My dad has been in off-and-on declining physical health since I was a little kid. He dealt with depression and some other things when I was in middle school. Around sophomore year of high school, he got into a car accident and had to go to the hospital. While he was there they gave him…
Beer and the Man-Hug
In Holland where Heineken is made, the saying is “Get the head right and the rest will follow,” a pun on the way the beer is served, with a large, frothy head. While I’m a dark beer drinker myself, my very first beer was a Heineken, which should show you how effective marketing can be.…
Congratulations! You’ve Won Teh Interwebz!
The internet is so great. It’s one of the single most expressive inventions of mankind. Since the limit on it’s growth is the bandwidth availability of each person’s network provider and the hard drive space on the web servers they upload to, there’s plenty of room for everyone to have their say. No matter what.…
Summer Party Plans
This Friday is pay day, and that’s always exciting. I’m paying bills, going on a date on Saturday, but then I want to (cost-effectively) throw some sort of a small party for people who are still around this summer. (When you live near a college campus and a lot of your friends are college students,…
Maybe a Home Owner After All
The house I was looking to buy the other week, but decided not to, actually went down in price. The owners decided to make an offer to me that was significantly lower than the market listing. I’ve since gone to my Mom’s house and retrieved last year’s taxes, and I have my two pay stubs…
Officially Registered for the GMAT
I am officially signed up for the GMAT, which I need good scores on to get into Grad school. I have applied, and they contacted me and said they needed my scores, so I’m taking it. I didn’t realize this was a $250 test until the other week. That’s a huge chunk out of my…
What Information Do You Protect?
How often do you, in the course of your employment, come across personal data such as social security numbers, addresses, DOBs (date of birth), or financial records? In my line of work as a tech support analyst, we often look at personal data either because we need to identify someone before doing a password reset,…
Best Blog Ad Solution?
With the announcement I made earlier about having ditched Entrecard (incidentally, since clearing my Ad queue, I suddenly have over 30+ ad requests per day. Entrecard users, give up. I’m not putting my badge back up, and you should actually look at a site before you advertise with them.), it occurs to me I’d still…
See Where Your Web Host Stands
It’s important when choosing your Web Host, a place that will serve up your web site’s pages, that you choose one that is going to be able to grow with you. “If you build it, they will come,” is often the mantra of young start-ups trying to make it on the internet, but it’s true…
Good to Know: How Long Will You Survive in Space?
My results: Congrats! You could survive for 1 minute 23 seconds ! In the first 30 seconds any fluid on the surface of your body would begin to boil due to lack of ambient pressure, this includes the saliva on your tongue and the moisture in your eyes. Your eardrums would most likely burst due…