badmatty

It's been a while since I've taken the time to post. I just wanted to share a new bumper sticker that was sent to me. It sums up quickly what I think of our new socialist president-elect. I know, that whole Marxist-Socialist thing was just a smear. You don't have to look too hard to see and hear it for yourself. He's got some interesting ideas about which direction our nation should head..
Like when he states that The Constitution of the United States of America is "Just a charter of NEGATIVE LIBERTIES"

I came across this site and lOllered big time. This site has pics and desriptions of all of the ACME product from the cartoon. A to X-Ray!

Gems like the ACME Dehydrated Boulder True work of genious.

Check out the main site at: http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/acme.html

Add Internet Explorer to the Vista Desktop

For some reason known only to the Windows Vista development team, there is no easy option to add the Windows Explorer icon to the Vista Desktop. You can add Computer, Recycle Bin, and the Control Panel --- perhaps someone can explain that to us. In the meantime, if you want to add Internet Explorer you can do it with a Registry hack. Before editing the Windows Registry it is always advisable to make a backup of the Registry file. If you have never edited the registry and do not understand any of the steps here, please do not continue.

1. Click the Start button
2. Open the Run dialog box (or type regedit in to the search box on the Start Menu)
3. Type in regedit and press Enter
4. Navigate to the following registry key: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel
5. Create a new DWORD 32-bit by right clicking in the key area (See Figure K)
6. Copy this as the key name including the brackets:
{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}
7. Close regedit
8. Right click on the Desktop and click the Refresh menu entry --- Internet Explorer should now appear.

I have to give thanks to a co-worker, Jordan for this link. After viewing this on an iPhone, I had to come home to see it for real. These white folk sure got some moves. My guess is this was practiced more than once.

Big Butts...The Wedding

Wigflip has some great little animated GIF tools. You can make marquees and other neat little GIF files.

Today I had a need for the SignBot that they have. You see there is a guy who either doesn't know anything about web design and therefore is ignorant to the fact that he is stealing or knows that he is stealing and doesn't care. He must have liked my Drudge Report logo I made and host because when I was checking my records of my site today, I noticed that not all was legit. This person was leaching my image and bandwidth.

I have had this happen in the past. This time I was feeling a little mischievous. At first I was going to swap out the image with something very obscene. I thought better of that...I mean the guy could go and show his work off to his grandmother or something. Instead, I opted for something just as fun, but a little more subtle.



I hope that the other webmasters he is stealing from are as nice as I.

WebWeaver has a nice explanation of hotlinking and leaching.

I just got a nice new laptop to use for the next two months. It's a loaner/tester from Lenovo. For anyone who doesn't know, Lenovo is the company that bought IBM and they use that name for most of their non-server products.

This new laptop is the beans. Super light at about 3 pounds and yet still has every bit of ability and is plenty fast running Vista Business. It's the best laptop I've had as far as the way I use them, which is pretty much marathon usage. No gaming but it's on 24/7 and won't likely be rebooted for weeks or more.

Below is a video I found of someone doing a nice brief demo. Here is the link to the full review. Lenovo x300

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/..../ie8/features.mspx

From The site:
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 (Developer Preview)

Welcome to the website for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1. Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is a developer preview for web designers and developers to help prepare their websites for the launch of Internet Explorer 8. Some of the new features designed for developers include a developer toolbar and improved interoperability and compatibility.

Internet Explorer 8 is designed to work in standard mode out of this box. However, Microsoft provides a way for users to browse the web in a way similar to Internet Explorer 7 by using the emulate Internet Explorer 7 button on the chrome. Learn more.

The web at your service Internet Explorer 8 will take the web experience beyond the page. Internet Explorer 8 introduces a new way to seamlessly experience the best of the web whether you are a web developer writing to standards or a user discovering a new online service. Be one of the first developers to take advantage of improvements in Internet Explorer 8 for your websites and applications. Learn more.

So I'm watching Spongebob Squarepants this afternoon. I love that show...there are so many hidden jokes on there. Downright silly, I tell you. I nearly spit out my pizza when I thought I heard Spongebob say to Mrs. Puff, his driver's ed teacher, "Well, see you next Tuesday!"

My twisted mind went instantly to the famous acronym. So I checked youtube and got my answer instantly. That is some funny stuff right there.

Spongebob Squarepants

I clicked on a link last night and it brought me to someplace I did not expect.

Love Scene

That wasn't the same title as the link I clicked though.

Kind of neat page here. Never heard of it until I was checking the logs of my site. Anyhow, if you go to this site and punch in something into the search, you'll get image results that you can click on that are in a photo montage layout.
Montage-A-Google

This guy is likely a computer buffoon. However, this video did make me laugh. I personally have never had a problem loading or running Vista on any machine I have tried. Maybe I'm just a lucky guy. In which case, I should plan a trip to a casino. Anyhow, watch the clip.

I love this song. The routine is very fun to watch.

This guy has a Masters in Singing In Reverse. Watch the whole thing.

Click the image for a larger version.

Merry Christmas!