TJ's Blog

Judge Orders Viacom to hand over youtube user data (name and ip addresses)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:57:05 GMT

Wired.com said:

Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom
By Ryan Singel July 02, 2008 | 7:16:54

Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users' names and IP addresses, to Viacom, which is suing Google for allowing clips of its copyright videos to appear on YouTube, a judge ruled Wednesday.

This can't be anything but bad news for the future of youtube.com. I think this is a huge evasion of privacy as the judge should at least ordered a censored list with no name or ip addresses.

Link: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/judge-orders-yo.html

Slow news day on CNN.com

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:06:23 GMT

It must be a slow day over at CNN he is what the professional journalist are reporting in today...

Wow, now I left out a few that were actual news stories but these are the actual headlines posted on cnn.com homepage

Available: CPA - Certified Public Accountant with advance php skills.

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:20:38 GMT

I am happy at my job but I think it would be neat if I could find a career that suites more of my skills, like a job where I can use both my CPA license and my knowledge of php. If anyone out there is looking for a Certified Public Accounting with advanced php skills here is where you find him. It's not everyday you are going to find someone with both of these skills. I mean I know CPA's who don't even know excel (which by the way, I consider myself an expert in excel). Now if you wondering what types of stuff I can do with php just look at this site because it was coded all by me using notepad. Tjshome.com may not be a professionally done job but it does use a lot of advanced php.

Contact me for my Resume

I'm Going on a cruise to see penguins ..I tell you

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:30:45 GMT

If you are going to go on a cruise you mine as well use this company. Quark expeditions is a national tour company that offers cruise expeditions to the antartic. Their fleet of ships includes icebreakers and boats with helicopters. You can go see penguins at a rate of $8,000-$30,000

http://www.quarkexpeditions.com/

George Carlin May 12, 1937 June 22, 2008

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:51:57 GMT

What a funny guy and influence to the world of comedy

George Carlin said:
I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death. What's that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you're too young, you get a gold watch and you go to work. You work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You do drugs, alcohol, you party, you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities. You become a little baby, you go back into the womb, spend your last nine months floating... and you finish off as an orgasm.

I will turn my car in a mobile billboard

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:53:24 GMT

I am accepting applications to turn my car into a mobile billboard. I have a 2007 Honda Accord and will be willing to advertise any company you so choose in Westchester County, NY. I also frequently drive my car (about once per Month) to the NYC to visit clients.

I will charge between $100-500/Month based on size of advertisement.

Send applications to helpmygasbill@tjshome·com

Track your Income Tax Refund

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:19:37 GMT

Below is handy drop down box which will open up the website to find where your federal or state income tax refund is and when you can expect to receive your tax refund.

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Word of Day: egregious

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:25:45 GMT

I think "egregious" is a great word and should be used more often in everyday society.

dictionary.com said:
e·gre·gious (ĭ-grē'jəs, -jē-əs)
adj.
Conspicuously bad or offensive.

As Used in sentence:
"His conduct was egregious," she said.

Source http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008806170346

Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) is deductible on mortgages signed for years 2007-2008-2008-2009-2010

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:06:51 GMT

For all you home buyers out there Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) is deductible for contracts signed in 2007 or after. This was enacted into law as part of the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998 as in effect on December 20, 2006. PMI is required for mortgage where less than 20% is put down on a home purchase.

Source: http://www.irs.gov/publications/p936/ar02.html#d0e1576

Also make have your lender cancel your PMI once your equity in the home is greater than 20%.
More: http://bankrate.com/brm/green/mtg/basics7-4a.asp?caret=38

Free stuff on Craigslist

Mon, 26 May 2008 15:55:35 GMT

Oddly enough craigslist is a cool place to find free stuff. Most people post the stuff because it is more convenient to give it away then throw it away. Here is some things I found:

To find whats free in your town browse the "free category" under "For Sale"

Take the Driving test to see if you still can pass

Fri, 23 May 2008 09:36:50 GMT

Think you're smarter than the average driver? When's the last time you took a written drivers test? When you were 16 getting a permit? How do you think you'd score if you took it again today? Take the GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test and see if you pass with flying colors, or if you could use a little brushing up.

I got 19 out of 20 correct.

NY was rated second worst drivers as NJ was #1 for being the overall worst drivers. GO NY!

Crap blog - a cure for nervous shits?

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:28:28 GMT

Okay so I got nervous shits a lot and I finally took it upon myself to search the internet for more information on the causes and potentials cure. It really sucks when you have an event/meeting/interview/test/date to goto and your ready to walk out the door and you suddenly feel like you have to crap. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything very useful except for link below. If anybody has experience or information please post as I'd like to hear your crappy stories.

Thanks in advance and sorry for the crap post.

link: http://azwebpages.com/bass/nerves.htm

EDIT: Limited the profanity in this post to get the ads to show up. Hey if I'm gonna devulge personal information about my bowel movements I should get revenue from it right?...right?

It looks like white's are gaining ground in the racism war

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:19:43 GMT

It only took 141 years but finally a white person, Joshua Packwood will become the valedictorian for Morehouse College. Joshua says that he is frequently referred to as "White boy" and has been fighting with racism all his life since he grew up in a predominantly black area. Even after being awarded as valedictorian he still his frowned upon by some of his peers, Muhammad, a junior said "I just kind of wish he had done it at a different institution."

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/16/white.valedictorian/index.html

Alright I'm quitting to go work for NASA.

Thu, 08 May 2008 21:32:49 GMT

NASA is offering $17,000 for a test (human) subject to stay in bed for 90 days. This is according to their website:

Participants will spend 90 days lying in bed, (except for limited times for specific tests) with their body slightly tilted downward (head down, feet up). Every day, they will be awake for 16 hours and lights out (asleep) for 8 hours.

Hmm... this could work for me as long as there is internet provisions haha.. bonus if the 90 days fall during tax season. I find it rather appalling that the price is so set so high anyways I'm sure they can really find a good subject for less than their offer. It's good to know our tax dollars go towards paying for someone who's only duties are to sleep on the job. This is the best use of tax dollars yet.

Link: Application

Ultimate list of weird and interesting lists on Wikipedia

Tue, 06 May 2008 16:56:18 GMT

Below is a list of humorous,interesting, or just plain useless lists found on wikipedia.org...

