Tue - Oct 30, 2007 : 04:56 pm
irritated
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No Extensions In Firefox?
PoeticIntensity
Okay... I'm getting like crazy frustrated here...
You know all those wonderful firefox extensions which allow web developers like me to work even faster and more efficiently? Well... They must all hate me.
I've heard incredible things about Firebug and Y-Slow as far as web development tools go, but can I use them?
Apparently no...
Gentoo / Programming
Mon - Oct 29, 2007 : 10:55 pm
content
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2007 Halloween Pumpkins!
PoeticIntensity
Well... Our pumpkins this year were just so darned cute, I had to blog about em' - I mean, after all, this is my journal!
So, without further ado, here are a few photos of the 2007 Jones Family Halloween Pumpkin Carving Extravaganza!
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Personal
Mon - Oct 29, 2007 : 02:46 pm
blah
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Life is Too Short to Hate Your Job
PoeticIntensity
My mom called me up a couple of days ago to give me some not-so-great news.
My dad got fired from his job. Now, those of you who know my dad know that he isn't "fire-able" material. While he was employed at his full-time job at the prime of his life, he happened to "keep a job" for more than 15 years, so... ...
Miscellaneous
Thu - Oct 25, 2007 : 01:40 pm
content
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Optical Illusion
orson
Last night before going to bed, I (well my wife) discovered an interesting phenomenon. Some type of optical trick/illusion, I don't know what is actually causing it.
I was playing with a laser pointer with the lights out. It was completly dark and my wife asked me if I could see the blue streak seemingly coming out of the red dot. At first I didn...
Thu - Oct 25, 2007 : 11:13 am
angry
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Microsoft Makes Me Sick
PoeticIntensity
I don't even know where to begin on this one. Maybe I'll start by screaming in frustration due to Microsoft's complete incompetence..... or is it incompetence? Maybe, and more likely, it's completely calculated, thought-through, planned, and executed....
Apparently, Microsoft sent out an "automatic update" to all XP a...
Gentoo / Linux / Microsoft
Wed - Oct 24, 2007 : 04:58 pm
content
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Temptation and Personal Battles
PoeticIntensity
Something which I've never even tried to verabalize, let alone write down is the subject for today's blog.
I've always thought there must be something wrong with me, since I've always been almost at the point of being tormented spiritually. That may seem a bit harsh, and surprising to those who know me, but it's true. Never actually ...
Spiritual
Tue - Oct 23, 2007 : 05:15 pm
content
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XFCE - Bouncing-back Window Focus
PoeticIntensity
Since I recently have switched to XFCE on my work computer (all home computers are still running Gnome), I've noticed a strange behavior with window focusing. I'm trying to decide whether this is a feature, or a bug.
What happens, happens once-in-a-while and I can't get it to do the same thing consistently. Whether it's because this i...
Linux
Tue - Oct 23, 2007 : 01:39 pm
irritated
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Where Did My Internet Go?
PoeticIntensity
Okay... I like my RSS feeds because they keep me up-to-date with the stuff I'm interested in.
So, I click on this feed which leads me to article about a mom getting mad at Balmer for some reason or another. Instead of going to the site itself, I'm brought to this full-page ad for something I'm not even remotely interested in.
So,...
Computers / Current Events
Sun - Oct 21, 2007 : 02:05 am
content
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Mustang's Fog-lights?
PoeticIntensity
I simply must blog about this - quickly.
When I arrived home from a trip through some pretty insane snow tonight, I simply had to test a theory I had about my 2007 Mustang GT's headlights vs. fog-lights. (Apart from the chance to drive like a maniac in the snow, which I absolutely love)
So, I get my car going about 25 down a very lowly-li...
Cars / Miscellaneous
Sun - Oct 21, 2007 : 01:38 am
bewildered
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Snow and Headlights
PoeticIntensity
Okay... We just got back from a little trip up to Ryan's house so he could sign us up for a loan that'll make it so we can make quite a bit of money saving up for life insurance (too much info for one paragraph to sustain, so.. we'll leave it at that)
Anyway, on our way home, it began to snow, and snow quite a bit harder than I've ever see...
