Year: 2006

Under the Tusken Sun is a video short about teenaged love on Tatooine. (via Jeremy Zawodny) [tags]video, short, tusken raider, sand people, starwars, tatooine[/tags]

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Oct. 20th 10:35am – As you can probably tell – things are already starting to change. My rethinking may come at some expense to those that regularly read my site, sorry. I’m starting to post some links first, then I’ll be moving onto other things. For now, you’ll be dealing with the old design while…

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An international team of astronomers have surmised that Andromeda, the galaxy closest to our own Milky Way, suffered a head-on collision with another galaxy some 210 million years go – resulting in what is now an odd-shape for a galaxy. Now that is what I call a Cold Case solved. And, as an aside: if…

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Lloyd catalogs the release of WordPress 2.0.5 RC by giving links to just about everywhere it has been mentioned so far. The most notable changes for me? user description is no longer HTML-entity converted going into the database plugins are sorted by plugin name, instead of filename the authors dropdown is now sorted by display_name…

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So it turns out the word "Zune", which is also the name of Microsoft’s iPod "competitor", means F*** in Hebrew. Almost. [tags]zune, microsoft, ipod, hebrew, language[/tags]

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Watch your head! Update. Update 2. [tags]test, testing, cdevroe.com[/tags] [post_name]v3-test[/post_name] [link]http://yahoo.com/\[/link] [thumbnail]photos/testing/test.php[/thumbnail]

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I’ve been thinking about doing this for sometime — taking everything that I put online and centralizing it onto my site. As most of you know I have an account on flickr and an account on del.icio.us – though I do not use either to their fullest potential. Flickr provides me with a great way…

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When we first came to look at our new apartment we saw just what we expected in nearly every room. After the previous tenants had left, our landlord went through each room and restored the floors, walls, and even some of the appliances. See, the tenants that lived here prior had a few kids and…

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I weighed in this morning at 186.5 pounds, or up 1.5 pounds from two weeks ago. The weight gain is almost meaningless but it does remind me to stay on track, and get back on a schedule. Last week I didn’t weigh in. I got some emails and IMs from those that asked me why…

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The best type of gift to give someone is the type of gift you also benefit from. Eliza has always wanted to see her favorite NFL team, the Green Bay Packers, live and in-person. I’ve also never gone to an NFL game (at least not in my adult-life) so I was equally as excited to…

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Welcome to Hershey Park This past weekend we visited Hershey Park, and I wanted to make a note of something that really gets me. Theme Park prices are the worst example of good business practices, and also the best example of them, ever. How are they the worst and the best examples? They are the…

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Not too much to tell with this weigh in. This past weekend we went down to Hershey and actually went to the park. Ice cream, chocolate, ham burgers, french fries, beer, and hoagies (or subs as some of us classify them) contributed to me not losing any weight, but I didn’t gain any either. I…

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[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Another moth and not to be confused with the huge moth that was on our porch in May of this year. Mike and I were headed to lunch at [Lunkerz Deli](http://local.yahoo.com/details?id=12105476&stx=&csz=Clifford PA) and Mike spotted this fella on the porch. Large Tolype – Tolype velleda I had to do some extensive searching…

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Sixteen full weeks of being on the diet. I never ever thought I’d get this far, have this type of response, and this type of personal success. I encourage anyone that has been thinking about starting a diet to do so, going in with the frame of mind that losing weight is not an extremely…

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Food, wine, shopping, white water rafting, friends, kids, family, and sun is what made up what will most likely be one of our last (if not the last) weekends of the summer. What I mean be "last" is that the rest of our summer weekends are jammed full of mostly indoor activities, and by the…

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I woke up earlier this week to read an announcement on TUG by Josue about the Keyword Assistant for iPhoto had been updated for the latest version of iPhoto and for Intel-based Macintoshes. I was thrilled! But then it dawned on me the task that was ahead of me. I had been without the Keyword…

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For anyone trying to access TUG, sorry. I have learned my lesson and will never digg anything ever again. Valueless traffic, that shuts your site down until the spike disappears. Lesson learned. Update: The site is back up, thanks to John K. and helping me get some caching setup. [tags]tug, digg, theubergeeks[/tags]

