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Entries for January, 2008

Do You iGoogle?

By now I’m sure that a lot of people have had some experience with iGoogle, but I thought I’d write about it anyway, as it’s been one of the coolest tools I’ve used in a very long time.
If you haven’t had a chance to try iGoogle, I’ll try to explain it to you. The first [...]

Random Link Day!

Weird public works sculptures from around the world.
Global energy map.
Creepiest Halloween costume imaginable.
Unique umbrella (say that a lot fast!).
Fun with bath soap.
Donnie Darko?
Lego rubberband chain-gun!

Appealing Trends in Video Gaming – 2007(ish)

In order to keep the mood light here, I’ve decided to write a bit about some of the more appealing things that have come out of the videogame industry over the past year or so. Here it is:

Proliferation of console downloadable content – The PC has enjoyed numerous years as the platform of choice for [...]

If you like Pina Coladas…

“I have a feeling that if I saved an entire orphanage from a fire and carried the last child out on my shoulders, as I stood there charred and smoking, they’d say, ‘Aren’t you the guy who wrote The Pina Colada Song?’”
Simply hilarious…

10 Things I Learned on Wikipedia

Why not… it’s not like you’ve got anything better to do today.

Antarctica has a top level domain (.aq). Without the threat of polar bears, I guess that penguins want to blog, too…
American wasabi is just horesradish+green. Wasabi heat affects the nasal passages, not the taste buds like peppers.
Although the chupacabra apparently inhabits a range from [...]

Disabling an Ajax Timer Control

I just got done fixing an issue that I was having with the ASP.NET AJAX Timer control, and I figured I’d write about it because there doesn’t seem to be like a ton of documentation out there right now as to exactly what is going on.
Here is the scenario: You have an Ajax enabled .aspx [...]