>Hello faithful readers. I am working on a new web project that involves cats.If you are a (remotely) famous cat owner please send me an email to steve at hmtk dot com and let me know who you are and what kind of cat you have.I hope to launch in a month or so.– HMTKSteve
Year: 2007
Toilet Spy and other strangeness
I found this image on flickr today while searching for images tagged “Spy”. It is from an employee-only men’s bathroom in a Berlin office building. I wonder if there is another wall like this in the ladies room?This ice toilet was setup by Microsoft, to promote Windows Vista, in Dundas Square I can’t say that…
How I spent my Father’s Day
Because I am a father I get to benefit from the holiday known as Father’s Day. On this day we honor our fathers. We do this by sending cards and making phone calls. If we live close enough we also drive over and hang out.My daughter is only 8 yrs old right now so she…
How To: Free video game rentals
This may (or may not) be news to some of my readers. It has only come to my attention recently.In the world of video games there are two markets:Primary – Where you buy the game new.Secondary – Where you buy the game used.There are not many deals to be had in the primary market. Shrink-wrapped…
Everything is all right now
The last of my new server problems has been fixed. I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that the last problem involved a port being closed. I made the fatal mistake of assuming that this particular port would be open by default.So yes, everything is now alright in the world with me.The first site to be…
New server, new problems
I now have a dedicated server. Yup, it’s all mine! which also means the problems are all mine too.”What kind of problems,” you ask? Well, I moved the first site over last night. It is a low traffic blog so I figured that would be the “testing” site I would use to make sure everything…
Pokemon Farming: Berries
No, today’s farming article is not designed to get you those rare Pokemon you need. Nope, todays article is all about the art of berry farming.Berries were first introduced in the Gold/Silver/Crystal games. You could not farm them as they grew on bushes in set areas of the world. When the Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald games came out…
How I got into blogging
Eric asked me in the comments of The face behind the blog how I got into blogging. He is interested in blogging himself and is a bit of a writer.One of the great things about blogging is that it is super easy to get started. There are so many free blogging platforms out there that…
The face behind the blog
Derek Wong of Going The Wong Way tagged me with the Face Behind The Blog tag began by David Airey.Yeah, I copied that first line from my associate blogger Ms. Q but she didn’t give me a choice. She summed it up so well I knew I could not write a better opening.A lot of…
Are you dedicated?
All websites reach a point where the owners have to make a choice. Stay with shared hosting or go with a dedicated server. HMTK.com is about to hit that choice.I started HMTK.com about six years ago, it was June 22, 2002 to be precise when I first purchased this domain. In the early days it…
Who is looking for the iPhone?
According to Hitwise the volume of US searches for the term “iphone” increased 583 percent in the past four weeks (from the week ending May 26, 2007 to the week ending June 23) leading up to the June 29 launch date. The market share of US visits to the Apple iPhone website increased 185 percent…
How positive thinking and quantum physics can work for you
Have you ever seen the books at the bookstore about the power of positive thinking? Are you familiar with quantum physics? Believe it or not, these two things work together to make your life better.Let me warn you right now that this post is going to be a little bit “out there” so don’t feel…