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Archive for 2007/03


A replacement for the IMG tag??

Yup. You read that right. A place called BritePic is hyping a system that will allow you to get more bang out of your images:
* A caption that rolls out across the top of the image when the mouse goes over it.
* Your customized logo in the lower corner of the image.
* A button in […]

“Hurry, offer ends soon!”

Just this evening (about 30 seconds ago, actually) I ran into a couple of websites talking about how it’s possible to make some ridiculous amount of money by selling digital photos online. Both sites were, I strongly suspect, probably hyping the same program because
* They both threw out the figure $250/day
* They both offered some […]

A comment about comments.

This evening I recieved a comment on a recent post followed by a frantic email asking me to remove that user’s email address from the comment. I have done as the user requested and I have put a notice in the comment form which I will repeat here:
If you put an email address in the […]

Cool billboard

This is one cool billboard.
Nuff said.

Trivia for 3/24/2007

Seems I have been lax in my posting of useless trivia. Here’s a double-shot to make up for my distraction
* Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined
* Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
* All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn’t like being seen […]

Adventures In Registration

I tried to create an account at http://del.icio.us - a place where you can save and exchange bookmarks from various blogs. Here’s what happened:
I enter my desired username (thriell), my real name, my password, my password again, my email address, and the six random letters that prevent robots from signing up.
I click ‘Register”.
I am returned […]

How to make a link in Thingamablog

Like a lot of other people, I use Thingamablog 1.06 to maintain this blog. It’s easy and, most importantly, it’s FREE.
I happen to know that in a few days someone who is new to blogging in general (you know who you are) is going to ask me for instruction on how to use this software […]

You’re kidding, right?

I swear I saw this in a Bugs Bunny cartoon about 30 years ago…
The short version (follow the link . . . you have GOT to see this picture):
The Chongqing Zhengsheng Real Estate Company in Chongqing city (China) wants to build a shopping mall and some apartments The problem is the guy who owns the […]

More birthdays

On the subject of birthdays, there are a few more I should mention.
Today (March 21) is my grandmother’s birthday. If she were still alive, she’d be 105 this year. Happy birthday, Nana.
Tomorrow is William Shatner’s 76th birthday. Wow. I didn’t realize he had been around that long. (I should point out here that the main […]

Celebrity Birthday

Happy 42nd birthday to the Pillsbury Doughboy!
I remember those early ads. Some poor mom is trying to put dinner together and when she opens a can of Pillsbury rolls out jumps this walking, talking 8-inch dough-person. Yeah, like I’m gonna eat something that has little people living in it!
According to the guy on […]