tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58553592024-11-01T04:01:49.621-05:00These are my thoughts and observations as I meander through life and across the web...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-24951080302980984802013-09-15T16:08:00.001-05:002013-09-15T16:08:22.363-05:00

I love pickles, always have, but they're REALLY bad for you. All store-bought pickles have HORRIBLY high sodium content and sugar content, even if they're not sweet pickles. I've looked up recipes to make my own, and it's the same for homemade pickles if you're making them and canning. I know the salt is a preservative, but I have no idea why a jar of pickles has more sugar than a soft drink.

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Looking at my scary-thing-of-the-day calendar, i see that independent studies have evidently concluded that consumers are most likely to be exposed to high levels of pesticides via bell peppers, celery, carrots, lettuce, potatoes and kale. This makes sense, as these are all either root vegetables, which would absorb the pesticides in their root, or vegetables that have a high water content but

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0Lamar 5321 Corporate Boulevard, Baton Rouge30.425563 -91.134372tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-73146809639220895832013-03-06T22:29:00.001-06:002013-03-06T22:29:37.399-06:00

By day, I am a programmer at Lamar Advertising. We recently did our own Harlem Shake video, partially for the exercise (we've got a wellness challenge thing going on) - and partly just for fun. Well, it was a lot of fun - and a surprising amount of exercise, to boot. Noteworthy things about this particular video? I'm in it, for one - I'm wearing a "I'm blogging this"* T-Shirt and a Bumble-bee

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0Lamar Advertising Corporate Office30.4249764 -91.13509039999996730.4249229 -91.135169399999967 30.4250299 -91.135011399999968tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-84845028655542598282012-07-11T14:52:00.000-05:002012-07-12T18:35:27.380-05:00

I'm reaching out to the folks in Little Rock, Arkansas, using a new special digital billboard advertising program offered by Lamar Outdoor Advertising, Lamar Postr (LamarPostr.com) to introduce them to Game Vortex. If you're in Little Rock, you might have seen any of these messages. This is just the beginning of the advertisement campaign, so they're just teasers, so far... Got game? - Game

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I wear T-shirts. Pretty much exclusively. I often get compliments on the T-shirts that I wear, as I usually go for shirts that are a bit quirky, humorous and witty. Some of them are down-right punny. I usually get my shirts from TeeFury or, occasionally, at Shirt.Woot, but I never really check out Threadless, even though I've heard of them before. For both of you who also suffer from this

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Okay, so I'm not the most wired-in person when it comes to music... especially trends taking place across the pond. Heck, I'm still greatly enthralled by Hot Buttered's Popcorn. However, I have recently discovered Dub Step (or, more likely and more often, Bro Step, which, as I understand it, is what we in America** think is Dub Step, but its bass fails to get into the truly sub-base range.)

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-84510301681044887892011-10-22T16:57:00.000-05:002011-10-22T16:58:19.890-05:00

I've worked a lot of different places in a lot of different capacities in my life so far. I've worked as an apprentice private investigator, as a telemarketer and as a computer consultant. I have operated a snocone stand and a video game review websites. I've worked at Autozone, Wal*mart, K-Mart and Service Merchandise. I learned something everywhere I went. One of the things that I learned

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-85190065707408748452011-10-01T18:32:00.000-05:002011-10-01T18:32:04.680-05:00

So, I just read an article on Daily Finance entitled, "Sony Spits on Innovation." No, they don't do so physically (I checked)... it's a metaphor for the fact that Sony's response to having their gaming network (the PlayStation Network - or "PSN") hacked to heck and back is to slap a Bandaid on it and then make everyone who uses it agree that they won't sue if the network gets hacked again.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-40827414398406097572011-09-15T10:58:00.000-05:002011-09-15T10:58:26.649-05:00

I can ALMOST see it... Today's Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic (SMBC-Comics.com) depicts a bunch of nerds (what is a group of us called, exactly?) trying to employ the "pinhole trick" of reducing the direction of incoming light to remove the need for focusing to look at their own noses, which, typically, are too close to be successfully focused by the eye. Actually, this works... or

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-7488679846859956852011-08-14T21:05:00.001-05:002011-08-14T21:05:22.249-05:00

I have a copy of Visual Studio. From quite some time ago. As in Pre-dot-net. I have, however, grown quite accustomed to C# and find that I can program quickly in it. At least, I can with a full-fledged version of Visual Studio. I am working on a top-secret personal project, however, and I'm using Visual C# 2010 Express to develop it. So far. It's great that there is a free version for

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-54456722080752415882011-06-27T23:27:00.000-05:002011-06-27T23:27:49.495-05:00

So, UFC Personal Trainer came in for review on the Xbox 360 with Kinect. I asked for this when I saw a short write up in a magazine for it, thinking it would be exactly what I needed to whip myself into shape. At least I got the "whipped" part right. The first time I started a "Quick Workout," I had to exit out of it. I couldn't get through the warmup. Since then, I've tried some of the

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-11184208299635668092011-05-17T10:43:00.003-05:002011-05-17T10:52:15.328-05:00

Here's some advice from the past for anyone who owns a Daewoo Lanos (and, perhaps, other models)...I found that a certain cheap, readily available door panel remover tool from AutoZone allowed quick and easy removal of my old fuel filter. (I had previously attemted to remove it with everything from a wrench to a piece of cardboard cut in the shape of a KM-475-B, but to no avail.Read the full

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-54668218011108084572011-02-20T14:40:00.004-06:002011-03-22T09:34:00.451-05:00

