Those of us in Maryland may remember the hurricane season of 2003, which gave us the wonders of Hurricane Isabel:


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While we didn't get devastation or catastrophic results like the wrath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (My heart still goes out to all the families and people affected by that storm!), we are still gearing up for our next storm: Tropical Storm Hanna


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I really hope I don't have to remove the carefully placed metal stakes in the ground and transport my backyard windmill into the garage again! I'd also like to miss out on being without power for several days (followed by subsequent, intermittent Internet outages that my provider was unable to explain, determine a tentative fix date and unwilling to credit the bill for the outage). Ironically, I had a 2 minute power outage today; my UPS saved my computer from total loss of power, yay.

Abrupt end of entry... now.

You never know when you're going to get it. It took my Uncle Ron 63 years, but he made the news in his town by catching an Alligator when he was out fishing.

No lie; here's the link: Gallery @ Newsday.com

Congrats!

When Millennium Digital Media became Broadstripe, they somehow magically increased my approximate 6mbps Internet connection to 16mbps: yay. I felt the need to take the below screenshot of my download speed from nVidia:

I understand the reasons why they exist and yes, I even use some. Unfortunately, there are a ton of applications that to me are either useless, stupid, or immature. Some of them reek of spyware, too. I try to be careful about who/what I let "know who I am and access my information".


The options presented when adding an application.

You will notice below the applications I have added to my Facebook profile:



And below you will find the absolutely inane amount of applications added by a person who shall remain nameless:


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Am I the only one who thinks this is absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary?

In an effort to clean up my blog, all older, non-relevant or useless entries were archived. I apologize if this screws up the RSS feed in any way.

This borders on the line of one of the most amazing feats of computing I have ever seen in my approximate 15 years of computer use.

Bernie Mac died.

CNN link: http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/09/obit.bernie.mac.ap/index.html

Rest in peace, Mr. Mac.

I've noticed a large amount of requests and hits to my site from officedepot.com domains and IP addresses lately.

In response: Anyone who attempts to access my website via an Office Depot hostname or public IP will be greeted with the following page:

I chose honesty and integrity over lying and covering my own ass; although you accused me of having neither. When all is said and done, I will be the victor regardless of the outcome, because I, unlike you, conduct myself as a mature, intelligent human being. I'm a fairly smart individual and, this may come as a surprise---I can see right through you. Your Mickey Mouse operation will soon be exposed.

I hear that you've been bragging about what you've done; that I wasn't cautious or careful enough and you caught me? Congratulations. Lesser men will brag to hide their childish, shrew-like nature. Your repeated attempts at intimidation have done nothing but fuel the fire that will set you ablaze and char your good name to ash.

You dared me to lie, but I did not, and will never give you the gift of a subterfuge.

It's okay, you didn't believe me to begin with. Because you caught me, right?

Here is the 4th installment of my "Real Men Of Parking Genius" series! All of these were taken by me.


#11 - Columbia, MD (Snowden Square United Artist Theatres)


#12 - Glen Burnie, MD (Friendly's; Parked in the "no parking" yellow lined section)


#13 - Eastern Shore, MD (Produce Stand on RT50; parked randomly crooked, nowhere near a marked spot)