June 2008

  • Reading an Exchange Mailbox from GMail

    So the other day, I'm trying to figure out how to read an Exchange mailbox from GMail and it's really starting to get to me because I just can't get the stupid thing to work. It shouldn't be that hard, because it's possible to use an IMAP or…

  • When Does Exaggeration Become Outright Lying?

    The other day as I was listening to the radio – I don't recall which station, though I could probably guess if I really had to put my mind to it – I heard an advertisement about an upcoming show. During this ad, they mentioned something about the…

  • Remembering the Life of Tiggerius Rex

    The first dog I ever had was named Sheri. She was actually a family dog, and we had to put her to sleep when I was pretty young – needless to say, that was quite a few years ago. Then, a few years later, we were lucky enough…

  • Carolina Speed Season Finale

    I've seen a few Arena Football games in my time. Truth be known, I've probably seen more Arena Football games than I have seen NFL games (in person, anyway). The first that I recall was the Los Angeles Cobras, who played (someone). I don't even remember the game…

  • What Makes People Into Collectors?

    When we were kids, we all collected things. Baseball cards and comic books and action figures. But it wasn't collecting. It was just stuff. Okay, maybe we didn't all collect things. Maybe it was just us boys. Frankly, I think that girls collected things too, it was just…

  • Integrating Your Movable Type Site with Plurk

    If you've been reading the blog for the last little while, you know that I've been hanging out on Plurk recently. Naturally, that means that I have been playing with Plurk as well, and trying to integrate it into my daily routine. When I used Twitter, it meant…

  • 2008 Nathan's Hot Dog Regional Qualifier

    It's time again for the hot dogs to start flying. Just over a year ago Charlotte hosted a regional qualifier that was pretty well attended by some of the larger names in the Major League Eating circuit. Juliet Lee and Hall "Hoover" Hunt battled it out to the…

  • Carowinds Themed Amusement Park

    That's right, I said Themed Amusement Park, because that's how they describe themselves. Most similar venues fall into one of two categories – amusement parks, which are often just large collections of games, rides and things to do, and theme parks, typically owned be large media companies, such…

  • Toshiba U205-S5034 Lock-Up Problem

    For the last couple of years, I've had a Toshiba U205-S5034 laptop, and in general, I've been really happy with it. This is one small laptop. If memory serves, it has a 12.1" screen, and is in fact pretty tiny. That can be annoying from time to time,…

  • Big Lick ATV Drag Races

    Sometimes you just have to find something to do on a Saturday night. And sometimes there isn't much to do, even in the big city. Or in Charlotte. So we had to look a little deeper. We didn't really want to go out to eat, or go to…