to break through than with an average key set. Doors for the most part only give the illusion of security.
Most of the composite framed doors used fracture fairly easily. The simplest security for most residential doors is a metal bar (or dead bolt) in to a reinforced door jamb. If your just in a pine 2x4 or 2x6 (like 95% + of you are) most strong 14 year olds boys would be able to kick your door open. If they really want in they could use a window or if really dedicated they could fairly easily come through the roof (on houses with burglar bars).
The best security is not to show your wealth, and be a difficult target. Thieves, by their very nature, do not like to work. Make it easier, and more lucrative, to rob a neighbors house. Not yours.

Re: RevoPower Turns Your Bike Into A Moped

Dan — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:51:34 -0000

Several comments and the original review mention the 200mpg range, which seems strange as the range on the official site states the range as 100mpg

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » OhGizmo! Review - LeapFrog FLY Fusion Pentop Computer

Dan — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:33:46 -0000

i think i understand what emily is saying. that happened to me aslo.
when you open your fly world thing on your computer and click on the pentop section you should have two boxes next to each other with arrows in between; one box titled 'applications' and the other titled 'pentop'. At first there were a bunch of things in the 'pentop' box, like the basic menu (flynotes, translator, games, test prep...) I clicked the arrow towards the 'application' box and it said it was syncing.
now these tools are gone and not in either box, making my pentop computer useless. it doesnt recognize any of the FLYcons.

PLEASE... DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS??

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » F-111 Fighters And Pelicans Don’t Mix

Dan — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:35:05 -0000

$35M? Someone took you to the cleaners these are only $10M planes...

Re: That Zune Tattoo Guy’s Got Nothing On This

Dan — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:45:19 -0000

The artwork is incredibly well-rendered. I'm not a tattoo person myself, but I certainly can admire excellent work. I'm not huge on the subject-matter either, but if it means something to the person it's part of, then that's all that matters. As for what cj said above, I am gay. Really gay. What exactly are you getting at?

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Medinose Hayfever Treatment

Dan — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:53:12 -0000

Get a netti pot. Low tech solution - less than $15.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » The Games We Played - Tiger Electronics Baseball

Dan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:20:38 -0000

I still have this exact game at my mom's house. mine had a different front plate though. never liked playing anything but easy mode.

Re: The DMCA and Censorship

Dan — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:25:14 -0000

Unfortunately for the console companies, the DMCA only restricts companies from cracking the codes if those cracks are for the specific purpose of copyright infringement. A game company still retains the right to crack those codes to allow their game to play normally because no copyright infringement will occur.

Re: Big Brother Speed Control

Dan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:28:45 -0000

Another example: What if you're on the highway and the GPS thinks you're on a parallel road? Imagine the car forcing you down to 45 mph on the highway... or 25...

Re: UIowa Poll shows ‘Don’t Know,’ Romney Leading GOP

Dan — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:24:19 -0000

dan They chose "Don't Know" because "I wouldn't vote for one of these people in a million years" wasn't an option.

Re: Romney Wins Straw Poll, Huckabee Takes Second

Dan — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:47:43 -0000

A great deal of the Paul people were out-of-staters. Same with his first of two visits to the state. I was there today, I'm glad Huckabee did so well, he is a very good guy and I think if he were to get the GOP nom. he would be tough, though we'd win of course.

A good day in Ames, even for a Democrat.

Re: Clinton, Obama Continue Quest to ‘Contrast’

Dan — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:52:32 -0000

Clinton between Barack and a hard place All three of these issues are ridiculous distortions of the truth and have been shown to be that by independent news organization. Clinton is between Barack and a hard place.

She has surrounded herself with advisors who are either unethical or just plain stupid. Clinton has just proven she does not have the judgment to be president.

It is stunning how she has revealed herself to be so incompetent.

Re: Romney’s Crowd Dwarfed by Huckabee’s at Same Ottumwa Venue

Dan — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:33:36 -0000

Taxachusetts I run a business in tax free NH. We have no sales tax and no income tax. We are just over the border from Massachusetts which we commonly refer to as "Taxachusetts". I find it hard to believe that Romney is playing the tax issue against Huckabee! You talk about a fake! This guy doesn't tell the truth about anything. Abortion, he changes his mind depending on what he's running for. Guns, he joined the NRA this year and claims to have hunted his whole life. He has never had a hunting license. Give me a break! It's Huckabee for me

Re: Smoking Ban Becomes Law

Dan — Sat, 19 May 2007 01:46:56 -0000

How Generous of Der Furher "The new state law will still allow..."

So nice of the governor, and our legislators to ALLOW us the privledge of smoking on patios, for the time being. Not often reported is that this law will presently intrude into private homes under some circumstances. That's the gateway. Do you have a housekeeper? Hire a DJ for a wedding? A bartender? Smoking ist verboten in your own home! Viel Gluck.

http://www.smokeoutgary.org/news/

Re: Smoking Ban Becomes Law

Dan — Sat, 19 May 2007 01:46:56 -0000

Re: Behind Fox Attacks

Dan — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:53:32 -0000

How can anyone say that CNN skews to the left even near as much as FOX"news" skews to the right? Did anyone see the blowout between Michael Moore and Wolf Blizer? You would never see such an argument between anyone on FOX and Rush Limbaugh, or any mouthpiece for the right. Afterall FOX"news" is just another mouthpiece for the right.

Re: FOX ATTACKS! The Environment

Dan — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:37:27 -0000

Look at polls taken over the years, Fox does spread their stories fair & balanced as much as possible, Nbc on the other hand seemed to be mostly to the left. I find it funny, over 8o% of media is liberal & you guys let this one station bother you so much..... just let it go.

Re: Because Kids Need “Errors, Inconsistencies, Bad Advice and Hypocrisy” Too

Dan — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:30:42 -0000

Kids are Americans Too.....unless they were born somewhere else, in that case they should be rounded up and shipped back to where they came from

Re: Because Kids Need “Errors, Inconsistencies, Bad Advice and Hypocrisy” Too

Dan — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:30:42 -0000

Kids are Americans Too.....unless they were born somewhere else, in that case they should be rounded up and shipped back to where they came from

Re: O’Reilly’s Xenophobia Runs Wild

Dan — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:17:48 -0000

its amazing the country has returned to a place where something like this is seen as ok. I can almost see him going on a tirade blasting "nigroes' and 'Martin Luther Coon" like racists did in the 60's.

Re: O’Reilly Irrational Jihad #472: General Electric

Dan — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:24:41 -0000

I like the potential of this feud. Its one thing to go after people that cannot possibly fight back against the giant that is news corp, but now we are seeing what will happen when a giant attacks another giant. I have a feeling GE won't take this lying down.

Re: FOX: Obama is “bashing the American Dream” for attacking McCain’s home cluelessness

Dan — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:11:53 -0000

OOOOHHHHHH so thats what the "American Dream" is.... here I was thinking that it was having a nice home where your family can live peacefully and obtain good educations and careers. According to FOX the "American Dream" is actually marrying into a rich business family and then acquiring so many homes that you have to choose where you want to spend Christmas... ok thanks FOX that clears up a lot of misconceptions...

Re: FOX’s Doocy Trumps up Foreign Policy Experience for Palin

Dan — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:46:55 -0000

To me, Palin looks almost like a desperation move to try and shake things up for McCain

Re: noodad » Should You Circumcise Your Son?

Dan — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:32:03 -0000

My wife and I are expecting any day now, and don\\\'t know the gender, but if it is a boy we\\\'ve decided not to circumcise. A few reasons.

1. There is no medical benefit to doing so. Some myths persist, such as circumcision helps with hygiene, but that\\\'s not true.

2. For us, there is no religious reason to do so either.

3. While I am circumcised, I don\\\'t buy the argument that you should circumcise just because the kid should \\\"look like dad\\\" or \\\"look like the other kids in the locker room\\\". That\\\'s silly.

4. Something like 80%+ of the world does not circumcise.

5. My wife did some research into why circumcision became a \\\"standard\\\" practice in the US. Based on what she found, it became widespread not all that long ago, in the 40s or 50s when there was a big to-do in the national discourse about masturbation. The argument went that masturbation felt better when uncircumcised, so if you didn\\\'t want your kid in the bathroom for 5 years whacking it when they were teens, circumcise \\\'em.

This argument is so stupid I don\\\'t think I need to remark further.

6. If you haven\\\'t seen a picture of a freshly circumcised penis, go find one. You\\\'ll instinctively cross your legs looking at it. *shudder*

Re: Gifted – Music

Dan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:05:52 -0000

At first when I met PJo I thought this was a hobby but here he is today relentlessly working on what he's passionate about. It's only a matter of time before his hard work pays off.

Re: NashuaTelegraph.com: Blogs

Dan — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:01:57 -0000

Perhaps those individuals who didn't appreciate the "Bush's Brain" moniker would have preferred President Bush's own nick name for Mr Rove: Turd Blossom.

Re: NashuaTelegraph.com: Blogs

Dan — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:19:01 -0000

Incredibly smart... intellectually dominating... Sounds like "Brain" is a very apt description.

From the News Hour, August 17th, 2007

DAVID BROOKS: Listen, in the White House -- one of the things, if you interview Rove, which I've done many times, he is always cheerful. He's a pleasure to be around. He's incredibly smart, and he can talk to you about anything knowledgably and interestingly. And so he intellectually dominated the White House, I would say. And he had the trust of Bush, because he'd been there with Bush since before the beginning.

Re: NashuaTelegraph.com: Blogs

Dan — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 10:05:35 -0000

There have not been 7 years name calling. Bush entered office with a favorable opinion rating which skyrocketed after September 11 and stayed high during the Afghanistan invasion. It wasn't until he failed to get Osama and started the Iraq war that his numbers went South.

Check out www.pollingreport.com</p>

Re: Nashua Telegraph Blogs

Dan — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 10:14:52 -0000

I appreciate that the Telegraph publishes opinions/OpEds that cut across the political spectrum.

The opinion page is one of the reasons I still get the paper.

If you get all your news from one TV station or one or two online sources it's easy to gravitate towards sources that reinforce your own biases.

That said, many of Molly Ivans' columns seemed over the top to me and I seldom read Cal Thomas for the same reason. I'd rather see columnists who were slightly to moderately left or right of center rather than polar opposites.

Re: NashuaTelegraph.com: Blogs

Dan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:57:59 -0000

There is nothing worse than riding a single track at little massabesicand some jerky group ride of 20 bikes is coming the other way, -Hey group riders break up into pods of 2 or 3 riders and hit the dozen or so different trails and meet up later, it is inconsiderate to the people that have to wait so long for you ALL to pass, I realize most people are sheep and feel safe in a large group but come on. PS don't get me going about the uppity skinny spandex wearing road groups.

Re: Jim Wallis: The Victory (Part 1)

Dan — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:23:12 -0000

This is a fine article, but I have to raise one quibble - by describing Mary Magadalene as being the one whom Jesus had "accepted and forgiven", you are coming close to that old inaccurate conflation of Mary Magadalene with the various depictions of a prostitute or otherwise "sinful woman", when in fact a more accurate reading of Mary's past suggests nothing of the sort. Just needed to make sure that point was out there. Let us all strive to have love triumph over fear!

Re: Bob Francis: Second Commandment Republicans

Dan — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:13:18 -0000

moderate candidates who live like liberals, or religious conservatives who talk like liberals This may have been fun to write, but it is cheap shot at liberals. The liberals I know live their lives with much more integrity and moral bearing than the conservatives I know. Living like a liberal means taking care of the whole system, and not just your own tribe. I don't see these "moderate" conseravatives engaging in much of that.

Re: Airplane crash imminent!

Dan — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:38:08 -0000

Re: Off for a while

Dan — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:32:46 -0000

Remember Earle - If you can't stand the winter, you don't deserve the summer!

Have a safe trip!

/s/ Your brother in Maine

Re: One Nation… Indivisible….

Dan — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 03:35:00 -0000

Absolutly! I get all "riled" up every time I hear any of that debate. And yet, when (eventually), INS swears me in as a US Citizen, I will have to include the words - really, I have no desire to butt heads with INS (or DHS, or whatever 3-letter-agency they call themselves now).

I am not 100% sure about holiday decorations though - I celebrate xmas, but as a family event, not a religious one. Just like I enjoy passover with my family - it has nothing to do with religion, as far as I am concerned - it's just an excuse to sit together.

And yes, I got my share of "dirty looks" as a kid in Brookline, MA, when everyone took the pledge of allegiance. I think eventually I started to "pretend" reciting it with everyone else.

Re: RNC Resorts to Petty Name-Calling Over “The Real McCain”

Dan — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:35:21 -0000

Lets just finish off the US and vote McCain into office,that way he can F up the rest of the country like monkeyboy bush has been doing!! what idiot would even think of voting Mccain....oh thats right the same idiots that put bush in office twice!!

Re: Bush Thinks McCain “Best Guy To Carry On His Agenda”

Dan — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:43:05 -0000

if McCain gets in office I hope he nukes the USA and kills us all,I would rather go quick than put up with a bush wannabe destroying the rest of the country as bush has been doing......................GOD I HATE REPUBLICANS!!!could you people be any dumber.I don't believe so...WELCOME TO AMEXICA MUTHERFUCKERS!!!

Re: Panel of notables critiques the Danish Muhammad cartoons

Dan — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:42:38 -0000

Sorry, this is stupid.

Re: A place of my own

Dan — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:59:42 -0000

Good luck Michal. I love your writing style and your sense of humor. It is annoying that you should pay so much as a student for a "place of your own". Dan

Re: 1981 Vintage Video - Sexiest Children Show Hostess in Israel

Dan — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:18:02 -0000

It's satire, that's not for real...

Re: Gnarls Barkley Album Title Announced, Track "Run" Leaked

Dan — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:37:25 -0000

Not sure if I like it but I've listened to it 3 times in a row already.Interesting to say the least.

Re: All Points West Festival Lineup Announced, Includes Radiohead

Dan — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:12:49 -0000

258 for tickets? Wow. Some great artists but not worth nearly 300 dollars!

Re: Gifted – Come With Me

Dan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:32:00 -0000

looks like the gifted link is broken... sad face

Re: Arsenal 7 - 0 Slavia Prague

Dan — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:48:22 -0000

yeah amazing display of talent! They could have scored more ... oh well we'll leave those for Liverpool this weekend! :)>-

Re: Sheffield United 0-3 Arsenal

Dan — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:41:54 -0000

Re: Liverpool 2-1 Cardiff

Dan — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:42:42 -0000

Re: Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle

Dan — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:36:41 -0000

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=CE81ZVLC

Re: Liverpool 2-0 Fulham

Dan — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:38:25 -0000

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=9C2ZLF6H

Re: Valencia 3 - 0 Murcia

Dan — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:05:55 -0000

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=KHTXB77E

Re: Stuttgart 3 - 1 Bayern Munich

Dan — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:13:55 -0000

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=JW6FR78N

Re: Chelsea vs Everton

Dan — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:40:44 -0000

short HLs here

Re: England vs Croatia

Dan — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:10:42 -0000

and, as england fans have become accustomed to saying, there’s always next time.

Yeah, there’s always next time. What a desperate outlook.
Anyhow i hear some fans blaming the pitch for this horrendous defeat and i think they should get a reality check (or a reality slap in the face!) because there is really no excuses that will cover up for the overall abysmal performance and the horrible managerial calls. Maclaren out! >:p

Re: England vs Croatia

Dan — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:19:07 -0000

[quote comment="7747"]why cant i see the highlights!!![/quote]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3jqku_23-engl...

Re: Inter Milan 3-0 Fenerbahce

Dan — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:19:42 -0000

<h2>official highlights</h2>

Re: CSKA Moscow 0 - 1 PSV Eindhoven

Dan — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:22:41 -0000

<h3>official Highlights </h3>

Re: Blackburn 3-1 Newcastle

Dan — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:07:20 -0000

Extra Link

Re: Wigan 1-1 Man City

Dan — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:10:06 -0000

MOTD Highlights

Re: Portsmouth 0-0 Everton

Dan — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:27:30 -0000

Short Hls

Re: Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal

Dan — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:43:38 -0000

[quote comment="8182"]Hey can we have the direct link to download the MOTD highlights instead of an embedded one like the above?

Thanks.[/quote]

Download Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?elloxdj0kou

Re: Bielefeld vs. Bayern Munich

Dan — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:00:08 -0000

There is also this other commentator with the Gol TV team... the one who sounds like he's gasping for his last breath of air every time he says something!
I actually don't mind Ray, he adds some zesty flavor to the commentary. LOOK OUT! :-s

Re: Man Utd 2 - 0 Fulham

Dan — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:16:21 -0000

The Goals

Re: Man United 4-1 Derby

Dan — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:35:50 -0000

<h3>MOTD Highlights </h3>

Re: Aston Villa 1-3 Portsmouth

Dan — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:08:27 -0000

<h3>MOTD Highlights </h3>

Re: Sunderland 0-4 Manchester United

Dan — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:47:02 -0000

[quote comment="9157"]ok, thanks

btw, MOTD highlights, anyone?
Lex, Fred54...mind if you help us out?[/quote]

It's coming... patience.

Re: Man United 1-0 Birmingham

Dan — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:24:52 -0000

MOTD Highlights

Re: Liverpool 1-1 Wigan

Dan — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:39:04 -0000

<h3>short highlights </h3>

Re: Manchester United 0 - 1 Portsmouth

Dan — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:20:28 -0000

wow amazing defending and goal keeping! + a little bit of luck always helps! entertaining game for a neutral fan nonetheless. :)

Re: Manchester United 0 - 1 Portsmouth

Dan — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:01:44 -0000

[quote comment="13476"][quote comment="13460"]On another different topic - it was nice to see the post-match analysis after the game - can future posters include the MOTD analysis for each game? Cheers, Paul[/quote]

You should be grateful you get anything at all, always demanding more. :-w[/quote]

Agreed! Thanks for your amazing work Fred54.. keep it up man and don't listen to these ungrateful fools.

