Monthly Archives: February 2006

Updates and errata

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,, … Continue reading

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WordPress Widgets = Awesome

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.

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Crasy things to do with your cat

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 … Continue reading

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Wikipedia Speed Learning Key Stroke

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 … Continue reading

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Wow what a Bold adventure!

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 … Continue reading

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The Many Unusual Looking Buildings On Earth

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 … Continue reading

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Flock in Review

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. read more | digg story

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How to Subscribe to TV Shows Using The Democracy Player, Bittorrent, & RSS

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 … Continue reading

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Fans of MacGyver’s Richard Anderson applying to get him on the Walk of Fame

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 … Continue reading

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Fickle, who you calling fickle?

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 … Continue reading

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Not our differences ~ QoTD

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)

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Serenity makes more money from DVD than from box office

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 … Continue reading

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Quote of the Month

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” ~Martin Luther King

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Hmmmm, This White Hemingway is interesting but,

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 … Continue reading

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MUST SEE Anime

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. … Continue reading

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Taking control of your past ~ QoTD

“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

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Hi-res Image of Mt. Fuji from Japan’s New Satellite

Incredible image of Mt Fuji and surrounding towns from Japan’s Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS). The article for the image is:  http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM3J3MVGJE_index_0.html read more | digg story

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Defense secretary does not use email

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. read … Continue reading

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New X-Men 3 photos leaked

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. read more | … Continue reading

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My Johari Window

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 … Continue reading

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Technorati Glitch?

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. … Continue reading

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Scobleizer starts an Internet game

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 “brrreeeportâ€? on your blog

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Trying to appease the canine crowd

I have been getting quite a bit of flack from the opposing team (K9) so in the interests of fair play I present Kingsley

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This Quiz is whacked!

  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 … Continue reading

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The cute factor for the Cat Meme

Too cute to believe kittyblog Devoted to sharing as many cute kittys as possible. The internets needs more cute.

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