The Best Booze/Beer

Tue, 06 May 2008 14:37:32 GMT

Here is a good list if you're lookinh for good beers. I'll have to check if any of these are available near me.

link: http://beeradvocate.com/top_beers?this_cId=&this_style=&cId=US&style=

I love XM radio and bargaining

Fri, 02 May 2008 23:04:03 GMT

XM satellite radio is great and is definately worth the price especially if you know how to bargain. I never have paid full price for a subscription yet and just got my best deal yet $69 for a full year. The catch is to call up and say you want to cancel your subscription because "the price is too high" and the customer rep will offer you better deal to keep you as a subscriber... but don't accept this say the price is still too high... they should offer you even a better deal now accept this and you got a great service at a great price. I was paying $15/month called up and was offered a deal for $119 and said no this is still too high "I want to cancel unless you have something under $80. The rep offered me a deal at $83/year then a $15 discount for switching to ebilling.

Kudos to XM radio for their great radio, good customer service, and good prices.

Amazon Kindle now in stock

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:16:20 GMT

The Amazon Kindle is now back in stock... $399. This was out of stock for a long time. This a new revolutionary way to read books. Save paper and become green with this ebook reader. It has free wireless!

link: Amazon.com: Kindle

Product Overview

* Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper.
* Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing.
* Wireless connectivity enables you to shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindlewhether youre in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed.
* Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.
* More than 110,000 books available, including more than 90 of 112 current New York Times® Best Sellers.
* Download New York Times® Best Sellers and New Releases for $9.99, unless marked otherwise.
* Free book samples. Download and read first chapters for free before you decide to buy.
* Top U.S. newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post; top magazines including TIME, Atlantic Monthly, and Forbesall auto-delivered wirelessly.
* Top international newspapers from France, Germany, and Ireland; Le Monde, Frankfurter Allgemeine, and The Irish Timesall auto-delivered wirelessly.
* More than 250 top blogs from the worlds of business, technology, sports, entertainment, and politics, including BoingBoing, Slashdot, TechCrunch, ESPN's Bill Simmons, The Onion, Michelle Malkin, and The Huffington Postall updated wirelessly throughout the day.
* Lighter and thinner than a typical paperback; weighs only 10.3 ounces.
* Holds over 200 titles.
* Long battery life. Leave wireless on and recharge approximately every other day. Turn wireless off and read for a week or more before recharging. Fully recharges in 2 hours.
* Unlike WiFi, Kindle utilizes the same high-speed data network (EVDO) as advanced cell phonesso you never have to locate a hotspot.
* No monthly wireless bills, service plans, or commitmentswe take care of the wireless delivery so you can simply click, buy, and read.
* Includes free wireless access to the planet's most exhaustive and up-to-date encyclopediaWikipedia.org.
* Email your Word documents and pictures (.JPG, .GIF, .BMP, .PNG) to Kindle for easy on-the-go viewing.
* Included in the box: Kindle wireless reader, Book cover, Power adapter, USB 2.0 cable

link: Amazon.com: Kindle

It's fine to shut down computer with the ipod connected

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:06:42 GMT

Someone argued with me today that it's bad for the iPod if you shut down your computer with the iPod connected. I do not think this is the case as shutting down the computer properly ends the communications with the iPod just as if you hit eject in iTunes. However my friend said that the iPod says "Do not disconnect" just for this reason. But the real thing they are telling you not to do is disconnect the iPod when the computer is on by pulling the cord. I also heard from reliable sources that you can even pull the cord to disconnect as long as there is no file transferring going on. Well I searched the internet for a hard-core proof that shutting the computer down with the iPod connected is not harmful and could not find any so I figured I'd write the proof myself so here:

Shutting down the computer with the iPod connected is not harmful and should not cause any issues. What is harmful is disconnecting the iPod with out properly choosing to safely disconnect the hardware in the windows task bar or ejecting it in iTunes. Please any one who has had issues to contrary please discuss in comments.

So thank god it's friday

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:54:33 GMT

Ok so I don't normally post about my daily life in this blog because that'd probably get boring as my life is pretty boring. However yesterday was so assiduous I just to have post about it. It all started with going to work this morning. I knew my boss or other manager wasn't going to be in today so I took upon myself to issue a dress down Friday and parted from my normal business casual attire. It's kinda weird on Fridays anyway becuase my office has two firm's working side by side and one has dress down fridays and the one I work for doesn't. So it's kinda like going to a party overdressed every friday. But you know how they say it's to be over dressed than under and I sole heartedly agree in this situation. Like always I left my house at 9:00 am to be to work at my start time of 9:00am (notice something weird here?). I just finished with tax season so I didn't feel like working much. However, I received an alert that we had to get schedules to an IRS auditor for one of big corp's. So I prepared these at a leisurely pace. Once 5:30 hit I made sure I was on my way to my car. I got in the apartment and felt tired so I took a nap until about 8pm. This was perfect becuase my roomates have left by then and I'm anti-social so I having the place to my self. I then sat down and put a netflix movie in the DVD and watched it on the $1,000 TV DVD setup that I purchased last year. The movie was "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" and was turned off quickly becuase I realized that I already seen this movie. I found another movie laying around in the apartment movie and put this in. Around 11 o'clock I realized I forgot to eat dinner and developed a perfect craving for the perfect meal Ramon Noodles. So I cooked up a package. So then I cooked up a package. No I did just repeat that unintentionally as I cooked two packages one after the other as I was more hungry then I thought and those ramon noodles are so damn good. I finished out the night by drinking a bottle of beer. Now I know drinking alone is a sign of alcoholism but so is denial and I just told all the world that I drink alone so that's not denial. Now why I am I writing this again? Oh yeah ... to tell you just how exciting my friday was... that will have to wait till next friday I guess

A red corrective clip on over eye glasses.

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:24:07 GMT

I received this email from someone today regarding the colorblind page. Can anyone help this poor guy out?

From: lkbossong@[REMOVED].COM
Subject: A RED CORRECTIVE CLIP ON OVER EYE GLASSES
Date: 04-18-08 07:27 AM
Referral: http://tjshome.com/selftest.php
IP: [REMOVED]

i HAD A PAIR OF RED CLIP ON (SUN GLASSES TYPE) TO PUT ON WHEN I WORKED IN QUALITY CONTROL IN ORDER TO SEE COLOR AND WOULD HELP ME IN PASSING THE COLOR BLIND TEST.
LADIES AND OR GENTLEMEN

I LOST THESE IN A RECENT MOVE AND LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT PAIR, AND AN ASKING IF YOU MAKE OR KNOW WHO MIGHT MAKE THIS TYPE OF CORRECTIVE GLASSES.