Re: Liverpool 4 - 2 Arsenal

Dan — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:53:16 -0000

this was easily the best match of the past year or so in the cl ! good stuff, too bad the gunners lost but oh well... back to the epl title now!! and hopefully next season will bring much more success. good luck to liverpool though...

Re: Liverpool 4 - 2 Arsenal

Dan — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:55:18 -0000

[quote comment="15158"]Corey, be fair. Wenger also said:

"There was even a lack of concentration straight away after it went 2-2.

"They found Babel in the box straight from kickoff, and that's where the concentration dropped a little bit.[/quote]

UNRELATED TO THIS TOPIC: danman i don't mean to be an ****, but you stole my nick name! I am the one and only Danman, i used to post on here a lot, but not lately. I get you're my new replacement? :D

Re: Osasuna v Real Madrid

Dan — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:05:33 -0000

i see highlights here everyday...and god knows i have been coming to this site for a long time.....

Re: Showboat 03.05.08

Dan — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:11:37 -0000

LOL moron

Re: Station 6 gets a Makeover

Dan — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:55:00 -0000

Great to see History and Tradition maintained! Looks Awesome...nice Job!

Re: wp-mail.php

Dan — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 21:39:59 -0000

I've installed your hack today. It's able to get the subject line of the email (for the post title); however, it doesn't get the body of the email (the content) and the attachments. Any ideas why this would be so? Thanks.

Re: Quicken 2007, A Review: At Last!

Dan — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:44:32 -0000

I just installed Microsoft Money 2007. I am not impressed. Based on some of these stability things I'm seeing about Quicken, I don't know that I'll even bother with that (even though I may be able to get Quicken free).

A good basic money program would be pretty useful. I know Microsoft has the resources to make one if they wanted to do it. I guess they are too busy losing money on game consoles and MP3 players.

To use Money properly, I have to sign up for Live, and send some personal information to Microsoft. Then once I get into the program, I'm assaulted with ads. Half of the functionality is just a web browser. And much of the rest seems poorly organized, flawed, or outright pointless. I was expecting a lot better.

(I really enjoyed, when I initially added an online account, having to click an OK box for each individual action from the account history to be added. There was no Yes to All button, so I elegantly held down the Enter key for upward of a minute. Just indicative of the uninspired program design.)

Re: Anesthesiologist Dr. Bryce Swanson endorses Rapid Slim SX

Dan — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:31:00 -0000

Jon Marshall, DO began, i believe, endorsing hydroxicut while he was still a med student. Now he is a radiology resident.

Re: Why do health policy experts and wonks hate doctors?

Dan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:39:22 -0000

Go ahead and try to reduce doctors salaries and see how many people want to enter medicine. I can tell you most people in my medical school class would have NEVER taken on 300K worth of debt to get paid what a nurse can make these days....

Re: Startup Weekend Detroit

Dan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:55:05 -0000

Detroit? That's where I live! I am so all over this!

Re: To Almost Die For Suits by Adam Kimmel

Dan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:37:07 -0000

Why bother with helmets!

Re: Queen Of The Clubs: Up Close with Sarah Main

Dan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:56:43 -0000

Nice one she is looking sweet :)

Re: Web

Dan — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:42:00 -0000

So cute! She's already a model! hehe

Re: Granny makes airbag open on impatient driver.

Dan — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:22:00 -0000

:) Its funny, I felt really annoyed at the driver ggggrrrr.

I have to say the way it has been filmed it looks all a bit too timed and staged to be real. The granny looks a bit to twee too.

Re: My Type is Moveable!

Dan — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 18:36:31 -0000

Heh heh heh... ho ho ho. You may have noticed that I added some templates. Whether this is a good or a bad thing is open to debate.

Still lots more templates to add, lots more work to do. But it's late. And I've been working since 4am. And I need to go to the toilet.

You may also notice that the titles imported from Blogger are a little, errr, curious :)

Re: My Type is Moveable!

Dan — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 05:02:20 -0000

Erm... I was going to say "why, when was I peeing" and then I read my own comment above. Doh! Actually, it was number twos.

Re: Messy Nightmare

Dan — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:20:53 -0000

I never normally remember them this well - in fact, this is probably the first time in 15 years I've written down so clearly what happened - but I did literally jump out of bed and then go straight to the computer and type it up. Experience has taught me that with every minute I leave it after waking up, probably 10% of a dream's content fades from memory.

Re: Disk Space Exceeded

Dan — Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:59:36 -0000

Thank you. You have all made me feel very wasted... err... wanted. More comments please (and KEEP IT UP)

Re: International Man of the People

Dan — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 06:11:20 -0000

Jeezus, is nobody even vaguely interested in my attempts to weave a veil of mystery? And I notice that, after a flurry of activity when I insulted everyone reading this blog, you wankers aren't posting again.

(I love you all really)

Re: My Welsh Heroes

Dan — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 07:08:11 -0000

Good point. Next time (you can vote once a week)

Re: International Man of the People

Dan — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 07:09:18 -0000

No, you fool, I was cultivating mystery. Just like I said I would a week ago: http://www.sumption.org/lifeless/002294.html

Re: Lola the Pilot

Dan — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 07:10:47 -0000

Damn! I forgot to export an animated version (my excuse: it's over a year since I used Fireworks). Please reload.

Re: Matt Stuart Shoots People

Dan — Mon, 17 Nov 2003 04:03:02 -0000

It's incredibly, isn't it? I didn't notice it for the first couple, but soon realised that every photo has awesome tie-ins between the subject and the background. They seemed so uncanny and well shot that at first I thought they had to be staged, but on his About page he says "I am reliant on a small camera [something I could really do with], patience and lots of optimisim" and also that he makes "an honest picture which people know immediately is a genuine moment"

Re: Suzy Mae Littler

Dan — Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:12:05 -0000

Woo! Not me, no thanks - I've done enough breeding (these two: http://www.sumption.org/life/20030805druidstone/druidstone0017.html ) for one lifetime thanks. This is a friend's baby.

Re: Saffron Potatoes and Brocolli in Roquefort Cream

Dan — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 02:45:09 -0000

Getting? Got!

Re: Sleeping Beauty

Dan — Sun, 07 Dec 2003 15:26:27 -0000

OK, I lied. I wasn't really asleep. Just... resting.

Re: I Love Meat

Dan — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 05:16:05 -0000

Diet has no proven effect on psoriasis ;)

Re: Authority

Dan — Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:33:37 -0000

Before you make idle threats, you should consider that I may _enjoy_ having a ten foot wooden pole up my arse.

If it's this great before it's even materialised, just imagine how great it'll be once it has!

Re: Me and my Shadow

Dan — Fri, 02 Jan 2004 17:28:29 -0000

But surely... it's all in the body!

Re: Apples and Soup

Dan — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 08:10:29 -0000

Oops. What was I thinking. I don't even have the excuse that the s and b keys are close together. So it must've been freudian. If I did it all over again, I'd have used the word "sully" instead of "soil".

Re: Car (Bed) Trouble Part II

Dan — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 07:18:21 -0000

Yeah, a little, but that's the wrong size and not *nearly* retro enough.

Re: Landspeeder

Dan — Fri, 09 Jan 2004 07:31:53 -0000

Truth is stranger than Photoshop.

I did whack the contrast up a little in Photoshop, because my crappy scanner is, well, crappy. But the bed is for real, I've seen it.

I think the legs on ours are missing, which means that it won't float in quite the same way, but I think it'll be easy to make some more.

Re: Sharp Dressed Groom

Dan — Mon, 12 Jan 2004 04:08:11 -0000

Oh, OK then.

(more like this, please)

Re: [sigh]

Dan — Sat, 17 Jan 2004 04:46:06 -0000

Hey... you MT'd your site! And... you back in Oz? Awww, explains why your mobile number was dead a couple of days ago. Is this for ever, or just until the end of time? So much catching up we need to do. Still, at least I can now add an RSS feed for your site, instead of just checking back every few months to see what has changed.

Re: Some Films Wot I Saw

Dan — Sun, 18 Jan 2004 03:27:33 -0000

Hi Jan... err, Fan.

Perhaps the fact you think it has nothing to say about life has something to do with your life. It had quite a bit to say about mine, and it rang extremely true with me and with Gill (especially the phone calls back to his wife).

The film worked for me on a great many levels, probably because I could identify on a great many levels. What does it say about life? Nothing hugely revelatory, I agree, but... what a way to say it! It's about loneliness and relationships and the many ways in which people can touch other people, a celebration of humanity. The two characters end the film ostensibly with no more than they started, and yet their brief contact is something they'll carry with them forever.

It's also about partying :-) the party scenes are awesome, and again rung very true to me (suddenly Tokyo at 4am doesn't seem all that different from London at 4am, 'cept perhaps for some extra neon). Partying hard makes everything else go away.

The reason for using Japan is that it's an almost tabula rasa, alien landscape. It throws everything else into relief. Mars would have worked as well, though Tokyo made for more laughs.

And of course, I hope I don't have to mention how blisteringly good the acting was. Ot the cinematography. Or the damn sound.

Re: Flower Arranging

Dan — Thu, 22 Jan 2004 01:30:52 -0000

How did you know about the clock??? Actually, Gill just painted the wall behind the microwave (not the one you can see, the white one next to it) so it was only just re-plugged and is showing no time at the moment. (Well, if I'm totally honest, the clock has been showing no time for about the last three months).

Thanks for the compliment. Shame I took that photo from the wrong angle, so they don't actually look so great, but I was struggling to find somewhere to rest the camera so I could take a four-second exposure rather than having to use the flash. (Yeah, yeah, so I could have turned the flowers around, but that would be too much like hard work, after all).

Re: James White

Dan — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 05:35:00 -0000

Last time I saw him, he had some horns sticking out of his head.

Re: BusStop art

Dan — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:41:00 -0000

Weird, I'd been wondering what this was:
http://www.cupidity.f9.co.uk/Photos/Books/

(photo #31)

Now I know!

Re: Nigel Grimmer and Franz Ackerman

Dan — Mon, 01 May 2006 13:03:00 -0000

Excellent - those Nigel Grimmer family roadkill photos were on at the Graves Gallery in Sheffield a couple of years ago.

Re: Laura Owens at Sadie Coles

Dan — Mon, 01 May 2006 13:04:00 -0000

I like the first painting a lot - echoes of German expressionism and early Kandinsky.

Re: Bringt Nimbuzz das StudiVZ wieder in die Spur?

Dan — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:15:54 -0000

Zum ersten Satz "die neuesten Zahlen der IVW, die belegen, dass der ins Taumeln geratene Social Network-Riese StudiVZ sich wieder stabilisiert hat" möchte ich anmerken, dass die IVW-Definition einer Page Impression solche Schlüsse gar nicht zulässt, weil sie AJAX nicht mitzählt. studiVZ hat einige Features (Fotoalbum, etc.) umgebaut und setzt mehr AJAX ein. Infolge dessen zählt z.B. das Ansehen von Fotos nicht mehr als Seitenaufruf, weil das eben die veraltete Zählweise der IVW nicht hergibt. Daraus kann man keineswegs schließen, dass studiVZ ins Taumeln geraten ist. Das Problem hat auch nicht nur studiVZ, sondern alle, die sich von der IVW messen lassen. Sehr AJAX-lastige Seiten wie GoogleMail würde die IVW als totalen Flop ausweisen. Schade ist nur, dass viele Journalisten diesen Zusammenhang immernoch nicht verstanden haben. Come on, Blogger können das besser :)

Re: Fall Out Boy Cover The Killers: Ironic, Much?

Dan — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:26:33 -0000

I'm glad FOB has found someone to look up too, but I'm sure The Killers still rule all, and so does Sawdust!!!!

Re: Reader Chart Requests

Dan — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:51:57 -0000

Thanks for the charts Corey. Can you expand on "Bollinger Band Squeeze Play" -- I've been reading
up on Bollinger Bands and if I get the 'gist' as the band become more narrow (less volatile), the stock
is possibly setting up for a significant increase in price??

thanks again for your time,
Dan

Re: 911. Mashgh-e Shab / Homework (1989, Abbas Kiarostami)

Dan — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:00:22 -0000

"Dan seemed to suggest that it was a moment of transcendence, all of the tension and coercive technique giving way to a moment where the child embraces the tools of expression imposed on him and finds a moment of ecstasy."

Just a slight adjustment to my reaction: I wouldn't exactly say that the child was experiencing ecstasy. I'd say that the child's breathless delivery of the religious poem had something of the appearance of ecstasy; and that Kiarostami perceived this and used formal elements (music especially, but also rhythm and the abruptness of the freeze-frame ending) to create an experience for the viewer that was redolent of ecstasy. And that we can superimpose this experience onto the mystery of this child (about whom we know very little, and who surprises us with this bold piece of recitation, given that we had heretofore seen little more than crippling fear and an inability to communicate), attribute the ecstasy to the child if we want, not as an accurate indication of his internal state, but as a kind of metaphor for the range of emotions that lie beyond what we can perceive of people in such a documentary.

Re: I never thought I’d live to see the day…

Dan — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:29:41 -0000

Yeah, FELLOW CITIZEN didn't seem to go anywhere, did it. And there's no doubt that Kiarostami didn't want it to go anywhere. I imagine he thought that, to get the experience that he wanted to give us, we had to be kept in the theater past the "Okay, I get it, next" reaction, which arrived at the 25-minute point for me. Still, I kind of respect it; and I'm fascinated at how all his projects seem to be governed by some strategic concept, different in each case.

Re: 911. Mashgh-e Shab / Homework (1989, Abbas Kiarostami)

Dan — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:45:17 -0000

Kevin - I guess that, for me, the ending doesn't so much develop the stated function of the film as collide with it. In any case, I don't see any way to justify the style shift at the end in terms of an agenda of social inquiry. Kiarostami could have hung out for a few more minutes and integrated that moment into the boy's social presentation - he seems not to have wanted to.

Even though FIRST GRADERS is clearly the other Kiarostami film with subject matter closest to HOMEWORK, I was struck at the structural similarities between HOMEWORK and ABC AFRICA. Both start with a reflexive intro that establishes the director's mission; both contain the director's visual/verbal presence and occasional direct commentary; both accept and present evidence that might not perfectly illustrate the "inscribed" sociopolitical thesis; and both end with the film's most aestheticized sequence, shifting the stylistic terms of the piece. By contrast, FIRST GRADERS dips from time to time into a "fictional" shot breakdown instead of a "documentary" shot breakdown; and the fictional elements don't really shift the terms of the piece - it's more as if they brush us back a bit, like a pitcher throwing an inside fastball to keep us from getting too comfortable.

Re: 923. Rue cases nÃ¨gres / Sugar Cane Alley (1984, Euzhan Palcy)

Dan — Wed, 23 May 2007 01:03:36 -0000

Yeah, I agree. I like both those Hou films. As I typed in that review, I wondered whether Palcy's "placid" style might look a little more interesting today, now that we've had to put some effort into appreciating some very quiet filmmakers and assimilating that ethos. I just revisited Burnett's KILLER OF SHEEP, and thought that today's film culture does a much better job of setting that film up for us than the culture of 1977 did.

Re: 928. Unsere Afrikareise / Our Trip to Africa (1966, Peter Kubelka) - a preview

Dan — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:12:40 -0000

Have you noticed that nearly every writer who praises Unsere Afrikareise points out almost immediately how long Kubelka spent editing it? I find this suspicious....

But I need to revisit this film, now that I'm older and mellower.

Re: Brigitte Bardot better than Spencer Tracy? or Actors without a single film in the TSPDT 1000

Dan — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:05:21 -0000

That was me posting above.

Re: Will Johnny ever get a DVD release?

Dan — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:10:38 -0000

I haven't seen the film, but I remember Truffaut once putting it on his list of the ten best American films of the 1968-1977 period.

Re: Brigitte Bardot better than Spencer Tracy? or Actors without a single film in the TSPDT 1000

Dan — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:35:31 -0000

It's interesting that people mostly remember the closeups of Falconetti in JEANNE, because the camera work in that film is really wild - Dreyer seems to want to throw the camera around for its own sake at that point in his career.

Re: Brigitte Bardot better than Spencer Tracy? or Actors without a single film in the TSPDT 1000

Dan — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:57:59 -0000

Regarding Jeanne, here's something I wrote in 1983, just after seeing the film: "Every imaginable camera gimmick finds its way into the film at some point, including upside-down shots, several pendulum shots in which the camera swings back and forth, circular pans, swish pans, and extreme low angles. Even in relatively calm sections, the moving camera is used extensively, a fact pointed out more often in older criticism."

Re: Brigitte Bardot better than Spencer Tracy? or Actors without a single film in the TSPDT 1000

Dan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:06:06 -0000

Kevin - I'm just speculating, but it's not so uncommon for artists to purify and simplify their style when they get older. And the thing about Dreyer is that he had huge gaps in his career: it's as if Ozu went from I Was Born, But.... to There Was a Father to Tokyo Story with no films in between.

Of course, it's not as if Jeanne is the opposite of austere. That strange sense of timelessness is already there.

Re: Memory Monday

Dan — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:30:42 -0000

Excellent post! You write very well. Isn't it amazing what we worry about when we're kids.

And what we now worry about as adults! ;)

Re: Fat and Sick

Dan — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:22:37 -0000

Hey Miss, listen up. It is a well-known fact (PhD dissertations have been written on the subject, incidentally), that digital scales are invariably inaccurate (wow ... two words in a row that start with "in"; I wonder if I broke some style rule or something).

And they always add weight instead of subtract. I believe one paper said about 50 pounds (not sure how that converts to English metrics).

So stop being sad.

Re: Mission Impossible

Dan — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:36:39 -0000

Very funny post! I find it hilarious that you actually catalogued it all! Good for you -- it was funnier because of that.

Very sweet about the 'teef'.