IBM creates an artificial intelligence able to take on the best human players in a linguistically challenging game - Jeopardy.Check it out:Jeopardy Feb. 14 2011 (HDTV) - Watson vs Ken Jennings vs Brad Rutter IBM Challenge Day 1 Part 1/2Jeopardy Feb. 14 2011 (HDTV) - Watson vs Ken Jennings vs Brad Rutter IBM Challenge Day 1 Part 2/2Jeopardy Feb. 15 2011 (HDTV) - Watson vs Ken Jennings vs Brad

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-18099684991497688132011-02-20T13:05:00.005-06:002011-02-26T12:16:56.867-06:00

If you're not familiar with the work of OK, Go, you're in for a treat. This band is fairly straightforward pop, but they have some of the most fantastic videos.One of their early videos that got a lot of attention was their Here It Goes Again, which feature the band members performing imaginative choreography on several treadmills - all in one take.OK Go - White Knuckles (Official Video)OK Go -

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-59546269193950935022011-02-20T12:57:00.003-06:002011-02-20T13:05:44.497-06:00

My friend and fellow Game Vortex review, J.R. Nip, has said for quite some time that he hates YouTube. I thought that was funny, but understood much more when he finally explained that the reason he hates YouTube is because he can end up stuck there for hours on end, following one link to the next, and that most of the content is utter crap, but, occasionally, some of the stuff there is, well,

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-43299044920960198662011-01-25T23:38:00.006-06:002011-01-26T00:12:10.206-06:00

I'm a geek. I'm a nerd. Perhaps that's why I love xkcd so much. It's difficult to make it through Tuesdays and Thursdays as I wait to get my dose of xkcd on the next day.A good deal of the humor is in the observations; there are a lot of really good thoughts that go into the making of xkcd. Another slice is the sheer simplicity of the artwork used to portray the humor - sometimes it's stick

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-45037925909004052402010-11-04T18:28:00.003-05:002010-11-04T19:37:10.138-05:00

Yes, I admit it... Epic Fail.I could complain about my wife being out of town and, therefore, not only not able to help me with my Venom costume, but causing me to be distracted, as I don't operate well (at all) when she's not around.I could also blame the time I spent on reviewing stuff for the websites or helping to run the ACM Regional Programming Competition at LSU, but that would be unseemly

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-71845711231165621062010-10-28T08:16:00.003-05:002010-10-28T08:28:48.187-05:00

Well, actually, Head and Chest... Last night I didn't find much time at all to work on my Venom costume, so most of the work is going to be done tonight when I get home. What does that mean for drying times? Eh... flying by the seat of my pants, as usual on these projects; we'll have to see what develops...Speaking of the seat of my pants, I sliced open an old jumpsuit from waist up to middle

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-41046834720005970382010-10-26T21:53:00.003-05:002010-10-26T22:13:10.851-05:00

I found a suitable rubber snake! After searching around Baton Rouge and finding snakes that were either not rubber, too expensive, too small or too flimsy, I found nearly the perfect thing at Party Time on Bluebonnet. This snake is not as thick as I was originally looking for, but it is three feet long and is made of a very "springy" rubber, such that a slight motion will start if bouncing and

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-76460933509569233152010-10-25T11:24:00.007-05:002010-10-26T22:13:59.403-05:00

Venom's head, like his body, is larger than a human's, with an exaggerated, over-sized mouth. To create this head, I plan to incorporate a baseball cap (as the upper half of the mouth and a custom made jaw made of a metal coat hanger that hangs from the cap, forms the outline of the jawline and serves as an infrastructure for the jaw.This image (Created by Andre Holzmeister) is what inspired me

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-81697083844857205282010-10-24T20:44:00.008-05:002010-10-24T21:41:06.668-05:00

So, it's almost that time again. Time to put together a costume for Halloween. Last year, I put together a fairly decent Daft Punk costume, in what I decided to term "80%" fashion. That is, I try to rough in the idea and get it to a good looking, recognizable appearance, without worrying about 100% accuracy. For example, my Daft Punk costume consisted of a leather jacket, pleather pants, leather

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-10923794530439505232010-10-19T10:45:00.001-05:002010-10-26T12:47:03.432-05:00

The best of both worlds, in one awesome T-Shirt...The Millennium Enterprise, anyone? - At TeeFury... , but Gone in 24hours! | TeeFury

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-53184549285341082892010-10-08T09:48:00.005-05:002010-10-08T10:53:00.131-05:00

It's that time again. The temperature's dropping, the air is crisp and you can stay outside for more that an hour without catching flame... and you know what that means, right?That's right it's time again for the Renaissance Fair. Time to dig out my Tunic and hat, and, perhaps, whip up a dress for the missus.Anyone in my area that is considering going to the Louisiana Renaissance Festival this

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-13206087140470435782010-08-16T08:52:00.001-05:002010-08-16T08:53:42.260-05:00

Need to replace text in a JavaScript string? Use string.replace and you're done. Unless, of course, there are multiple instances to be replaced, since the string.replace() function only replaces the first occurrence.I had that problem, and found Brandino's article, JavaScript String Replace All to be just the trick.It seems that you can use a regular expression as the target of the string.replace

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950120528170351682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855359.post-51834713549951375902010-08-06T08:56:00.001-05:002010-08-06T08:59:26.644-05:00

Found this neat how to article via HackADay.com...Designing Lego Mindstorms NXT sensors - Stew’s Spot...pretty neat... If only I could find some free time...

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