Next, I've learned bold and italics. Simple to some, but for those of us who spent their lives playing a musical instrument and not a keyboard/mouse, it's not hard-wired into our heads. =)
My next goal is centering and color manipulation, which doesn't seem to be too hard. Yay!
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Learning Dang HTML
Well, I've learned just a couple of small things about html, and they have made me SO happy. First, I've learned about the paragraph command that makes the "Cam" part of my Volcano Cam link show up on the sidebar before the pictures below it get the chance to chop the link up. Woo-hoo!
Catching up, Vol II
Good afternoon, all! LOL – whoever reads this besides me =)
No biggie to me, like I said, I’ll be here whether you are or not! =)
Well, a little bit has happened since I wrote last…
We had to cancel our pre-Valentine’s date due to a car wreck (not ours, no one was hurt either). This guy (with his wife and two children in the car, no less) ran a stop sign, locked up trying to stop, made a HUGE turn into our lane (it w as 3 point intersection, so no lane ahead of him… he HAD to turn or hit forest) and spun us halfway around. Us meaning my brother, his pregnant wife, their two girls (10 and 2), plus Josh and me. The girls and I were asleep, so we didn’t see anything, but we woke up to screaming and another car coming straight at us when we were spun. However, it was a police car (he’d been behind us for 10-20 miles), so he was agile enough to miss us and pull over the stunned other car. So instead of spending our date night at dinner/movie, or whatever we were going to do, we spent it waiting on highway patrol on a gas station parking lot.
My root canal was on Valentine’s Day itself, so that day was out too. Instead our “date” was about a week after when we went to dinner and rented a video LOL.
And OUCH to the root canal, by the way! The actual procedure didn’t hurt at all, but afterward, my gums were throbbing beyond belief! My dentist had to manipulate my gums a lot in order to get to the entire root, so as soon as the anesthesia wore off, I was in pain. The dentist put me on Darvocet previously, so I took advantage of the prescription for this pain.
However, I am mostly all better now… pain free at least. Between the infection and the dang antibiotic, I am worn out every day and have headaches EVERY TIME I take the medicine. I have to finish the prescription, though, so I must endure. :P
We’re doing our taxes this week, but we’re not getting back as much as I thought, b/c Josh's company didn't take out enough federal from his paycheck... grr. At least we don't have to pay like some people do.
No biggie to me, like I said, I’ll be here whether you are or not! =)
Well, a little bit has happened since I wrote last…
We had to cancel our pre-Valentine’s date due to a car wreck (not ours, no one was hurt either). This guy (with his wife and two children in the car, no less) ran a stop sign, locked up trying to stop, made a HUGE turn into our lane (it w as 3 point intersection, so no lane ahead of him… he HAD to turn or hit forest) and spun us halfway around. Us meaning my brother, his pregnant wife, their two girls (10 and 2), plus Josh and me. The girls and I were asleep, so we didn’t see anything, but we woke up to screaming and another car coming straight at us when we were spun. However, it was a police car (he’d been behind us for 10-20 miles), so he was agile enough to miss us and pull over the stunned other car. So instead of spending our date night at dinner/movie, or whatever we were going to do, we spent it waiting on highway patrol on a gas station parking lot.
My root canal was on Valentine’s Day itself, so that day was out too. Instead our “date” was about a week after when we went to dinner and rented a video LOL.
And OUCH to the root canal, by the way! The actual procedure didn’t hurt at all, but afterward, my gums were throbbing beyond belief! My dentist had to manipulate my gums a lot in order to get to the entire root, so as soon as the anesthesia wore off, I was in pain. The dentist put me on Darvocet previously, so I took advantage of the prescription for this pain.
However, I am mostly all better now… pain free at least. Between the infection and the dang antibiotic, I am worn out every day and have headaches EVERY TIME I take the medicine. I have to finish the prescription, though, so I must endure. :P
We’re doing our taxes this week, but we’re not getting back as much as I thought, b/c Josh's company didn't take out enough federal from his paycheck... grr. At least we don't have to pay like some people do.
Monday, February 06, 2006
Funny stuff
Uh-oh - posting twice in a day - NOT the start of a trend LOL
This was from an email that got passed to me today. Some real nuggets here.
>GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:
>
> 1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.
> 2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your
> hair.
> 3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch
> the second person.
> 4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
> 5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.
> 6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
> 7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
> 8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
> 9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
> 10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.
>
>
> GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:
>
> 1) Raising teenagers is like nailing jelly to a tree.
> 2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
> 3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
> 4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
> 5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
> 6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not
> the toy.
>
> GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD
>
> 1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
> 2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
> 3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while
> you're down there.
> 4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a
> rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
> 5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody
> bothers to ask you the questions.
> 6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.
> 7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.
>
>
> THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:
>
> 1) You believe in Santa Claus.
> 2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
> 3) You are Santa Claus.
> 4) You look like Santa Claus.
>
>
> SUCCESS:
>
> At age 4 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
> At age 12 success is having friends.
> At age 17 success is . . . having a drivers license.
> At age 35 success is . . . having money.
> At age 50 success is . . . having money.
> At age 70 success is . . having a drivers license.
> At age 75 success is . . . having friends.
