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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Me    49

Posted: December 18, 2006 @ 06:00 PM EDT | Filed Under: Memes, Life

Mike, the son of a … monkey he is, recently tagged me to do this “5 things you don’t know about me” meme. The bugger. I mean… lovely guy. He’s been bugging me pretty consistently about it, too; so, I’ve future-posted this for 2 days from the actual writing (HA! Take that, sucka).

So, 5 things… Hrm…:

  1. I’ve an unnatural love for Quizno’s chicken carbonara subs.
  2. I’m a city-boy at heart. I love the activity, and having everything I need around me. Large suburbs work too (imagine that).
  3. I love cooking (though some of you know this, most of you don’t). Even though Sissy thinks I don’t make anything normal O_o; … Hrmph.
  4. I find this meme highly annoying.
  5. I will spread this meme with no joy.

I like number 4 the best, personally.

The 5 other (un)lucky bloggers: Anthony, Shawn, Tommy, Matt Bob, Steven


7tube Tagger Game    3

Posted: September 29, 2006 @ 12:07 AM EDT | Filed Under: Memes

So, I was tagged by Steven Campbell to do this little meme. So, apparently, I’m supposed to lay down 7 songs that are in heavy rotation in my playlists. And, so, here goes:

And I’ll tag these 7 3 people:


Four Things    7

Posted: January 26, 2006 @ 08:28 PM EDT | Filed Under: Memes

So, I was tagged recently by Sir Tommy Park recently for that little Four Things meme that’s been going around. I traced it back a bit, and it got to me by way of Zeldman and Santa Maria (if you’re really bored, start with Tommy and trace it back and see for yourself), so I feel special. I’m moving up in the world– sort of. It only took, like, 8 people inbetween to get to me! … Anyways, on with it.

Four Jobs I’ve Had:
Four Films I Can Watch Over and Over:
Four Places I’ve Lived:
Four TV Shows I Enjoy:
Four Places I Have Been on Vacation:
Four of My Favorite Foods:
Four Sites I Visit Daily:
Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now:
Four Bloggers I’m Tagging:

The Office (As It May Be)    5

Posted: July 10, 2005 @ 04:02 AM EDT | Filed Under: Memes, Herbie

So, it’s trickled down to me. It started with Silly Oxton, passed to Phil Roche, then to Chris Garrett, to my good friend Tommy Park, and now to me— and amazingly enough, I didn’t have to steal it this time. So I’ll have at it.

Pictures

Herbie, accompanied by his friend and companion, teh Monit0r!, his mouth (the almighty speakers, one shown), and his ear (the mic in the lower left corner), and other needed gadgetry and junk spread across the desk and on-top of Herbie himself.

Betsy, in her normal environment, my bed.

Specs

Main PC (aka Herbie)

Dell Inspiron 5000e (aka Betsy)

Essential Hardware
In Want Of…
Passing onto…

7 and Point 5 Questions    8

Posted: June 11, 2005 @ 12:45 AM EDT | Filed Under: Memes

So… Both myself and Tommy Park decided to rip off— I mean, err, do what Mr. Oxton did and do Seven and a Half Questions. We’re shameless.

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Buahahahahaa… This shall be fun. Right-o. So. Do tell… what do YOU think about this Apple and Intel fiasco?

I think it is a good move on Apple, business-wise. It was about time to get rid of the apple-worshipping-religious-geeks.

Hehe… Right on. Speaking of business moves… What do you think about Internet Explorer 7 and MS going back on its word when it said it WASN’T going to make another IE until Longhorn came out?

I’m happy to see that MS is actually making something decent… Last time I saw something decent from MS was when they released Windows 98 Second Edition…. Well, as for faking.. I think it was a desperate business move on Microsoft. Firefox is slowly dominating the browser market. However, Firefox has still a long way to go… and I don’t think IE7 will be as good as advertised.

And on the line of advertisement… Do you think IE7 will have much affect on the market since most Joe Q. Consumers hardly even know of its existance, much less care?

I think there will be some affect on regular customers. Now that Windows XP SP2 actually downloads updates automatically, by default, people should experience some different browsing experience. I think IE7 wasn’t really designed for the regular customers. First, the regular customers don’t care or don’t know much. Second, MS don’t care about them either, as long as they get good media attention. IE7 seemed more like an answer to the Web Standard/Design community about firefox, more like… “Hey! We know how to make one too!”