A BRIGHT RED LENS ABOUT THE COLOR OF THE OLD ANUS CANDY PAPER WRAPS

LARRY K. BOSSONG
PHONE NUMBER [REMOVED]

You're doing a phenomenal job

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:38:27 GMT

At my real job, I've been working a lot lately on an small internet start up that is slated to get really big in the next year. Well last week I had an interview with my boss and the CEO and during the meeting the CEO told my boss that "I am doing a phenomenal job" and "he's lucky to have me" on the account. That made my day. And then to top it off same week I was on a conference call with another client doing some consulting for a business aquisition and the client said to my boss "Make sure you keep him around" referring to me of course. Wow... those are nice comments. Now I still have a big head from all that... and I know I might be boasting here but this is MY BLOG what you expect me talk about?

Useful stuff from the United States Postal Services (USPS.com)

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:17:42 GMT

The USPS website is very useful here is what it has to offer:

Address Validation: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp - Want to make sure you sending something to a valid address use this form.

Free Shipping Supplies http://shop.usps.com/ - The USPS will send you boxes, tape, envelopes, completely free for priority and expedited shipping. Use the top menu bar, Express and Priority supplies will show up as "No Charge". Just make sure you only use this stuff for shipping or else you goto jail.

USPS.com said:

I understand that Express Mail, Priority Mail, Global Express Guaranteed, Express Mail International and Priority Mail International packaging is the property of the United States Postal Service and is provided solely for sending Express Mail, Priority Mail, Global Express Guaranteed, Express Mail International and Priority Mail International. Misuse may be a violation of federal law.

Save 15% or more on your Verizon Wireless Bill

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:54:57 GMT

A lot of employers sign agreements with verizon wireless to get employees savings. You can see if your employer participates by following the link below. It's very easy you just need a qualifying work email address. I saved 19%!!

link: https://b2b.verizonwireless.com/tbmb/rylEnterEmailAddress.do

Wow if I only had a few dollars back in 2005

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:11:57 GMT

News Corp bought Myspace back in 2005 for $580 million dollars. It is estimated that myspace is worth over 15 billion now. That greater than a 100% return each year. Forgot stocks.. from now on I'm buying whole companies.

This comes as AOL agrees to buy other popular social networking site for $850 million. I never heard of this site till today but I'm thinking of trying to outbid AOL. Any one want to fund this?

Link: MSNBC: AOL to buy Bebo for $850 million

Myspace and the media and Ashley, Spitzer callgirl Identified

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:38:14 GMT

I am not much of an myspace fanatic like a lot of people these days. However I do like hows it's a great way to get a glimpse inside people's minds. When I see a name in the news I often find myself going quickly to myspace and doing a search on the name to see if I can spot their profile before its put to private. I had success numerous times including this one just now.

Here's the link to the Spitzer call girl who got the governer of NY, Elliot Spitzer in hot water and caused him to step down.

link: Ninavenetta's Myspace

I normally wouldn't post a link for this as I think it's disrespectful for the person involved. However, she has had ample time to set her profile to private. Frankly I think she wants the attention as this may be the perfect opportunity to jump start her music career. Listen to her song its not bad.. if you're into the Britney spears type anyways.

I've been doing a lot of work the site lately...

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:17:12 GMT

I've been doing a lot of coding for the site lately. However, no one probably has noticed or cared, except for me, of course.

The biggest change is I removed all the <Table> tags from the header and footer. The page layout is strictly done with cascading style sheets (css) and div's tags. This was done for to help rank in search engines, allow for easier mobile viewing, and to confirm with the latest coding standards. If you view the code source on any page the code that comes first is the page content and not the menu or other meaningless layout code. The content is what you want search engines to read so it helps if it's at the top of you page.

I also been working on getting rid of depreciated html tags from my code. This includes <center> and <font> tags which I had a lot of. I've replaced <center> with css style "text-align" and defined font styles in the <span> tag or sytlesheet.

Furthermore, my php is a mess. I've been trying to clean it up, however it's alot of code. I've started using indents and more code comments to to make the code look neat. I also started using more defined functions, templates, and variables to get rid of duplicate code.

Also I made more logo's so every selection on the menu now has a different logo. This is rare feature you do not see on many site's so I hope you enjoy it. :P

So one thing I noticed after the layout is now when someone does a Google search for "Tjshome" they get a list of links to my popular pages and a link to view more results from my domain. This makes me happy as this is something you can't request and it's not known how to get listed like this. I am not sure if my code changes is how I got listed , it could also be that I search for "Tjshome" or tjshome.com a lot to see my search results.
Screen shot:

Booking Hootie and the Blowfish for a concert

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:48:49 GMT

I always dream of hosting a huge bash and booking a popular band for entertainment. Of course, I'll have to become rich first. My pick would probably be Hootie and the Blowfish. They have a sound that almost everybody likes, they seem like a cool band to meet, their music is perfect for a party, and they are not too popular anymore so their prices shouldn't too high. Right?... they can't be too expensive? Well according to Clear Channel College Entertainment Guide at least you will have to drop $100k for a performance. So it looks like I may have to win the lotto first.

School Shooters are Getting Older

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:22:06 GMT

The school shooters seem to be getting older. A decade ago it seems every week there was another shooting at a high school in the news ... currently it appears as this is the case with college's.

I say this as the AP reports at least 18 Injuries in shooting at Northern Illinois University

Link: QC Times Article

This is quite scary as are they going to graduate and start shooting up the workplace?

Can the video games generation be to blame? Could it be that the kids who grew playing the violent video games now are in college? I never believed that whole argument but it makes you think there could be some correlation.

Before the Virginia Tech you barely heard about university shootings in national news. I however, was on the campus of Westchester Community College (NY Times Feb 8 2000) when a non-student shot his ex girlfriend then killed himself on campus. That was the worst college shooting I ever heard about before the Virginia Tech Massacre.

Lawmakers pass the stimulus tax credit

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:25:34 GMT

Most people will be receiving a credit from the Government as they hope to stimulate the economy and reduce fears of recession. Will it work? Probably not, but that's a whole other story. Here is the lowdown on the credits.

When will I get the check?
If you are eligible you will most likely see your check in May or July.

Your credit is $600 if single and $1,200 combined if married. You also receive an additional $300 per child.

Calculating the credit
Add $600 - If you filed Form 1040 for the 2007 tax year
Add $600 - If your married
Add $300 - for each of you dependent children
Total = Your potential household refund (see partial refunds below)

To be fully eligle
Your 2007 adjusted gross income(AGI) has to be less than $75,000 single or $150,000 married. You can find your AGI by look on line 7 of Form 1040.

Partially elgible?
If your adjusted gross exceed 75,000(single) or 150,000 (married) you may still receive a partial refund.

