Monthly Archives: August, 2005
Aetna
In February i got new glasses. I have a vision plan with my “health care provider” so submitted my receipts and claim forms for the eye exam ($60) and the spectacles ($300) in the same envelope by the end of February. By April i realized that they had reimbursed me for the exam but not …
Food pyramid
I can’t remember when they got rid of the four food groups and went to the pyramid scheme. But they just revamped the logo. Go to their site and you get a custom recommendation. Mine says that i can eat 25 strips of bacon a day if they average 8 grams each. No wonder i’m …
Almost famous
Devren sent me a text message yesterday… Dude. Ur famous. I read about u on geekblue b4 i read it on ur site. Way cool! So of course i headed over to geekblue. There they gave credit to gearlive for the link. And on gearlive they gave credit to make. My link was spreading through …
Custom deluxe
New image files make my website quite mine. I used a sharpie set, a scanner, and a lot of trial and error to get the homemade effect. Still adding files…
Nintendo mouse
If you are like me you get really excited when you find two Nintendo controllers at the Salvation Army. One was priced at $1.00 and the other at $.37 (i didn’t fight the pricing). Of course, they get home and meanwhile occupy a part of my brain that is like a broken stove. There is …
Nifty
Making a Rubik’s Cube out of Lego. Hacking a Coke machine. A bicycle frame made of bamboo. Those are very nifty.
Craftster
I have found a new forum that i really enjoy. Craftster has all kinds of categories that feature people cranking out stuff like i often do. There is a lot more emphasis on sewing that i have – but here are some neat projects… coasters from old magazines, the inspiration for the bottlecap mosaic, scrabble …
Very impressive
In trying to fix a Firefox install that’s causing problems on one of my computers *gasp* i stumbled on K-Meleon. This little browser is incredibly fast. If it has an adblock feature i might just switch…
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