Word on the web is that News Corp is in talks to purchase Digg for $150MDigg has been in talks about acquisition with several companies, News Corp is just one of them. Rumors say negotiations have not been able to settle on a number higher then $150M so Digg may instead go into a second…
Month: October 2006
Season Shot
Sometimes two ideas go great together. Sometimes they are just down right freaky!I present to you Season Shot!This one caught me by surprise. I’m reminded of the old Peanut Butter Cup commercials:”You got chocolate in my peanut butter!””You got peanut butter on my chocolate!”What this company has done is combined the act of seasoning your…
The $5,000 Recessed Ceiling Lights
This is a true story as related to me by a co-worker.One day, my 25 year old son, who still lives at home, offered me a “gift.””Hey dad, I got a couple of extra recessed ceiling lights left over from a job, what if I install them in the basement rec-room for you?”I should have…
Breeding with Jolly: The Sassy Vaporeons
My first article is going to cover the raising of two Vaporeons.These two Vaporeons were hatched from eggs and evolved with Water Stones before gaining a single experience point. Both of their natures are Sassy and they were hatched with nearly identical scores.Vaporean #2 was fed 8 Zinc and 8 Calcium to boost his Special…
Is TWiT headed for the Can?
Everyone knows Leo Laporte’s closing line on TWiTAnother Twit, is in the can.But, is TWiT headed for the proverbial “round file” can?Leo posted this on his TWiT blog:It’s not I who want to take a break. I’m here every week ready to record, edit, and post a show. I gladly put in more time on…
Handy Linux Trick: Top+Kill
Ever have a program in X go wrong and blank your screen? This handy Linux tip should help.The other night I was trying to get some fan-sub anime to play on my Linux box but it was encoded in xvid and I did not feel like taking the time to check which player was setup…
Meet Jolly, our newest writer
Hello everyone, my name is Jolly and I’m a Pokemon breeder.I will be writing a series of articles on how to properly breed your Pokemon.I will be covering such topics as:NaturesVitaminsEggsEgg MovesHappinessWhen to EvolvePokeBlockI will try to make each article short and to the point. Cooments will be active for all articles and I suggest…
New Website Designed: Teriknipe.com
I recently completed designing a very simple website for one of my friends. I used CMS Made Simple.In my spare time (when I’m not blogging) I do some website design work.I don’t use Flash or Java or any of the super-duper new technologies. I prefer to work with good old HTML and CSS. Believe it…
Google Analytics
I’m trying to put the Google Analytics service through it’s paces.Please click through my site and I will post charts and a write-up in a few days.It’s been running for about 12 hours and I’m starting to get some results.I still need some more data before I can post screen caps.So far it is a…
Crazy Egg, a new way to track web visitors
While visiting John Chow dot Com I read about an interesting service that tracks what visitors do on your site.The Service is called Crazy Egg. What the service does is track where visitors are clicking on your website.Now, an astute webmaster may say, “I can just check my server logs for that sort of information,”…
Why iTunes will never come to Linux
iTunes is one of the most requested applications for Linux. Everything else that you use a computer for can be done on Linux. There are alternatives to iTunes for Linux, but sometimes you want the real thing. I don’t think it will ever happen and here is why…When it comes to buying a computer the…
Interested in a Bengal Cat?
I found this website for a Bengal cattery in Norway and I have to share it with all of you.As many of you know from reading my blog, I’m a huge cat fan. I have six cats and love them all dearly. As much as I would love to have a Bengal cat I know…