Posted in General on Dec 26th, 2009
Upgraded my Wordpress install to the latest, and my theme started throwing errors on every page. I added a comment to the first line of every PHP page, and that fixed it. I don’t know why it fixed it. It shouldn’t have done anything at all, but whatever.
Posted in General on Nov 14th, 2009
My computer suddenly lost its wireless network card. I jostled, rebooted, even fixed permissions. Nothing. So, I cracked it to reseat the card. In the process I dropped one of those teeny, tiny little screws. I peered, brushed, even got a magnet. I found a rock, some bits of wood, some lint, something I couldn’t [...]
Posted in General on Oct 17th, 2009
Saw a dude at Supercuts getting a mohawk. Now, if you want a mohawk, that’s fine, and Supercuts is OK (though they feel overpriced to me these days). But a mohawk at Supercuts?! I can’t make those things fit together in my brain.
Posted in General on Sep 25th, 2009
Buy New Microwave – Open Box, Floor Model Woo Hoo, Deal!
Try to Cram Microwave in Car
Carry Microwave Upstairs
Discover Microwave Didn’t Include Mounting Plate – Boo, Not Such a Deal!
Back to Store – We’ll FedEx You a New One
Start Marking Wall
Drive to Home Depot for Stud Finder
Find 7 Different Places for Stud Edge
What?! I need [...]
Posted in General on Aug 24th, 2009
Go to Conditional Formatting, set the drop down to Formula is: =MOD(ROW(),2)=0 That will apply your selected format to odd rows.
Nice. From Five Favorite Excel Tips
Posted in General on Aug 17th, 2009
Over the weekend, I went to the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, CA. It’s free on Sundays since Target is sponsoring them, which certainly bumped up their goodwill with me. I’d never been to that museum before, but I really liked it. It’s not too big, and the art is all really [...]
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Posted in General on Jul 20th, 2009
Spent Saturday night in the desert photography stars. It was too dark to see the insects (or whatever) that were biting me, but I’m fairly sure they must have been mildly venomous. I just wish I’d gotten visions and super powers out of the deal instead of itching and pain.
Posted in General on Jun 27th, 2009
http://www.flippingtypical.com is an interesting idea. It detects the fonts you have loaded on your computer and then displays them all in a web page. I have software for font selection and management, but there’s something about a web page that feels easy.
Posted in General on Feb 18th, 2009
Here is the travelogue I promised from my road trip through the Southern US.