Anyone who isn’t a full fledged computer nut (or someone who does this for a living… I at least fit both categories) can move on to some of my other posts below (World Cup Part 3 for example). However, if you aren’t phased, please continue. Why has no one done a one to one port [...]
Categories: computers
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- 6.30.2006 – 8:10 pm
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- By Mark
My little contribution to the Canvas community. This plugin uses the Del.icio.us javascript link roll interface to display your del.icio.us links as a block in Canvas. Download Updated 6.30.06 Download it here: delicious_v1.zip Installation Simply unzip the two files into your wp-content/plugins/Canvas/plugins directory, and then go to Block Management and rescan. The block is filed [...]
Categories: website dev
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- 6.29.2006 – 9:12 pm
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- By Mark
Round of 16 As we conclude Group Play and almost conclude the knock out round, a bit of reflection is in order before we get to the recaps. I personally don’t like FIFA’s blanket stance on trying to cut down on agressive play with the abundance of yellow/red cards. There have been two refs that [...]
Categories: sports
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- 6.28.2006 – 9:14 pm
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- By Mark
Round 1 – Part 1 (Continued) Spain 4 – Ukraine 0 The past few Cups must have been really hard on Spain fans. They always look so good, and then just seem to lay an egg. They certainly looked a lot better this time around. And at least the US won’t have laid the worst [...]
Categories: sports
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- 6.17.2006 – 7:59 pm
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- By Mark
‘But the hour cometh, and now is’ – John 4:23 March Madness is like Christmas come early. I get goose bumps with the build up of the conference tournaments. March is a special month. The 65-team single elimination format is one of the most exciting things in sports. However, I side with the rest of [...]
Categories: sports
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- 6.14.2006 – 10:19 pm
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- By Mark
Check this out! This guy is simply a freak of nature. That is some serious force perspective stuff! Along the same lines the French artist Felice Varini (more here) does some incredible things as well. I think a lot of his stuff could be acomplished with a laser leveler, but it is still quite remarkable. [...]
Categories: random
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- 6.8.2006 – 8:12 pm
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I believe Ebert’s quote sums it up nicely. In 39 years, I have never written these words in a movie review, but here they are: You owe it to yourself to see this film. If you do not, and you have grandchildren, you should explain to them why you decided not to. On multiple levels, [...]
Categories: movies
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- 6.5.2006 – 5:58 pm
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- By Mark