Take your Adjusted Gross income from your 2007 1040, Line 37
Then subtract $75,000 if you filed single or $150,000 if you filed a joint return
Now multiply the result by 5%. This is the amount you reduce your credit by (see "calculating your credit above").

What's the deal with the cut undersea internet cables?

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:34:26 GMT

Is it just a weird coincidence that four backbone net cables to the mideast have cut within a single week? Or could it be some malicious sabatage or ... terrorist? One thing is it doesn't effect the United States that much as almost all the internet content is located in the States. I do feel bad though for all my Iranian viewers as they can't read my blog!!

Anyway, here is some links:

World Map of Undersea Cables

News Story

Giants Win... Superbowl Shoutouts

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:21:41 GMT

Shout outs to Eli Manning keeping his composure and leading the Giants to victory

Shout out to James Tyree and his circus catch. You barely heard his name until today

Shout to Burress for coming close to his predicted score of 23-17

Shout out to Giants Defensive cordinator, Steve Spagnuolo and the defense for constantly pounding Tom Brady and keeping the game a low scoring game. Too bad he probably wont be with the Giants next year as he will likely get a head coaching position.

Shout out to Tom Petty for playing his best songs at half time and after all these years still sounding great

Shout to coach Tom Coughlin for not turning red

Shout to Kevin Boss for filling in for Jeremy Shockey as almost an exact replica.

Shout to Bud Light for having the best commercials.

Shout down to Bill Belichick for leaving the game before it was over and for giving the worst press conference... What was that mumbling?

It pays to be Whistleblower : Reward for reporting tax evasion to IRS

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:34:46 GMT

Want to be an instant millionaire?

Report tax evasion to the IRS.

Under IRC Section 7623 the IRS authorizes the payment of awards from the proceeds of amounts the IRS collects by reason of the information provided by an individual (aka the Whistleblower). The reward is between 15-30% of the tax recovered depending on the amount of information you provide. So if you provide information that leads to the IRS recovering $10 million in taxes you could be an instant millionaire!

To be eligble the amount in dispute must exceed $2 million dollars (including tax,interest,penalties, etc.) and taxable income for the violator must exceed 200k in any year of issue.

Oh and don't forget to claim your reward on your tax return, as yes... it is subject to income tax.

To file a claim use Form 211 Download Here

New Yorkers Free Unclaimed Money Search

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:55:11 GMT

Here is a link that you can search the NY registery of unclaimed money due to you. Most is due from insurance companies, state dept, stocks, or banks. Check it out and give me some if you find anything.

link: New York Unclaimed Property search

Bobby Fisher dies at the age of 64 and theres how many squares on chess board?

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:16:38 GMT

That's right,
The chess-king dies at age 64 and there's 64 squares on the chess board.**

For the tin foiled headed conspirarist this is the perfect concidence for a conspiracy theory.

RIP to Bobby Fisher 1/18/08.

**Some could argue that the chess board actually contains 204 squares if you count the squares made by individual squares, but let's not get too technical here. 8x8 + 7x7 + 6x6 + 5x5 + 4x4 + 3x3 + 2x2 + 1x1=204

Americans: Register to Vote for the Next President- Takes 5 minutes

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:32:50 GMT

You can't complain at the president if you don't do your part in selecting the right one!

To register: Use the link below and select your state and fill in web form. It will generate a customized PDF which contains your registration form. Print it and follow the directions to sign, fold, put on a stamp and mail it in. Include a photocopy of your identification (a drivers license or US passport) with it if you can. You can without sending in a copy of your ID, but you will have to show ID when you vote the first time (bring your ID to the polls regardless, just in case). You should get a conformation mailing back from your state.

To Register:
http://www.registrationbyworkingassets.com/register/

Who can Register?

A United States citizen
At least 18 years old at time of election
A resident of state you are registering in

Who should register?

Any one who meets the requirements above
Any one who moved or changed their address and did not register

State specific information

In Idaho, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Wyoming you may register to vote at your polling place on election day.
In Maine, you can register up to and on election day in person at your town office or city hall
North Dakota does not have voter registration. If you do not have a government issued ID, call your states election office

You can register to vote online in WA and AZ - You won't even need to leave the confines of you computer chair to place your vote:

Washington State:
http://secstate.wa.gov/elections/register.aspx

For Arizona State:
http://www.azsos.gov/election/VoterRegistration.htm

Songza.com - Does it work? I can not get it to play

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:42:51 GMT

Songza.com is supposedly a revolutionaly site that offers a searchable and playable database of music and songs. The search is free and could be used as an alternative to youtube when trying to play that one song you just want to hear on demand. However I have not been able to use it. I goto the site and find my song and never hear the song. It stops on "loading.." and if you click the song again it says "now playing" but nothing plays. Is the service broke already? Or am I just dumb? I tried it on two computers.

Try it: Songza.com

TJ's 2007 In Review

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:46:27 GMT

Cool things happening in 2007

Coney Island for the 1st time
Atlantic City - Bachelor's party
40% raise
Snow boarding for the 1st time
Hiking Breakneck Ridge Trail
Got my CPA license
Clubbing in NYC
Six Flags

Things learned in 2007

Don't let your meter expire if you have an expired NYS inspection
I'm allergic to breakfast

Things heard too much in 2007 but hopefully forgetten by 2008:
Britney Spears
Paris Hilton
Steroids in baseball

Thinks to look forward to in 2008:
Soon to be former president bush.

Worst thing to happen in 2007:

End of the Torre management of Yankees
Shootings at Virginia Tech

TJ's Site of the Year:
Pandora.com : You can select an artist and it will create a music station with songs by the artist and similar sounding music

Things to do in 2008
It's kind of a shame I do not already do some of these...

Smile when ever I meet someone
Do more bike riding
Drink more water
Sleep at least 7 hours a day
Strengthen my handshake
Win a million dollars (at least)
Buy a house/condo
Take a week vacation
Don't let my job get in my way of having a good time
Eat three meals a day
See a doctor (I haven't in at least 5 years)

Some links

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:04:09 GMT

Useful and interesting Links:

Real estate price search Find out how much you are your neighbors house is worth

Late Night Guest - guest line up for all the popular talk shows

Flickrvision you can watch, in real time, the photos that are being uploaded to flickr.

Free fonts 10,000 of them

Yourip - information on the IP address your computer is broadcasting

ebuddy Aim, MSN, Yahoo in your browser

Pandora Radio Name a band and listen to custom radio station online for free

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Funniest thing overheard in the office

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:57:59 GMT

Okay so I was just sitting in my cubicle minding my business when one of our clients/friend of boss comes in and talks with the manager....

