I often see an rr.com site in my logs and wonder where it is from. When trying to figure out if WOH.RR.com was Western OHio, I came across this list (link).
Into cold storage it goes… (It really isn’t very interesting to read. So, I’ll hide the rest…)
Continue reading Road Runner Servers
Three days into a new exercise schedule… Two days into getting to work an hour and a half early so that you can get a solid 45 minute work out in…. You may feel more awake, but it is a whole lot harder to lift your arms and legs….
If you aren’t familiar with the Eighth Doctor, the one before Christopher Eccleston, you can listen to a brand
episode that aired on BBC7 this past Sunday starring Paul McGann.
Here is a quick sample: Link
The Time Lord has plenty to deal with as an intruder appears in the TARDIS and the Daleks prepare to blight a damaged world.
(two-parter)
Written by Steve Lyons, directed by Nicholas Briggs
With Paul McGann (the Doctor), Sheridan Smith (Lucie Miller), Katarina Olssen (Headhunter), Anita Dobson (Eileen Klint), Kenneth Cranham (Tom Cardwell), Hayley Atwell (Asha/Martez), Gerry O’Toole (Lowell), Nicholas Briggs (Daleks)
31 December 2006 and 7 January 2006
(BTW the first 5 minutes might sound a little bit familiar to the big fans…)
For 2007, I will corrupt my site with a bunch of non-tech related posts and lots of ads. Well, okay… it is not as bad as all that… There’s no massive swing taking place. This is still cold storage for thoughts, ideas and code you or I might need sometime in the future. But I’m going to add a couple more things.
As you can see on the right, I have added an AdSense widget. Back in January of 2006, I added AdSense to my wife’s blog. It worked well and more than paid for the resources she used. However, it did not pay for 100% of my hosting cost. My goal for this year is to add a few more donated sites, to what I host, and to make my hosting of sites 100% self supporting. They are almost there already. It won’t take much to push it over the top. So, some non-intrusive ads will be shown on The Code Cave. A single day that is a New week, New month, and New year is just tooooo convenient stats-wise to miss. (I get a lot of traffic on the posts for my phones. Maybe if I get inspired, I’ll modify the widget to only show on those posts. Those folks are (I think) are more likely to click the ads anyway… We’ll see…)
And why were you tagged?
I heard a good quote yesterday “Who you are *today* is a direct result of the decisions you’ve made in the last six months.”
So, I’ve picking up the tagging chain from Michael’s Technozid (I still try to type Technozoid but there’s no second o) and will review the last year… And I’ve spread the joy by tagging 5 blogs I think you all might like. (see the list at the end). I’ve only done this kind of a post once before, but hey… looking at your choices over the last year makes more sense, I think, than making a bunch of resolutions. If you want to make progress, you’ve got to know where you’ve been…
Here you go, who I am today is because of this:
Gained or lost weight?
I’m almost exactly the same as I was this time last year. Last year I was in the middle of a big swing in my weight. I’d already lost 30 pounds to get to where I am at right now (205) and would continue to drop 30 more. I’d stopped the strict dieting and much of the exercise and have been balanced at 205 for the last six months regardless of what I eat or do. So, that’s pretty good but I’ve been ramping up the exercise again since November. I’m putting myself into training for mountain biking more in the summer. I REALLY enjoyed the parks I went to this fall. I plan to do much more of this and might even participate in a race or two… not sure about that… I’ve got someone pushing me towards it though and I’d love spending more time with him. He’s a good honorable man, and everyone should have more good examples in their life.
Longer or shorter hair?
Hmmm…. longer for just another 20 minutes. Then it comes off! I was planning on returning to my longer than shoulder blades length in anticipation for getting back on two wheels (with a motor this time in the spring. I should have enough $$ set aside to get a junker bike that will last me for a year). But I also think that the longer hair is going to interfere with my exercise plans. So, now that the Christmas skits are over at church, I’m going back to short short.
Continue reading 2006
Kansas City, MO (Universal Press Syndicate: News Release 12/05/2006)
Bill Amend’s popular FoxTrot comic strip will go to a Sunday-only publication schedule as of Dec. 31, 2006, announced Universal Press Syndicate today. The last daily will be Saturday, Dec. 30. Reruns of dailies will be available for Web usage.
“After spending close to half of my life writing and drawing FoxTrot cartoons, I think it’s time I got out of the house and tried some new things,” said Amend. “I love cartooning and I absolutely want to continue doing the strip, just not at the current all-consuming pace. I’ve been blessed over the years with a terrific syndicate, patient newspaper clients, and more support from readers than I probably deserve, and I want to assure them all that while I’ll be now a less-frequent participant on the comics pages, I’ll continue to treat my visits as the special privilege they are.”
Amend, who started the strip in April, 1988, and who has more than 1,000 client newspapers, is taking time to pursue other creative outlets. “In addition to Sunday newspapers, we may see FoxTrot entertaining us in other kinds of media platforms,” says Lee Salem, president and editor of Universal Press Syndicate.
Amend has more than 30 published FoxTrot comic collections and has licensed his characters for calendars and wallpapers for cell phones. He was nominated in 2006 as a finalist for cartoonist of the year by the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award.