And yes, you are crazy. And that's why we wuv you! I'm looking forward to next week. ;)

Re: Memory Monday

Dan — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:39:53 -0000

What a wonderful post Miss. It brought back memories of my own childhood. There was a girl named Jaimie in first grade who wanted to kiss me the entire recess. The other boys laughed at me because of that. She was pretty but we weren't supposed to like girls at that age so I would run away and she would chase me, chase me, until she cornered me and plant a big wet one on me.

I wonder what she's doing now ...

Re: Happy HNT!

Dan — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:43:52 -0000

Today I just felt like looking at lovely pictures. And I found some. ;)

Re: Sunday Sadness

Dan — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:10:42 -0000

HA HA! My brain basically turned off when it got to "peanut butter".

I'll let you kick me as hard as you want ... if I can have some of that peanut butter!

Re: Tagged

Dan — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:08:46 -0000

Miss Understood, I was tagged last week and totally blew it off. I guess I violated blog etiquette or something. I did so because I think that memes are lame space-fillers.

But I have to say that yours in the best I've ever read ... whether it's true or not. Very creative (or course this is to be expected from you Sweetie).

Incidentally, I think you're weird just for saying "anti-clockwise"! ;)

Re: Tagged

Dan — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 02:04:36 -0000

Just wanted to let you know that I caved to the six weird meme. I was partially inspired by the creativity of folks like you! ;)

Re: Beep Beep

Dan — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:36:54 -0000

Dull? I love this story! And yes, I love the oldies. I actually think this one was pretty cute -- of course I didn't have to deal with her. You dealt with her so nicely. I can see the two of you right now. How sweet!

But it did give me a really good idea. I can go around and make a "bleep bleep" noise wherever I go. Maybe I'll got lots of free stuff that way! ;)

Re: 26 Things

Dan — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:52:13 -0000

These are wonderful! Thursday is also my favorite (and today is Thursday). We guys do manage to balance the remote where you'd least expect it. The thumb is easy. Much tougher on the ... OK, I'm leaving now.

Re: A Request

Dan — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 13:11:09 -0000

How about these two:

despondent

hopeful

Re: Memory Monday

Dan — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:38:32 -0000

Laney, that's one of the sweetest things anyone has ever said to me in the blogosphere. Thanks so much.

Re: Christmas Traditions.

Dan — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:43:46 -0000

HA HA HA! Awesome! While it's not exactly Norman Rockwell's vision of Christmas, it still brought a tear to my eye. ;)

There was a glimmer of hope in this. You said "The kids are arguing because Billy has 86 presents and Amy only has 85."

Hey! At least they can count up to 86. Who knew?

Re: Stuffed!

Dan — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:42:57 -0000

HNT or no HNT, we just love to hear from you, Hon.

You and I have gone to Beta, and all non-Beta bloggers can't comment without jumping through hoops. I actually talk about one solution at the top of my most recent post. Blogger is aware of the problem but in no hurry to fix it. What else is new.

Have a great weekend Sweetie!

Re: The Magic of Christmas

Dan — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:08:29 -0000

Laney, what a wonderful post. Thanks for writing it my dear friend.

I want to thank you for becoming a sweet friend this year. I treasure you and your writings, and look forward to another wonderful year.

Love, Dan

Re: Christmas HNT

Dan — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:34:09 -0000

Laney, this is worthy of Art Nudes! Beautiful, dreamy photo. Merry Christmas!

Re: Christmas HNT

Dan — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 20:21:22 -0000

Just popped in for another look! ;)

And to thank you for being such a sweet blogger friend this past year. You rock Laney! Lots of love, Dan

Re: Back to Normality

Dan — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:11:00 -0000

Did you know I am addicated to chocolate?

So you got a karaoke machine without a CD! I got a juicer without fruits and veggies. The callousness of our gift givers, huh? :)

Please record yourself singing a song. Please? Pretty please? Pretty please with chocolate on top?

Re: Favourite HNT

Dan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:10:40 -0000

Elaine, others may have helped with this transformation, but nothing would have happened had you not had this amazing beauty inside you eager to radiate outward.

That second photo, my favorite, is another for Art Nudes. Really!

That one is the most beautifully poetic HNT photo I have seen on anyone's blog ever. (And I've been around! :))

Re: Time for a bit of Honesty….

Dan — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:49:37 -0000

Dear Laney, this is the best post I've read in 2007 ... yeah, I know 2007 just started. OK, it may be the best post I read in 2007. Don't blush. You poured your heart into it and you know it's good Sweetie. Take a bow.

I'm giving you a big, reassuring hug near the potatoes right now. :)

You're apologizing that this post is depressing? Are you nuts? Ooops ... didn't mean to say that ... er ... I meant to say -- are you serious? This is one of the most positive and celebratory posts ever! You are celebrating the fact that you came back from the dead. And boy are we grateful and happy. Not depressed!

Last, that potato that the surgeon was pulling out the guy's ass ... that wasn't one of the potatoes you bought, was it? And the guy in the photo wasn't Rob was it? :)

Brava Laney! And I'm so glad you're who you are. Hugs and kisses.

Now off to Snuffx.com. (Thanks Rob!)

Re: Thank you x

Dan — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:17:24 -0000

No Laney, thank you for your extremely sweet and kind words. You are a gem my friend! Love you.

Re: 26 Things

Dan — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:11:59 -0000

Wow! You have been BUSY!

"Panic" is hilarious. Reminds me of a story where Tallulah Bankhead (I think it was she) got stuck in a toilet and ran out of paper. So she asked the person in the stall next to her to give her some. That person was about to run out so she was willing to share. Talulah finally said "Well then do you have two 10s for a 20?"

Grandad is such a sweetie!

Great stuff Laney!

Re: The Purple One

Dan — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:16:20 -0000

Laney, absolutely hilarious!

My mouth tasted like Gandhi’s sandal, I had a very full bladder and to top it off, I had this overwhelming urge to fart.

This is best description of how it feels to wake up in the morning, next to someone you don't want to witness the spectacle, that I've ever read!

Re: The Purple One

Dan — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:26:45 -0000

No I'm not! :)

Re: 2006 Overview

Dan — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:14:20 -0000

I'm not crazy I'm just a little impaired I know, right now you don't care

In other words, you're human. And I do care.

2007 is going to kick ass for us! I know it!

Re: Seedy Sex

Dan — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:29:45 -0000

You have a juicer too? Maybe we should juice together! :)

I seriously considered grabbing him by the scruff of the neck and dragging him upstairs.

I just sent my resume to the folks at Tesco just in case they need more delivery men in your area.

Re: Come Here.

Dan — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:34:21 -0000

I just dig in my heels

Really? What else are you wearing? :)

Oh! Rob sounds like such a sweet guy! Give in! It's so rotten being fueled by negative energy. It eats you up inside. Try letting it go Sweetie. You're taking years off your life by going with the negativity coming from inside. I know that if you just let it go, it will.

Rob, come here ... I want to hug you, you big lunk.

Laney, come here ... come here ... Laney, please come here ... Laney ...

OK, Rob ... come here once more ... this kiss was meant for Laney but she's being stubborn again.

Re: Question Time

Dan — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:59:29 -0000

Hi Laney! Yay! The damned comment problem is fixed.

Two questions, if I may. :)

What do you dislike most about aging?

What do you like most about aging?

Re: Your Questions…My Answers

Dan — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:14:23 -0000

Great answers Laney!

And what's this "I hate that my ass wouldn’t ever win that competition it did back in 1986!"

Come on! It's still attached to your body isn't it? And you still know how to use it when it matters don't you? So who cares about competitions? :) Hugs and kisses.

So, having said that, do you have any photos of you from 1986? :)

Re: Whoops!

Dan — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:05:37 -0000

I hear Robbie Williams’ voice when I’m in the throws of passion, but I don’t think that counts, does it?

It would count if I heard his voice while in a throws of passion. :)

You do what you have to do Laney. You just took a step onto another potentially exciting leg of your journey ... or something.

Now let's play!

Re: Sucking Pussies

Dan — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:13:39 -0000

Hi Laney! I haven't stopped by in a bit because I've been busy, but it looks like I have some catching up to do. Congratulations on your award! You rock!

But when you say,

It feels a bit like taking my knickers off in the middle of Sainsbury’s

I would say, try it and see what it feels like ... but bring a camera please. (There I go getting all naughty again.)

Hugs and kisses Sweetie!

Re: The Current Mr D

Dan — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:17:51 -0000

Laney, you did it again. You made me reach for the damned box of Kleenex. Damn you girl! :)

I wish I knew Tim. After reading this, I feel that I do. What an awesome guy.

And I know you better, Laney, after reading this. And I think you and Tim are both incredibly wonderful people, who are touching me more than you know it, via cyberspace.

As you know I've been sort of surrounded by death in the past few months. I've come to learn that it's just a natural thing. And none of us is immune. It's the great equalizer.

This post brought back the last few months with my dad. It's amazing how we all go through the same experiences. We're all humans, intimately connected by those experiences. And we touch each other in ways we can't even fathom.

Thanks for writing this post, Laney. I think I can put the Kleenex away now.

Re: Dreams and Wet Things

Dan — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:38:38 -0000

I don't do dream analysis and I can't figure out what's weirder ... your dream or your reality (the sucking goldfish)! :)

Actually, I could say something about how I would enjoy the goldfish thing even more, being a guy, but I won't go there. :)

Re: Dreams and Wet Things

Dan — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:11:28 -0000

Do dolphins do that? :)

Re: Take Two, Three times a Day

Dan — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:15:21 -0000

Ohmygosh (I just invented a word, cool huh)! You are so amazingly sweet to plug me on your blog. Even when you don't plug me you're sweet ... wait a second, that didn't sound right (or maybe it did).

I think you're adorable for thinking we all have homes nearby. I just got off the phone with your local landscaper. He's on his way to spray that hedge that Novak is living in.

Re: The Big Wide World

Dan — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:50:57 -0000

You are such a sweetheart. Of course he'll be OK. But because you seem to need it, let me take this opportunity to give you a big hug and kiss. (Can't ever pass up those opportunities, now can I?) :)

Re: TMI Tuesday

Dan — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:13:57 -0000

Um...both? And sideways. Backwards. Upside down. Inside out.

I'm going to try the upside down position this weekend. My wife and I both do very good sirsasana in yoga class (headstand right in the middle of the room). So we have the necessary skills to make this work. :)

Laney, you look absolutely adorable with the little kitty. So serene, both of you.

Re: 1st Birthday

Dan — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:24:49 -0000

Laney! Laney! Where am I? I'm blogging from my cell phone. I'm lost. Was it the second left after the McDonalds and then the third right after the Burger King? Right now all I see are farms. With cows. And some horses. And fat dudes on tractors.

Anyway, I come bearing a huge box of chocolates. But that's not all. I'm going to give you a private yoga lesson. I will put you into poses you never knew existed ... some probably illegal.

Happy Blog Birthday my totally sweet friend! Blogville has been so much brighter because of your glow. Endless hugs and smooches.

Re: 1st Birthday

Dan — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:58:09 -0000

Laney, thanks for those very sweet words!

I can't wait to see your lotus position. I can do that pose pretty darn well. The teachers always have me demo it. :) I can even do it while in head stand.

And of course I'd hold you up!

Here's me doing lotus. And yes, that's really me, looking overly serious! No Photoshop (except for the 10 Commandments and sky and clouds). :)

Re: Mirror Mirror

Dan — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:47:34 -0000

Laney, this is hilarious! I laughed, I cried, I got up and ate some cashews.

Who needs normal blogging when we can have this! :)

Re: SHHHHH, IT’S A SECRET!!!

Dan — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:22:06 -0000

Happy Birthday my sweet, dear friend Laney! I'm heading over to your neighbor's (or should I say "neighbour's" you crazy Brit) to wish you another. :)

Re: Interview Meme from TME

Dan — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:10:43 -0000

The thought of eating my Mum's Easter roast dinner this Sunday.

Save some for me! :) Happy Easter Laney! You're the best.

Re: 2 for 1 TMI Tuesday

Dan — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:33:37 -0000

How much money would it take to convince you to get on stage naked?
At the moment? About a tenner.

OK! I'm ready to PayPal you a tenner ... please have someone take photos because you're a bit far for me to get to at the moment. :)

Re: Grrrrrrrrrr

Dan — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:34:47 -0000

Cathy and Laney are linking to each other! My two very favorite English girls! :)

Re: Letting Go

Dan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:27:01 -0000

Laney, I'm late in learning this obviously. Sorry about that. My sincere love goes out to the both of you.

Re: Sometimes….

Dan — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:57:02 -0000

Laney, you're such a sweet little sappy love. Come over here and let me give you a big hug. :)

Re: Dinner Party

Dan — Tue, 15 May 2007 10:14:10 -0000

Laney, I don't know any of the women you listed ... gosh, I'm really looking forward to meeting them.

But I'm sitting next to you, right? :)

I'll bring stuffed mushrooms.

Re: Uuuuuugh

Dan — Tue, 22 May 2007 11:26:31 -0000

Laney, if you're lost for inspiration go outside and look around! :) The way you described the store in this post (that one paragraph). That's fodder for a complete post. You're terrific at that sort of thing.

Or ... here's another novel idea. Give yourself a break and take a break from blogging. It sucks to force oneself. No one can force GOOD creativity.

Now come here and give me a hug. I miss you! (By the way, I'm still searching for that missing comment.)

Re: Green Fingers

Dan — Wed, 30 May 2007 08:52:46 -0000

D’ya know what? If I end up with a bush, I’m gonna be so damn proud!

And you leave a comment on MY blog describing the image of ME you got after reading it! LOL! :)

Hugs and love Laney. I hope you are doing well!

Re: Tea & Biscuits

Dan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:27:18 -0000

What a very sweet tale Laney. And you kept your composure through all of it! Good for you!! xoxo

Re: Making a Difference

Dan — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:12:56 -0000

Dearest Laney, you were one of my overseas friends who were kind enough to donate to my suicide awareness and prevention walk. And for that I am eternally grateful Sweetie. You rock.

I won't let you down here my very sweet friend! I think this is terrific of you!

Hugs and love Laney.

Re: Aww

Dan — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:07:28 -0000

Roly sounds like the quintessential animal compantion (I'm up to Q in my vocabulary building course).

How are you Laney! xoxo

Re: Get to Know Your Ballpark Booze Handlers

Dan — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:23:00 -0000

Surprisingly Marvin does have a dirty mouth. He's calmed down since the old days but that is the truth. Thanks for the post.

Dan-Beer Vendor

Re: Playboy 02 : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:04:47 -0000

fucking make more hot playboy one plz and liverpool one plz

Re: Xbox 3Shitty : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:26:06 -0000

I used to have a 360, had red ring of death 4 times! i gave up and got a ps3, best decision ever! I WOULD NEVER GET A 360!! even if they release a new one!
great skin guys =D

Re: Designers Republic : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:52:34 -0000

thats pretty cool! nice one!!

Re: Russia : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:25:28 -0000

Russia sucks. Putin is a dictator.

Re: Sci-Fi Babes : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:17:53 -0000

The Joker, none of them are working for you at all? You mean they don't show up on your screen?

Re: Aria Giovanni : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:32:47 -0000

"OH MY GOD", seek help. Seriously.

Thanks for the theme. Aria is great.

Re: Horror : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:33:29 -0000

Contains 12 horror themed backgrounds.

Re: Shadow of the Colossus 03 : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:05:18 -0000

Brilliant theme. Just superb. 5/5 stars

Re: Alien vs Predator : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:58:54 -0000

Very cool.

Re: Dark Skeleton : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:07:33 -0000

Spooky theme!

Re: Unofficial MGS4 Theme #2 : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:21:19 -0000

Snaaaaaaaaake!!!!

Re: The Devils Rejects : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:01:19 -0000

Great movie, awesome theme.

Re: Sexy Men : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:16:56 -0000

Nice theme for the ladies, but you're probably the only one here. lol

Re: Fingerprints : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:13:32 -0000

Five stars for creativity.

Re: rev Blue : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:27:56 -0000

Who's the girl, rev?

Re: MGS4 Guns of the Patriots : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:56:02 -0000

tha_con, I just started working on a theme called "Snake Eyes" which was going to be a theme made out of photos from the game. I was going to use photos for the icons, but then I thought maybe I could make some icons similar to the games HUD. I'm having a lot of trouble and they wouldn't even be remotely as good as your icons anyway. These are perfect! If I sent you the photos for the wallpaper pack would you add them to this and upload it here or send it to me? If not, can I use your icons?

This is a great theme.

Re: The Real Philly (HD Only) : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:35:58 -0000

Now I've seen it all. lol

Re: Page 3 Babes : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:52:16 -0000

whoooo! thats amazing

Re: MGS4 In-Game Screenshot Theme HD : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:26:24 -0000

Damn, you beat me to it.

Re: Memories Of Vice City : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:46:18 -0000

Sweet!

Re: Knight Rider : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:02:16 -0000

I wish I could make icons. I would have made it based on the old Knight Rider and have icons that match the interior of KITT.

Re: Black : All PS3 Themes

Dan — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:25:00 -0000

cool

Re: Which wiki shall I try today?

Dan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:26:00 -0000

After you try TiddlyWiki, you should also check out Luminotes, a personal wiki. It's in many ways easier to use than TiddlyWiki, although it's not just a single HTML file.

Re: Here Comes the Neighborhood

Dan — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:47:37 -0000

I absolutely agree. In order to be effective, you need to establish personal relationships. I can think of no better way way than through tight-knit communities.

Re: Lord and Lady Myners Party On

Dan — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:12:00 -0000

"Cathy de Montchaux", eh? They can't even spell the name of their darling artist correctly. It is "Cathy de Monchaux"...

This country stinks - I bet bank managers are getting more abuse than ever right now... and with their practices they deserve it, frankly.

Re: Cubegasm and XNA!

