"Murphy was an optimist!"
Strange Place to Park a Ship November 14, 2006 7:00 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of InterestLandlocked aircraft carrier in China
I suspect this is a memorial put in place before the lock and bridge was built.
add a commentLight Linkage November 13, 2006 2:51 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cool Sites, Humor, Of Interest, PhilosophyCat pictorials for Jasper.
add a commentMLADS Now Maszman Speaks November 13, 2006 10:08 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Cool Sites, Of InterestHurray! Blogger loses another one! Tom Maszerowski has moved My Likes and Dislikes from Blogger to Maszman Speaks using WordPress. Way to go!
On a similar note, we moved Aspergerteen from Blogger to Aspergerteen.com using WordPress but we haven’t started posting again yet.
8comments“Office Space” Thriller November 10, 2006 8:08 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Of Interest, TV / Movies, VideoAnyone in the tech world has Office Space
Ah! Generic pills means generic machines November 9, 2006 3:10 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, News, Of InterestSo we make cheaper pain medicine by using inferior equipment?
1 comment so farWASHINGTON – A major manufacturer of acetaminophen sold by Wal-Mart, CVS, Safeway and more than 100 other retailers recalled 11 million bottles of the widely used pain-relieving pills Thursday after discovering some were contaminated with metal fragments.
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The contaminated pills included metal fragments ranging in size from “microdots†to portions of wire one-third of an inch long, the Food and Drug Administration said. Perrigo discovered the metal bits during quality-control checks after realizing the equipment it uses to make pills was wearing down prematurely… [Source]
A Passing in Our Small World. November 7, 2006 12:37 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Daily Life, Of InterestA blogger’s grandfather has passed.
GAC is hanging in there although it sounds like the hospital is in dire need of a dialysis machine.
add a commentDoogie Howser is ghey November 4, 2006 1:13 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Of Interest, TV / MoviesWell now..How are Harold and Kumar going to feel out the love stains in the backseat of their car now?!
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Neil Patrick Harris is gay and wants to quell any rumors to the contrary. “(I) am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest,” Harris tells People magazine’s Web site. [Source]
hehe. Apparently "White Castle" is only in America. The Canadian title is "Harold et Kumar chassent le burger" and the UK title is "Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies" Fans may be happy to hear that scheduled for 2007 is "Harold and Kumar Go to Amsterdam." Color me skeptical.
add a commentHow to post del.icio.us daily links automatically to WordPress November 4, 2006 11:09 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Blog, Of Interest, PublishingIf you want the del.icio.us daily blog post to work in WordPress, your settings should look like the settings below. To get to these, log into del.icio.us, click "settings" and find the "dialy blog post" link. Finally click "Add new thingy."
job_name: DailyDelicious {doesn't really matter}
out_name: {wordpress user here must have at least author privileges or it won't work}
out_pass: {wordpress user password - will be displayed in plain text}
out_url: http://domainname.com/xmlrpc.php
out_time: 23 {military time}
out_blog_id: {leave this blank}
out_cat_id: 17 {number of the category id for the post - get the number under Manage->Categories}
I have decided to turn this off. Instead I have a link in my sidebar that reveals my del.icio.us tag cloud and below the cloud my most recent links.
add a commentThis Big Small World November 4, 2006 10:59 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Daily Life, Of Interest, Touchy Subjects
Six years ago Cathy and I walked through West Town Mall. We had a wonderful store called The World of Knowledge. Outside an employee was playing with devil sticks. I borrowed them, showed off, and gave some advice. Apparently she remembered, because six years later we met again at Atomic Tumor’s party and she pointed saying, "ow ow ow! I know you!". It was a good moment. Now she is in the hospital and holding onto life by a thread.
nurses are telling me that her vitals can’t support life for long, that I told my 9 year old son as lightly as I could that his mother might die, that, despite HOW HARD I TRY NOT TO I can’t help figureing out how I’d word her obiturary on this stupid web page because I might just need to, I start to break down. [Source]
Head over to AtomicTumor, give a shout in the chat box found in the sidebar, leave some supportive comments, and say some prayers, send some positive energy, and think good thoughts.
3commentslinks for 2006-11-03 November 3, 2006 1:28 pm
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links for 2006-11-02 November 2, 2006 1:35 pm
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Comedy Central Returning to Youtube! November 2, 2006 12:48 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Of Interest, Publishing, VideoSome intern at Viacom’s legal department probably got scolded harshly after Viacom released how popularity of Youtube clips of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have helped their shows.
Comedy Central clips aren’t leaving YouTube for good. Viacom, Comedy Central’s corporate parent, has confirmed that it wants to find some way to keep the clips available, and has apparently given the green light for YouTube to put the material back up. No deal between the two firms has yet been done, but it sounds like one is imminent. [Source]
I understand the various business models that could be used to make money from these clips. ABC is doing very well with its popular shows being freely available online. I’ve watched more commercials rewatching Lost online than I would on television. Revver shows a great revenue model by appending an add to the end of every user uploaded video. There are many other ways. But one way to make money is to simply let the video clips air on Youtube and keep the popularity of the shows very high. Thank you Viacom for returning the clips to Youtube!
1 comment so farLOST Thoughts – SPOILER for those in the know November 2, 2006 8:52 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Lost, Of Interest, TV / MoviesWell now. I guess we know how the producers feel about DUI. Guess this confirms your offset behavior will greatly influence your career!
Update: Maybe it was just a traffic violation.
2commentslinks for 2006-11-01 November 1, 2006 1:29 pm
Posted by del.icio.us in : Of InterestSaddam Hussein Has The Keys To Detroit! November 1, 2006 7:41 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, Publishing, Touchy SubjectsSo he had the gas and the cars!
Saddam Hussein donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to a Detroit church and received a key to the city more than two decades ago, soon after he became president of Iraq.
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“He was very kind person, very generous, very cooperative with the West. Lately, what’s happened, I don’t know,” [Rev. Jacob Yasso of Chaldean Sacred Heart ], 70, said Wednesday.
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In all fairness, Time Magazine named Adolf Hilter 1938’s Man of the Year. See also. Wikipedia shows all Persons of the Year with George W Bush taking 2000 and 2004.
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