I have noticed that on two perfectly functional laptops (running Windows XP Pro) that when using Digg, Opera 9.27 crashes. Not just a hangup, or a page malfunction, but a full on Windows application error which forces me to end the process and restart the browser altogether.
Having using Digg a fair amount in the past with various versions of Opera (this one included), I can only conclude that this is a new issue and is most likely due to a change in the code which runs Digg. Does anyone have any insight into this most unfortunate turn of events? Error pasted below for those who can interpret these things.
Recently I picked up a purse from the local branch of the Goodwill. It was a small metal purse, with rounded sides and a beaded handle. It’s a pastel olive color, with a print of children playing on the lower half of the front and back. The graphic elements are derived from vintage J&P Coats thread adverts. It was immaculate when I got it and with some minor use I’ve already damaged the surface print in a few tiny spots. Before I go destroying this lovely item with regular use, I’d love to know more about it. Searches for J&P coats metal purse didn’t turn up anything conclusive.
So, to help you all I’ve provided some (mediocre) photos of the item in question, in the hopes a vintage thread or purse enthusiast might happen along and help me identify this really neat item.
I’m not going to use it much until I figure out when and where it comes from, as I’d hate to ruin a true vintage item. If a collector is interested I’d be willing to sell it.
On the recommendation of a friend, I watched this earlier and was left with many thoughts. Many questions. Anything that raises questions is of interest.
The following video is intended for audiences who are willing to ask questions. Questions about religion. Questions about authority. Questions about government. Questions about the world all live in. The author of this post takes no responsibility for the contents herein, and furthermore does not claim to believe in part or full the views expressed herein. However, the author does have strong interest in all the covered subjects. It is best you go into this blind. For if I were to explain the outline of this video to you, you would surely form prejudgement and that is not ideal at all. The author very much wishes to know your thoughts regarding this film, and have discussion about it. We here at RKNet are willing to entertain any and all view points. Moderation will be conducted by Giania. The other authors of RKNet will express their own views. Regardless of disagreement all (non-spam) comments will be allowed and encouraged. The point of asking questions is to get answers. Every person’s answer is important to us. Please help us explore these ideas by giving your feedback.
Caution, this film is 2 hours long. It is recommended that you visit the film’s site for source information and larger formats of the film.
Well kids, there’s about 2 days left for RKNet’s very first contest: Design-a-Vagina.
Truth be told I still haven’t come up with any suitable prizes, although the following options have crossed my mind:
Print the winning entry on a shirt, bag, or just get it on some really nice print stock.
Some manner of personal manipulation device (a.k.a. dildo)
A gift certificate of some sort.
A hearty congratulations and a page to enshrine the winner for all time.
However, given that there have been approximately ZERO entries thus far (not even non-qualified entries from the judges!), I suspect that I may not have to concern myself with prizes. Should anyone desire to participate, now is the time! If there’s significant activity near the closing bell I will be more than happy to accept entries that are technically “late”.
Gentle readers, this is your time to shine. Scrape at the creative mucus that resides in your skull for the sake of re-imagining that oh-so-mysterious entry to the female generative organs and we promise not to disappoint in rewarding you.
Let it never be said that Twitter is a useless web app. Thanks to Twitter friend doshdosh, I’ve discovered an article which may assist me in refining my goals for this website, such as they are, and increase readership and hopefully feedback as well.
The article on problogger.net is titled From 0 to 2000+ Subscribers in 120 Days. The guest author, Tina Su, writes a blog called Think Simple Now and her passion is helping people improve their lives. The article details the steps she took to make her website successful, and they are all very positive, realistic and easy to remember.
With the assistance of this well written guide, I would like to take this blog, this site, this project and really turn it into something worth visiting, bookmarking, and subscribing to within the next 120 days. I have touched upon this goal before a few months ago but never really followed up. It’s one of the challenges with A) not having concrete goals and B) maintaining a more than full time job.
Hopefully with the help of some of my other authors, and friends who desire to do creative things and use the web for distribution, this site can become a bustling hub of super fun times for all who pass by! Won’t you tag along? It will be quite the wild ride.
Huey Lewis is in dire need of your assistance. Wait, he is? According to MattressPolice.com he most definitely is in need of YOUR help, and my help, and apparently anybody’s help. Harnessing the power of the mighty internet, this fellow named Diesel (I’ve got a funny story about that name in another context, but I digress) has issued a solemn plea to get Huey Lewis back into the hearts and ears of everyone who partakes of classic rock radio.
In the words of the fossil fuel named author himself:
The avowed purpose of this blog is to bring back the genius that is Huey Lewis. In particular, I want Huey to get the airtime on classic rock radio stations that is being squandered on hacks like BTO and Foghat.