Dan — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:00:24 -0000

you're a cube

Re: iPhone Development Fun

Dan — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:19:30 -0000

I'm surprised there isn't a kaboom clone out already. It's a pretty popular classic game.

Re: From coast to coast

Dan — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:56:00 -0000

It took all of one visit to your site for me to bookmark it. Keep on doing EXACTLY what you're doing.

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2005/07/spore/

Dan — Fri, 12 May 2006 05:09:02 -0000

OOOOOOMMMMMMGGGGGGG!
when this comes out im buying it

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/07/nintendo-ds-lite-water-proof-bag/

Dan — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:01:18 -0000

Danger, are you speaking of ruining your DS danger or electrocuting yourself, I am pretty sure the DS cannot sustain enough charge to kill ya!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/07/console-interfaces-its-simplicity-stupid/

Dan — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:48:24 -0000

the video was nice i liked it

but I use a 360 and i have no problems with the UI
i kinda agree on the bright colors thing. but once i apply a theme it looks much better.

but please admit you really bashed the 360.

(on a side note, one of the reasons i think the ps console has always been more appealing is they ( developers arent afraid of using dark dingy colors.)

the xbox and gamecube have always had many games falboyantly colored

ps on the other hand has been able to use dingy
darker color hues on their games for example take tekken 5 vs dead or alive.

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/the-club-for-your-video-game-console/

Dan — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:09:00 -0000

HAHA, My parents would have bought one!

Re: Ashlee Simpson Get Outta My Head!

Dan — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:10:13 -0000

excelent song

Re: Back to school (ALREADY)!

Dan — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:33:00 -0000

Hi Bri! The network security class sounds interesting - what will they be covering?

Dan

Re: Blake Lewis

Dan — Sat, 05 May 2007 12:44:00 -0000

You know, I don't watch Idol but I read enough blogs to feel like I do, and I think Blake is probably my favorite of all of them. I never cared much for that song when it was popular, but I did think his version was quite good!

Re: Switch

Dan — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:34:00 -0000

This was great! Thanks for the laugh.

Dan

Re: NY Pics: St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Dan — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:45:00 -0000

Your pics of New York are absolutely FANTASTIC. I especially like the ones from the Top of the Rock. That Central Park one is worthy of being desktop wallpaper.

Re: The Pope & The Bishop of Cantaloupe

Dan — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:42:00 -0000

Pope Palpatine - I LOVE it!

Re: Totino’s Pizza Recall

Dan — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:27:00 -0000

I used to eat those all the time as a kid - but looking back now, I'm disturbed by the square pepperoni on the pepperoni pizza.

Dan

Re: Plants in the Yard

Dan — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:07:00 -0000

Mystery bush 1 looks like a weeping youpon holly.

Re: DESPICABLE

Dan — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:37:00 -0000

[sarcasm]Wow, those guys sure can quote that Bible![/sarcasm] (sighs)

Re: Auntie M & Nanette

Dan — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:42:00 -0000

Wow, that kiddo is sure getting big. And, she's still such a cutie!

Re: Books!!

Dan — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:51:00 -0000

I read the Pullman series - I'd be interested to know your thoughts. I found it to be imaginative when it came to characters, but lacking on the overall story. I think he was WAY too obvious in trying to sell his religious viewpoint (but I guess it's about time we saw a fired-up Athiest). You may not notice it in the first book, but you will in the second and he practically slaps you in the face with it in the third. I also thought the ending was weak.

Re: DIY Update: Painting the Living Room

Dan — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:56:00 -0000

I love the "blue trim". That tape always makes me think of Smurf trails...

Re: Wal-Mart Sues Brain-Damaged Employee

Dan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:03:00 -0000

This is just unbelievable. Like Wal-Mart really needs that money.

Re: Emergency Party Button

Dan — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:16:00 -0000

That's AWESOME! I actually have that same Basic Stamp homework board. Now all I need are a few X10 modules and I'll be SET!

Re: say what?

Dan — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:40:52 -0000

I little in retrospect, it's what makes me unmistakably me. And that I can be proud of.

also....you now have Mr. Tubesteak on your blog =D

Re: Open RAR Archives in Ubuntu | Tombuntu

Dan — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:35:37 -0000

Hi. Thanks. Simple instructions - worked a treat.

Re: My First kyte.tv Channel/Show

Dan — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 10:41:00 -0000

hi just drop by...love your posts

Re: What’s the Best Job In America?

Dan — Thu, 04 May 2006 11:49:43 -0000

real estate appraiser? are you kidding me?

Re: can some1 give me some good tips for driving the golf ball from the tee?

Dan — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:09:38 -0000

Well, it's hard to say without more guidance. Are you topping the ball, or slicing it, hooking it, popping it up, blocking it, etc?

Generally, the driver is the hardest club in the bag to hit due to it having the lowest club loft. Do you hit a 3 wood straight and far? If so, use that club off the tee until you learn to hit the driver.

Also, have the ball teed up higher (use extra long tees) and align it anywhere inbetween your left foots big tow and left foot heel. I would recommend turning your left foot out (point your toe a little towards the fairway). As you take the club back keep your head down and try to create torque with your hips and just let your arms follow. When you get to the top of your backswing untwist your hips and let your arms and wrists "drop" into the ball. Your head should only come up naturally after contact by your follow through which should guide your head up.

If you just having a problem with contact (if you are topping it or hitting it of center, or not straight, etc), you can practice at a range. Take the club ONLY waist high on your backswing and then swing foward with a full follow through. This will help with your balance and timing and since the club is moving slower (work on the contact not how far you can hit it) you should be able to better see how the club head hits the ball. The key here is to work on contact and not swing speed or distance. If you hit it fine this way, then make a three quarter backswing and see if the problem persists. Doing this will help you isolate where your swing is breaking down (perhaps your arms, wrist, shoulders, head).

At last resort, take a lesson from a pga certified teaching pro.

Re: Exploring Santiago

Dan — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:42:00 -0000

And, we are psyched to have you writing for TONIC!

Re: Notes from the surviving city

Dan — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 23:37:00 -0000

I never understood the extent of devastation until I read this post. I hope the rain eases up soon and things come back to normal.

Re: Build your own mortgage blog

Dan — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:33:00 -0000

Thanks for mentioning Bring the Blog, Todd. We are really excited to be helping bloggers get out of the gates!

Re: Goodbye John, Emlyn, Yasser

Dan — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:48:00 -0000

Arafat didn't want a Palestinian State he passed it up every chance he got. The only thing he wanted was the death of all Jewish people. Goodbye Arafat burn in hell.

Re: Goodbye John, Emlyn, Yasser

Dan — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:08:00 -0000

I'm not trying to be bigoted I'm just stating the facts. Arafat was a terrorist and a terrorist supporter. Who killed women and children. He was offered a Palestinian state and passed it up. Look up Arafat and you can see he is a terrorist.

Re: The Library Problem

Dan — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:42:00 -0000

How do you relate db info to the physical location of the book?

For books without bar codes, did you print & affix them to the cover? (if so how/what did you use to affix them?)

For books without LOC numbers, did you 'invent' numbers or index on some other field?

Re: Mayor Responds

Dan — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:46:08 -0000

Even if the State takes child welfare from Marion County, which the Governor has repeatedly said he would be willing to do, that doesn't solve Marion County's problem. Reducing spending is the only way to solve Marion County's problem.

Re: Google Forcing Desktop Download?

Dan — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:08:00 -0000

Just another reason to dump IE, and embrace the virtues of Firefox. Faster, safer, more secure.

Re: Drinking games that will get you drunk

Dan — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:10:00 -0000

I prefer taking a shot every time I hear the word Roxanne in the Police song. Or, if you're in a group, everytime someone swears during the movie Glengarry Glenross.

Re: Confessions of a Shoporexic

Dan — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:30:00 -0000

You douche after making potporri, too? I think I have a repulsive new Red Eye intro for you now.

Re: Wherein Alison talks too much about bras!

Dan — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:44:00 -0000

Did you forget your "cake-eating scrunchie", too? I have some conditional clothes too, like my "Thinking bondage" and my "Dubious about my sexuality birkenstocks".

Re: Anna and I discuss that evil 25 random Facebook things

Dan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:49:00 -0000

Anna would actually be someone I'd pay to read her 25 random things, instead of reading this all day:
4. I LOVE my friends

22. Summer '08 = best time everrrr!

I should be paid for consuming this drivel on a daily basis. Then, there are people who almost tell you their life story and you're almost ashamed to know these facts about them. You get an eavesdropping feeling even though it's public.

It's a "lose-lose I don't really care" situation.

Re: These photos aren’t as dark

Dan — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:18:00 -0000

An orgy of gorgeous. A "gorgy" as I like to call it.

You could call yourselves the Red Eye Affinity Trinity. I'll think of another one when I'm not drinking kerosene.

Re: Movie Reviews of Movies We Haven’t Seen: Synecdoche, New York

Dan — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:31:00 -0000

In honor of the title of the movie: Nice video, you lovely piece of flesh.

Re: When histamines attack

Dan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:46:00 -0000

Also, humourous posts occur in England, while humorous posts occur in America.

Pffft, my dad still wears his Dukakis in '88 shirt to work every day. Granted that's what he calls his days in the mental hospital.

Re: Say hello to my little friend

Dan — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:28:00 -0000

Charo. The lips seem to align.

Re: The 404; media lunches; Red Eye

Dan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:02:00 -0000

"Shit" is not part of the extremely vulgar canon anymore, I believe.
Well, shit's gonna be awesome with Alison Rosen shitting on fools on Red Eye!

Re: A silly band naming meme thing

Dan — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:47:00 -0000

I did this a while ago - was most amusing ;)

http://www.0ddness.co.uk/2008/02/tagged-album-meme.html

Re: FREE AT LAST

Dan — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:03:00 -0000

Congratulations!

Re: Today’s motivational message

Dan — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:12:12 -0000

kull.....so u come back?!:)

Re: Getting Things Done.

Dan — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:43:08 -0000

For implementing GTD you can use this web-based application:

http://www.Gtdagenda.com

You can use it to manage your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
A mobile version and iCal are available too.

Re: Arby’s is back in Manhattan!

Dan — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:43:28 -0000

Now you can avoid eating at Arby's like the rest of us!

Re: Light the Way

Dan — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:49:00 -0000

I noticed that a bunch of burned out lights in parts of Wallingford that I care about were all replaced in one day a few weeks ago. It made me unusually happy for days afterward, like Christmas. One that many northerly Wallingfordians can appreciate is on Sunnyside and 50th, a highly trafficked crosswalk that was once dark and dangerous and is now bright and not quite as dangerous.

Thank you City Light!

Re: Tracking Brands on Twitter to Improve How You Listen and Engage

Dan — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:48:00 -0000

Great post, thanks Brian. I like how TrackingTwitter provides a little subjective review of each brand's Twitter activity too – nice contrast to most Twitter analytics tools, which are purely driven by data and don't seem to have a human touch!

It's fascinating to see how brands are adopting Twitter, and finally realising that customer engagement and dialogue are the the route to greater commercial visibility.

Re: Humanizing Social Networks: Revealing the People Powering Social Media

Dan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:23:00 -0000

Fascinating stats, thanks Brian. Amazing that MySpace is the only social network to be taking such a nosedive with unique visitors – even though it's up there in second place. It shows how much it's being left in the past by fresh, versatile networks like Twitter and Ning.

Of course, MySpace is plagued by spam and negative stigma, but surely the boffins at NewsCorp must be able to salvage the brand somehow? For me, its music community is the strongest part of the offering.

Clearly users are getting bored with MySpace, and finding more satisfaction elsewhere.

Re: Are Blogs Losing Their Authority To The Statusphere?

Dan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:47:00 -0000

Do you think that what's happening in the blogosphere is mirrored by patterns in the mainstream media? Take investigative reporting for instance – papers are cutting resources, and replacing it with news subsidy, which is easier to source and (arguably) easier to digest.

As far as I can see, this is happening for two reasons. firstly, from the content providers, resources are depleting (for bloggers, this could be reflected in the time they have to spend researching and writing their blogs); and for readers, their attention is being hijacked by more easily digestible forms of media.

Sorry that this is probably quite a pointless observation, as I'm not suggesting anything we don't already know, but it clearly shows that we're heading towards a singularity of minimal input and output – rather than universal interaction and sharing of knowledge, which we've always expected from the web.

Brian – have you noticed commenters on your blog increase or decrease in the past year? Are debates now taking place on Twitter, rather than your comment wall?

Re: In the Statusphere, A.D.D. Creates Opportunities for Collaboration and Education

Dan — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:41:00 -0000

Smashing post again Brian, and thanks for some great links.

I'd love to see myself as a 'media literate information socialite', but sometimes I just feel like an aimless procrastinator on Twitter. It's so rich with information and opinions – and I'm a massive knowledge junkie – that I often find myself getting sucked into oblivion, and not focusing on the important tasks.

Working on it though!

I've written a post reviewing some of the recent banter in the Blogosphere and Statusphere about Twitter search, and some interesting stuff that's going on. If you get chance to take a look, you can find it at http://www.gloryinvirtue.com</br>

Re: I’ll Play With My Balls Wherever I Want!

Dan — Wed, 31 May 2006 18:11:21 -0000

Great story! As a fan of both baseball and frisbee alike, I feel I am in a fair position to offer judgement of the aformentioned situation, and I definitely side with the baseball throwers.

Re: Tracking Brands on Twitter to Improve How You Listen and Engage

Dan — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:48:00 -0000

Re: Humanizing Social Networks: Revealing the People Powering Social Media

Dan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:23:00 -0000

Re: Are Blogs Losing Their Authority To The Statusphere?

Dan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:47:00 -0000

Re: In the Statusphere, A.D.D. Creates Opportunities for Collaboration and Education

Dan — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:41:00 -0000

Re: Cat, I’m a kitty cat. Movie and Lyrics.

Dan — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:56:13 -0000

Yeerrr

Re: 2008 Minnesota State Fair

Dan — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:23:55 -0000

I bet Minnesotan families have enough State Fair photos in the attic to do a cool "history of our family" project and just feature images from the Fair. Your family looks to have a good start on that attic collection!

Our Jackson started his third fair this year with minidonuts too. Next year I think we're buying more than just one bag!

Re: The Jedi Ginsu Kitchen Knife

Dan — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:02:25 -0000

Genau das Messer für den Macho und die Macho, aber blond müssen sie sein…

Re: Alarmstufe rouge

Dan — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:59:46 -0000

Ich habe Probleme mit WP 2.5 und den Widgets mit K2!

Ist wohl irgend ein inkompatbles Plugin…

Jetzt hab ich das Adventure Theme das geht etwas besser, aber auch noch nicht optimal.

Re: Ich bin Al Bundy???

Dan — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:48:18 -0000

Bundy Rouge, passt definitiv nicht… Wie Will Smith doch schon eher <img src="http://www.rouge.ch/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";-" class="wp-smiley" alt=";-)">
</img>

Re: Shut down Problem

Dan — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:50:55 -0000

Hi Rouge

schau mal hier! http://www.macfixit.com/

Da gibts immer Problemlösungen. Du kannst da auch dein Problem beschreiben und die Profis kommen umgehend mit Lösungen.

Re: Tripper

Dan — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:48:35 -0000

cool, Rouge <img src="http://www.rouge.ch/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";-" class="wp-smiley" alt=";-)">
</img>

Re: Weibliches Multitasking

Dan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:12:17 -0000

Genauso, lieber Rouge funktioniert’s das weibliche Tasking… <img src="http://www.rouge.ch/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";-" class="wp-smiley" alt=";-)">
</img>

Re: Günstige Tarife und Preise fürs iPhone?

Dan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:01:51 -0000

Ich finds ok! nun wird orange das gerät etwas billiger anbieten, dderen abdeckung jedoch bleibt 2.rangig!

In anderen Ländern ist’s z.T. teurer.

Re: Lost My Inspiration

Dan — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:07:00 -0000

How does an ipod tell you to go fuck yourself.... unless you tried to hack it. silly boy

Re: Unnecessicarly Long Old Story

Dan — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:15:00 -0000

Hey i remeber when my office started doing that.. I fixed it quite simply i bought a real copy nd did not bitch that my free, illegal, pirated version was finally rooted out by microsoft. To be fair my wife did blame james when my powers supply started to die. LAst week i finally bought a new case as they were only $10 more than a power suply and it has lexan and led's and everything kinda sweet! continue your unemployment and you could hang out here again soon

Re: Job-Hunting Success Story – Dan

Dan — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:53:00 -0000

To the Anonymous commentor: I don't think I understand who you mean.

Re: Boredom vs. Overwork

Dan — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:59:00 -0000

Thanks, Rachel, for your comment!

I agree with you. It's frustrating and worrisome for me to be in a situation where I am underworked. I work best in an environment where the expectations are clearly laid out.

That way I'm not always wondering whether I'm going to be out of a job or whether my employer values me.

Re: You’ve Fallen – Now Get Back Up

Dan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:33:00 -0000

Hi, A! Thanks for commenting. I've posted a response to your comments in a separate post here.

Re: Got That Job!

Dan — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:18:00 -0000

Thanks! Me too. ;)

Re: Keeping the Career Manager Mindset While Employed

Dan — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:35:00 -0000

Thanks, Anna!

Re: Check Out The New Duds!

Dan — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 12:03:00 -0000

Thanks, Karen!

Re: Inside Jokes

Dan — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:09:00 -0000

The English language is so rich with double entendres (hey, that's French!); i.e., words that can have a variety of connotations. I'm reminded of the party game I've often seen on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" called "...If You Know What I Mean".

When you end anything you say with that phrase, it almost instantly becomes a double entendre, um, if you know what I mean.

Re: Wednesday Mind Hump

Dan — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 01:52:00 -0000

Thanks for your comment!

It's about 4 miles one way down a big hill to Covington, Kentucky.

Re: So, How U Doin’? (Mind if I Rant?)