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Without a doubt, I’m not being as strict as I used to be on my diet. I’m eating slightly more, and sometimes it isn’t the best of foods. My metabolism is much higher than it used to be, and my activity level is as well. All of this contributes to me being able to be…

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I’m sad for 9rules.com For those that do not know, 9rules.com is currently down due to a mishap at our registrar. Please know it is being worked on – and I’ll try to keep you updated from here. Update 8:28am EST: Oh, please help spread that news that 9rules is not closing its doors or…

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We (meaning Mike and I), just got finished with a first pass of a WordPress plugin that we’ve called Happy Pals that will automatically find the REL attributes in your posts, and assign the appropriate classes to those links. This way, you can style links to your friends differently than you do links to anywhere…

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It isn’t often enough that the friends we create in this online world are met in real life. Earlier this year I was able to meet with Mike Rundle, and now I’ve finally gotten to meet another Mike. Mike and I have been chatting online since he started leaving comments on The uber geeks back…

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Mike, Chris, and I This will be a quick weigh in, being that Mike is in town. Last week I was 192.2 pounds, while this week I’m down 2 pounds at 190.2 pounds. These last pounds seem to be more difficult – so I’m going to put in a slightly more concerted effort over the…

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And I completely agree with this. Everywhere I look I see people breathing heavy because they had to bend down to pick up the cookies on the bottom shelf at Walmart. I’m just happy I’m no longer one of them, and neither are several other people. Help reverse the trend, join the diet. [tags]diet, the-diet[/tags]

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Last week I was 192.2 pounds, this week I’m 192.0 pounds. Am I discouraged? Not in the least, listen to the week I had. Tuesday of last week, weigh in day, Eliza and I drove to New Jersey to visit with some family. We at mall food-court food, and Friendly’s Ice Cream. Then on the…

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Occasionally when we’ve got a group of guys/gals over, we do the Pictionary thing. More often than not, we split the teams up by guys and gals. This definitely gives the girls an unfair advantage (women are telepathic you know), but sometimes us guys just absolutely crush the ladies. Thought I’d share some photos of…

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I set the goal to run a mile before today because I figured it was a good idea to set goals. If I didn’t make it I could have said "Well, I tried. And at least I’m a better jogger now than I was when I started." And I kept telling myself that even up…

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For those that do not know Eliza’s track record, allow me to simply tell you that she is far better at gift giving than I am. She’s incredibly thoughtful, and when she gives gifts she has the ability to hone in on one’s desires better than anyone I’ve ever known. Obviously, I’m biased. But there’s…

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So, how much should you weigh? Obviously the numbers vary slightly depending on age and sex, but the following equation should help you to determine if you are within range of being considered medically healthy. First, you must figure out what your BMI is. Your Body Mass Index can help you to determine whether a…

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Twelve weeks! It seems like only yesterday that I began my diet. Actually, I thought for sure that I would end up quitting before reaching any of my goals. I guess I showed myself! On May 30th I set the goal to be 190 pounds. As of last week I was 194.4 pounds. This week…

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Eleven weeks and still going strong. Although I missed one day worth of exercise, which was replaced with eating, drinking, and being merry – I still did fairly well. Last week, I weighed in at 197.2 pounds. This week I’m 194.4 pounds for a loss of 2.8 pounds, and I’m really happy with this result.…

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I’ve set and exceeded many goals over the last few months, why not add one more? Last night Chris and I went for a run, and while he had no trouble with the effort at all, I had absolutely no desire to run the entire mile. My lungs didn’t burn, my legs didn’t give out,…

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My site doesn’t look like your typical blog. A typical blog layout usually consists of a date oriented archive structure, a categorical listing of posts, etc. I’m not too huge a fan of these means of taxonomy. Not that they are bad or don’t work, I just prefer a flat, miscellanea pile of tags rather…

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"This week, I see a ton of articles saying WWDC 2006 is a disappointment, and even speculating that maybe Steve Jobs is sick. I simply don’t have words for this. Leopard is still three quarters away. There’s a LOT of work to do, yet. At the keynote, everybody got a sneak-peak at some of the…

