August 2007 - Posts
My 9-year-old daughter just came into my office and said, "Dad, I was talking to my friend on the phone for 40 minutes. Can you believe it?" I replied, "You are getting more and more like your mother every day." Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | kick it! | live it!
I have used IPChicken for several years to quickly figure out what my public facing IP address is. I know that isn't very geeky, but it is very "webby" - maybe I'm more of a webophile than a true geek. But enough of my self-analysis... for me it was all about ease. It is very easy for me to remember "www.ipchicken.com ". To tell you the truth I can't even think of another way to look up my external IP address - that's how long I've been using the site. This morning I was pointed to another site along...
My blog posts are all over the map. The last one was about Popeye's vs Hooters' Buffalo Shrimp , the one before that about Community Server theming , some about web development, some about pet projects, some about my family, some about cooking, fantasy football, etc. The reason that my posts are all over the map is because I'm all over the map - I have my hands in a little bit of everything. I have a variety of interests, I like trying new things, and I'm willing to try anything once. One thing I...
Hooters' Buffalo Shrimp: freakin' delicious - my favorite thing on the menu. Popeye's new Buffalo Shrimp : not so much. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | kick it! | live it!
Following the lead of Jose , Jayme (one of the newest CS Team members) and Kevin ... My three entries for the Community Server 2007 Theming Extravaganza were all blog themes. SnowScene is a fairly simple alteration of the Vanilla theme that adds a background image and some transparency to provide a Vista-ish look. It is actually a theme I started ( and blogged about ) well before CS 2007 was released. SnowFlakes is based on a template I saw on OpenDesigns.org ( and blogged about in April ). This...