Yay! Technorati finally updated my ping 5 hours ago. I never found the reason that my blog was not getting updated for 13 days but I heard various theories from many different people.
Akismet is continuing to catch every spammer,, splogger that posts to this blog and I am very happy with this product, thanks WordPress.Com [...]
Archive for February, 2006
Updates and errata
Posted in Blogging on February 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
WordPress Widgets = Awesome
Posted in Blogging on February 25, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Excellent! The new WordPress Widgets are a wonderful new addition to WordPress.Com and really pump up my hopes for the future functionality available to me on my blog. Contempt now has a Working Search function.
Crasy things to do with your cat
Posted in Cat Meme, Life on February 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Via practical cat bathing
Keep one thing in mind at all times—bathing a cat has nothing in common whatsoever with dog bathing. If you are about to attempt a cat bath thinking the worst case scenario is going to be some water on the floor and paw prints on the carpet, it’s time for a shift [...]
Wikipedia Speed Learning Key Stroke
Posted in Life Long Learning on February 24, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Via Webby’s World
Most Wikipedians favourite keys are Alt and X. Why? As on the Wikipedia that is what you press to get on a random article (if you have JavaScript enabled). The wonder of this is, it is a true way to learn something new every day. If you don’t have JS enabled you can [...]
Wow what a Bold adventure!
Posted in Travel on February 23, 2006 | 4 Comments »
WorldRider: Journey of Adventure & Discovery
On July 4, 2005 Allan Karl left his home in Southern California on a Journey & Adventure to travel around the world — from top to bottom, then all the way around — alone on a motorcycle.
Without a support team and carrying only what will fit on his [...]
The Many Unusual Looking Buildings On Earth
Posted in Art on February 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
UniqueDaily.com
“Crooked House”
You know that your looking at a real building right? The Crooked House was built in 2004 as an addition at a popular shopping center, and is a major tourist attraction in Sopot, Poland. We just wonder what happens when someone who’s under a controlled substance sees this building for the first time in [...]
Flock in Review
Posted in Blogging on February 23, 2006 | 2 Comments »
With this review Dennis sold me on trying the new release of Flock!
Flock in Review – an overview of the latest release of Flock. All my thought with screen clips to boot.
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How to Subscribe to TV Shows Using The Democracy Player, Bittorrent, & RSS
Posted in TV on February 23, 2006 | 2 Comments »
This looks promising, I will try it and report back on the experiment.
The Democracy Player is an amazing open source Internet TV application that allows you to subscribe to video RSS feeds from anywhere on the web. With a little hackery, The Democracy Player will make you wonder why you’re still paying your cable [...]
Fans of MacGyver’s Richard Anderson applying to get him on the Walk of Fame
Posted in TV on February 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This is one for the wonderful wife, who LOVES Richard Dean Anderson.
Fans of former MacGyver and Stargate SG-1 leading man Richard Dean Anderson hope to land the actor on Hollywood’s prestigious Walk of Fame. Fans are putting together an application to be considered this summer.
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Fickle, who you calling fickle?
Posted in Blogging on February 22, 2006 | 6 Comments »
I know, I know I just cannot seem to find another theme that I like as much as Contempt and my readers agree. Thanks for all of the feedback from my dedicated gang. Maybe someday soon we will be able to modify our themes to our hearts content. I heard that sigh and I know [...]
Not our differences ~ QoTD
Posted in QOTD on February 22, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Think Exist.com Finding Quotations was never this Easy!
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.�
Audre Lorde quotes (American Poet, Teacher and Activist. 1934-1992)
Serenity makes more money from DVD than from box office
Posted in SciFi on February 21, 2006 | 2 Comments »
After disappointing movie ticket sales, it seemed that Joss Whedon’s Serenity would end up as a failure in the books. Think again. Over 2 million DVDs sold, plus rentals and TV rights add up to more than $60 million. Could this convince Universal to get a Special Edition out, or even a sequel?
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Quote of the Month
Posted in Influential Thinkers on February 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” ~Martin Luther King
Hmmmm, This White Hemingway is interesting but,
Posted in Blogging on February 20, 2006 | 10 Comments »
I think I would like it better if I could use the red color for the descriptive headers like the ones at Desperate Curiosity
Anybody happen to know what theme Andrew is using?
Update: I found a new version of Hemingway that solves my primary issue with White Hemingway that Chrono Cr@cker also pointed out, the inability [...]
MUST SEE Anime
Posted in TV on February 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Via Travelling Through The Wire
Serial Experiments Lain – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Serial Experiments Lain is an anime series about an adolescent girl in suburban Japan named Lain Iwakura, and her introduction to the Wired, an international computer network. The original idea of the series was produced by production 2nd, the story was written [...]
Taking control of your past ~ QoTD
Posted in QOTD on February 18, 2006 | 3 Comments »
“One can never change the past, only the hold it has on you, and while nothing in your life is reversible, you can reverse it nevertheless.”
–Merle Shain
Hi-res Image of Mt. Fuji from Japan’s New Satellite
Posted in Nature, Science on February 17, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Incredible image of Mt Fuji and surrounding towns from Japan’s Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS). The article for the image is:Â http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM3J3MVGJE_index_0.html
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Defense secretary does not use email
Posted in politics on February 17, 2006 | 8 Comments »
I had a snarky comment about this but decided against it, My mind is boggled by the whole Bush administration.
Revealed while Congress was investigating the response to hurricane Katrina: Donald Rumsfeld and Michael Chertoff do not use email.
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New X-Men 3 photos leaked
Posted in SciFi on February 16, 2006 | 1 Comment »
A few new pics of some of the X-Men from the new movie X-Men: The Last Stand have been leaked including Beast, Angel and Kitty Pride. The movie is slated to release May 26 of this year.
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My Johari Window
Posted in Life Long Learning, Philosophy on February 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Via Cas at Bright Meadow Here is my Interactive Johari Window – Describe Dewayne Mikkelson This is supposed to be a great tool to help us understand our interpersonal communication and on blogs we need as much help as we can get!
Technorati Glitch?
Posted in Blogging on February 14, 2006 | 10 Comments »
Is it just me or is the Technorati Blog Ping Us going backwards. For the last two days I have been adding posts to this blog and everytime I use the Ping Us it seems to go back another day. Hmmmmmmm!!!!
Scobleizer starts an Internet game
Posted in Blogging, brrreeeport on February 14, 2006 | 4 Comments »
I really like Scobleizer – Microsoft Geek Blogger’s new game so let’s all play!
Here, let’s play a game. Everyone in the world say “brrreeeport� on your blog
Trying to appease the canine crowd
Posted in Dog Meme on February 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I have been getting quite a bit of flack from the opposing team (K9) so in the interests of fair play I present Kingsley
This Quiz is whacked!
Posted in Life Long Learning on February 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
You scored as Mathematics. You should be a Math major! Like Pythagoras, you are analytical, rational, and you are always ready to tackle the problem head-on!
Chemistry
100%
Biology
100%
Mathematics
100%
Philosophy
100%
Engineering
100%
Art
100%
Sociology
92%
Dance
92%
Psychology
92%
Anthropology
92%
English
92%
Theater
92%
Journalism
83%
Linguistics
83%
What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3)
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The cute factor for the Cat Meme
Posted in Cat Meme on February 13, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Too cute to believe kittyblog
Devoted to sharing as many cute kittys as possible. The internets needs more cute.