Cars / Miscellaneous
Wed - Aug 01, 2007 : 09:13 pm
pensive
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Financial Decisions...
PoeticIntensity
Okay... I keep on runing into these people who have learned what I want to learn.
About a year ago, I met a guy named Rick Koerber and he seemed like a normal guy. About 6 months later, I find out he's a freaking multi-millionarie. I also find out that he teaches how he did it, and so I learn about it. It seems really legit...
Wed - Jul 18, 2007 : 12:12 am
content
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Luhn "Mod 10" Algorithm
PoeticIntensity
Whenever I do credit card checking, I always end up searching for longer than it would take me to create it myself, so... without further ado, here's the Luhn, or "Mod 10" algorithm for validating credit card numbers.
function mod_10($cc) {
$reversed_string = strrev($cc);
$string_array = str_sp...
Wed - Jan 27, 2010 : 12:09 am
excited
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First Impressions : MXL V77
AudioGuru
Since the studio's new shining star arrived, we've been having a lot of fun around here. To be honest, the guy who was good enough to sell us our new MXL V77, couldn't say enough about this microphone, which unfortunately is no longer in production, so when it arrived, I had my hopes up quite high - possibly too high.
So, after two successf...
Audio / Mixing / Music
Sat - Aug 09, 2003 : 10:57 am
no mood
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Letter to unborn Luci
PoeticIntensity
Ok... It's been a long time since I wrote in my journal... Sorry about that. Right now my life is good. I'm happy.....I'm blessed... Life is good. Just in case the other file gets deleted, here's a little letter I wrote to our baby-to-be.
Hello, mister or sister Jones the 1st. I don't even know where to begin in expressing my feelings for ...
Thu - Apr 29, 2010 : 05:11 pm
no mood
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Random Thoughts
lifesux111
Hey Guys,
Okay so its been a really really long time since I last wrote anything. I just recently remembered my password and that is a really big part of my reason for not writing. I know this is suppose to be like a diary (right or wrong?), but I would perfer to think that its more of a letter to a best friend (hope that don't sound ...
Mon - Sep 15, 2008 : 11:10 am
happy
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Mosiah : 9
PoeticIntensity
While reading this chapter, the first thing that stood out to me was a misconception I've had about Zeniff going back to the land of Nephi.
I thought, until about 10 minutes ago, that Zeniff tried to go inhabit the land twice, when in reality, the first time he was by the Lamanites, he was spying on them. Nothing too earth shattering, just ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Scriptures / Spiritual
Mon - Jan 30, 2006 : 08:40 pm
no mood
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Well it was one of those great stories...
PoeticIntensity
Name that tune... :)
Man... I'm having a hard time thinking of what to write about. (as you can tell from my last post)
Hmm..... Ya know... something I think I'm missing in my blog is the fact that I'm going to be a father (again) any day now. Sarah is due on February 10th and it's getting to the point where Collin Ryan Jones could join our...
Thu - Oct 01, 2009 : 04:40 pm
okay
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It's All About The Ears.
AudioGuru
So, over at homerecording.com, we have quite a few discussions about, well, pretty much anything that has to do with recording audio. One of the dicussions we recently engaged in had to do with critiquing a member's song he was working on.
Of course, there were the usual suggestions on what this person should do, whether it be "bring ...
Audio / Mixing / Music
Tue - Feb 10, 2009 : 10:36 pm
happy
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470 total views
School and the girl
denverbroncos#1
So today i got lucky. Recently i got a letter in the mail and it said that I have been late to first period too many times and it said for every additional tardy I would have to server 30 minutes of morning enrichment which is just another name for detention. My mom woke me up after i wouldnt wake up for my alarm clock and then after that i we...
Fri - Aug 29, 2008 : 08:55 pm
okay
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Fun Updating With Gentoo
PoeticIntensity
I just thought I'd jot down an experience which may be of some benefit to others, even if only to provide a few laughs.
About 3 years ago, I built my brother a computer and he was just as sick of Microsoft as I was, so I told him about Linux. He wanted it, so I installed gentoo on his box for him. I updated it probably 2 or 3 ti...