Dan — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:11:00 -0000

Thanks, Karen! :hugs back:

Re: Toilet Paper Trouble

Dan — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 09:00:00 -0000

I think at that moment I needed all the TP I could find, if you know what I mean.

Re: Bookworm Child

Dan — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 09:02:00 -0000

I think she gets it partly from seeing my wife and me reading a lot.

I have no doubt that you and your husband are the same way.

Re: Listening to my Online Radio Station

Dan — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:31:00 -0000

Yuk. I don't like how this looks on the library's browser. The table takes up all the space, and the post footer is scrunched up to the right of it.

(scratches head in confusion)

Re: Groesbeck Branch of the Cincinnati Public Library

Dan — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 08:36:00 -0000

I recently learned that the reason why I couldn't recognize anything is because the old building was demolished, and the current one was built from scratch.

Re: Navy Summary of Mishaps – First Edition

Dan — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 12:36:00 -0000

Third degree burns are the most severe.

Re: Hauer Music

Dan — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:22:00 -0000

I think it's because the outline of the guitar looks like a "B".

Re: Blogthings – Your Linguistic Profile

Dan — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:03:00 -0000

I think the profile aptly reflects that I grew up in southwestern Ohio, near the Kentucky border.

Re: A Little Subdued at Work

Dan — Wed, 25 May 2005 14:20:00 -0000

I just submitted a prayer request at K-LOVE.com

Re: Baby Shark Song

Dan — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:28:00 -0000

Maybe I'll update this post with some audio of me singing it sometime.

Re: Welcome to Parenthood!

Dan — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:45:00 -0000

Of course the ribbon probably signifies that the baby in the picture is a girl.

Re: Coffee Mugs in the Men’s Room

Dan — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 18:09:00 -0000

They are still there!

Re: Don’t Push the Red Button

Dan — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 10:04:00 -0000

I couldn't help myself! :D

I even tried after it wasn't that easy anymore.

Re: BipolarSupport

Dan — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 22:40:00 -0000

I don't know. Your situation definitely sounds like something a professional should help with.

Re: JIMM 31 – I Feel It Too

Dan — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:37:00 -0000

DOH! I totally blew it, Rich! I don't know what I was thinking.

I even said I was going to talk about the Doug Hart Band episode on that 'cast, and I forgot that, too.

I'll have to make up for it on the next show. (makes note to self)

Re: JIMM 32 – I C U Shiver with Anticipation

Dan — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:47:00 -0000

You're welcome! It's a great song.

Re: JIMM 35 – What A Ride!

Dan — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 09:50:00 -0000

Hmm... those blue triangles I mentioned are not showing up. Oh well, I guess you'll need to listen some other way. How about subscribing to the feed? :)

Re: JIMM 35 – What A Ride!

Dan — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:05:00 -0000

It looks like the blue triangles are there now, but why use them when you've got the player on the site already? I may want to remove the triangle functionality altogether.

Re: How Will YOU Celebrate My Birthday This Year?

Dan — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:32:00 -0000

One of my best friends, Bob, sent an e-mail with these comments:

I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict that -- children everywhere will be giddy in celebrating your birthday this year. They will scamper about looking for baskets filled with toys and candy, they will dream of a big bunny (for some reason, and this is strange, tied to your birthday), and they -- and the adults! - will dress up in their finest to go to church at the worship place of their choice.

All for YOUR birthday!

Happy B-day a few days early, Dan!!

Re: JIMM 44 – The Birthday Edition

Dan — Tue, 09 May 2006 14:34:00 -0000

You bet. It's seriously freaking me out. I have chills going down my spine from listening to episode 9.

Re: Late-Night Depression

Dan — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:31:00 -0000

4 years later, I have a different perspective. I realize that most of my depression was situational. I am much more aware of the indicators that I'm heading toward a depressive episode.

As far as the ADHD stuff goes, I'm learning to not be quite so intense, to step back, and live a little more "unstructured". I don't know if any of this makes sense or not.

I'm not taking any prescriptions for depression or ADHD now. I do take St. John's Wort for the mood, which has helped.

Re: Happy Birthday Mandy!

Dan — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:27:00 -0000

Thanks, Ganns!

Re: JIMM 58 Problems with Feedburner and Juice – others?

Dan — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:15:00 -0000

I, too, am having to consider using different software to get my podcasts

Re: God Knows the Plans He Has for Us

Dan — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 19:37:00 -0000

It was just a post about the moment.

Re: Exploring My Self-Injury Further

Dan — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:44:00 -0000

Thanks!

Re: Recent IM Status Messages I’ve Had

Dan — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:45:00 -0000

Interesting you mentioned this... These status messages were done around the time the interview occurred, from what I remembered Bruce from The Zedcast saying.

Thanks for the comment!

Re: Ways to Consume Content

Dan — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:25:00 -0000

Hi, Leonardo! Thanks for the comment. Gobits looks cool.

Re: Video Greetings for December 22nd

Dan — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:06:00 -0000

Keisha just watched herself on here, and she said she feels like crying because she didn't know her voice sounded like that.

I think that's a good thing

Re: My Life Map

Dan — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:17:00 -0000

Yeah, I lived a few houses down from that Victor St. house.

I lived in Keego Harbor for some months during 1990-1991 when I worked at General Dynamics in Sterling Heights for co-op quarters at the University of Cincinnati.

It was nice being up there, and I often wonder how it's all changed over these years.

Re: Inconceivable

Dan — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:17:25 -0000

Modesty in the face of this financial crisis only leads to being labelled "liquidationist." Meanwhile, the Keynesians continue to display the fatal conceit: that THIS time, unlike before, they know exactly what to do.

Re: Marktopia is born

Dan — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:01:39 -0000

Where are all of the drunk pics from germany?

Re: David Tacey on Australian Spirituality

Dan — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 05:25:00 -0000

Thanks for this, I have enjoyed Tacey's writings for a while now ever since I read spirituality revolution a couple of years ago.

Sounds like it was a great couple of days.

Re: Cross Country Trip Pics

Dan — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:41:56 -0000

Our Lord Jesus Christ says, "KANSAS RAWKS!"

Re: It’s not PERSONAL! It’s rock and roll…

Dan — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:02:00 -0000

Cass, well, your fans love you and AR. Although it's difficult to hate anything, the music industry is something that is indeed a thing that rises to that.

Sure, they have to make their money, but, why should they be the ones that choose what we hear, and when we hear it (or even if)??

That's why I'm a big indie fan. Places like Myspace and some band sites exposes the masses to music that might not otherwise be heard. I and many others support indie bands whenever and where ever I can (as do many, many others).

Hate the industry, love your fans and hope that the love overpowers the hate and someday, probably when we all least expect it, that "big thang" will happen.

Keep doing the tunes, blogging, loving and hating!

Re: impossible questions

Dan — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 04:31:43 -0000

Ah, grasshopper...

Ying or yang?

Re: on the turning away

Dan — Sat, 09 Mar 2002 06:18:15 -0000

Wow. Pink Floyd the first thing/think in the morning...

Re: impossible questions

Dan — Sat, 09 Mar 2002 07:40:21 -0000

Nice....

Re: a year and a half

Dan — Sun, 10 Mar 2002 05:39:11 -0000

Dolphinately something to ponder...

Re: beach day

Dan — Sun, 10 Mar 2002 06:35:17 -0000

...and sometimes even in they're in their same country, just 'on vacation'.

Re: and now…

Dan — Mon, 11 Mar 2002 06:34:45 -0000

Live toad, huh?

I'm with Kitty: I think the twelve-step approach would be easier to contemplate...

Re: i look crazy enough already, thank you

Dan — Mon, 11 Mar 2002 23:44:55 -0000

Heh.

kd, you could always take it out and see what happened when you ran it past the UPC scanner at the local Vons.

Just like that time on X-files...

Re: night in ventura

Dan — Wed, 13 Mar 2002 02:45:54 -0000

Thanks, babe.

Re: what are you doing and how much is it gonna cost me?

Dan — Thu, 21 Mar 2002 20:23:13 -0000

Whew, let's hear it for the proper meds!

Re: side effects

Dan — Fri, 22 Mar 2002 05:11:57 -0000

Ever been spanked by an ex-medic who means it?

Not fun.

75? Good grief, kd...

Re: side effects

Dan — Fri, 22 Mar 2002 05:35:56 -0000

Well, we could all move to Idaho...

Re: side effects

Dan — Fri, 22 Mar 2002 06:42:15 -0000

The problem with some of the stuff out there is that it drives your oxygen demand up; most of the meds just work that way (an alpha and beta receptor thing; nevermind, Kitty can explain it better). The good stuff doesn't drive your O2 demand as much as it tries to dilate your brocchioles.

Yeah, too techy; but remember: the stuff coming from that home albuterol inhaler is a dry powder. ...and that's a bear to get in deep when you're already shut down. That's why you see nebulized mists in EMS and at the hospitals: better penetration (and less O2 demand as a bonus).

...and if your stuck with the powders, there's a goodie called a 'spacer' that will help you get more med in when your tidal volume is down (it's essentially a bong).

Better to get on it early, but all too easy to get behind when you are really, really sick.

More than you wanted to know...

Re: thanks!

Dan — Fri, 22 Mar 2002 07:10:32 -0000

Oh, kd, this is just great!~~~~

Re: sunsets, donuts, and eggs

Dan — Sat, 23 Mar 2002 04:44:48 -0000

Daniel was just looking over my shoulder and thought your breakfast looked really good...

...until I explained that wasn't cheese he was seein', but runny egg!

He likes things well done.

Re: randomness

Dan — Sat, 23 Mar 2002 06:07:53 -0000

Yes, ma'am.

Immediately, ma'am!

Absolutely, ma'am...

Enjoyment is my middle name...

Re: don’t mix benadryl and pokemon

Dan — Sat, 23 Mar 2002 07:17:30 -0000

Ahhhh. ...as things return to 'normal'.

Re: morning

Dan — Sun, 24 Mar 2002 20:44:40 -0000

...and here I am just so darned glad all I have to do is figure out which pair of black jeans is clean.

'Cause other than the black cotton work socks and underwear, the white corporate logo pullover shirt is my sum total of 'wardrobe for work'.

So no, green sock dreams for me...

...but you don't want to know what I goes on in my head at night in exchange for that good karma.

Re: it seems i might be a commie

Dan — Mon, 25 Mar 2002 01:25:58 -0000

...in a bathtub full of ice?

Re: don’t panic

Dan — Tue, 26 Mar 2002 03:17:59 -0000

Man, I think I'm going to start skipping Tuesdays...

Re: the carousel

Dan — Wed, 27 Mar 2002 06:19:33 -0000

That is one cool carousel!

Re: i have a secret

Dan — Thu, 28 Mar 2002 05:54:43 -0000

Such a tease, you are...

Re: bc (before coffee)

Dan — Thu, 28 Mar 2002 05:58:21 -0000

20:7? That's a good ratio...

...but if it starts getting close, you know where to find the rest of the loons in the pond!

Re: bc (before coffee)

Dan — Thu, 28 Mar 2002 06:09:18 -0000

I'm sorry, kd. My brain is fuzzed today for some reason. Maybe that Red Bull/Pepsi Twist cocktail I slammed for breakfast activated some dormant brain cells and they're causing some confusion. Then again...

I meant to link that! That's today's Yah to Not-So-Yah ratio over at Peanut Gallery's site. ...and one I could live with.

Re: floaty and strange

Dan — Thu, 28 Mar 2002 07:28:22 -0000

...definitely a Good Thing.

Re: the distance

Dan — Fri, 29 Mar 2002 20:51:48 -0000

What a nice night in BlogLand.

Night, kd.

Re: i’m ready

Dan — Sat, 30 Mar 2002 02:38:58 -0000

Cool times two nights in a row?

You're on a roll, girl!

Re: who cares

Dan — Sat, 30 Mar 2002 07:07:34 -0000

Nothing like finding a good comfort level with yourself...

Hugs...

Re: seven bands for seven bucks

Dan — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 04:16:55 -0000

Uh-uh. Stay with what has been rock solid unless you have a compelling reason to move.

*shudder*

Re: have i mentioned…

Dan — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 06:28:43 -0000

No Way!!!!

Those are definitely winner plates.

Re: (yay)

Dan — Mon, 01 Apr 2002 04:00:59 -0000

Hey, if the sun didn't make you melt today, nothing will!

Hot here inland. Stock up on sunscreen now.

No melting noted...

Re: have i mentioned…

Dan — Mon, 01 Apr 2002 06:45:03 -0000

I think I'll have the $1.67 million dollar package. ...at least that way I can still have decent color rendition.

So, so sad to be this way...*g*

Re: the first day of april

Dan — Mon, 01 Apr 2002 06:52:49 -0000

Hugs, sweetie...

Re: have i mentioned…

Dan — Mon, 01 Apr 2002 07:10:38 -0000

At least.

G'night.

Re: it’s time

Dan — Mon, 01 Apr 2002 20:48:49 -0000

They've learned to ignore the funny sounds from this office.

Kind of a Good Thing too, else I'd end up with Tracey.

Wait... Maybe I need to prod them a bit; I can't see how that would be a Bad Thing: three squares and all the Haldol I could handle???

Re: free range linklisting

Dan — Tue, 02 Apr 2002 05:26:20 -0000

Sweet work, babe.

Re: it’s time

Dan — Tue, 02 Apr 2002 07:00:50 -0000

Nice work, kiddo.

...and good therapy.

Re: the school dream

Dan — Tue, 02 Apr 2002 21:33:30 -0000

Oh, like surreal isn't the norm here *g*.

Dunno', sounds like precog to me...

Re: ringtones: a manifesto

Dan — Wed, 03 Apr 2002 04:40:47 -0000

Amen, sister! Shout it from the condo tops! Set it to ring and be done with it.

...and if you want to be cool, then by one of those pens that vibrates when your phone rings. The we won't hear a thing and you can look really cool as you answer The Phone That Never Rang!

...and no, I didn't go there.

Re: ringtones: a manifesto

Dan — Wed, 03 Apr 2002 04:42:18 -0000

Thought about it though...

Re: ringtones: a manifesto

Dan — Wed, 03 Apr 2002 04:53:24 -0000

Just sitting at your desk hitting 'redial'...

Re: ringtones: a manifesto

Dan — Wed, 03 Apr 2002 05:24:52 -0000

Arggghhhh! Nooooooo!!!

Never even mention that song!

Never!

Please, do a surgical implant (or heck, even an emergency suppository) before you call them.

Yeah, that would be okay.

Re: ringtones: a manifesto

Dan — Wed, 03 Apr 2002 06:15:47 -0000

...and we lost so much more of the benefits of social Darwinism when we started promoting 9-1-1; I've always said to let the ones who tried to punch in 9-11 self-select themselves out when they couldn't find the "11" key.

...to say nothing of those annoying Carrot Top commercials! Punching the center column over and over and over again...

Re: ringtones: a manifesto

Dan — Wed, 03 Apr 2002 06:47:15 -0000

Sounds like a system where you have to use a calling card to call 911.

...seems to lack efficiency.

...and timeliness.

Re: my night last night

Dan — Thu, 04 Apr 2002 04:31:04 -0000

Unfortunately, this appears to be a genetic thing, very much like me and my oldest.

...or we are living in one of those circles Dante missed, the one for older parents with younger kids *g*.

Re: i learned from lesbians

Dan — Fri, 05 Apr 2002 03:55:08 -0000

Hey, Scott, keep her feet to the fire; she already gets enough grief from me when something doesn't render in Konqueror!

Re: i learned from lesbians

Dan — Fri, 05 Apr 2002 03:57:27 -0000

WT? There's worse(better) in the local slips here (inland with the conservatives).

Sheesh. Context, context, context...

Re: i learned from lesbians

Dan — Fri, 05 Apr 2002 03:58:20 -0000

...and kd, I know you invited him back; but just in case you change your mind, here's a copy of The Troll Spell for you:

http://users.gurulink.com/drk/humor/flame.html

Use it in good health.

Mental health *g*...

Re: it’s the simple things

Dan — Fri, 05 Apr 2002 21:33:09 -0000

Since I'm an incurable smart aleck (yeah, the other word too), here's Linus on "Linux":

http://larc.ee.nthu.edu.tw/~cthuang/doc/english.wav

Source code (happy grin for Scott (Linux jokes on kd's site; Whoohoo)):
http://larc.ee.nthu.edu.tw/~cthuang/doc/linus.html

But that's not the way the 'exspurt' at CompUSA pronounces it *g*...

Re: saturday morning

Dan — Fri, 05 Apr 2002 21:35:02 -0000

Nah, we just have an overabundance of "perspective". Yeah, that's it!

Re: i learned from lesbians

Dan — Fri, 05 Apr 2002 21:35:47 -0000

Amen...

Re: regrets, i’ve had a few

Dan — Sat, 06 Apr 2002 05:04:28 -0000

Ya' know??? I'll bet that rock has a story behind it...

...and Scott, it's nice to know there are Linuxen outside of California. I thought there was some sort of rule...

...and the Ruminator will likely have me for breakfast for that one. By the way his domain is up; time to change linkage: http://www.randomruminations.net .

Re: brain damage

Dan — Sat, 06 Apr 2002 22:14:33 -0000

Thank you! I thought I was the only one who used the "left=four letters; port=four letters" one!

But what about which side of the vessel has the red light and with has the green light?

*sigh*

kd, you are so not alone...

Re: the rock liberation front

Dan — Sun, 07 Apr 2002 05:18:26 -0000

Not to mention Rock of Ages!

Which reminded me of a story:
http://thetimesink.net/Blog/index.html#rocks

Re: the rock liberation front

Dan — Sun, 07 Apr 2002 05:40:30 -0000

Sureally so; you had to be there: they each had no concept of the other's world...

Re: been thinkin’

Dan — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 04:02:24 -0000

No problem. ...but that almost sounds like a normal Friday for you *grin*!

