Friday, June 25
Tuesday, June 22
Got another set of pics of Defense's puppies, so I added a few of them to the Gallery. Click here
(...and, as always, if you haven't seen the new Gallery yet... well, you know.)
Oh, and my brother started his own blog. Well, actually, he started it a year ago, posted one time, and forgot about it, until I brought it up the other day. *shrug* Now he's posting twice a day. He named it... wait for it!... ZandlBlog, which is his usual screen name followed by "Blog." I haven't the faintest idea where he got the idea for that title from. *cough* Oh well. It's better than its old name, "A Day in the Life of Zandl," which for about a year was all it was: a day in the life of Zandl.
Just since I know he's going to read this.... he needs to add a 'Comments' feature. I'm sure he knows how, but just because I feel like giving my fingers more of a workout... on the Dashboard page, click the little blue cog under "Change Settings," then follow the instructions. I mean, you WOULD follow the instructions, if you needed to know how to do it, which he doesn't. (*grin*)
If you're thus inclined, you can go to his site here. You might note that his account of the cat-food-for-profit story sounds a lot like mine, just with reversed pronouns.
(...and, as always, if you haven't seen the new Gallery yet... well, you know.)
Oh, and my brother started his own blog. Well, actually, he started it a year ago, posted one time, and forgot about it, until I brought it up the other day. *shrug* Now he's posting twice a day. He named it... wait for it!... ZandlBlog, which is his usual screen name followed by "Blog." I haven't the faintest idea where he got the idea for that title from. *cough* Oh well. It's better than its old name, "A Day in the Life of Zandl," which for about a year was all it was: a day in the life of Zandl.
Just since I know he's going to read this.... he needs to add a 'Comments' feature. I'm sure he knows how, but just because I feel like giving my fingers more of a workout... on the Dashboard page, click the little blue cog under "Change Settings," then follow the instructions. I mean, you WOULD follow the instructions, if you needed to know how to do it, which he doesn't. (*grin*)
If you're thus inclined, you can go to his site here. You might note that his account of the cat-food-for-profit story sounds a lot like mine, just with reversed pronouns.
Monday, June 21
Huh. Took a break from Audioblogging for a few days. I guess when you're housesitting for your parents, laying around, with naught to do, interesting things to say don't tend to come to mind.
So I spent some time adding stuff to the Gallery. I think it's at a good level of stuff for the moment, unless the urge strikes me again. Anyhow, I added a bunch of pictures to the Euro Trip gallery, as well as an old trophy presentation to the Trophies pics. Go see already...
Let's see... interesting things... uh, Friday night, Zachary and I went to visit his friend Ricky at the hospital. (He wrecked on his bike and obliterated a wrist. "Two pins and a plate!" he repeated often, assisted in his foggy mood by morphine.) Anyhow, what was interesting was, as Zach and I crossed the emergency-room driveway, I saw someone who might have been Ashley coming out of the ER, looking not too pleased with the world. We were going in opposite directions, though, and I wasn't sure enough to venture a "Hey." Anyhow, tonight I'm sitting here editing my page, and she comes online and asks, "Were you at or near the Scottsdale Osborn ER last night around 7:45?" What do you know? It's a small world after all, I guess...
Oh, oh, I know! I paid Zachary $5 to eat a Pounce soft cat treat. Hah! Something interesting DID happen tonight!
We were wondering if they did, in fact, taste like Tantalizing Tuna. I said, "I will so pay you $5 if you eat one of these." I brandished the cash and laid it on the counter. I picked out a tan-with-turquoise-stripes fish-shaped piece and handed it to him. As he filled a glass of iced tea, I told him, "No popping it in then swallowing it like a pill. I want to see chewage."
So in it went, and he chewed it really quickly four or five times... then his face kinda wilted, and he froze. I told him to open his mouth, and there it was, munched up in all its glory. It was more than his taste buds could take, though -- he lurched over to the sink and puked.
And puked.
And gagged some, and puked.
"Nastiest thing I've ever tasted in my life!" he wailed. Best five bucks I ever spent. *grin* I offered him $20 on the spot if he would try a piece of a different flavor and tell me if there was a difference. He passed. Guess it WAS that nasty.
So I spent some time adding stuff to the Gallery. I think it's at a good level of stuff for the moment, unless the urge strikes me again. Anyhow, I added a bunch of pictures to the Euro Trip gallery, as well as an old trophy presentation to the Trophies pics. Go see already...