Computers / Gentoo / Linux
Tue - Jul 16, 2002 : 10:45 pm
no mood
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My Testimony
PoeticIntensity
I wish I could describe to you how much gratefulness is in my heart for whoever is in the skies who loves me. The prophets say He is Jesus Christ - and I believe them. This being up there loves me more than I can possibly comprehend. There is no way that words can describe to you, whoever you are, how much I want to learn to love Him.
One thi...
Wed - Feb 06, 2008 : 03:16 pm
excited
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LDS Online Scriptures
orson
(how-to)
Recently I was reading from scriptures.lds.org and decided it could be improved to make it easier to read. Here is what it looks like normally.
A couple things bugged me. Narrow text is generally easier to read. So, I made it more narrow. Also, the superscript letters that signify a footnote throw off the line spacing. I figured out a cool l...
Mon - Apr 24, 2006 : 09:38 am
no mood
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Workplace Politics......gah!
PoeticIntensity
Man alive.... I don't deal well with politics in the workplace AT ALL.
Why in the world aren't we using gentoo? Who knows. Probably because of the "support" that we don't get because we have PHP 5 installed on a SLES9 server. augh.....
Can I just tell you how much I hate it when people make snide remarks about something the know absolutely not...
Tue - Aug 28, 2007 : 09:25 am
grateful
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Forgiveness
PoeticIntensity
At church this Sunday, we talked about the topic of "forgiveness" in priesthood class and I've gotta say, holy cow - I love that class.
Ya know... I often wonder what makes a good class, and what makes a "not-so-great" class as far as gospel doctrine or priesthood or relief society goes. Learning about religion can ...
Lds / Spiritual
Tue - Sep 04, 2007 : 10:41 am
excited
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Why I Love Monterey
PoeticIntensity
Okay.... Yes.. Collin knows he's cool. Actually, he's just happy to be on his way to Monterey to enjoy the various wonderful goings-on there.
Anyway... I thought I'd list the reasons I love Monterey while I'm waiting for everyone to get ready for the day. So... Here goes:
By far the best reason to come to Monterey Califo...
Personal
Wed - Aug 29, 2007 : 08:56 pm
tired
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A New Frontier with PL/SQL
PoeticIntensity
Man...
At work, I've got .... well.. I was gonna say dilemma, but... it's not a dilemma because I know of a way out.
My dilemma is, I've gotta have a website functional by Friday, which means I've got two days to get it to work.
The database we're connecting to (postgres on gentoo, thank heavens) has a table with more than 12 million rows in it....
Programming
Sun - Sep 02, 2007 : 04:16 pm
pensive
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2007 Monterey Trip - Day 2
PoeticIntensity
Day Two....
I woke up this morning to a wonderful sore-throat. Nothing too bad, and I felt that it's one of those that will go away as the hours pass by. Turns up I was right.
I rolled around in bed (after getting probably like.... 2-3 hours of sleep on Friday night) this morning for a good 2 hours, trying to go back to sleep.
When I...
Personal
Fri - Feb 10, 2006 : 09:49 pm
no mood
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R00t3d...
PoeticIntensity
Oh... My... Goodness...
I can't think of where to begin, so I'll just start typing.
Two days ago we decided it was time to cut the umbilical for the other guys who were the old I.T. team for the company I work for. We did so by changing all passwords (or so I thought), and that's about it. We thought we had em'.... So.... We all went home and...
Sun - Feb 19, 2006 : 09:20 pm
no mood
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Today at Church...
PoeticIntensity
An interesting thought came to my head that turned into a quote of sorts. I'm sure others have said likewise, but I think this would be a great thing to have hanging in the house to constantly remind us.
May thoughts and choices of today bring God to guide and light my way.
Life with a healthy baby and a healthy wife sure is good. Welcome to ou...
Sat - Oct 20, 2007 : 04:38 pm
excited
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PayPal/Verisign Security Key
orson
I got one of those PayPal security keys a little while ago.
I got one after hearing about it from the security now podcast. Now I use it for PayPal and Verisign's OpenID.
Since it is based off of cryptographic algorithms. I decided to start using it for random numbers whenever I needed one. I do this all the time. Flip a coin? I don't carry c...