(Client arrives unexpected)
Cleint: Hey George
My Coworker : Hey you off from work today?
Client : yeah I'm on vacation... They told me I have 6 days left so I figured I'd should take em now
My Coworker : Oh no, really?
Client : yeah they expire at the end of year
My Coworker : Oh.. now I get it... for a second I thought you meant your doctor told you that.

How do I spend my time

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:16:57 GMT

It's interesting to see how much time you spend doing minuscule things over the course of a year. I have estimated just that, I tried to account to every hour of the year, however, some where about 950 hours are unaccounted for.

Statistics up in the air 2007.

I spent 2652 hours sleeping or 7 hours/day sleeping
I spent 365 hours in a car or 15 days
I spent 182 hours or 7 ½ days in the shower
I spent 364 hours updating my website averaging about $9/hour
I spent 2527 hours working @ $$/hr
I spent 400 hours watching sports (Yankees/Giants)
I spent 200 hours with family
I spent 130 hours with friends
I spent 16 hours playing Madden 2008 PC
I spent 730 hours lunch/eating/preparing food
I spent 210 hours watching movies

Disclaimer: amounts are estimated and subject to error

Thats 7796 hours out of 8,760 total hours accounted for. 964 hours are lost in oblivion.

Troubleshooting and finding solutions to all your windows and program errors

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:51:37 GMT

Most people don't realize that you can find the solution to most of your problems really easily by using search. The best thing to search for is the error itself. Make sure you copy it word for word and enclose it in "quotes". This will turn up any page that talks about the same error you are getting and you will skip a lot of garbage you'd other wise get. For instance if your explorer keeps shutting down automatically do not search for "Internet Explorer keeps shutting down" instead use the error you received "Windows explorer encountered a problem and needs to close". This tip can make anyone look like a technical support pro last week I solved two issues for my firm using this that the tech guy installing a new server had trouble fixing.

On the same topic I recently noticed that when using internet explorer it would not automatically add the "http:" or www. to a specific address in the address bar. The error was "Windows cannot find 'thesitename.com/bleh'. Check the spelling and try again." . It worked when I typed www.thesitename.com/bleh but usually explorer lets you leave off the "www." and it did for every other address. The problem? For some reason having that address as a favorite/bookmark was causing the issue. By deleting the page as a favorite I was able to omit the www. I don't know why this would be an issue but I prefer firefox and use it more anyway, so I just deal with it.

Rancid - Sidekick lyrics

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:23:25 GMT

Cool song by Rancid...

I had a dream I was a vigilante's side kick
My name is Tim I'm a lesser- known character
I had a dream I was a vigilante's side kick
Fighting crime in the streets together

Down in Oakland
Off of West Grant
St. Joseph relief poor program
A good place where good people get food
Help your fellow man a good thing to do
Government agency said be afraid of me
I'll shut your doors down and it won't phase me
Wolverine came through left the agent for dead
Put the doors back up, everyone was fed

I had a dream I was a vigilante's side kick
My name is Tim I'm a lesser- known character
I had a dream I was a vigilante's side kick
Fighting crime in the streets together

Do not build them abandoned buildings
It's nice to sleep when you got a ceiling
Neighborhood watch said we gotta put a stop
Can't have people living for free call the cops
Here come the swat team and the M-16
Shoot the walls in and destroy the building
Wolverine was sad and it made him mad
Every single cop got a bullet in the head

I had a dream I was a vigilante's side kick
My name is Tim I'm a lesser- known character
I had a dream I was a vigilante's side kick
Fighting crime in the streets together

I never broke or sprained a bone(that I know of),

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:42:53 GMT

This is one of those stories I never told anyone. This is an Tjs Blog exclusive. Grab some popcorn sit tight in your chair and read the intense story.

I never broke or sprained a bone(that I know of), however, when I was still in grade school.. probably 3rd or 4th grade we were at recess and was on a swing with a couple other classmates. The other two jumped off and as I was about to follow the counselor said "don't jump off you're going to hurt self" well me being the show off and juvenile I jumped off anyway and landed on my arm and hurt it quite badly. I however didn't tell anyone because I was embarrassed at my stupidity and too young then to have my masculinity scarred. Well anytime someone simply brushed aside my arm or I moved it the wrong way the pain shot through like hell. That made walking the halls hard as people would frequently banged their book bags against it. I remember needing to run to the bathroom so no one would notice the pain I was in. Fortunately it eventually (maybe about a month or two) healed by itself.

Okay I apologize for embellishing the drama for such a boring badly told story ... I just needed to get that. I feel so relieved now.

200 Word Home - Win a new house

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:21:32 GMT

200 Word Home

I love how the web promotes creative minds to find new ways to earn income. A new genuine idea I just discovered was from a couple who wanted to a find a way to get a more than decent price for their home in Cleveland. Instead of selling their house for a fixed amount on the market they decided to raffle it out. Offering anyone to join in the raffle with a 200 word essay and a $199 fee. They are expecting at least 3,000 entries that would net them $597,000 for the "sale" of the house. Now I congratulate them on their originality, however choose not to even bother submitting my entry for these reasons:

1.) Legality - is this even legal? Have they consulted a lawyer and abided by local and federal laws for conducting a lottery? Are they legally obligated to transfer over the house? What happens to my entry fee if this is found to be illegal.
2.) According to the pictures the Kitchen consists of a table only... where am I going to cook dinner?
3.) What kind of story are they looking for and what will determine who is the winner? What's to stop them for awarding the house to a friend? Can someone lie in their essay? Will they verify the authenticity of someone's sob-story to win the house? My story so far is "I lost three limbs in war, my wife and kids were killed in a home invasion"

Check it out your self: 200wordhome.com

Ripoff? Pirateaccess.com

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:44:41 GMT

The website (pirateaccess.com), I believe has found a way to get the best search rank for a number of popular programs including Microsoft money, and office. Offering unlimited free downloads of popular software, videos, and Mp3's for a one time price of $4.87. Seems like a real steal, doesn't it? Not really since a quick google research determine's that they only thing they are offering to paid members links to other sites that are offering these file's for download. Meaning you probably have just as much luck doing a google search yourself. I do applaud them though for being able to get high up on the search rank scale, I wish I new how they accomplish it. They only registered the site in June 2007.

EDIT:
DO NOT POST A COMMENT TO A REQUEST REFUND FROM ME
I am not the company scamming you therefor I can not give you refunds. Feel free to post your experiences with this company to deter others from signing up with this company. However do not give your order # and request a refunds from me as again, I am not the the company who screwed you.

