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  • Sweet new chair

    UPDATE As of 9/12/05, these chairs have returned to their original pricing, and are not such a sweet deal.

    Last time I mentioned things I was purchasing, I caught flak from Mike D for promoting my place of work, but this time the product I just bought it from an organization that I have no vested interest in.

    My cube neighbor Steve and I ordered Furniture At Work® Hampton Leather Executive Chair from Office Depot. Order 2 and you qualify for free shipping. Use the coupon code 45036047 and you get an extra $20 off, so if you have a friend who wants one, you can pick it up for $30 each – shipped.

    The current status of the order says it will be delivered tomorrow. Everyone I’ve spoken with thinks this date is highly suspect, and I’ll agree with them unless I get sent a tracking number tonight. Either way, I’ll post some (and by some, I mean one because I’m lazy) picture(s) and might mention if it’s comfy later on.

    Office Chair, Furniture, Office Depot

  • Opera Turns 10

    From /. [Slashdot.org] Opera, my favorite web browser, is celebrating it’s 10th anniversary. As part of their celebration, you can get a free registration code. If you’re worried about privacy, you can just give them a fake email address and copy the code off the confirmation screen.

    I guess I can take Opera off my Master Wish List [MasterWish.com]

    More Info

    Opera, Web Browsers, Computer Software

  • New Computer

    Arriving today:

    The box needs a bit more RAM and I’ll be throwing a higher end graphics card in it at some point (but with DVI on the motherboard, my only real complaint is shared video memory), but I’ve already got a DVD burner, so no worries about the base CD-ROM drive.

    Work can can not end too quickly.

    UPDATE 11:56am – The machine arrived and is in working order. I ran Dead Pixel Buddy and display seems to be perfect. I snapped a picture of it setup on my desk at work (which is it’s temporary location until 5:30pm):

  • Corporate Privateer

    So here we are in the third week in August, and this is only my second post for the month. On the upside, traffic is way up. I guess the best way to promote my website is to ignore it completely.

    Does anyone else notice that the more they pay attention to their finances the more dire things seem? Everytime I balance my checkbook, or even just bring my ledger (all of which is electronic, BTW) up to date, I get a deep understanding of just how broke I am. On a posative financial note, thanks to the bounty I’m getting for dragging B.K., kicking and screaming, into Corporate America, I’ll be able to finish paying off my car in September instead November (Yes, my company pays a “bounty” to employees who bring in qualified workers for open positions). As I look at what I just said, I realize that it’s not a real financial gain. I mean, the bounty is a real financial gain, but whether I use it to pay off my car, or just use the bounty for whatever I would be using the money I’m not puting into car payments between September and November makes no difference to my total short-term financial outlook. Regardless, I think the moral boost due to owning my car and having one less check to write every month will be a good thing.

    Word on the street is there may be another tech support position here opening up. Anybody interested?

    Bounty, Finances, Personal, Work

  • Log Jammer

    Al, please check this:

    Equal parts

    • Vodka
    • Gin
    • Rum
    • Tequila
    • Triple Sec
    • Southern Comfort
    • Amaretto
    • Sloe Gin
    • Orange Juice
    • Cranberry Juice

    Alan Baker

  • New Serenity Trailer

    Torn from the pages of /., a new Serenity trailer was played on Sci-Fi last night and is now being hosted here thanks to Apple. I think it’s shinier then the old one.

    Am I the only one who gets all tingly when River throws down?

    Serenity, Firefly, Joss Whedon, Movies, Summer Glau, River Tam

  • Firefly: Serenity – part 2

    The second episode of Joss Whedon’s Fireflytonight at 7pm EST on the the Sci-Fi channel. In Serenity – part 2 the we learn more about the naked woman found in the crate at the end of the last episode, how business is done on the outer planets, and what goes bump in the night in outer space. Fort hose of you who missed the first episode, you’re in luck: Sci-Fi will be re-airing Serenity – part 1 at 6pm – right before part 2.

    Just 63 days until Serenity, the movie based on Firefly hits the theaters.

    Firefly, Sci-fi, Serenity, Joss Whedon

  • Dive Report 17: Bean Ledge – Squam Lake, NH

    7/24/05 – Daniel from Scubaboardand I pulled anchor from the Marina in Holderness and headed for Bean Ledge, which sits somewhere between Sandwich and Center Harbor and is marked by nearly a half dozen buoys due to the rocks that dot the shallows in the area. We anchored on the south-western side of the ledge and swam north along the ledge, deep the shallow and observed many small bass and one large dead trout. We ascended and swam along the surface back to the boat.

    • Max Depth: 62ft
    • Dive Time: 20m
    • Visibility: 20ft in the shallows, less at greater depths

  • Adsense and Facial Hair – yes, they’re related.

    I’m thinking about putting adsense ads on the front page of callblog. Heres the issue: I use the free version of Opera, and it’s unobtrusive google text ads are always the same or very similar to adsense ads on the page I’m looking at. When I’m looking at individual entries, the ads are usually related to the content of the entry in some way. When I’m looking at callblog’s front page, the ads are for beard and goatee trimmers. Granted, I do have a pretty sweet goatee. I’m just not sure why google obsesses over it so much.

    That being said, bring on the wacky beards!

    beards, goatees, chin beards, mustache, adsense, google, beard contest

  • Firefly on Sci-fi – Reminder 2

    Just a reminder that Firefly is on the Sci-Fi channel tonight at 7pm EST. Tonight’s episode is Serenity – part 1 (not be confused with Serenity – the movie), which gives the viewer an action-packed introduction to the Firefly universe, introduces all the main characters and ends in a cliffhanger (in the tradition of all good “To be continued” programs). If you can’t catch it, I’d recommend checking out the DVDs.

    Sidenote: I would’ve just made my earlier post about this sticky, but that feature isn’t built into WordPress yet.

    Firefly, Joss Whedon, Sci-Fi, Serenity