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Another one of those quizzes…
QuizFarm.com :: Which Action Hero Would You Be?

You scored as The Amazing Spider-Man. After being bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker was transformed from a nerdy high school student into New York’s greatest hero. Peter enjoys the thrill of being a super hero, but he struggles with the burdens of [...]

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday, dear Elizabeth and Jennifer
Happy Birthday to you

Found this out the other day…Josh Hutcherson, in the new movie Zathura, is from good ol’ Union, KY. Union is where I was born and raised and where my parents still live. It’s only minutes away from where I live now (Burlington). Just thought it was cool that Union is represented in [...]

Step by step instructions on How to Build a Computer for Almost No Money at All
At least check out the finished product if you don’t want to go through the whole process.

For those of you familiar with Lost.
Who is your “Lost” alter ego?
You scored as Kate.
You’re Kate! You’re not really a bad person, you’ve just had some trouble with your past - what’s a few lies, anyhow? You’re a little secretive but let’s face it … what others don’t know won’t hurt them. Under [...]

For the geeks out there… Interesting article about software bugs.
Wired News: History’s Worst Software Bugs
Here’s one:
1982 — Soviet gas pipeline. Operatives working for the Central Intelligence Agency allegedly (.pdf) plant a bug in a Canadian computer system purchased to control the trans-Siberian gas pipeline. The Soviets had obtained the system as part of a wide-ranging [...]

Hmm, this is an interesting idea from Forbes.com:
The E-Mail Time Capsule
It brings up some issues, though, some of which they address in the article.

Will your email provider still be around?
Will you still have the same email address?
Will you still check that email address?
Will email itself still be used?
Will Forbes and the other companies still exist [...]

As most of you know, I took a trip down to Nashville with my parents this past weekend. Couldn’t have asked for better weather. It was absolutely perfect with sunny skies and highs in the 70s. Awesome!
We arrived in Nashville around Friday evening and just hung out with David and Elizabeth, catching [...]

Ever had one of those nights where you know you needed to get to bed, maybe even were really tired and wanted to sleep, yet didn’t want to turn in? Yeah, that’s me right now. I’m exhausted, maybe so much so that I can’t sleep. It’s been a rough week at work, and [...]

Snippet from God’s Blog that should really make you think…
It might be fun to just everyone on pause for a bit like in that old Twilight Zone episode with the stopwatch. Only I’d be holding the stopwatch, so it wouldn’t break with everyone frozen in time. I’d put everyone on pause, download some [...]