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Ike
MickC @ September 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Unlike Gustav, Hurricane Ike came through town when it was still daytime. So, I waited until after the worst was over and grabbed my camera.
Vacation: Day 0
MickC @ July 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
We left on our vacation today at 12:30.
Into the minivan we went and drove until about 10:30 p.m. We stopped in Hayti, Missouri, for the night and stayed at the Drury Inn.
[googleMap name="Drury Inn" description="Where we stayed the first night." directions_to="false"]1317 E Highway 84, Hayti, MO 63851[/googleMap]
Google Makes it Hard to Report AdSense Violations
MickC @ April 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I’m going to follow through on this because I’m just stupid enough to do so. But, I really wonder why Google feels it necessary to go this distance to kill off an AdSense advertiser. Well, no I don’t. There’s money in it for them. But still…
Let’s start with the email I [...]
YouTube - Christmas Canon (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
MickC @ December 15, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Just in case you need some help getting into a cheerful mood, here’s “Christmas Canon” by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
The DVD rewinder
MickC @ October 4, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Just in time for Christmas shopping season, we have The DVD rewinder
Hat tip(s): DV Guru via a co-worker.
Give it up for your sanitation engineer
MickC @ August 17, 2006 # No Comment Yet
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released stats on the most dangerous jobs in the country. It doesn’t count combat deaths, and some of the jobs listed are the glamour jobs that come complete with their own reality tv shows like The Deadliest Catch.
But there are other jobs that are thankless jobs. [...]
Moving
MickC @ February 18, 2006 # No Comment Yet
My dad is a really smart man. Some of the best marriage advice that my dad ever gave me was that I should make sure that my family was situated a good distance from either set of our parents. The reason was that it would make it more difficult for us to have [...]
Which of these does not belong?
MickC @ February 4, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Last night at around 10:30 I was in Burnet, Texas, getting enough gas to come home after my Managing Information Systems class.
This was what I saw (below the fold). Does one of these items not belong with the others?
Upgrade
MickC @ December 28, 2005 # No Comment Yet
This blog has been upgraded to WordPress 2.0 RC3. We do host several others, but I’m going to play with this one first to make sure that the others won’t break.
One thing that I’m going to like about the new WordPress 2.0 is the return of the uploading to the post composition page. Be ready [...]
Link: My Debt Reduction Diary > Debt Reduction & Natural Disasters
MickC @ September 21, 2005 # Comments Off
One thing that hasn’t gotten a lot of attention lately is how to deal with debt reduction after a natural disaster strikes. I’ve tried to do that here: Debt Reduction & Natural Disasters
Obviously, you cannot stick your head in the sand and pretend that it could not happen to you. The time to prepare [...]