Re: the olden days

Dan — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 06:56:57 -0000

Nah, new pathways open up as we develop new skillsets.

Re: i have a problem

Dan — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 02:34:37 -0000

< Oh?>

< How strange...>

Re: the olden days

Dan — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 02:37:07 -0000

You're a genius every which way...

Re: i have a problem

Dan — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 02:59:03 -0000

...or holding up little cards with smilies on them :)

If this keeps up, there's serious Fosters time on the horizon, sister...

Re: the olden days

Dan — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 04:17:08 -0000

Portia, there's a SciFi story from about thirty (forty+?) or so years back where the military finds a use for a gentleman's obscure hobby: he can to math on paper (rather than on a calculator). Ultimately (and as we seem to do so well) they were able to use it for weaponry, a 'manned-missile'.

Written as a projection of the far future where everyone would have a pocket-sized 'calculator', it was almost a humor piece for a time when a 'four-banger' calculator was still a desktop-sized item.

That said, both my boys are learning every trick I can teach them about doing math in their heads.

Re: i have a problem

Dan — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 07:18:31 -0000

Hello?

Re: life with me

Dan — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 22:22:38 -0000

Another tool: one of those big insulated Aladdin-brand mega-mugs from the local Stop and Rob filled with water. ...and a straw.

Takes care of the oral thingy, takes care of the mouth thingy, and adds in the water you need anyway...

Got one sitting here to help flush out all the Pepsi Twist and Red Bull...

Re: my last nerve

Dan — Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:09:08 -0000

Oh, jeannine, tell us how you really feel!

Re: what is this?

Dan — Thu, 11 Apr 2002 05:24:10 -0000

Too much "The Matrix" maybe...

...and a touch of 'Kaycee' here and there doesn't help.

But as to the reality of the friendships? I have no doubt at all.

Re: i’m too sexy for my…

Dan — Thu, 11 Apr 2002 22:15:15 -0000

Well, good grief; it's about darned time!

...and Bran knows quality!

Re: potty training

Dan — Thu, 11 Apr 2002 22:22:01 -0000

Work? Work? Work?

Good grief, kd: it's Friday afternoon in California; we're not allowed to work!

I mean, look: Scott worked and they kicked him out of the state.

...or maybe that was from that other thing. Hmmm...

Anyway, work is prohibited!

Re: friday night

Dan — Fri, 12 Apr 2002 07:18:32 -0000

That would be five days so far this week...

Re: filler

Dan — Sat, 13 Apr 2002 06:05:48 -0000

Waiting is...,
obligatory Heinlein quote for times like this.

Brandy, you're just going to have to start reading the stuff<g>...

Re: oops

Dan — Sat, 13 Apr 2002 06:07:09 -0000

What Eric said...

Re: oops

Dan — Sat, 13 Apr 2002 06:19:16 -0000

Sure, you're most welcome; but I think most of us are saying, "No, thank you!"

Yeah!

Re: filler

Dan — Sat, 13 Apr 2002 07:38:11 -0000

Not an emergency! Tina's viewed one proof of concept and I'll have another shortly for her. No rush; we'll get her new spring look up!

Re: and now… melly

Dan — Sun, 14 Apr 2002 01:05:17 -0000

You're a saint, kd...

Re: does this mean it’s time to quit?

Dan — Sun, 14 Apr 2002 01:10:58 -0000

Hang in there, girl. ...and let the paper know when the site is reincarnated!

Re: life with me

Dan — Mon, 15 Apr 2002 21:15:54 -0000

Ya know...

Re: all alone is all we are

Dan — Tue, 16 Apr 2002 04:02:59 -0000

Wonderful goodness...

Re: how shall i put this delicately?

Dan — Tue, 16 Apr 2002 07:46:53 -0000

Oh, yeah, "picky bitch"... Examples abound.

Okay, I'll give you 'precisionist' and spot you 'idiosyncratic' on the adjective...

...but as to that exact noun, well, we just don't believe you.

Phbbbttt!~~

Re: ad words

Dan — Wed, 17 Apr 2002 05:20:32 -0000

At least a pimp...

Re: alien brainsuckers

Dan — Wed, 17 Apr 2002 07:41:09 -0000

Oh, man... Sonny and Cher meet Nancy, the salt creature (The Man Trap) from Star Trek TOS's first season.

kd, you are wonderfully strange...

Re: out of sequence out of context

Dan — Thu, 18 Apr 2002 00:32:43 -0000

"Out of Context" out of sequence? I just don't see a problem with that...

Surreally <g>.

Re: alien brainsuckers

Dan — Thu, 18 Apr 2002 00:35:19 -0000

Would someone please deal with that straight line before I am forced to?

Please?

Hurry, it's been there for hours and hours.

...and I just keep checking back.

Hoping....

Re: whoa

Dan — Thu, 18 Apr 2002 06:54:12 -0000

Talk about a nice write-up!

...and someone so very deserving of it!

You rock, babe.

Re: alien brainsuckers

Dan — Thu, 18 Apr 2002 08:10:59 -0000

Yeah, especially the type with the furry legs...

Let me out!!!

Re: perspective

Dan — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 04:24:46 -0000

"A vertical day with complaints beats a horizontal day without" (old saying from my office).

Too, too young...

Re: perspective

Dan — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 07:31:14 -0000

...another old EMS saying, "Tie goes to gross tonnage".

But even here in the metro area, people still drive their cars/walk across the tracks/go around the crossing arms with the train in site and sounding its horn. ...and they are the ones paying attention!

Re: exhaustion

Dan — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 21:37:16 -0000

Hello? Is that kd? ...or an imposter!

I mean, "advocating sleep" and all; I just didn't expect that from 'the real kd'.

More likely you'd send me a link to a discussion that I've been reading instead of going to bed. ...as you did <g>.

Darn you...

Re: last night

Dan — Sat, 20 Apr 2002 06:51:09 -0000

Beautiful, babe, simply beautiful.

Daniel picked up on the brighter than normal configutation the other night. ...nice to know some things are universal.

Re: exhaustion

Dan — Sat, 20 Apr 2002 08:20:26 -0000

I am at that point right about now; my normal late night 'kick' is failing me in a grand fashion.

Re: lazy daze

Dan — Sat, 20 Apr 2002 22:28:58 -0000

Excellent, batgrl! Thanks for the reminder...

Re: big, sloppy lip prints on the monitor

Dan — Sat, 20 Apr 2002 22:30:13 -0000

Lucky monitor...

Re: raising hell

Dan — Sun, 21 Apr 2002 06:21:07 -0000

Rocking new place to be! ...already commented on one of Melly's stories.

Have a Fosters, my dear!

Re: pinching judy

Dan — Mon, 22 Apr 2002 05:50:16 -0000

Ah, the nice thing about a decent pipe at work: a change in background music.

Thanks, kd!

Re: the insomniac, part three

Dan — Mon, 22 Apr 2002 07:02:33 -0000

Waiting and wanting...

Re: the insomniac, the end

Dan — Tue, 23 Apr 2002 03:12:51 -0000

...and we're glad you felt you could share this part of you with us.

Thanks!

Re: thanks

Dan — Tue, 23 Apr 2002 06:33:59 -0000

Just a suggestion, but this series is worthy of a sidebar link or a home where people coming here for the first time can find it and understand why some of us set up tents at your place...

Re: thanks

Dan — Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:14:42 -0000

Moosie, you have mail!

Re: chrome jehovah

Dan — Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:45:08 -0000

Wonderful series, kd.

...looking forward to the finish piece.

Re: happy kitty day

Dan — Wed, 24 Apr 2002 03:33:56 -0000

Crypt-ic?

Nah, that would be Sheila...

...or maybe me <g>.

Re: happy kitty day

Dan — Wed, 24 Apr 2002 04:17:41 -0000

I AIM to please...

I'll go quietly now.

Re: love and racecars

Dan — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 00:59:44 -0000

Ummm... The term surreal comes to mind fcr some reason.

Re: love and racecars

Dan — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 02:17:00 -0000

Jill, that is a tragedy: dreams are so interesting to parse out to see what is going on...

Re: high maintenance

Dan — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 04:04:20 -0000

Gotta' find that 'take a number' dispenser; we seem to have misplaced it when we moved offices...

Re: love and racecars

Dan — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 05:11:50 -0000

What type of cookies are those if things are all hazy and vague???

Re: tart.surreally.net

Dan — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:07:33 -0000

Okay, everyone stand back; it looks like she may be coming around.

Man, I'm just not used to this one-person stuff. Where's Tess? I want a partner for the next one...

Re: same thing we do every night, pinky

Dan — Fri, 26 Apr 2002 06:06:38 -0000

Oooo. Lot's of crunchy goodness in that one, brain!

Let's chow down!

Re: boobies!

Dan — Fri, 26 Apr 2002 06:13:21 -0000

Okay, I'll take it:

Out of respect and awe for the entire concept of nurturing the young, I sit in silence and merely contemplate that which we yearned for when we were young. ...and again when we are not so young.

Boobies are good.

Re: tart.surreally.net

Dan — Fri, 26 Apr 2002 08:51:22 -0000

Lynn. Lynn? Lynn!!!. Wake up, Lynn!

OMgosh; it's been so long... Let's see? Look, listen, feel... Two deep breaths...

Anything yet?

Heh.

Re: the ravages of attention defecits

Dan — Sun, 28 Apr 2002 02:58:17 -0000

<sigh> Now go put the milk away.

Echoes of our life...

Re: just for fun

Dan — Sun, 28 Apr 2002 03:00:14 -0000

Hard core, babe, hard core <g>!

Re: popularity

Dan — Wed, 01 May 2002 07:43:44 -0000

Amen, Portia!

Re: rest? what?

Dan — Thu, 02 May 2002 06:30:00 -0000

...and please tell me it will be Friday soon?

Re: spam and lies

Dan — Fri, 03 May 2002 06:58:18 -0000

...and neither one will respect you in the morning!

Bastards...

Re: getting twitchy with it

Dan — Sun, 05 May 2002 02:00:49 -0000

Allergies! Caffeine! Nerves! Stess! Lack of Sleep!

I know nothing of these things <g>...

I do know how to use a clothespin to hold my eyelid to my eyebrow so the twitching doesn' t bother me as much.

'Course, then people start talking about me once again...

Re: thrift shop trauma

Dan — Sun, 05 May 2002 04:31:26 -0000

...and honey, do it now; trying it as you get older is harder and harder and harder.

Am there, trying that...

Re: monday continues

Dan — Mon, 06 May 2002 06:55:00 -0000

Hey, Sal, I put two posts up last week that may or may not help you (and others; that's why the link):

http://thetimesink.net/Blog/index.html#Klez
http://thetimesink.net/2002/DCB020429.html#Wednesday

I had a gentleman contact me requesting a confirmation of this activity: he had received an infected file with his wife's email address as the return and the subject "Darling". Nailed him. His Norton caught it, but...

I suggested the subset of people with both he and his wife's email addresses might be small enough to be worth notifying; but for all intents and purposes, any attachment opened or viewed in the preview pane of a windows box is a threat.

The AV companies have this one covered so far, but a business professional I have dealings with got nailed today even with Norton and had to wait a while for the roach control department to clean her machine...

"More herring, Scott, the penguins are hungry!"

Re: operation codename project

Dan — Mon, 06 May 2002 22:18:13 -0000

Hmmm... A theme of moving air?

I'll spare you the obvious...

Re: monday continues

Dan — Mon, 06 May 2002 22:22:14 -0000

That's our kd: smarter than the average bear.

Know's how to 'just say no' to computer-born pathogens...

...and you know what? If it's that darned cute, post it on your site and send the link!

Re: new hobby

Dan — Tue, 07 May 2002 22:12:45 -0000

You bet! Some businesses are darned interested in that type of thing!

Dumb behavior can have a direct impact with insurance premiums when and if that driver makes an avoidable mistake.

...and lousy driving habits may have even more of an impact on the bottom line if the vehicle displays advertising and you (and all your friends) slam that company and do not do business with them.

Then again, I'm somewhat sensitized to this after working for all these years in a business with rather high profile vehicles (emergency services).

Re: i’m sorry

Dan — Wed, 08 May 2002 07:43:40 -0000

Rule one from my motorcycling days: They're all out to kill you!

Re: operation codename project

Dan — Wed, 08 May 2002 07:54:40 -0000

...and for those who don't have one handy:

How to roll your own.

...and remember: "...shiny side out!"

Re: where credit is due

Dan — Thu, 09 May 2002 06:31:26 -0000

Heh.

Congrats!

Re: problem solving

Dan — Thu, 09 May 2002 23:55:56 -0000

Ah... What a smart lad!

Obviously picked up a trait or two from his mother...

Re: oh, more toys!

Dan — Fri, 10 May 2002 07:45:38 -0000

Such a geek...

Smooches, kd.

Re: melly

Dan — Fri, 10 May 2002 08:04:24 -0000

Damn straight!

Re: where credit is due

Dan — Fri, 10 May 2002 08:16:27 -0000

Still a ways from 256, if that's the next threshold...

Re: oh, more toys!

Dan — Fri, 10 May 2002 21:13:03 -0000

Well, let\\\'s just look at this preview thingy with Konqueror...

Oh, yeah. Coolness!

Re: oh, more toys!

Dan — Fri, 10 May 2002 21:38:57 -0000

Oh, let's try it.

Re: oh, more toys!

Dan — Fri, 10 May 2002 21:45:24 -0000

...and I hadn't thought I blew it.

...and here it shows in the preview, but I'm going to try to take it out.

...but it put them both back in.

I'm betting it's a self-generated escape character thingy.

...adds on each time. ..and doesn't like double quotes at all: kills everything after the first one.

Data points on the information superhighway, Brain.

Re: oh, more toys!

Dan — Fri, 10 May 2002 21:46:40 -0000

Okay, they showed in the preview, but not in the post itself.

Re: oh, more toys!

Dan — Fri, 10 May 2002 21:48:12 -0000

Now for doubles: \

Which show as a single slash in preview.

"test again"

Re: oh, more toys!

Dan — Fri, 10 May 2002 21:49:17 -0000

...but not in a straight post.

Sheesh.

I'm packing it in, babe.

Re: i don’t leave home without it

Dan — Wed, 22 May 2002 05:16:05 -0000

I dunno why but those pictures make me wanna pee.

Re: Open Source

Dan — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 01:33:24 -0000

U know what ?, in 2 years have not re-installed my Suse 7.3 on the laptop once, however I have re-intalled 2k, xp, and me at least 20 times due to un-recoverable crashes, worms, viruses, trojans, other people sniking in, u name it. Unfortunatelly not enough multimedia is available on linux, otherwise I would have gladly launched the whole Microsoft gang.

Cheers :>)

Re: Martin Bashir To You Too!

Dan — Fri, 21 Nov 2003 23:33:25 -0000

Micheal is a caring, senstive and compassionate human being. These attributes are not present in many people and this is why many people misunderstand him. He genuinely does care about humanity - which he has shown through all of his charitable work, going so far as to open his home to others. Other stars would prefer to have no one in a 10 mile radius within their property. This is the reality of his kindness. His skin has changed color due to the skin disease Vintilago and yet people still assert that he creamed himself white. Wake up, leave well enough alone, and take a chill pill. The media (TV/mags/radio) is all lies and a money-making machine!

Re: Vem vinner kampen om Guldäggsboken?

Dan — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:17:07 -0000

Jag vill nominera Stefan Gustafsson på DDB för Skoda-kampanjen, särskilt filmen Skoda Greenline.

Re: Vem vinner kampen om Guldäggsboken?

Dan — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:17:07 -0000

Jag vill nominera Stefan Gustafsson på DDB för Skoda-kampanjen, särskilt filmen Skoda Greenline.

Re: 100 000 väntar på att Båtmässan ska öppna

Dan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:06:14 -0000

JA!

Fy fan va bra!

Re: 100 000 väntar på att Båtmässan ska öppna

Dan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:06:14 -0000

JA!
Fy fan va bra!

Re: Pricka äggen: Interaktivt

Dan — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:56:18 -0000

Har du det som krävs? / Försvarsmakten / DDB Stockholm

Re: Pricka äggen: Interaktivt

Dan — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:56:18 -0000

Har du det som krävs? / Försvarsmakten / DDB Stockholm

Re: Pricka äggen: Guldskrift

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:17:51 -0000

Lars Forsberg får min röst. Efter Rydberg förra året känns det som att juryn kan uppmärksamma det som inte blivit så uppmärksammat.

Re: Pricka äggen: Interaktivt

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:19:35 -0000

Har du det som krävs? / Försvarsmakten / DDB Stockholm

Re: Pricka äggen: Tidningsannonsering

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:30:37 -0000

Bananen / Moderna Museet / Storåkers McCann

Re: Pricka äggen: Media

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:45:41 -0000

McDonald´s - Stämpeln

Re: Pricka äggen: Guldskrift

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:17:51 -0000

Lars Forsberg får min röst. Efter Rydberg förra året känns det som att juryn kan uppmärksamma det som inte blivit så uppmärksammat.

Re: Pricka äggen: Interaktivt

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:19:35 -0000

Har du det som krävs? / Försvarsmakten / DDB Stockholm

Re: Pricka äggen: Tidningsannonsering

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:30:37 -0000

Bananen / Moderna Museet / Storåkers McCann

Re: Pricka äggen: Media

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:45:41 -0000

McDonald´s - Stämpeln

Re: Pricka äggen: Integrerat

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:23:57 -0000

Crime Medicine.

Re: Pricka äggen: Utomhus

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:32:25 -0000

Svenska FN-förbundet

Re: Pricka äggen: Design

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:37:12 -0000

Askul

Re: Pricka äggen: PR

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:50:46 -0000

Deception by Marlboro

Re: Pricka äggen: Integrerat

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:23:57 -0000

Crime Medicine.