1st Annual Tjshome.com Status Report by Page

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:14:29 GMT

I have done some analysis on my website based on visitor statistics and other merits. You will notice some pages will be shut down upon review because they are not worth keeping as I lost interest in them and so did the rest of the viewing audience.

Free iPod - It's taken me over a year to get a free iPod so it may not be worth it to keep these pages around much longer. Offercentric has made it very difficult to earn referrals since they keep adding more site's which take referrals away from each offer. They have 4 different site's with separate requirements for iPod's alone. We will see how is doing in Q1 2007. 8.560k

Cool AIM Smiley's - For some reason people still love these. Here to stay, at least for this year. 36.5k Hits in 2007

Surveys for Myspace - Created in November 2005 and is one of the most popular pages so it definately is staying. Could use enhancements such as interface, ability to add more questions on a survey, and tracking. 2007 Hits 1,270k

Polls for Myspace - This site was created in May 2007 and although not as popular as I would like it's going to stick around for at least another year. Enhancements may include ability to add more options and interface. 2007 Hits 12k

Away Messages- This page has good page rank and is quite popular. Sticking around for a while. Enhancements may include ratings and using database for all away messages (not just the submission). 91K

Funny Status Messages - This page is new so not enough data for analysis. Only 1,100 Hits so far.

Famous Quotes - Quotes are a personal favorite of mine so this is here to stay. 2007 Hits 83k

Cool AIM Screennames - Created in 2004 with the intention of never actually selling any screen names, however, this site does draw in visitors so its going to stay. Also, I love the hate mail I receive from this site, so keep it coming. 65k Hits

Buddy Icons - A popular favorite and I think its a great page if you're looking for an icon because new additions are submitted daily. 132K hits in 2007

Avatars for Myspace - An even more popular page and I think its a great page if you're looking for an avatar because new additions are submitted daily. Enhancements may include ratings. 994K hits in 2007.

Dumb Laws - This page has great page rank and is here to stay - enhancement includes researching actual new laws to add with real sources. 74k hits in 2007

A Joke Page- This page has poor statistics and will be shut down due to lack of interest by me and others. 8k hits in 2007

Weird News - Poor statistics but I like to view these myself every so often so I will keep it for a while

Pic of the Month - Created in 2005. This page will stay. I would like to add additional material. 7k hits

Color Blindness - Created in May 2005, this page will stay. 42.5k hits.

Today in History - This page will be shut down due to lack of interest.

Great Amazon Deals - I like this page for finding good amazon deals however it has low popularity at 3.5k hits

Online Image Editor - Created in Feb 2006. Future enhancements include better user interface and more options. 120K hits in 2007.

Song Lyrics - Song lyrics are here to stay (unless I get sued). 34k hits in 2007

Acronym Dictionary - Added in July 2006, this page is still relatively new and here to stay. I like the design of this page, so I am not willing to see it go no matter how poor the popularity. Unfortunately, there is no room to grow as I think I have all the most popular acronyms. Someone make some new acronyms, quick! 4.1k hits in 2007

In the News - With less than 7,000 hits in 2007 this site is slated for removal. :(

About TJ - We need to keep this site as everybody (361 hits in 2007) is looking to read about TJ

TJ's Blog - The first post was made December 31, 2006. I am keeping this as it's relatively new and I need it to vent my frustrations and let someone hear what I have to say. Just think you wouldn't be able to read the 2008 edition of this post if I got rid of it.... now would you? 2.5k hits in 2007

Popularity Test - Created in May 2007. I am not sure why but I am not willing to let this page go. Enhancements may include more profile options and user comments feature. 3.3k hits in 2007.

Companies That Suck - Created in Jan 2007, this page is here to stay. I love writing about companies that suck and passing the information to millions (2.5 k visitors in 2007).

We recevied 3,402,391 pageviews in 2007. Of those, 1,709,455 were unique visitors. That is more visitors than people living in Maine!

Look for many new pages to come to Tjshome.com in 2008!

What's That suppose to mean?

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:08:14 GMT

What's That suppose to mean?

That's gooing to be my new favorite question.

I'll expand later

Verizon is going to sell your privacy unless you opt out

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:24:32 GMT

Verizon has been known to have no corporate social responsiblity. They recently released their latest scheme for earning the extra buck at your expense. They have included a notice in recent billings that they will sell subscribers their Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) to third parties and affiliates unless you opt out in 30 DAYS.

Adobe PDF version of the notice

CPNI is (Customer Proprietary Network Information) is information that telecommunications services such as local, long distance, and wireless telephone companies acquire about their subscribers. It includes not only what services they use but their amount and type of usage.

Third parties can use this information for targeting solicited text messages and phone calls to you.

I advise all Verizon subscribes to opt-out by calling:

1-800-333-9956

You will need to enter your #, billing zip code, and last four digits of your SS# into the automated system.

New Page: funny facebook status messages

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:49:16 GMT

I created a page so you all can submit your best facebook status messages. I started it off with some good ones so check it out!

Link:Funny Status Messages

About Status Messages:

A status message is a function of some instant messaging applications whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users if they attempt to make contact. It is analogous to the voice message in an answering machine or voice mail system. However, status messages may be displayed even if the person is present. They are often updated much more frequently than messages in answering machines, and thus may serve as a means of instant, limited "publication" or indirect communication.

Whereas answering machine or voice mail messages often have a generic greeting to leave a message, status messages more often contain a description of where the person is at the moment or what they are doing. Because most instant messaging clients indicate to users when their online contacts are away before they send a message, more often than not away messages are meant to be read in lieu of sending a message, rather than a response. Away messages are not to be confused with idle messages, which is an automatic reply to a message when the messaging client has determined that the replier is not at his or her computer.

Link:Funny Status Messages

What side of the brain do you use? left or right?

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:43:10 GMT

Neat little test. Which side of your brain do you use, Left or Right?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

Left Brain
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

Right Brain
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

Somebody send me a luelinks invite

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:00:03 GMT

Occassionally I check my referral logs to see which pages are linking to here. I hate it when I see a page but I am not able to view it because the site needs a login. I recently got a good quantity of referrals from Luelinks. I had no idea about this site until then but a quick google search turns out it is apparently a "secret" invite-only community. I like being associated with these things ... so if someone can please send an invite to http://tjshome.com/mailto.php?to=TJ it'd be much appreciated. I'm good with secrets!

However on topic, with the recent shutdown of the UK file sharing site http://oink.cd/ and arrest of its webmaster (News story) it could be a risk to be a member of these communities. But don't let that deter from sending me a link!

Google 101 - An introduction to the google search engine

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:38:09 GMT

I wrote this article years ago but am reposting it here so it will have perpetual life...

