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BlogThe gregorian calendar is used by almost the entire world, and has been since 1582. Since the earth travels around the sun in exactly 365.2424 days, every 4 years this calendar has an extra day thrown in on Feb 29th. Why Feb 29th was chosen I don't know, but I do know that the
Julian Calendar kicks the crap ouf the Gregorian. Convert now!
My friend
Duane and I went to
AutoRama recently to check out the latest classic and tuner cars, but wound up people watching. Detroit auto shows definately bring out some very interesting people.
I had a hell of a time of it, but I'm finally back. I apologize to all 3 of my loyal readers, you are what I live for and I've let you down. For that I'll commence my own thrashings, followed by the castration. During my absence there was a snow penis on the
webcam, and Butt went back on strike. Alright kids, see if you can spot the dates! My cat says hello to everyone, and I say goodnight.
I've had the
Google Toolbar installed on my system
since late August, and in that time it has
blocked 572 popups. If the popup blocker was the only feature of the toolbar I'd love it, but add to that the text search/highlight features, convienient search box (with options to search images or current site only with one button) and it's a necessity. Much as I often ask "what did I do before Google?" I now ask myself the same question with regard to the toolbar. Too bad they're going public soon, stock holders tend to squash creativity with bean counting. Until then, I'm a proud member of the
Church of Google.
The suspected
radiation fallout on the
GnomeCam turned out to be a
malfunctioning video receiver. Those of you wearing tin foil hats can once again rest assured impending doom is not near (at least not near my house). Fortunately I had a spare receiver just waiting for a chance to prove itself. We'll see if it can exceed the previous receivers record of 2 years non-stop receiving.
If you've seen the
latest ads for Quizno's you know their marketing department is on to something. Totally idiotic (read: shockingly funny), yet you can't get the song or images out of your head. Add to that a $1 off any sub and you have a winning combination. It worked on me, I took in a 2-for-1 beauty supply coupon for my discount. Strangely enough, the song stopped repeating in my head only while I was in the store. Maybe it's TOO effective.
Apparently there is either a very strong solar flare or a nuclear device has been detonated near my house. My wireless webcam seems to be having trouble transmitting to my server. It definitely makes for some interesting captures, but isn't very effective at surveillance.
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For the last three weeks I've been using
biodegradable garbage bags for my household trash. My previous Glad trash bags
were not biodegradable and I felt that was an awful lot of plastic to add to the landfills. As a religious recycler, I try to reduce the amount of landfill I contribute whenever possible, and since biodegradeable bags disentegrate instead of permanently taking up space it's an easy choice. I had initial concerns that the bag would biodegrade before the week long garbage pickup cycle, but after three trial runs I'm quite confident in the bags strength. Since the trial run was a success, I'm buying 3 rolls and
suggest everyone else do the same. Then you too can call yourself a hippie.
This weekend I attended the
Sno*Drift Rally in Atlanta, Michigan. This was the third year in a row I've been to the event, which is always equally cold and fun. We decided to stay at a
bed and breakfast that was close to the rally, forgoing the traditional Mio Motel which we stayed at the previous two years. The first stage would prove to be the most interesting stage, where a car
got stuck in a ditch. The
rest of the rally involved the typical ice sheet turns which made stopping virtually impossible, but spectating quite entertaining. Another successful rally edventure.
The second and final weekend of the
LAN party was tonight. We started off with a quick game of NFS:U, followed by a few games of Starcraft. After everyone got sick of that, we played some Postal 2 before Scott introduced us all to Rise of Nations, a much more involved Real-time Strategy Game that was overwhelming for us simple Starcraft fans. By the time everyone left it was
ten below zero, unbelievably cold even by Michigan standards.
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