Re: Pricka äggen: Utomhus

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:32:25 -0000

Svenska FN-förbundet

Re: Pricka äggen: Design

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:37:12 -0000

Askul

Re: Pricka äggen: Radio

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:42:14 -0000

Dåliga förlorare / Riksgälden / Storåkers McCann

Re: Pricka äggen: PR

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:50:46 -0000

Deception by Marlboro

Re: Pricka äggen: Reklamfilm

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:01:20 -0000

Riksgälden / Storåkers McCann

Re: Pricka äggen: Direktreklam

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:17:10 -0000

"Det är tanken bakom Saatchi & Saatchis dr-utskick för skräckfilmsfestivalen Elmsta 3000 Horror Fest. De cirka trettio medlemmarna fick en inbjudan med sitt ansikte tryckt på kuvertet. De öppnade kuvertet genom att skära halsen av sig själva."

Är det inte något konstigt med att Saatchi gör en DR-kampanj men en målgrupp på 30 pers?

Min röst går till Uteliggarkuvertet

Re: Pricka äggen: Titanägget

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:21:22 -0000

Great Works - Absolut Vodka

Re: Pricka äggen: Radio

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:42:14 -0000

Dåliga förlorare / Riksgälden / Storåkers McCann

Re: Pricka äggen: Reklamfilm

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:01:20 -0000

Riksgälden / Storåkers McCann

Re: Pricka äggen: Direktreklam

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:17:10 -0000

Re: Pricka äggen: Titanägget

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:21:22 -0000

Great Works - Absolut Vodka

Re: Systembolaget visar hur det inte går till

Dan — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:55:29 -0000

Helt fantastisk film!

Klättra ner du är ju alkoholpåverkad!

Re: Systembolaget visar hur det inte går till

Dan — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:55:29 -0000

Helt fantastisk film!

Klättra ner du är ju alkoholpåverkad!

Re: HowTo: Get iSight Camera Working in Windows XP through Parallels 3.0 on MacBook

Dan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:41:17 -0000

Excellent. Works perfectly. I now can use my isight cam using XP via parallels. Know why I used XP instead?. I used to enjoy my internet via Leopard during the 1st few days use of my Macbook. (Cat5 cable through an ADSL modem). But suddenly until now I cannot connect. It shows that the enthernet is connected with assigned correct IP address. But I cannot connect. Will appreciate any help. Thanks a Lot.

Re: Porter Lawrence Levi (updated)

Dan — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 19:29:00 -0000

Congratulations. I'm on the lookout for boy names. I kind of like Porter, but I won't use it for now.

That's kind of scary about the umbilical cord - I'm glad it didn't cause any complications.

Re: Diet Cola + Mentos = Amazing!!

Dan — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:07:00 -0000

Wow. I'd seen M&Ms in coke, but never mentos. These are much more explosive!

What's the deal with the first one's audio track? Kind of an odd selection to pick for the subject matter.

Re: Raider Week just ain’t the same

Dan — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:26:48 -0000

I don't care about the Raider's record. Every year my hope for the Broncos is that they destroy the Raiders. I say lets kick them while they are down. Show no mercy!

Re: Two games in five days

Dan — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:04:15 -0000

On the Nalen issue, looks like the NFL has weighed in. Igor fined $10K, Nalen fined $25. Enough said.

Re: Cutler gets the nod

Dan — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:53:18 -0000

Being that Plummer is already playing like a rookie, I don't see how this switch could hurt.

Re: Cutler to add cannon, pluck to O

Dan — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:30:13 -0000

We need a QB with a STRONG arm who can throw from the POCKET as well as outside it. Jake Plummer is not that guy! Look at his numbers this year , Those are rookie type numbers. Might as well put a Rookie in!

Re: Cutler to add cannon, pluck to O

Dan — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:14:00 -0000

If the Broncos are not going to make the playoffs then I can't see the harm in giving Jay some much needed experience.

Re: Cutler’s second take at 2:15 p.m.

Dan — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:16:26 -0000

how about that denver defense...you donkeys wer in la la land in the early going

Re: No. 121: Florida DT M. Thomas

Dan — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:49:44 -0000

Great creativity and guts. With Denver's two corners, a pass rush (which Denver hasn't had since Rich Jackson retired) will change the entire way Denver can play ball.

Re: 01792656750

Dan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:20:09 -0000

rang but i ignored them.

Re: Hip-Hop At The Top (Alltop)

Dan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:08:15 -0000

I've been using Alltop for a few months now. Happy to see a hip hop page go up. Good thinking and thanks for that!

Re: PMA’s Oscar Live-Blog, PART TWO: 10:00 Onward!

Dan — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:07:23 -0000

How do you pronounce O Saya

Re: PMA’s Oscar Live-Blog, PART TWO: 10:00 Onward!

Dan — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:17:01 -0000

Oh...
Yeah it's passed my bedtime too

Re: http://blog.inc.com/the-mission-driven-business/2008/03/i_hope_your_values_and_integri.html

Dan — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:27:32 -0000

PondGuy;

But Honest Tea isn't an invention by Coke, it's simply an investment. It doesn't show that coke is reforming its atrocious business practices--only that it can see profit and has the smarts to jump on it. Does anyone really believe that Coke will reform its practices without the push of profit?

I'm inclined to believe that this has a great deal to do not with coke coming clean, but with coke's control of the organic market (star bucks anyone?). I'm glad to hear that (for the meanwhile) the original people still maintain control of Honest Tea, but if the popularity of Honest Tea really picks up I wouldn't count on that too continue for much longer.

This is most likely exactly what coke wants; Honest Tea to explode in popularity pushing smaller guys out of the market. Then coke is left as a 40% stockholder of the organic tea drink market which is now without significant competition.

If Honest Tea is simply interested in providing a good, healthy, quality organic product to American consumers then this is fine, but if Honest Tea truly cares about social/environmental responsibility then going in with coke is not the way to progress. Naomi Klein talks about these clever sort of business practices and if the makers of Honest Tea want change then they had better get in the know before coke comes back to bite them.

Some unsavory details about coke and family;
http://killercoke.org/
http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2003/1103baran.html
Naomi Klein talks about these sort of business practices

Re: MSTRKRFT – Bounce (A-Trak Remix)

Dan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:20:25 -0000

Can't beat an A Trak remix! i love the vince cartel remix too! and bloody beetroots one

Re: Common – Universal Mind Control Review

Dan — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:09:56 -0000

i don't know... Martina Topley Bird isn't really a no name, check out some of her stuff

Re: New Arctic Monkeys Songs Live – Crying Lightning / Dangerous Animals / Go-Kart / Pretty Visitor

Dan — Mon, 04 May 2009 07:09:47 -0000

They're deffinatley not underrated- the chavs have seen to that.

This material is pretty damn good!

Re: New T-Pain & Justin Timberlake – Can’t Believe It (Official Remix)

Dan — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:01:33 -0000

Anyone know what the line... And when I ask u for the time your eyes are just to the way I shine gorest (frio) ... what does gorest mean?

Re: New Gnarls Barkley – Mystery Man

Dan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:57:34 -0000

If the rest of their third album's as weird as this then count me in.

Re: No Preface Here, Just Justice and Their Remixes

Dan — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:21:06 -0000

They made a version/remix of the song which features their heavy distorted bass sound.

Re: The Lost Cover Post

Dan — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:07:01 -0000

I agree, would LOVE to get that John Mayer cover. Used to have it, but lost it with the old ipod destruction.

dan

Re: Some Remixes on a Sunday

Dan — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:13:09 -0000

Dude i didnt even know Palms Out Sunday was over :(

But these are some get crazzy remixes!

Re: Asher Roth – I Love College

Dan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:08:18 -0000

I'm glad to see relatively good hip-hop music created by and for the suburban demographic that consumes such a massive amount it. As someone said earlier he raps about what he knows and has a certain swagger/style which white rap is so devoid of. The Eminem comparisons are inevitable but these two come from such different worlds that I think their race is probably what drives most of these. Overall I think it's a good first single, only time and the release of his first album will tell us more about his staying power.

Re: Arctic Monkeys B-Sides & Rarities Project – Choo Choo

Dan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:30:33 -0000

great idea PMA, I will be checking back constantly.

Re: MSTRKRFT – Fist of God Album Review

Dan — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:09:35 -0000

JS, I'm sure anyone can refer to "MSTRKRFT"'s grammar. :P

And this album pretty much blew. I agree with your rating and review 100%

Re: Kid Cudi – Higher Up

Dan — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:41:12 -0000

not his best work, but I am feeling this.

Re: Favorite Song/Album of the First Half of 2009?

Dan — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:36:04 -0000

Seriously...this year hasnt been great for music. But if I had to name best song or songs: 1901 and The Reeling. As for best album, none are that great to named album of the year.

Re: British Journalists Take On Skeptics, Liars and Incandescent Bulbs

Dan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:51:58 -0000

"REALITY CHECK!!!! Mercury and coal? Maybe in China, but Rest of world has other mixed sources for electrcity. Myth busted...."

reality,

Actualy 'reality', it's not just China that sadly over-abuses coal use, if you are in the U.S., (i am not, but i imagine a significant percentage of people accessing this site are) then you'll be sad to know that you too use coal a bit too much....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sources_of_electricity_in_the_USA_2006.png

Ever wondered where the tops of those West Virginia Mts go?

Re: Fast Food Leaves the Most Litter

Dan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:29:42 -0000

It's not just a problem in British towns and cities, but in the rural areas too thanks to drive-through McDonalds and motorway service-stations on the edges of towns. People go to these places then throw their rubbish into the verges of country lanes after a few miles of driving.

Honestly, is there any "restaurant" less environmentally conscious than a drive through McDonalds on the outskirts of a town/city?

Re: The Dark Side of Solar Panels

Dan — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:18:07 -0000

What the author, like so many others, fails to grasp by saying "Huge amounts of fossil fuels are used in the manufacture of the cells" is that the more renewable-energy producing devices we make, the less fossil fuels need to make them as the energy to make them would become progressively more renewable.

People make computers, TV's and loads of other things that create no energy using fossil fuels, yet the same people suggest renewables are bad because of the amount of energy needed to make these renewables.

Idiots.

Re: Energy Hog Plasma TVs Getting Banned From EU

Dan — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:02:59 -0000

They aren't banning plasmas, just putting limits on the amount of energy they can consume (which is badly needed). Seriously, the Daily Mail (the treehugger source) is constantly inventing myths centred around the EU (which they generally are opposed to) impossing restrictions, limits and taxes on the U.K. I wouldn't bother reporting what the Daily Mail says; it's sensationalised tabloid journalism at it's worst.

Feel free to have a look at other 'euromyths' dreamed up the tabloids in this link from the EU website:

http://ec.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/press/euromyths/index_en.htm

Re: Woman Wills Her Body to PETA to Become BBQ, Leather Goods

Dan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:41:33 -0000

"That one of my ears be removed, mounted, and sent to the Canadian Parliament to assist them in hearing, for the first time perhaps, the screams of the seals, bears, raccoons, foxes, and minks bludgeoned, trapped, and sometimes skinned alive for their pelts.

The other goes to Mumbai on the same principle, for cattle instead."

Why would Mumbai have anything to do with bludgeoning, trapping and skinning cattle? The majority of Indians are Hindus and as such revere the cow as a holy animal and would find such activities repugnant. Also if her ear was intended to go to a policy maker (presumably the Indian equivalent of the Canadian Parliament), she'd be better off sending it to New Delhi where the Government and policy makers are, not Mumbai which is just the financial centre of India.

Seems like a waste of a perfectly good ear.....

Re: March 24th Will be the 20-Year Anniversary of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Dan — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:33:39 -0000

"If you like you may email Exxon and remind them of what they did 20 years ago."

That's an excellent idea, because it's almost certain that they have forgotten. While sending an e-mail to Exxon is almost certain to have no practical effect on anything, and will make you look like yet another tedious and sanctimonious busybody (if anyone actually bothered to read it, that is), it is an empty pious gesture you can make that requires virtually no effort on your part. But take comfort in the fact you will feel smug and morally superior. Keep up the good work!

Re: The Home Office Shed Goes Big Business

Dan — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:38:58 -0000

I think its a fine idea. I've always felt that the desk-jockeys of America could perform much of their work at home and having a dedicated space away from the distractions of the domestic environment would help increase productivity.

Alas, I work in construction and so must visit job sites, as well as our fabrication shop, frequently, so it's a bit much for my purposes. But if it would replace 4 days of commuting for someone, it makes a lot of sense.

Re: US Steel is Better than Steel from China

Dan — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:57:22 -0000

I work for a commercial HVAC contractor and can also attest to the higher quality of domestic steel over the Chinese made imports. European steel is of comparable quality to US made, but the Chinese stuff is often brittle, of inconsistent gauge, and has poor quality of galvanization (all our steel is zinc coated). US steel is also a unionized industry, as is our shop and us labor folks like to stick together.

As a result, we buy only American made steel. It's nice to know that a decision good for my business and good for my union is also good for my planet.

Re: Apple Going With OLED in New Notebooks?

Dan — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:21:19 -0000

They're not going to put OLED displays in their notebook products anytime soon. Haven't you guys heard of the Sony XE1? You might want to look up how much this 11-incher costs.

Re: Geoengineering to the Rescue! Climate Change Deniers' Latest Foot-Dragging Tactic

Dan — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:30:55 -0000

We already are re-engineering the Earth, though I'm inclined to belief that nobody does it better than nature.

Re: Thieves Target Xof1 Solar Car Team in New Orleans

Dan — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:08:19 -0000

Ugh...

I live in New Orleans. It's actually a nice place. It'd be a whole lot nicer if it weren't rife with corruption and crime. Still, crap like this tests my nerves and patience.

I never blame anybody who leaves for someplace more functional.

Re: Soaring e-Paper Market Means It's Time to be Careful

Dan — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:32:58 -0000

The Kindle is marketed as being capable of storing 1500 bucks. Assuming that a person only ever uses 1500 books, I think it would be interesting to see a study of the impacts of making one and using one Kindle versus 1500 paper books, in terms of deforestation, energy usage in manufacturing and transportation, air and water pollution caused by the sulfur and chlorine compounds used to make paper, etc. The paper industry is pretty nasty all around and I'm curious to see how the manufacture and use of e-paper compares against the environmental havoc wreaked by the paper industry.

On top of that, while our gadgets may soak up a lot of juice, they can, conceivably, be powered by carbon-neutral sources. Trees have to be transported to mills. Paper has to be transported to presses and bound. Books have to transported to wholesalers, then to retailers, then to your shelf. I imagine the Kindle, comparatively, stacks up rather favorably against the gluttonous energy consumption of all that transportation.

Re: City Living 70% Less Carbon Intensive Than In Suburbs

Dan — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:14:18 -0000

I think this just stresses the need to redevelop suburbs and far-flung developments to be more self-sufficient. It would also pay dividends to string our distant suburbs together with park-and-ride light rail transportation systems to reduce vehicle miles driven.

Otherwise, I think the credit crisis is going to put the brakes on suburban development, as it become more difficult in the future for people to secure home loans.

And I can only speak from my experience in New Orleans, but there does seem to be this trend of moving into town. We've been renovating a lot of our blighted buildings into condos which, though nothing spacious, offer a lot of amenities in the low 110's, making them affordable to young professionals that may work in the city's business district. A lot of apartment blocks have been going up around town as well on property that had been cleared post-Katrina. There definitely seems to be this trend towards densification (if that is such a word) as these developers seem to have no trouble selling most of their condos and renting out their apartments.

This may be a special case, though, as its still uncertain if there are many people displaced by the hurricane returning as their economic lots in their new home cities worsen with the recession. Though I imagine after four years, it's unlikely there's this huge flood of returning NOLAfugees.

So where are all these condo buyers and apartment renters coming from? I don't really know and nobody seems to have a handle on the data, but there sure are a lot of For Sale signs cropping up in our far-flung suburbs across the lake. I think the housing crisis, the fuel crisis (which still freaks people out), and the general economic malaise has people seeking means to save money by ditching that McMansion in the 'burbs for smaller, sleeker, and more efficient city living.

Certainly, the 'burbs around here are pretty sleepy. Maybe the young generations are just moving out?

Does anybody else seem to sense this demographic shift going on, or is this just peculiar to down here?

Re: The Man Who Can Stop the Climate Bill Doesn't Understand What Climate Change Is

Dan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:30:43 -0000

As a former constituent of Peterson's, all I can say is... sigh. Par for the course. He's palatable to that part of the country, but only just.

I've heard Peterson's type of provincial thinking before. He's so pleased that Minnesota's average temperature is better for his constituent farmers, he's forgotten to notice that the average temperature in *other* places is worsening. Collin, just because desertification and rising sea levels might not impact your farmers directly, it doesn't mean you shouldn't care about climate change. Sheesh!

Re: Whither the McMansion? Opinions from the Wall Street Journal and the Atlantic

Dan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:40:01 -0000

Multiple dwellings are definitely the trend. For sale signs are going up in the suburbs and developers can't convert warehouses into condos fast enough in the New Orleans market. Granted, a lot of these are second homes for wealthy folks to come eat, drink, and be merry. But there is definitely a trend among the childless young and old who work in the CBD to abandon the big house with a yard for a more urban dwelling. But density is good: our schools need money, and the more condos the city can sell, the larger the property tax base. It also makes it easier to support the small businesses, shops, and restaurants that tend to crop up around these complexes.

And it's hard to build out when you're surrounded by water.

Having said that, there are other quality of life issues that people consider when they buy a house in terms of the location. I think if inner cities were safer, had better education opportunities, and plenty of green space, you'd see families have a harder time deciding between the big suburban house or a more modest urban dwelling. There are benefits to the city: shorter commutes, more to do in the neighborhood, and better access to transportation for carless members of the household who are old enough to venture out into the big bad city on their own. If urban areas can compete with the suburbs on crime issues and public education, then I think a lot more people would be hesitant to buy a huge house they know they'll probably have to sell when the kids leave the nest.