Well… I don’t see how it’s going to affect us web devs much, except for us having to deal with a browser with which we don’t know how much of an impact there’s going to be. But anyhoo, on to question 4… Did you really tell John Oxton to punch you in the face? :P

yes. I did. You can ask him.. or go see my new archive page! :) [Ed.’s note: Please see Tom’s entry about his email to Oxton for more info on this. :) ]

Oh my. And speaking of which… what really inspired you to do that minimal redesign? Was it another blog? Or just being fed up with images and headers and bandwidth?

As some of “ma people” know, I don’t like my own design after a few weeks…. So I thought, I’d go and redesign. Bandwidth, headers, images weren’t really my concern….. just my a** was a little itchy…. :P

Oh my, the language :P … Anyways. Moving back into a more web dev topic… What do you think of what will be CSS3? Specifically, the sIFR-type replacement abilities, multiple backgrounds, etc.?

Simple. Let us worry about proper CSS1 support before we even jump to CSS3 or CSS2… for that matter… Look at IE.

Good point. Stupid IE dragging us down. And for question 7… What do you think about Blogs? Specifically, their impact on life, how you view things, the way you get news, etc….

hehe. A few things. First, president of library of congress stated that blog is composed of random sentences without a purpose or a meaning. And further stated that it is hurting the traditional journalism. I think he is wrong about that. Although, most blogs are composed of random sentences, that doesn’t mean it is actually hurting proper journalism. I mean, if you look at it, it is not the blog’s fault. Rather, kids are getting more accessible to computers, and thus they are 1337 sp34king w/o proper grammar or sentence structure. Blogging is not all the problem. Second, for me, I think blogging is something that made me realize that I was a horrible writer. Before I started blogging, after learning English for only a few years, I thought I was amazing. But, blogging sorta gave me a revelation. But yea, it is a medium at which I try to write something without making any errors….. Third, as for news, I don’t get much news from Blogs. I think blogs are presenting gossips, not news. I like to sit down and listen to NPR or read the New York Times…. I dunno. I might be just… old… :D on that note. here is what i thought about blogs..

Bah. The New York Times… I can’t be bothered to read paper. Kidding, of course. But for the half question… Is Shaun Inman… ?

a bloody coward? yea. SHAUN! YOU ARE A BLOODY COWARD! Now. punch me in the face! :P

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[Ed.’s note: Shaun… if you read this, don’t hurt him. We like him ;D ]


The Movie Baton    11

Posted: May 22, 2005 @ 02:46 AM EDT | Filed Under: Memes

I’d thought I might be writing something… meaningful… today, but alas… I got passed a baton (I didn’t steal it ;D ) by Tom, so I figured I’d do that instead. Go nuts.

Total # Of Movies I Own
50+, I think? I’m not sure.

The Last DVD I Bought Was:
Something… a while ago. Perhaps AC/DC Live at Donnington

Last Movie I Watched:
Hmm. Shallow Hal, last night on TV

Five Movies That I Watch A Lot, Or That Mean A Lot To Me:

  1. The Preacher’s Wife — Don’t judge me
  2. The Fast and The Furious
  3. Ladder 49
  4. American History X
  5. Scarface

Five Two People To Whom I’m Passing the Baton:

  1. Reid Lynch
  2. John Oxton

Now bother me not with another baton :P


The Musical Baton    24

Posted: May 19, 2005 @ 03:33 AM EDT | Filed Under: Memes, Music

Since sleep is not my friend, and no one has passed it to me yet, that I know of, I’m stealing the musical baton, like the awesome folks at The Big Noob. That’s right— I’m like one of those random guys you see on TV that runs out onto the football field during the middle of the game and steals the ball, then gets tackled by 20 security guards and at least 10 football players and a coach. So without furthur ado…

Total Volume Of Music Files On My Computer:
This computer? 1.95GB. However, I keep nothing on this computer, so what my iPod holds (4.77GB) is probably a far more accurate representation.

The Last CD I Bought Was:
Hm. “Frail Words Collapse” by As I Lay Dying, I think.

Song Playing Right Now:
“Return to Snake Mountain” by Machinae Supremacy (go download their free songs and buy their album)

Five Songs I Listen To A Lot, Or That Mean A Lot To Me:
You had to make this difficult, didn’t you? *sigh*

  1. “Return to Snake Mountain” by Machinae Supremacy
  2. “Overload” by Soilwork
  3. “The Quiet Place” by In Flames
  4. “Civil War” by Guns N’ Roses
  5. “My Last Serenade” by Killswitch Engage

Five People To Whom I’m Passing The Baton:
Buahahahaha. I’m chucking this stolen baton at:

  1. Tom Park
  2. Reid Lynch
  3. Eric McLean
  4. Shawn Parker (I better see lots of 80s pop, mister)
  5. And what the heck, maybe he’ll do it— John Whittet