I just wanted to test this MP3 link trick. You should see a little “play” arrow next to the link below, which when clicked upon, will play the MP3 linked to.
The Days Are Long Gone by The Second String Bluegrass Band.
It’s On
I have put in a few hours since yesterday updating this site. I have found a WordPress template I am willing to go with for a while. What do you think?
Additionally, you will be pleased to know that I created a brand-spankin’ new Ye Olde Photo Gallery. I started fresh and put up recent pictures.
I also remade my resume page, my portfolio page, and the contact page.
Perhaps most importantly, I installed a new discussion forum, complete with a Gangsta Haiku section.
Now I shall leave you with some gangsta knowledge. As a haiku, of course.
You hear mah glock cock
Now you know what time it is
Go to tha forumz
Rootkit
Yet another reason to stop using Norton Antivirus. If you want good, free virus protection that doesn’t bog down your system’s resources, use AVG Free. I would recommend ClamWin, the open-source AV tool, but its realtime file scanner isn’t ready yet.
It’s best to stay away from the big guys: Norton (Symantec) and McAfee.
Vick, Google Pack
Punk Gets What He Deserves…Too Late
Marcus Vick was kicked off the Virginia Tech football team today as a result of the blatant unsportsman-like conduct vs. Louisville I mentioned last week. The sad thing is, he was pulled over for drunk driving two weeks ago, and shouldn’t have been playing in last week’s bowl game in the first place. VT’s president had explicitly stated that he would tolerate no more messups from Vick after his 2004 suspension. Punk.
Google’s Next Step Towards Dominating the Desktop
Google announced Google Pack today, which is a collection of free software to help your computer work better and boost your productivity. It’s nothing you haven’t seen before in separate packages, but it is nice to see they are including Firefox. Not so thrilled about the 6-month version of Norton Antivirus (they should have chosen the free, open-source ClamWin), but everything else looks good.
I still stand by my prediction that Google will deal the final blow to Microsoft after Windows Vista turns out to be a nightmare for sysads everywhere (assuming it is ever released in the first place), and no one buys it.
New WordPress
I got WordPress 2 installed, in case you haven’t noticed the changes. So far, I like the new look of the admin side, but I really haven’t noticed anything yet that blows me away. There are some things here and there that make writing posts easier, and things are a little more organized, but overall, it’s nothing to write home to mom about.
Still, WordPress rocks and blows away any other blogging software I have tried out.
Soon I will be creating my own layout. What you see now is just a prefab template someone made. Well, as soon as I find time I will do this. Time has been quite limited lately.
Upgrading
I’m going to be upgrading the software that runs this site (WordPress) over the next few days. Version 2 came out recently and it looks too cool to resist.
You will likely see a default theme for a while until I can come up with my own.
Pardon our dust.
Hey There
So its 2006, and it has already been a long year.
We have seen the worst Windows security flaw ever, which effects millions of people with fully patched and protected systems. You are most likely one of them. Oh, and there is no fix from Microsoft yet. This all but seals the deal for me to convert to Macs.
The Louisville Cardinals football team lost the Gator Bowl yesterday to a nasty Virginia Tech team who was not above bumping referees and stomping on the legs of their opponents when no one was looking.
The Chatham family is doing well though. Gray is still adjusting to life as an older brother, but seems to be taking the new role well. Dax is huge still, already over 15 pounds as a six week-old. So far, he has been relatively mellow, sleeping rather well and just enjoying the scenery. Don’t know where he got that from.
Fit
So Alicia made me join the gym (YWCA) a few weeks ago and I have been going there 2 to 3 times a week.
Today I achieved a milestone on the treadmill by walking a 2 mile cross-country course, then running a solid mile, walking some more, then running another half mile. That’s the first time I have run a mile since I was in the USSR and was allowed to run on the Olympic stadium track in Moscow. That was in 1990.
Hopefully this will continue.
Chuck
Hey. Did you know that Chuck Norris’ Tear Cure Cancer?
Brilliant.
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