Creator(s): Bill Amend
Contact(s): Kathie Kerr
Here are the last 6 daily strips provided by the UComics site (click to expand):
Continue reading The very last Foxtrot daily comic strips (ever?)
I might not look quite as good in leather chaps, but she’s a mighty fine, honorable person… The results of my Serenity Firefly Personality Test:
You are Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command)
| Dependable and trustworthy. You love your significant other and you are a tough cookie when in a conflict.  |
Thanks defender75! This journal has some quality stuff on it! Like a post about these little babies coming out in May:
So, I’m getting excited because I know that in just 7 days, not only is it Christmas but also the new Dr. Who Chrismas special is airing.
I’ve done a little research on the new series tonight and came up with some videos. Now I am HORRIBLE about spoilers. I almost never read the blurbs on book covers and dust jackets because invariably they reveal too much. So, I’ve watched 10 seconds of each new spoiler and closed the window.
Perhaps you aren’t so hung up on things and can enjoy these… I’ll come back for them on Boxing day…
Spoilers!!!
End of Last UK Season Spoiler – Such sweet sorrow… (DO NOT WATCH if you are Watching this only on SciFi)
Spoiler #1 – Footage from The Run Away Bride
Spoiler #2 – David Tennent, Sarah Parish, Catherine Tate Runaway Bride interview
More Dr. Who Videos are available on their Advent calendar, on the main Dr. Who Site.
And if Doctor Who isn’t really your thing, you can always tune into see
FanBoys – The Movie with guest appearances by Captain Kirk, Princess Leia and Lando Calrissian. No, it’s not a joke check IMDB!
Yeeesh, what a Thanksgiving, three glasses of gingerale and two soda crackers for the day…
Some of you may know that we have a moderately sized family with four kids. We live out here in Ohio, with no relatives within hailing distance. Usually when one of us gets sick, there more than enough helping hands. But when all of us get it… oh, it is horrible.
After having my wife moaning about stomach cramps for two hours and then her and daughter empty their stomachs emptying their stomachs twice (my daughter hitting 5 “rooms” on her way to the kitchen sink after ignoring the bucket that had been beside her on the couch) I sent everyone in the house to bed at 8:30.
And so began one of the longest nights of our lives.
I’ll spare you the goriest details, but I was on the underwear and bucket brigade. Literaly for three hours I got one 5 minute break. The three year old slept through but Jaxom fell to it at 9 and Julian at 9:30. Azia’s bedding officially bit the dust at 10. And so it went. Finally after I got the load emergency load of undies started in the washer, I succumbed to it at 11:30, but still was on emptying duty.
A neighbor called and invited us down to her place again for Thanksgiving around 9am. Everyone was asleep. I tried to walk around a bit and checked on everyone. Our neighbor was wonderful and went bought us some 7up, gingerale and saltine crackers. What a blessing! I can honestly say I’ve never been so thankful on Thanksgiving ever in my life.
I think the bigger kids each had a hot dog around 9pm that evening, but that was the limit of our thanksgiving. Saturday I did work on the leaves some (we have a lot and HAVE to work each chance we get before the snow comes.) and fixed the tailpipe on the truck and installed a new horn. But I was WIPED at the end of the day. Sunday, it took all I had in me to complete the Sunday school class (I’m teaching on 1 Corinthians).
Today, Monday, I am actually feeling normal again.
Yeah, that was fun.
I this is not as big a deal as it sounds, but here ya go…. It sounds like a machine shredded itself and they are recalling all pill runs anywhere near when it desintigrated into the pills that were being made.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or illness.
Perrigo Co. said it discovered the metal bits during quality-control checks. The company passed 70 million pills through a metal detector and discovered the metal in about 200 caplets, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The fragments ranged in size from “microdots” to portions of wire one-third of an inch long.
The recall affects bottles containing various amounts of 500-milligram caplets.
Perrigo bills itself as the world’s largest manufacturer of store-brand nonprescription drugs. The Allegan, Mich., company did not disclose the chains for which it manufactures the store-brand acetaminophen. A list of batch numbers and store brands affected by the recall was forthcoming, the FDA said.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., CVS Corp., Walgreen Co. and Costco Wholesale Corp. are among the companies Perrigo supplies with health care products, according to company Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
Perrigo said the pills contained raw material purchased from a third-party supplier and affected 383 batches.
Acetaminophen is best known as the drug in products sold under the Tylenol brand, but is widely available in generic versions. The recall does not affect Tylenol. The recall should not cause a shortage of acetaminophen, the FDA said.
The voluntary recall is considered a Class II recall since it covers products that might cause a temporary health problem or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature, according to the FDA.
Consumers with questions can call Perrigo toll free at (877) 546-0454.
Consumers who swallow any of the contaminated pills could suffer minor stomach discomfort or possible cuts to the mouth and throat, the FDA said, adding that the risk of serious injury was remote. Anyone who suspects they have been injured should contact their doctor, the agency said.
The FDA said Perrigo began investigating after realizing the equipment it uses to make pills was wearing down prematurely.