Here’s this week’s “geek moment”…
I know a lot of people that are into Sudoku puzzles, so I got a good chuckle out of a link in my email this morning: Solve sudoku puzzles using a SQL Server stored procedure! It makes sense, solving a puzzle should break down into something procedural. This sums [...]
This has been floating around the Internet, but I thought I’d post it up in case anyone missed it:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlZxuqjJDgk[/youtube]
Really, watch the video if you haven’t seen it. That is freakin’ amazing.
So the world is still a crazy place: In a story making the rounds (CNN, Slashdot) that hits somewhat close to home, a Sparta, Michigan, man is being charged with “Fraudulent access to computers, computer systems, and computer networks” for sitting in a coffee shop parking lot and using the Internet.
WOODTV has the original [...]
Ever since I first dragged an online map to pan around the screen, I’ve been using Google Maps. I didn’t need to click a North, South, East, or West arrow, and wait for the page to load up. It was simple to use, slick-looking, and accurate. Even Lazy Sunday agreed “Google Maps [...]
While I have no interest in children at this point, I have to same I am enthralled by this website:
The Baby Name Wizard: NameVoyager
It must be the tech behind it, but I just keep playing with it, punching in different names, etc.
It’s that time again, and normally I already have done my taxes and received my refund already. But I haven’t (more on that below), and I wanted to pass along this link that compares the total costs, including e-filing, of the major tax preparation softwares. It’s pretty in-depth, and shows where to get [...]
Yeah, yeah….blogging from work.
I saw this in an email newsletter this morning, and wanted to share it. I think I may have heard bits and pieces a little while ago, but this summary just floors me:
“Pop-up ads can land you in jail” - windowssecrets.com
The story revolves around a substitute teacher who had to use [...]
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Anyone have any good ideas for a Seinfeld themed costume that would work for me?
There does seem to be a lot going on lately, but really that’s no excuse to let things go stale on here. My apologies….
Won’t Someone Think of the Children??
Courtesy of Ars, it is being reported that Anheuser-Busch is coming under [...]
I’ve noticed lately that there seems to be a large influx of comment spam on the blogs I follow. I’ve subscribed to most using an RSS reader, and most days there’s a handful of comment spam from a variety of places on a lot of them. I ran into comment spam early on [...]
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Comcast in the Battle Creek, MI is the worst. Beyond bad. My tale of woes:
Saying that I am severely disappointed in the Comcast service here would be an understatement. I had problems with them in South Bend, but the complete ineptitude of service here has completely surpassed my already low expectations. [...]