Let's see... interesting things... uh, Friday night, Zachary and I went to visit his friend Ricky at the hospital. (He wrecked on his bike and obliterated a wrist. "Two pins and a plate!" he repeated often, assisted in his foggy mood by morphine.) Anyhow, what was interesting was, as Zach and I crossed the emergency-room driveway, I saw someone who might have been Ashley coming out of the ER, looking not too pleased with the world. We were going in opposite directions, though, and I wasn't sure enough to venture a "Hey." Anyhow, tonight I'm sitting here editing my page, and she comes online and asks, "Were you at or near the Scottsdale Osborn ER last night around 7:45?" What do you know? It's a small world after all, I guess...
Oh, oh, I know! I paid Zachary $5 to eat a Pounce soft cat treat. Hah! Something interesting DID happen tonight!
We were wondering if they did, in fact, taste like Tantalizing Tuna. I said, "I will so pay you $5 if you eat one of these." I brandished the cash and laid it on the counter. I picked out a tan-with-turquoise-stripes fish-shaped piece and handed it to him. As he filled a glass of iced tea, I told him, "No popping it in then swallowing it like a pill. I want to see chewage."
So in it went, and he chewed it really quickly four or five times... then his face kinda wilted, and he froze. I told him to open his mouth, and there it was, munched up in all its glory. It was more than his taste buds could take, though -- he lurched over to the sink and puked.
And puked.
And gagged some, and puked.
"Nastiest thing I've ever tasted in my life!" he wailed. Best five bucks I ever spent. *grin* I offered him $20 on the spot if he would try a piece of a different flavor and tell me if there was a difference. He passed. Guess it WAS that nasty.
Monday, June 14
Sunday, June 13
Well, I redid my page. Again. Again. Actually, I just went through and put on the finishing touches I'd wanted to do in the first place, and added a half-dozen more pictures from the kennel since we figured out how to email them from my sister's phone to my computer. (If all else fails, read the instructions, eh?)
Anyhow, I made smaller thumbnail GIFs of all the pictures, instead of just being lazy and making my thumbnails nothing more than the whole picture displayed in a tiny box. I'm sure those of you on dial-up connection will appreciate the difference.
If you haven't looked at it yet, go see it! I'm awful proud. Though sometimes I'll lose focus and wonder why I spend hours working on a page most people might look at once, when I finally finish I feel good about it. It's THERE, to be SEEN, and *I* did it. Woohoo.
Anyhow, I made smaller thumbnail GIFs of all the pictures, instead of just being lazy and making my thumbnails nothing more than the whole picture displayed in a tiny box. I'm sure those of you on dial-up connection will appreciate the difference.
If you haven't looked at it yet, go see it! I'm awful proud. Though sometimes I'll lose focus and wonder why I spend hours working on a page most people might look at once, when I finally finish I feel good about it. It's THERE, to be SEEN, and *I* did it. Woohoo.
Friday, June 11
Oh, I've been busy...
Let's see. First off, I signed up for Audioblogger. Many's the time I'm driving around town or sitting at the track, and a thought strikes me that I think I'd like to blog about. However, by the time I get home, the moment has passed. Problem solved! They made Audioblogger a free service, so I'm giving it a spin. I call a phone number, enter my info, and record a short message, and within 5 minutes (they claim), it'll be saved to my site as a new post containing an MP3 of my phone message. I think this'll work out to be plenty cool. Look for me to save a message here later as a test.
Next... I totally revamped TFGWeb. I went through and deleted all the dead links off of the erstwhile old page, then I moved it to its own new URL, and in its place I put in a photo album of sorts. I've had all these pictures laying around on my server for a while, and I've been wanting for a while to create some sort of directory, or album, or what-have-you, but at the same time I'd all but given up on completely restoring the old page. So, I just sealed it for posterity and replaced it, basically. Anyhow, go over and give the album a spin, tell me what you think... I'd appreciate it. Link here or over there on the lefthand side of this page.
That's been pretty much it. I'm just glad I got all those pictures organized, finally. That's been one of those things I just keep putting off.
Let's see. First off, I signed up for Audioblogger. Many's the time I'm driving around town or sitting at the track, and a thought strikes me that I think I'd like to blog about. However, by the time I get home, the moment has passed. Problem solved! They made Audioblogger a free service, so I'm giving it a spin. I call a phone number, enter my info, and record a short message, and within 5 minutes (they claim), it'll be saved to my site as a new post containing an MP3 of my phone message. I think this'll work out to be plenty cool. Look for me to save a message here later as a test.
