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Archive for April, 2004

The Ebay Link Of The Day

Tuesday, April 27th, 2004

“The hit counter is starting to look like the odometer in my truck! Not the new shiny black full-size 4-wheel-drive American pick-up that I had to part with, but the somewhat older, multicolored, lumpy, tiny, 2-wheel-drive foreign pick-up that belches smoke.”
This and more here. Read the whole thing. But hurry. The auction […]

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New Poll Question

Monday, April 26th, 2004

In light of the new investigation into the death of Princess Diana almost seven years ago, I’ve added a new poll. If it doesn’t show up in the voting box, keep hitting refresh until it comes up. Share your opinion.

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An Interesting Look At Some Stats

Monday, April 26th, 2004

I’ve always been fascinated by statistics, and the Control Panel for my web hosting has several popular web statistics generating packages built into it.
It’s always interesting to know who comes to the site, and how many people from where. It’s easy to think that it’s “just a few people I know” that come here, […]

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Stand Down From Red Alert

Monday, April 26th, 2004

My web host has advised me that the transfer between the two servers has completed with nary a glitch… except my hit counter getting reset. I think I can fix that.
[Addendum: I looked through my various stat reports for a number that most closely resembled where the counter was before the move. […]

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I just got a note from our illustrious web host informing me that the server is being upgraded and that things are going to be “moved around” a bit in the near future. They are hoping everything will be seamless, but if the road gets a little bumpy in the next 48 hours or […]

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A Correction To An Earlier Blog Entry

Sunday, April 25th, 2004

In an earlier entry, I reported that the Rio Taxi mp3 player would not function as a USB thumb drive. I was kinda sorta wrong.
Yes, you can transfer files of any type onto a Rio Fuse with minimal effort.
However, you have to use the Rio Taxi program (freely available from their website) to “taxi” […]

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… or the battle of dumb against smart.
… or the battle of useful versus useless.
The analogies are endless. And I’ve let this sit for a few days so I can rant cohesively, and hopefully not get too wound up.
Matty has effectively sang the praises of our web host. I don’t need to re-invent […]

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