Re: Can the Incandescent Bulb Be Saved From Energy Efficiency Regulations?

Dan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:56:42 -0000

Yeah, I'm not so sure about the on/off switching with CFLs. I've got two 20 watt CFLs in my kitchen that I switch on and off many times each day, and they've been going strong for over two years now. They weren't new either: both of them had been in other fixtures before, so I believe they're pushing 3 or 4 years of service now. I have had CFLs prematurely die on me, though I find you get what you pay for: I imagine the ballasts are where manufacturers cut costs.

I like the idea of these LEDs, but they're still pretty dim compared to a good CFL. Maybe a few more years they'll be truly mainstream.

I'm also wary about the argument that CFLs introduce large amounts of mercury in the environment. They do, of course, contain mercury. And, yes, you do end up sending them to a landfill. But the volume of waste with CFLs is so much less than with incandescents due to the increased longevity. People also forget that the conductive components of those incandescents are held together by lead-tin solder. Though this alloy generally does not dissolve in water, you still a bunch of lead being thrown away with every burned out bulb. Multiply that by several orders of magnitude and we're sending far more toxic material into the landfills with incandescents than with CFLs, not to mention all the coal burned just to heat up that incandescent is releasing mercury vapor into the atmosphere, anyway.

I suppose it's a little bit of damned if you do and damned if you don't, but considering how much energy could be saved if the US just changed a few bulbs, I think the more efficient technologies are most definitely worth it.

Re: Burger King Installing Speed Bumps That Generate Electricity

Dan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:34:05 -0000

I'm with Jopher. This might make sense for highway offramps, though I liked the idea of freeway straddling turbines to take advantage of the wind kicked up by traffic.

Re: Community Votes To Become Australia’s First Bottled Water Free Town - Updated

Dan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:31:07 -0000

I think 'anonymous' and 'TZAZ' need to re-read the environmental impact paragraph. Or at least use the correct grammar for 'were/where' when attempting to slight an entire nations intelligence.

This does seem a little extreme though. Not unwarranted, but it's a pity we need to be forced to do the right thing sometimes.

Re: CO2 Increases Responsible for Only 40% of Ancient Warming - Could the World Get Even Hotter Than Models Predict?

Dan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:39:46 -0000

There was a catastrophic collapse of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere about 49 million years ago during the Azolla event, in which successive blooms of the Azolla water fern over 800,000 years sequestered enough carbon dioxide to decrease the atmospheric concentration from approximately 3500 ppm to 650 ppm.

The question then becomes if all this carbon was in fact sequestered in fossilized Azolla biomass or if the time scale allowed for significant sequestration of carbon in calcium carbonate (limestone).

The ancient world was certainly warmer because of increased CO2 concentrations, but how much of this CO2 was stashed away in biomatter or how much was stored in limestone is unknown.

Re: Tribal Hindus' Sacred Land Threatened by Mining Operation - And the Church of England?

Dan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:46:11 -0000

Doug, did you not read the button that says 'Post an intelligent and CIVIL comment'? Saying that Hinduism, a religion with nearly 1 billion followers, is a nutty religion is a tad harsh. I'm pretty sure all religions have elements that to the outsider seem 'nutty'.

Re: Tribal Hindus' Sacred Land Threatened by Mining Operation - And the Church of England?

Dan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:47:35 -0000

Re: Stagnation at White House May be Attributable to Sewer Sludge in President’s Produce

Dan — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:47:03 -0000

You'd think the Obama administration would have no shortage of fresh and steaming nutrient-rich fertilizer to pile high and deep on their garden.

Oh well. They can still use it for their photo-ops.

Re: Charging Up Nissan's Electric Car Without Wires

Dan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:09:23 -0000

Can this be done to a car that is in motion?

I'm thinking of a mile-long stretch of road where this is buried just under the center of the lane.

The electricity used to propel the car would be minimal (like 1cent per mile), although I'm wondering about installation costs and if the electric system of the cars could handle the inevitable intermittent drop-outs that would occur.

If every fifth mile of my commute had a "charging" mile like this, though... yay.

(Newbie on this site, if this is a FAQ or wikipedia article, please let me know.)

Re: 10 Senate Dems Send Obama Warning Letter about Climate Bill

Dan — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:24:18 -0000

Thank you Greenleaf,

These so-called moderate senators are on the right side of the issue. I have been reading a lot about these "carbon tariffs" that would be applied under the current house bill. I was glad to see these included because of the same reasons that Greenleaf mentioned. I do not know why Treehugger is against this. These senators are not against the bill because they don't believe climate change is a big deal. They are against it because it would only pass off carbon production to China and other countries. The tariffs would only level the playing field and make the U.S. competative with these countries that lack environmental controls.

Re: Chevy Volt Rated at 230 MPG in City Driving

Dan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:29:01 -0000

Still, I'd buy one if I can hack the 40k price tag.

Re: Zune HD vs iPod Touch 2g

Dan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:00:17 -0000

I heard that the new ipod touches coming in september will have a camera and a microphone. With the added camera to fiddle around with, mic to make the shazaam app (program that identifies the title, artist, and album for a specific track played into the mic) actually useful to itouch users, as well as the expected storage increase and price drops, I expect that the third revision ipod touch - born into an ipod dominant market - will have no trouble dominating the Zune HD in the coming year, even with its shiny new OLED screen.

Re: Zune HD vs iPod Touch 2g

Dan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:02:07 -0000

...(Un)fortunately I think it will take far more than HD radio to overtake the mighty ipod.

Re: Instant Survey: Innovative Green Products

Dan — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:52:03 -0000

Seems to me, biodiesel is most important.

The amount of paint I buy is pretty minimal; most purchases go in a backpack, and any plastic bags I do pick up are reused in place of black sacks. Organic clothing is an expensive luxury, and I don't buy many clothes.

Diesel, however, makes a big impact. Here in the UK, there's quite a lot of diesel cars about, and anything larger than a people carrier runs on diesel, so it'd be well used. Being a cyclist, I often get stuck behind trucks and busses, breathing in their horrible toxic diesel fumes (the toxicity of diesel fumes is one of the reasons lots of people don't buy diesel cars). Biodiesel has to be less toxic, so I'd welcome it.

Re: Solar Powered Kitchen Scale by Tanita

Dan — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 08:02:19 -0000

um... am I missing something here?

Spring and iron-weight scales don't use batteries either, and they're even more environmentally friendly than these because they don't contain all the toxins in the electronics.

Re: Vertical Farming – The Future of Agriculture?

Dan — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:25:54 -0000

I understood from the BoingBoing post that they were talking about keeping animals in these vertical farms, which sounds pretty nasty. I've no problem with growing plants like this, but growing animals in what looks like a high-rise parking lot seems pretty cruel.

Growing stuff nearer to the consumer does seem a good idea, but even if there's one of these in every town, the food will still be shipped half-way across the country to be packaged and ware-housed before it ends up on the shelves. That needs to change.

Re: Tree Care Solutions with Rubbersidewalks

Dan — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 20:41:34 -0000

I can empathise with the person who is allergic to rubber, but as long as they don't walk around barefood, it might not be a problem. Perhaps the polyurethane resin will reduce or prevent the allergen. I wonder what kind of shoes he/she/you wears, because almost all shoes I have seen have rubber on the bottom.

Overall this seems like it would be very good for the envirnoment, although it is concerning that common chemical like chlorine and certain oils could damage the rubber. Ideally these chemicals would never be spilled on the sidewalk, but needless to say this is not an ideal world.

Re: Tree Care Solutions with Rubbersidewalks

Dan — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 20:47:19 -0000

I forgot to mention that traction is another concern, especially in wet wheather and uphill. The website didn't mention anything about the draction of the material.

Re: Can I Water My Plants WIth It?

Dan — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 20:16:10 -0000

The article talks about the inside of the tank being gross, but on my brand new dehumidifier is spotless, and the water is crystal clear. And if it wasn't cleaning the tank and the filter is a simple matter. Dust and pollen can easily be removed with a brita filter(actually I prefer pur), which would also add carbon to counteract the distilled taste.

My only concern are the pathogens and heavy metals. Some amounts of copper, zinc, and possibly aluminum(not sure), are beneficial, but obviously only a very small amount. Clearly any levels of lead and some other elements are bad, as is a significant(i.e. > than tap water) level of pathogens.

While this article brings up important points, it doesn't seem to have any facts or data to back it up. It would be nice if someone would do testing of the output water from dehumidifiers, including models that are new as well as several years old, and models with different materials.

Re: Toyota Camry Hybrid To Use 4-Cylinders Engine

Dan — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 13:02:21 -0000

OK, so I'm a Brit, but I can't see why simply putting a 4-cylinder petrol engine in a hybrid, or "an SUV that gets 30 mpg consistantly" is considered treehugger?

Our Renault Scenic (5 large seats) has a 1.6 litre petrol engine, and I get over 45mpg on the motorway, cruising at 70mph. If I wanted to floor it, it's got enough 'muscle' for me to loose my licence, or to burn rubber when the lights turn green. Why do people in the US need such powerful engines? Are you all carrying gold bullion under your seats?

Re: An Interview with the Inventor of Brompton Bike

Dan — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:29:24 -0000

Quite apt that you spelt genius wrong!

Re: Bamboo Flooring- Is It Really Treehugger Green?

Dan — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:08:32 -0000

A few comments from someone who has been in the Bamboo flooring business for a while:

1) Many Bamboo flooring companies in the U.S. publish inaccurate information about the hardness of their flooring (read: Teragren). I have tested the hardness of many brands, and they are all roughly the same on the Janka scale unless they are made from high-elevation Bamboo or a species other than Moso (the most common). My hunch is that to get these inflated testing results, companies are performing the Janka test on the knuckle (aka node) of the Bamboo stalk, which is much harder than a majority of the floor. Moso Bamboo in its natural color is about as hard as Maple, and in the carbonized color is a little softer than Red Oak.

2) The non-formaldehyde glues that are high-performance enough for flooring are significantly more expensive. Since the glue is much of the production cost in China, non-formaldehyde products are far more expensive.

3) The non-formaldehyde glues that are good enough for flooring manufacturing usually contain isocyanate, which is good for the person in the home because it's inert (no off-gassing) when dry, but it's very toxic for the workers at the mill (much more toxic than the formaldehyde-based glues). By insisting on non-formaldehyde glues, Americans we may be avoiding a tiny environmental hazard by creating a much larger one for workers in other countries. That's why European flooring manufacturers generally refuse to switch to non-formaldehdye glues - they are protecting their workers.

4) Modern, high-quality formaldehyde-based glues result in products with emmissions levels far, far below many other building products. Bamboo flooring made with these glues should result in formaldehyde emmissions of less than 0.010 ppm. Many Bamboo brands are below that (see Teragren, EcoTimber, Greenwood).

5) Be wary of claims made by companies that say "non-formaldehyde." Some use that language just because the product meets certain legal limits. Ask for testing data.

6) Most bamboo plantations in China are very old and are not encroaching on natural forest. In fact, there is very little natural forest left in China, but population growth and agriculture for food are the primary causes of deforestation.

7) Bamboo from Vietnam is not by definition coming from more sustainble practices than Chinese Bamboo. I have seen Bamboo plantations in Vietnam that employ heavy use of herbicides, chemical fertilizers, etc. There are good and bad plantations in both countries.

8) Most Bamboo flooring mills buy their Bamboo raw material from a huge array of sources, so be wary of claims by American "manufacturers" (in reality, they are all just importers) that claim that their Bamboo stalks come from sources that are in some way environmentally superior. One of the only real differentiators is that high-elevation Bamboo is more likely to come from natural forests than standard Moso Bamboo from lower elevations, which is almost exclusively plantation grown.

9) Many complaints that you hear about Bamboo flooring have to do with inflated hardness claims by manufacturers, low-quality finishes, and inadequate kiln-drying that results in shrinkage, warping, etc. in service. Bamboo is an excellent flooring material, if it's well made and sold honestly.

10) If you live on the West Coast and buy an Oak or Maple floor (which comes from the East), there is more embodied energy in that product than a Bamboo floor made near the coast in China and shipped over the water. Ocean freight is simply that much more efficient.

11) There should be a third-party certification such as FSC for Bamboo, and we should all push for it. If you don't like Bamboo, buy FSC-certified hardwoods (see EcoTimber).

Re: Bamboo Flooring- Is It Really Treehugger Green?

Dan — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:46:24 -0000

In response to John Laumer's general comments about manufacturing in China: It is true that many Chinese manufacturing facilities are horrible polluters and don't adequately safeguard their workers from toxins and other hazards, but to generalize that Chinese products should be avoided for this reason is simplistic. In fact, some of the most modern, best-run flooring mills in the world are on Chinese soil, many of whom have ISO 14000 certificaion, which requires that they tightly control their waste stream, pollutants, etc., and provide for the health and safety of their employees. Many European and American flooring mills can't even come close to ISO 14000. Just because it's made in the U.S. doesn't mean the factory is responsible. This issue has to be looked at on a case by case basis.

Re: Old Faithful: Centennial Lightbulb

Dan — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 11:04:24 -0000

I found a more recent study (1997) comparing power usage and life in linear fluorescent bulbs (US). The energy used for the 'inrush' when the light is activated is approximately 5 seconds' worth. The biggest factor in cost is lamp life. Each time the lamp is activated, it diminishes the life of the bulb by ~2.13 hours, agreeing with the 20-year-old study. For their example, a 20,000-hour bulb would last this long with 3-hour on-times, or 34,000 hours when continuously on.

Re: Tired of Living on Earth? Build Your Own Island!

Dan — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 18:00:35 -0000

I LOVE this idea! Great job Collin

Re: Mongoose CX Motocross - Electric Bike

Dan — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 18:46:56 -0000

beast

Re: Volkswagen GX3: 3 Wheels, 46 MPG

Dan — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:07:42 -0000

I LOVE IT! PLEASE MAKE IT! I CANT AFFORD A TREX OR ATOM SO THIS RIGHT UP MY ALLEY

Re: Take Treehugger Everywhere: Mobile Edition

Dan — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:56:03 -0000

sell out.

what about "modern design eco-friendly"? how does having a modle treehugger edition help out?

Re: Reader Question: Trees vs. Solar Panels

Dan — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:57:51 -0000

If you have a wood-burning fireplace, you may be able to heat your home in the winter for a long time with the wood you get from cutting down the tree, if it's big enough. That would save lots of fossil fuels or electricity. Plus you get your solar panels.

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editor note: Something to consider: We don't generally recommend burning wood except with high-efficiency wood stoves. Burning wood can create big air quality problems inside and outside houses, with lots and lots of particulate matter in the air.

Re: Japan: Producing Electricity from Train Station Ticket Gates

Dan — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:14:14 -0000

I think it's cool. Even if it's not terribly useful and doesn't generate much electricity. Thousands of little experiments like this are going on in the world, and even if 999 contribute nothing in the long term, the combined learning and exploration is great.

Re: TreeHugger Gets Naked & Wet With William

Dan — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:33:52 -0000

Looks really good, i dont mind the weight, but is it much more expensive than a normal book? will they be producing them soon? like, on a commercial scale?

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author's note:

they are in production: US$25 / CAN$35 for 'Cradle to Cradle'

Re: TreeHugger 2.0 Sneak Peek and Request for Comments

Dan — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:09:12 -0000

I am sorry, but I don't like it.

I agree with the others who say it feels like you have sold out.

The site you have is pretty sweet. I like it alot. Clean, functional and organized. The new site feels so cramped and ad-driven.

Why advertise so much (aside from the obvious money)? I really don't care if you do or not, I like the content on Treehugger, but isn't the green movement (somewhat) about consuming less and living simply?

Re: Schwinn's New Line of Electric Bikes

Dan — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:02:45 -0000

I am "only" 33, but I have medical problems. I love to bike but I do need help. Electric assist bikes are the future for me. I would buy a tidal force if they were still available or if Schwinn comes out with a mountain bike look to it. AND at a reasonable price unlike some of the others that are out nowwhich ask 5-8k ( which for that amount could start thinking about upgrading my Prius to a plug-in)

Re: Hybrid Taxis Would Slash Smog, Save Billions In Fuel

Dan — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:00:57 -0000

Ford just needs to make a hybrid Crown Victoria! Plenty of cabbies swear by the Crown Vic, especially for its cavernous interior and trunk.

Re: How Much Land to Power The Whole World with Solar?

Dan — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:20:24 -0000

I think some people may be missing the point of this. We are a long way away from powering the whole earth with solar power the way things are going. The picture shows just how possible it would be to completely power earth with nothing but renewable resources. The logistics of the whole thing is a lot more complicated than setting up 6 solar power plants. That was my first impression of the picture.

Re: TreeHugger Radio: Republicans and the Planet

Dan — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:55:51 -0000

Nice work! Glad to see political stereotypes going out the window!

Re: Summer Sights: The Glass House

Dan — Sun, 25 May 2008 23:41:53 -0000

Garry said:

"It looks like a fancy bus stop. haha"

LOL! That's exactly what it looks like. It's as if some poor guy who was sleeping in bus stops for the last 10 years suddenly came in to money and decided to upgrade his lifestyle.

Re: San Francisco Mayor Bans the Bottle

Dan — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:23:17 -0000

$1500 gets you a state of the art filter that self cleans and good for about 6-8 years without changing the cartridge, it filters water, takes out salts and other chemicals and perfect for drinking, for those who own....

Re: Ask the EcoGeek: Durable Bio-Plastics

Dan — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:02:05 -0000

Come on EcoGeek, you sound like a slimy politician with a pushy agenda. Get off your soapbox and use your brain. The question was a good one, and instead of saying you don't know, or researching, you just spew your stereotypical hippie rhetoric. Get this writer out of here.

Re: Oh My Gawd! She Wore the Same Clothes All Year

Dan — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:15:16 -0000

Get a grip! This is hardly going without electricity.