Google 101 - Brief Intro to the Google Search Engine

	The Logo: You may notice a different logo on some day's, and this because they create a new logo for every holiday. See Past logo's
	Google Images is an awesome tool. Need a picture of a "guy with a fro"? Type that into the the search bar then hit the images tab to get one.
	Google Video: Search through 1000's of TV programs and web videos or share your own videos with the world.
	Google News: This is another feature I use almost every day. Search thousands of current and past news stories. Search for your hometown to see your local news.
	Google Maps: View maps, satelite photos, or get directions and never get lost again
	More: Books (Search through hundreds of published books), Froogle (Shop for the best prices), Groups (search Usenet posts)
	Advanced Search: Pretty self explanatory. You may want to use this feature to narrow the results of a basic search. Check it out
	Preferences: Choose your default language, select to filter out explicit results, and select how many results google shows per page. Google remembers these settings Check it out
	Language Tools: Translate whole pages to another language. Search for pages in specific languages. View this page in German
	I'm Feeling Lucky: This is for when your search terms are precise, you can hit this button and Google will forward you to the one site that best fits your search terms.
	Services & Tools: Check out other cool features

Disclaimer: Tjshome.com is not affiliated or endorsed by Google.
Google is a trademark of Google Inc. .

The answer to who really had advance warning of the September 11 attacks...

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:36:20 GMT

Everyone is pointing fingures at the government, how they should have been able to prevent the attacks and had information beforehand that could of helped prevent the attacks on America.

On the other note what we learn in economics about the stock markets is you can not use currents news to base your decision on whether to buy or sells stocks becuase that news is already reflected in the price of stock.

If you look at a graph of the stock market 2-3 weeks before the September 11, 2001 you will see a gradial decline the market. Starting on August 24, 2001 and decreasing all the way through September 21, 2001. We all know why the stocks decreased after September 11, 2001 but made the stocks decrease before the attacks? Was a steep decline bound to happen anyway? Or, did investors have advance knowledge of these attacks?

Just something to think about next time the market is in a gradial decline.

2007 Original Halloween Costume Ideas

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:08:45 GMT

I don't really goto Halloween parties but I came up with this list in case I did...

2007 Original Halloween Costume Ideas

Amy Winehouse.
Ipod Guy Siloutte (from the commercials)
Geico Caveman
Claw machine (with stuffed animals)
Bob Barker
Indiana Jones
Chris Hansen (from to catch a predator)

Old Classics:

Where's Waldo
Tetris Pieces (works good for couple's)
Weekend at Bernie's
Michelin Man

Stupid Boring Gimmicks:

Baby
Hooker
Pimp
Doctor
Vampire
Witch
Crazy scientist
Pirate (jack sparrow)
Convict

Interesting Meat for sale on Amazon.com

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:24:42 GMT

Amazon certainly has an interesting variety of meat available for shipping to your home.

Elk Carcass $1,225.00

Price based on 225 lb. hanging carcass weight
USDA Inspected farm raised Rocky Mountain Elk
Shipped to your door in an insulated container 7-
14 days after ordering
Carcass cut to your specifications
Less cholesterol than skinless chicken and one half the fat of beef

Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006RU5B...

And if you don't have enough money for an Elk you can always get the less favorable Venison. It;s picture is the same so it may taste the same as well.

Venison Carcass $269.00

Price based on 50 lb. hanging carcass weight
USDA Inspected farm raised Fallow Deer Venison
Shipped to your door in an insulated container 7-14 days after ordering
Carcass cut to your specifications
Less cholesterol than skinless chicken and one half the fat of beef

Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product//B000IDQDYQ...

And finally for those with no appetite for deer meat there always Fresh Rabbit.

Fresh Whole Rabbit $29.50

Approx. 3lbs / 1.4kg
Product of the USA

Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product//B00012182G...

For even more fun check out the comments related to each...

How to be a professional office cleaner

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:26:27 GMT

If you happen to be a office cleaner make sure you are following these steps to be the average cleaning professional.

Fill up all soap/paper towel dispensers (and lock if available) and but make sure that you do not feed into dispenser.
If you have to vacuum make sure to vacuum but only vacuum center of rugs to save time.
Spray a lot of Lysol and put blue dye into toilets but never actually clean the toilets
Empty all garbages, but don't pick up anything that fell out of garbage, that's too much work
Wear a lot of perfume/cologne. Be like most cleaners and smell like you just knocked off the perfume display case at department store.
Make sure you only clean after hours so no one else is there when you cleaning so they can't say you don't spend enough time.
Either leave stacks and stacks of extra supplies in the bathroom so you do not need to comeback often or not enough so your clients are happy to see you each time.
There's no need to clean every space every time. If you alternate missing spots people may never notice.

Update on TJ

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:34:00 GMT

I havent been able to do much of anything lately as I've been spending my time at my office filing tax extension due September 15, 2007. Thanks to the internet though I have been able to keep up with most things. I have been buying new boxers and tshirts on the internet as needed since I have no time to do laundry and Every night I log onto youtube and watch the hottest tv shows I missed (yeah I saw Britney bomb). I also have a blockbuster online rental membership so I can even rent movies and return them (unwatched though).

Next I'm gonna start Google Image Searching beds instead of sleep.

The website changed servers and as a result the Rss feed was down due to technicalities but it is live again so make sure you resubscribe.

After tax season I plan on adding a couple new pages so stay tuned.

In response to your question

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:06:53 GMT

Yes, I think have good people skills, what kind of idiot question is that?

Use google alerts to keep track of your clients

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:03:29 GMT

As an auditor you are responsible for knowing if something happens to your cleints that will affect their financial condition or subject them to legal issues. I am sure their a lot of professions where you have clients and want to know if they are in the news. Now most of the time you could just go to the companies webpages and click "news release", however the only problem is this will only give you the news the company wants you to hear. To get both good and bad news use google alerts. Google alerts will send you an email everytime a search term (such as your clients name) shows up in a new news stories. So far I've been alerted to a million dollar lawsuit and a death at one of my clients facilities just by reading the news.

link: Create a Google Alert

Select "News" as type to just get results in news stories only.

Excel: Macro for automatically saving filename with date

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:04:59 GMT

I use the following macro to save my timesheet using the filename and path in cell "A1"(ie:C:datafilename.xls).

You can also include today's date using concatenate by including the following in Cell A1

=CONCATENATE("c:datafilename_",MONTH(NOW()),"-",DAY(NOW()),"-",YEAR(NOW()),".xls")

Of course you can replace cell A1 in the following code with any cell you want as long as it contains a valid filename and path.