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"So, what’d you do this week?" – Random passerby. Well, I’m glad you asked! Because what I’ve done this week, as well as most of the past ten weeks, has really helped me with my diet. I’ve had many discussions over the last ten weeks with people on and off the diet. Many people agree,…

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I have two main requests to all dieters. The first would be to make an effort to sign up to our Flickr group before the weigh in on week ten. Flickr accounts are free, and they never ever send you email so do not be worried about spam. The second request I’ve posted in our…

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Spending five days outdoors, sleeping "on the ground", and dealing with nature may not appeal to some – but I thoroughly enjoy it. Sure, some of the amenities of home invariably end up coming with us, but I still consider it roughing it compared to my daily lifestyle. Yearly camping trips seem to be the…

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Playing frisbee Recently, we’ve started playing ultimate frisbee. Just before camping we decided to give this game a whirl, and ended up playing until it was too dark to play. While we were camping we played a little frisbee every day we were there. While camping though, Bryan decided to pull a Jet Lee on…

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As you might have read in the Flickr group, I went to a fair and a baseball game this week. Both of which would have normally been events that I’d indulge in eating as much food as I could afford, along with beer. But I was able to refrain from my gluttonous past tendencies. However,…

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For anyone that checks my site, or will check my site, to see what is up with 9rules.com being down, it is due to a large scale power outage, in combination with a few generators becoming flame-throwers. So, it will be back up as soon as they can get everything together. Side note: The team…

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This is just a real quick update, as I am going to wait until week ten for another photo and an update of greater detail. We went camping for five days, we had to drive a friend back and forth to Newark, New Jersey, and we had a little shindig in said friend’s honor prior…

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On June 6th I announced my first "milestone goal" of wanting to be weigh 210lbs. by today (July 18th). This week I’m going on a camping trip, so I thought it’d be something to shoot for. Last week I explained how elated I’d be if I were to see the scale read anything under 210lbs.…

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Can you believe we’re at six weeks already? I can’t. Most of us have come a long way in many ways. We’ve lost weight, changed our attitudes, and broke bad habits. I can’t wait to see what the next few months bring when a pretty sizable percentage of those of us on the list reach…

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Here is the shirt that I wore to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. "Davy Jones owes me Five Bucks!" Eliza, being the ultimate Jack Sparrow fan (read: Johnny Depp infatuation), wore her own custom tshirt to the premier. "Mrs. Jack Sparrow" I believe in retrospect, Eliza would have rather written "Mrs. Captain Jack…

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This week was an unusual one. Even with recent flooding, we were knocked off our normal exercise routine due to many people going away for the holiday, parks being closed for festivities, and me injuring my hamstring. My results for this week are not solely based on the amount of exercise for this week, though.…

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Every Spring our area experiences water run-off from the Winter snow, which usually causes flooding in low laying areas. Being at nearly the top of what is a fairly high mountain range, we do not see any real damaging effects of this run-off – but we surely see the water rushing by. And "the valley"…

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You may notice that my web site has some new digs. Something that is probably obvious to you, is that I am not completely done with the home page, but the improvements that the theme brings to the table are too valuable not to launch it just a bit early. One of the biggest complaints…

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The governor of Pennsylvania stated that: "We dodged a bullet.". And I definitely agree. Levees were tested to their max, rescue workers were tasked, and several people were tested to see if they’d heed the direction of local government to save their own lives. If you have no idea what I am talking about, you…

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I’ve gotten a few comments on my efforts so far, both on the Internet and in person. These are very heartwarming and I thank everyone for sharing those sentiments with me. However, I figured maybe we could try to compliment each other in this thread, and perhaps tell those that have effected us most, how…

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For those of you not living anywhere near the Northeast, or that do not catch the headlines, we’re at the tail end of a five day flood. Normally, we get hit with flooding a few times a year. Nothing severe usually, since much of the area I live in is thousands of feet above sea…

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After my minor set back, when I gained three pounds in a week, I decided to take this diet much more seriously. I started to focus more on small victories rather than dramatic results. And boy has it paid off. My goal is to lose three pounds each week. My focus should be on two…

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