Next... I totally revamped TFGWeb. I went through and deleted all the dead links off of the erstwhile old page, then I moved it to its own new URL, and in its place I put in a photo album of sorts. I've had all these pictures laying around on my server for a while, and I've been wanting for a while to create some sort of directory, or album, or what-have-you, but at the same time I'd all but given up on completely restoring the old page. So, I just sealed it for posterity and replaced it, basically. Anyhow, go over and give the album a spin, tell me what you think... I'd appreciate it. Link here or over there on the lefthand side of this page.
That's been pretty much it. I'm just glad I got all those pictures organized, finally. That's been one of those things I just keep putting off.
Friday, June 4
Do you ever just sit and read through the blogs of complete strangers? I've wasted an hour of prime nap time this afternoon catching up on some of my randomly linked blogs from my Blurb page. Stevan from the UK is still as spontaneously funny as ever. Here's a couple of samples:
My cup runneth over
They have solved the problem of the coffee maching only dispensing half cups of brown stuff that looks something like coffee. Smaller cups! What an inspired piece of lateral thinking.
Stevan | Thursday, May 29, 2003 | comments(0)
Who's guffed?
So, there I was, minding my own business, buying a new pair of trousers this afternoon when I became aware of the person next to me wandering off. I paid this little or no attention until I was enveloped in a spreading, green, putrid cloud of noxious fumes. The dirty little sod had dropped one and buggered off leaving me to take the blame. Get some medical help mate! The assistant chose that exact same moment to come and offer to assist me, "Can I help you S... Oh my god who's farted?" She didn't stay very long, in fact she took one breath and scarpered, handkerchief clamped over her nose and mouth, eyes a-streaming, the curls dropping out of her hair, towards the ladies department where things, presumably, smell a little sweeter. From now on I shall be known in some parts of Guildford as the man who cleared the mens department in Gap.
Neveratoss is innocent!
Stevan | Tuesday, June 01, 2004 | comments(4)
Way back when, I commented on his page, and he posted me back. That was my first international blog communication. You can see that entry on this page, under the title "Blogsville Arizona", and you can get to the current page here.
I don't know what it is about this blogging thing that draws me in like that. I read about them in Newsweek about three years ago, and they'd correctly pegged it as "the next big thing on the Web." Go figure. I'm not usually one to get swept up in mainstream trends as such. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go reward my curiosity with a Vanilla Coke and listen to some legally-downloaded tunes on my iPod.
Editor's note: I own none of the aforementioned items. Not even, ah, legally-downloaded tunes. *cough*
My cup runneth over
They have solved the problem of the coffee maching only dispensing half cups of brown stuff that looks something like coffee. Smaller cups! What an inspired piece of lateral thinking.
Stevan | Thursday, May 29, 2003 | comments(0)
Who's guffed?
So, there I was, minding my own business, buying a new pair of trousers this afternoon when I became aware of the person next to me wandering off. I paid this little or no attention until I was enveloped in a spreading, green, putrid cloud of noxious fumes. The dirty little sod had dropped one and buggered off leaving me to take the blame. Get some medical help mate! The assistant chose that exact same moment to come and offer to assist me, "Can I help you S... Oh my god who's farted?" She didn't stay very long, in fact she took one breath and scarpered, handkerchief clamped over her nose and mouth, eyes a-streaming, the curls dropping out of her hair, towards the ladies department where things, presumably, smell a little sweeter. From now on I shall be known in some parts of Guildford as the man who cleared the mens department in Gap.
Neveratoss is innocent!
Stevan | Tuesday, June 01, 2004 | comments(4)
Way back when, I commented on his page, and he posted me back. That was my first international blog communication. You can see that entry on this page, under the title "Blogsville Arizona", and you can get to the current page here.
I don't know what it is about this blogging thing that draws me in like that. I read about them in Newsweek about three years ago, and they'd correctly pegged it as "the next big thing on the Web." Go figure. I'm not usually one to get swept up in mainstream trends as such. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go reward my curiosity with a Vanilla Coke and listen to some legally-downloaded tunes on my iPod.
Editor's note: I own none of the aforementioned items. Not even, ah, legally-downloaded tunes. *cough*
