Posted in Everyday Life, Rants, Blogging on January 31st, 2007 3 Comments »
I am not admitting defeat, though I will admit that I have taken a beating in the spam arena with SicklesInsight. I swear the number of incoming spam attacks doubles each week - and this becomes quite a task to handle. In past weeks I’ve enabled Akismet Comment Spam Killer which is a plugin included […]
Posted in Everyday Life, Technology, General Technology on January 30th, 2007 3 Comments »
This made me laugh, perhaps you’ve already read it:
Dear Valued Microsoft Customer,
This year Daylight Saving Time (DST) extends by approximately four weeks. In compliance with this provision in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, DST dates in the United States and Canada will start three weeks earlier (2:00 A.M. on […]
Posted in Technology, General Technology on January 29th, 2007 No Comments »
CUPERTINO, Calif. – Jan. 29, 2007 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Altiris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a leading provider of IT management software that enables businesses to easily manage and service network-based endpoints – from mobile devices, laptops, and desktops to servers and storage assets. For […]
Posted in Personal on January 28th, 2007 No Comments »
The polls are closed and it would seem that some of you are aware of the low-profile raffle recently administered through Sickles Insight; though the participation level was just a slight bit below my expectation, a winner will still be had. Thank you to the few who actively participated!
I attribute the lower than expected level […]
Posted in Everyday Life on January 23rd, 2007 9 Comments »
Dearest blog groupies,
My apologies for neglecting my online presence these past few weeks; the holidays, days preceding, and days following were busy and unproductive for the concept of preparing a post worth writing (or worth reading). So, I apologize for leaving you hanging and forcing you to return to the same looking page time […]
Posted in Personal on January 23rd, 2007 1 Comment »
Okay, I’m just going to get this in the clear upfront: Yes, I’m a sucker for the quick and powerful link bait notion (even if it is 13 batches in); in addition, for those of you arriving from the other end, the following is a shameless plug.
Folks, it has come time that I dispense to […]
Posted in Photography, How To on January 10th, 2007 2 Comments »
Tips & Tricks – “Triangles”
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate
HOW IT WORKS: When posing people or objects try to arrange them in triangles. This goes hand in hand with many of the photo “tips & tricks” from 2006 by way of breaking symmetry and creating odd numbered compositions. This helps give the eye a pattern or […]
Posted in Everyday Life, Rants on January 8th, 2007 1 Comment »
It is January 8 of the year 2007, have you given up on your new years resolution yet? Certainly not me, I am sailing strong not yet breaking a single resolution. The trick is simple, have you figured it out yet?
One key reason we fail our new years resolution is because we make the resolutions […]