Sub 

savefile()

' SaveFile Macro

' Macro recorded 4/16/2007 by tmiller of tjshome.com

'save a copy of current spreadheet using filename in cell 'TimeFile'

  TimeFile = Range("A1").Value

  ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=TimeFile, FileFormat:= _

    xlNormal, Password:="", WriteResPassword:="", 

    ReadOnlyRecommended:=False _, CreateBackup:=False

End Sub

"It is what it is"

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:28:06 GMT

I am sick of hearing this phrase. Although the phrase is nothing new, for some reason I have been hearing this phrase way too much lately too keep my sanity. I first noted hearing it when the Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees used it to describe his relationship to Derrick Jeter during the 2007 off season and then from there it seems I have been hearing the phrase at least once a day in my office.

I think the phrase is perfect for those times when you need to say something but have nothing to say. But really people stop using it for your answer to everything.

Athlete's have been using this phrase for years in an attempt to sum up their troubles. Infact USA Today awarded the phrase the #1 Cliche of 2004. (USA Today)

The many meanings of "it is what it is":

A phrase that seems to simply state the obvious but actually implies helplessness.
Meanings it is not going to change, so deal with it or don't.
Do not over think the situation. a reminder to keep things simple, dont over analyze things, or a way to put a definition on something thats hard to explain.
Normally used to describe something of irrelevance or an acceptance of the situation.
Used primarily to cause confusion to the listener.

--Compiled from UrbanDictionary.com

Why there's no cure for cancer yet...

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:10:25 GMT

The reason scientist have yet to find the cure for cancer is they are too busy doing studies on preposterous points. Take this article for example:

Study: T-rex could outrun David Beckham
CNN.com

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- The smallest dinosaur could reach speeds of nearly 40 miles per hour and even the lumbering Tyrannosaurus rex would have been able to outrun most modern-day sportsmen, according to research published on Wednesday.

Even T-rex, who wasn't incredibly fast, could chase down footballer David Beckham.

Scientists using computer models calculated the top speeds for five meat-eating dinosaurs in a study they say can also illustrate how animals cope with climate change and extinction.

The velociraptor, whose speed and ferocity was highlighted in the film "Jurassic Park", reached 24 miles per hour while the T-rex could muster speeds of up to 18 miles per hour, the study published in the Royal Society's Biological Sciences showed.

"Our research, which used the minimum leg-muscle mass T-rex required for movement, suggests that while not incredibly fast, this carnivore was certainly capable of running and would have little difficulty in chasing down footballer David Beckham, for instance," said Phil Manning, a paleontologist at the University of Manchester, who worked on the study.

The smallest dinosaur -- the Compsognathus -- could run nearly 40 miles per hour, about 5 miles per hour faster than the computer's estimate for the fastest living animal on two legs, the ostrich.

A top human sprinter can reach a speed of about 25 miles per hour.

The researchers used a computer model to calculate the running speeds of the five dinosaurs that varied in size from the 6.6 pound Compsognathus to a six-ton Tyrannosaurus.

They fed information about the skeletal and muscular structure of the dinosaurs into the computer and ran a simulation tens of millions of times to see how fast the animals moved, said William Sellers, a zoologist at the University of Manchester, who led the study.

They checked their method by inputting data of a human with the muscle and bone structure of a professional sportsman and found the computer accurately spat out a top running speed just behind T-rex's pace.

"People have estimated speeds before but they have always been indirect estimates and hard to verify," Sellers said. "What we found is they were all perfectly capable of running."

Looking at how these ancient animals lived and died out is also important in trying to predict how modern day species may cope with future climate change, Sellers added.

This study helps to build a biological picture that scientists can use to better understand how dinosaurs adapted to changes in the weather just before they went extinct some 65 million years ago, he said.

"Knowing how these animals coped over the past millions of years will give us clues to what is going to happen over the next thousand years," he said. "That is why there has been more recent interest in biology of these animals." E-mail to a friend

Okay so maybe the point of the study was not to determine if the T-rex could outrun the popular soccer star David Beckham. But why did they put that in the title? To get people like me to read it, and I felt for it and now you did to

Save Trees by changing your settings in Office and Adobe Acrobat/Reader

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:03:24 GMT

You can save trees and printing cost by simply changing your settings in adobe acrobat and Microsoft Word to print pages side by side. What will happen is the pages will print two pages per page instead of one. Of course, this hint is not for everyone, especially those with bad eyes.

To change your settings:

Adobe: File -> Print... -> Page Handling ->
Select "Multiple Pages Per Sheet" and Number of Sheets "2"

Office: File > Page Setup -> Options : Select pages per Sheet "2"

Internet Explorer: Same as for Office

(Unfortunately, the settings in office and IE do not save so you need set these each time you print.)

Another solution to greener printing is use software (for a fee) developed by Greenprint Technologies which automatically analyzes every print job and highlights unnecessary pages for deletion by you. Product Link.

Domains

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:35:18 GMT

I happen to own the domain name www.thesitename.com . I picked it up on eBay a couple years ago for $10. I think the domain name is actually pretty clever since you often get extra hits from tutorial websites that have the text "thesitename.com" any where on it. I figured this extra incentive will raise the asking price so I have have listed my domain name for $25,000. Am I crazy for asking that much? Probably, however, less popular domains have gone on ebay for much higher and crazier domains are listed on ebay for millions more. I figured why not give it a shot. Next I try selling it on Sedo the premier domain auction site.

Some newsworthy domain sales:

Business.com (news article) sold for $350 million

GayCalifornia.com (news article) Sold for $250,000

Travel.info (news article) sold for $117,000 - Wow I didn't know .info domain's were worth anything.

Comfirmed: Sex does sell:
- Sex.com sold for a rumored $12M in cash and stock last year.
- Sex.net sold for $450,000 last year.
- Porn.com sold for 9.5 million in 2007 (news article)

thesitename.com On ebay now for a starting price of only $25,000. Bid and make history!

My timesheet

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:06:46 GMT

My timesheet is what I use at work
My timesheet is the toughest part of my job
My timesheet needs to have at least 7.5 hours of work on it a day
My timesheet tells my boss what i did that day
My timesheet has my favorite code which is holiday
My timesheet has to be done on monday of everyweek
My timesheet is an excel spreadsheet
My timesheet has macro's
My timesheet has formulas
My timesheet rollforwards by itself

yeah... thats my timesheet. I perfected the timesheet over the course of my employement so now when I hit a button it saves the current week, ads the current week to a log of all time, clears all data, updates the dates for the new week and saves the new week file with the date in the filename. Yup that is my timesheet. Why are you interested in my timesheet anyway? Why did you read this whole thing?