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When I learned the sign of the beast 666 is really 616… July 18, 2006 3:39 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cool Sites, Daily Life, Of Interest , 2comments

This is a must listen! (click that link)

On June 6, 2006 I posted that the Devil’s number has changed. What I really wanted to post was the link to when I personally heard about this the first time. My favorite radio show on NPR right now is undeniably Wait wait don’t tell me.. When I could not find the reference to their show educating that 666 has been changed to 616, I sent an email.

From: Doug McCaughan
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 9:45 AM
To: WaitWait
Subject: Did you have a commentary on 616 and 666?

Hello Wait Wait!

Your program is so exceptionally done! I usually catch it in the car and I recall listening not long ago to a reference to 666 and the Wisconsin area code. The speaker mentioned {…}

Am I confusing this with another npr show? If not, do you recall the air date?

Thank you!
Doug McCaughan
Wait Wait fan

I was very pleased to receive a fairly prompt reply.

From: WaitWait
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 2:57 PM
To: Doug McCaughan
Subject: RE: Did you have a commentary on 616 and 666?

Hi,
That was us! You can listen to the segment explaining everything in our archive — it’s on the “Best of” show that aired on January 7, 2006. The segment is titled “The Wait Wait Show Introduction Debacle.”
Thanks for listening!
Emily

Emily Ecton
Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!

I implore you to take a couple of minutes and listen to The Wait Wait Show Introduction Debacle!

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Call me a sentimentalist but developing Chimney Rock is WRONG July 18, 2006 2:00 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : News, Of Interest , add a comment

This could be sad (well…unless I win the lottery and could buy an estate up there..nonono!) I was born in North Carolina and have been through much of its great remaining wilderness. As Roosevelt and the Davis’ recognized, some things should be preserved.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chimney Rock Park, the popular private park set in the cliffs overlooking Lake Lure in western North Carolina, is being offered for private sale, with an asking price of $55 million, owner Todd Morse said Tuesday.

With its dramatic views, elevator ride to the top of the signature Chimney Rock and sheer rock faces, the park has been a tourist destination since it opened in 1902 after it was first developed by Morse’s great-great uncle Lucius B. Morse.

The park’s trails and cliffs were a site for filming of the 1992 movie “Last of the Mohicans,” and it has been featured in numerous other productions.

Maybe I can get the kids to see it before things change. Thank you Michael Silence for the link.

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Quiting computers; juggling fulltime. July 18, 2006 1:15 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Juggling, Video , 6comments

Before anyone asks, "Doug, why don’t you juggle this well?" I’ll explain that these jugglers are using mirrors, video edits, and wires to pull off such elegance. Of course, I’d be lying.

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Snakes as pets July 18, 2006 1:01 pm

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For a long time, Tommy has expressed interest in having a snake.

I don’t think so…

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Wrist Wrest July 18, 2006 10:44 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Pets, Two Paws , add a comment

Be sure to practice good ergonomics at your computer.

Cat wrist wrestTwopawsCat wrist wrest different angle

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Things I do July 18, 2006 10:39 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Software, Technology , add a comment

Yesterday I had the pleasure of building a form on website A that used javascript to create an encoded url which was then sent along with the form data to website B which processed the data then landed the customer at website C to complete the product purchase.

Today, unrelated to yesterday’s mail work, I had to get a Windows server using IIS’ SMTP to resend mail caught in the badmail folder. If you end up with mail in the badmail folder (typically c:\inetpub\mailroot\badmail\ ) follow these steps:

  1. Move the contents of your inetpub/mailroot/badmail folder to a temporary location (I chose c:\temp\reprocessmail\)
  2. Remove the .bad extension from all of the files (resulting in no extension for these files) (the other files *.bdp and *.bdr can be discarded. For good measure I put them into c:\temp\reprocessmail\brd\ The bdr files contain the reason the mail failed to process.)
  3. Move the contents of your temporary folder to the inetpub/mailroot/pickup folder
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Because work should be fun! July 18, 2006 9:22 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Philosophy, Video , 3comments

Update 6/23/08: Old link was http://www.youtube.com/v/LzsdYNrnr8A

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