Archive for the ‘General’ Category

How much do you care?

Pet peeve time. How much do you care? Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

Hide Facebook Ask Friends And Places Posts

If you’re like me, you use Facebook. A lot. I work from home, so there are some days that it’s the closest thing to real socialization I get to do. Even still, there are things about Facebook which drive me nuts. The newest of these annoyances is the new polls or “Ask Friends” posts that [...]

You Spent Our Money On WHAT?!

One of the biggest hurdles in a lot of relationships is money and budgeting. A lot of our friends are younger than us and we see/overhear the same conversations over and over again: “I paid for dinner last night, you should pay tonight.” “Yeah, but I bought groceries today.” “You only bought $20 worth of [...]

Fixing the Woot Watcher Firefox Add-on

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One of my favorite add-on’s for Firefox is Woot Watcher. Displaying the current woot, it’s usually just a small convenience since there’s only one item a day. During Woot-Offs, however, this is an invaluable add-on. No more keeping a separate window open and refreshing it. No more forgetting to check to see if those damned [...]

The Alton Brown Cooking Project

While I have a very open mind and am open to trying new things – I’m often just a creature of habit. Often times, if I have few or no restrictions, I feel suffocated and just go with old standbys. This is especially true with food. I can’t tell you how often I just don’t [...]

Oh my god, that’s butter!

Today was our annual trip to the Strawberry Festival in Plant City, FL. It’s our annual “undo all our exercise day” where we eat all sorts of horribly delicious foods that should probably come with a free trip to the emergency room. Here are the major highlights. Click the thumbnails to view the larger versions. [...]

Ghost In The Machine

The big application I’ll be working on for my job will be extremely expansive and far too large and complex for all of the components to be embedded. To prepare for this, I started playing with the ModuleLoader class on Friday. I had a working understanding of it by the end of the day on [...]

Hello world!

I’ve decided to start a regular blog to track my experience as I learn Flex/Actionscript. As much as I’ve hated Flash historically, who ever thought that I’d be willingly learning Actionscript – much less liking it? Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about [...]