June 30, 2009 at 3:40 pm
· Filed under Fun Stuff
I want to go to the Renaissance Faire. I miss it. Not a lot of subtlety in this post. Not at all.
Last year, I was quite excited about going to the Faire, here in Washington, since it was actually quite close. Sadly, the 2008 Faire was cancelled. I’m still not quite sure of the reasons, but I think it had something to do with getting permits for land and water use, or something like that. The long and the short of it is that it was supposed to be in Gig Harbor, and it didn’t happen. This year, it is located in a different place (Maris Farms in Buckley, WA). Although I have no idea how to get there, Google Maps says that it’s not hard at all! That fills me with comfort.
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June 30, 2009 at 10:10 am
· Filed under Tech Stuff
Okay. Technical jargon.
SPAM = Unsolicited comments, e-mail, junk-mail, or other commercial advertisements (just a side note, but every commercial on TV fits this category, too).
HAM = Desired e-mail, comments, ads.
False Positive = Something that is HAM but gets marked as SPAM.
Akismet = AWESOME! This is an amazing tool/service that helps compare incoming comments against a complex algorithm to determine if the comment should be allowed or not. Here are the SPAM stats for my site:
- Stats for geekyonion.com/blogs
I know it’s not totally exciting to most of my readers, but I’m totally psyched about this!
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June 29, 2009 at 8:16 pm
· Filed under Fun Stuff, Pictures
Paul and family are in town for a little mini-vacation, and Julie and I went out to dinner with them. We all had a wonderful time! The food was good (Cheesecake Factory), but we all ate so much, no one got dessert.
After dinner, we walked around Bellevue Square Mall. Paul, the boys and I went to the Apple Store and then to the Lego store. Julie and Arlene took a more sedate pace and wandered around, meeting up with us.
After looking in some of the stores, I took Matt and Tom (David is at camp) outside to compete in a Ninja Warrior Challenge. The first stage was to navigate the benches that had been overgrown. I’m glad to say that both boys made it around!
Here are some various pictures from the evening, in reverse chronological order:
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June 27, 2009 at 8:28 pm
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June 27, 2009 at 3:51 pm
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June 27, 2009 at 1:56 pm
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June 27, 2009 at 1:40 pm
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The blog title keeps disappearing
Woo!
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June 27, 2009 at 1:19 pm
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Fire!
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June 18, 2009 at 12:21 pm
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So, here I am playing with my new iPhone 3.0 software and one of the things I love the most is the landscape mode for e-mail and text messages. I can’t wait until all the apps I use (yeah, iBlogger and Tweetie, I’m looking at YOU) have that option. I can type MUCH faster with the wider layout and with much more confidence.
Other than that, I haven’t noticed too many differences. I like the search features, but I haven’t used anything very heavily yet. Only time will tell!
Mobile Blogging from
here.