As of this posting he’s only got 59 comments to this petition. Maybe Akismet is working overtime? This is where you come in. Only YOU (and me, and a ton of other people) can actually raise a big enough stink to get people to acknowledge the greatness that is Huey Lewis (with or without The News, though for the record I’d prefer with).
Reasons I’m in favor of this cause personally?
I still own a vinyl of Fore! (For non-hipsters or people under the age of 20, “vinyl” refers to a circular disk of compressed plastic with grooves cut into it, also known as a record or record album, which when a needle connected to various wires is correctly drawn across it will produce sound.)
I mentally associated either Hip to Be Square or Stuck With You (forget which at the moment) with the very flavor Fig Newtons for the longest time. Straight up synesthesia. (Another tip for some of our less worldly readers: Fig Newtons are both fruit… AND cake. Astounding but true.)
The author also raises several very good points as to why Huey Lewis will make a very important contribution to the distribution and serving up of classic rock, but I’ll let you determine for yourself.
Oh well. Maybe some day this blog will fall into an update cycle and I can stop dreaming about making money for writing on the internet, and actually start doing it. Does anybody have any good books or blogs to recommend for achieving such a goal? Or would anyone with insight on the matter like to help by writing about experiences writing on the internet? It would be a lot of fun to interview someone who has made a living from strictly internet-generated revenues.
Today while studiously going through the process of marking all the newsletters I don’t bother with as read, I happened to note the following “Web Clip” above my inbox.
Sort of scant information for someone who paid for an ad. I daresay it looks just like spam. Junk. Fraudulent and whatnot.
I braced myself and made the decision to investigate. I expected lots of “buy _________” etc (item names not included, I get enough spammer attention). Yet here’s what I got:
What in the world is this nonsense? How did it end up as a legitimate paid ad in Gmail’s web clips? I’m starting to feel bad that I hit the submit button as many times as I did, since I’m beginning to suspect that this is some kind of elaborate click fraud. The mindset I can picture at work here is “Hi visitor, we paid 50 cents to get you here, now click the submit button because you know how curious you are to find out what happens. That information in the boxes above? Oh nothing… Just what we plan to charge our client for PPC. But hey, we’ve got this neat button. Isn’t it great? Hit it again!”
Any geniuses out there who could confirm or refute this assumption?
Don’t get me wrong, I love me some RSS. It allows me to read far more interesting articles per day than visiting individual blogs ever could. Yet without feedback and conversation, there’s nothing to separate someone’s blog from some kind of diary or masturbatory pontification. (Not that there aren’t some elements of both in a lot of blogs anyway, this one included.)
So let us all take a moment to break out from the comfort of our cozy feed readers, visit some of our favorite blogs, and let those jerks people know just how we feel! If there’s nothing recent that really inspires you, go back to old entries that got you really fired up and sound off. Stumble your way through tags and categories and find things that really pique your interests and speak away! Share your favorite entries with friends and get them to comment, too.
We the authors know you’re out there, and we love hearing from you. It lets us know we’re doing our job: entertaining, informing, and/or inspiring*. (*Trolling is a form of inspiration too!) Gentle readers, we love you! Share the love and leave a comment.
In two nicely done videos over at VideoJug, you can learn how to press your shirts and pants yourself. Not only does this save you tons of money in laundry services (not to mention the gas to pick them up), but it also prepares you for situations where laundry services may not be available.
Of all the garments to iron, your shirts and jackets would be the most important. In this video that’s bizzarely devoid of mouth movements on the part of the demonstrator (even though I think she may be the narrator as well), you’ll learn all the basics of shirt ironing, plus a few tips for less common situations. This one isn’t for the short-of-attention span though, it weighs in at an ADD-straining 7 minutes and 57 seconds.
After you’ve mastered making sure your upper half is in order, you can watch the video on how to keep your pants from looking like you slept in them all week (even if you have). This one is a bit shorter, and isn’t as robust in its explanation of certain oddities and tricks, but still very useful.
Be sure to visit the VideoJug site if these are helpful to you. On the video pages themselves is a complete, written out set of instructions and materials you’ll need to become an ironing master. The VideoJug site is wonderfully laid out and easy to navigate, they also have (according to them) over 26,000 “professionally-made advice” videos. I picture spending a lot of time there in the near future.
Some kids play in the sandbox. We play in the.... litterbox??? The RKNet staff is pleased that you decided to stop by. Currently this is a multi-author project, with a rotating cast of totally kooky characters. Contact giania [at symbol] gmail [dot] com if you'd like to play here too.