> At age 80 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
This was from an email that got passed to me today. Some real nuggets here.
>GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:
>
> 1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.
> 2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your
> hair.
> 3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch
> the second person.
> 4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
> 5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.
> 6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
> 7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
> 8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
> 9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
> 10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.
>
>
> GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:
>
> 1) Raising teenagers is like nailing jelly to a tree.
> 2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
> 3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
> 4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
> 5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
> 6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not
> the toy.
>
> GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD
>
> 1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
> 2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
> 3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while
> you're down there.
> 4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a
> rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
> 5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody
> bothers to ask you the questions.
> 6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.
> 7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.
>
>
> THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:
>
> 1) You believe in Santa Claus.
> 2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
> 3) You are Santa Claus.
> 4) You look like Santa Claus.
>
>
> SUCCESS:
>
> At age 4 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
> At age 12 success is having friends.
> At age 17 success is . . . having a drivers license.
> At age 35 success is . . . having money.
> At age 50 success is . . . having money.
> At age 70 success is . . having a drivers license.
> At age 75 success is . . . having friends.
> At age 80 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
Sickos?
Well, I got sick over the weekend. I woke up Sunday morning with a sore throat. By Sunday night, I was covered up with about 4 or 5 blankets shivering out a fever. By 3am, my fever finally broke, so I got off the couch and went to bed. Josh came home soon after that (3rd shirt still), and if he woke me up like normal, I never knew. I was out of it most of the time. Lucy walked across me a couple of times and I felt like she weighed 100lbs. I'm better today as far as whole body is concerned, but my head is still floating 10 feet above my body.
It's probably too late to have been a result of my recent flu shot, so I'm scratching off the list of possibles. More than likely it's something here at work, b/c everyone in my cube was healthy on Friday, and today, two of us are out, and the two who made it here (myself included) are really sick, too. There are a lot more people out today, too. Some sicko must have come in here with a fever or something for this many people to be out at once.
I dragged my butt in here, but that's only b/c I have to save my remaining vacation days for next week's root canal. Fun...
And if I'm still stuffed up by next Tuesday (which is highly possible considering my cold recovery history), I'll probably reschedule the root canal. They're putting a dental dam in my mouth, which, from the looks of it, makes me only able to breathe through my nose.
Well, I'm outta here.
It's probably too late to have been a result of my recent flu shot, so I'm scratching off the list of possibles. More than likely it's something here at work, b/c everyone in my cube was healthy on Friday, and today, two of us are out, and the two who made it here (myself included) are really sick, too. There are a lot more people out today, too. Some sicko must have come in here with a fever or something for this many people to be out at once.
I dragged my butt in here, but that's only b/c I have to save my remaining vacation days for next week's root canal. Fun...
And if I'm still stuffed up by next Tuesday (which is highly possible considering my cold recovery history), I'll probably reschedule the root canal. They're putting a dental dam in my mouth, which, from the looks of it, makes me only able to breathe through my nose.
Well, I'm outta here.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
I'll bet he's a smoker, too.
I got this here: http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/02/apple-sued-over-ipod-hearing-risks/
Apple sued over iPod hearing risks
Posted Feb 2nd 2006 9:19AM by Marc Perton
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Just when you thought disgruntled iPod customers couldn't find anything else to complain about, a Louisiana man has filed a lawsuit against Apple, complaining that the iPod can cause hearing loss. According to the suit, the iPod can be pumped up to over 115 decibels, a level that can damage hearing, and the audio players are "inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings." A lawyer for the plaintiff said he didn't know if his client had suffered hearing loss, but said that's irrelevant. "He's bought a product which is not safe to use as currently sold on the market," the lawyer said. Given that iPods already include warnings that state that "permanent hearing loss may occur if earphones or headphones are used at high volume," we don't expect this one to go very far. In the meantime, we're sure someone out there is planning a lawsuit over the iPod with video, claiming that it's an unsafe device because you could be hurt if you watch videos while walking or driving.
My thought - Well, DUH!!! Don't play it at max level anyway!! The freakin' guide tells you not play it above like 60 or 70% volume in the first place.
Are you going to sue Trojan because your condom fell off, too?
Idiot...
Apple sued over iPod hearing risks
Posted Feb 2nd 2006 9:19AM by Marc Perton
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Just when you thought disgruntled iPod customers couldn't find anything else to complain about, a Louisiana man has filed a lawsuit against Apple, complaining that the iPod can cause hearing loss. According to the suit, the iPod can be pumped up to over 115 decibels, a level that can damage hearing, and the audio players are "inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings." A lawyer for the plaintiff said he didn't know if his client had suffered hearing loss, but said that's irrelevant. "He's bought a product which is not safe to use as currently sold on the market," the lawyer said. Given that iPods already include warnings that state that "permanent hearing loss may occur if earphones or headphones are used at high volume," we don't expect this one to go very far. In the meantime, we're sure someone out there is planning a lawsuit over the iPod with video, claiming that it's an unsafe device because you could be hurt if you watch videos while walking or driving.
My thought - Well, DUH!!! Don't play it at max level anyway!! The freakin' guide tells you not play it above like 60 or 70% volume in the first place.
Are you going to sue Trojan because your condom fell off, too?
Idiot...
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