Monthly Archives: February, 2005
Freeware
I bought a laptop. It was kind of a birthday present to myself i guess. The computer didn’t come with many programs i use regularly so the search is on for free alternatives. I remember hearing about Open Office years ago and i just stumbled on it again. I just finished downloading it – i’ll …
Good deals
I do love a good deal. Like when you order Guinness at a pub and they only cost $3 each. Or the two t-shirts i bought at Urban Outfitters that were on sale for $18 but rang up at under $5 each. …and then there were the Coca-cola plates Cena found at Target this afternoon …
hotels.com
Last night i made a reservation with hotels.com for our last night in DC. We needed to move closer to the airport for our early departure tomorrow. So we called the hotel this morning to check about early check-in and they had no record of our reservation. Of course, it wasn’t easy to just call …
Gravatar
Haloscan is always improving their commenting code. Now in beta is support for Gravatar which remembers an avatar if you have an email address filled in on the form when you submit comments. Ooooh i want to tweak this instead of putting on a suit and tie! Alas.
SI
I’m in Washington DC right now. I just have a few minutes before i need to go to the welcoming social hosted by Sports Illustrated. I heard that attendees have a chance of winning a signed swimsuit issue. Not sure what the female attendees would think of that. I’ll post more about the past week …
Grant application
Before leaving Petersburg i had to wrap up a grant application for the swimming pool. As you can see below it is a pretty thick application. Don’t worry – i’ll be letting you all know if it is a successful application. This packet was asking for $1.5 million.
Survey says…
After almost two years of occasionally filling out online surveys for one particular outfit i almost have enough points to get a dvd. The last survey i filled out for them was about microwave popcorn. One of the screens was asking how i felt about a particular brand. See which question doesn’t belong… NASCAR? Alright …
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