I'm really curious at this point who is reading this blog, so if you don't mind, please leave a comment below, even if this is your first and only visit.
I have that map on the right side that tells me where all my hits are coming from and at this point I have hits from a lot of different countries so I'm just curious.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Passwords
I hate passwords, but I understand the necessity for them. The really annoying part is the fact that some websites I use have different rules for how your user name or password has to be formulated. If you are like me you have accounts at hundreds of sites across the internet so how can you keep track of it all?
I try to use the same user name and password as often as possible. I know "they" tell you not to do that, but to me it's safer than keeping a list of user names and passwords somewhere that could be discovered by someone else.
The problem is that if I come to a site that that user name and password doesn't work, I'm toast. There is no hope of me remembering which variation of things that I had to use to jump through that web site's particular hoops. My only recourse is to follow the dreaded "Forgot your user name or password" link, which is sometimes easy and sometimes not.
Normally at this point of the blog I would suggest a witty and slightly humorous new method of identifying people that would make things simpler, but I've got nothing. It's just one of those annoying side effects that comes along with technological progress. Yes, I can do almost anything from my computer, but sometimes it's simpler to just drive to the bank.
I try to use the same user name and password as often as possible. I know "they" tell you not to do that, but to me it's safer than keeping a list of user names and passwords somewhere that could be discovered by someone else.
The problem is that if I come to a site that that user name and password doesn't work, I'm toast. There is no hope of me remembering which variation of things that I had to use to jump through that web site's particular hoops. My only recourse is to follow the dreaded "Forgot your user name or password" link, which is sometimes easy and sometimes not.
Normally at this point of the blog I would suggest a witty and slightly humorous new method of identifying people that would make things simpler, but I've got nothing. It's just one of those annoying side effects that comes along with technological progress. Yes, I can do almost anything from my computer, but sometimes it's simpler to just drive to the bank.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
That's Great
We went to a party for my nephew and his wife this past weekend and for the first time I realized something kind of funny.
I knew that by marrying my wife that I had instantly become an Uncle, but I realized that now that Daniel and Liz have a boy, that at 29 , I am already a Great Uncle.
I feel partly honored and partly old to have achieved this status already. If all goes well I could potentially achieve a Great Great Great Uncle title at some point. How often does that happen?
Well that gives me something to laugh about as I get ready to turn 30 next summer. If you need me I'll be at the drug store picking up a new cane and some denture cream.
I knew that by marrying my wife that I had instantly become an Uncle, but I realized that now that Daniel and Liz have a boy, that at 29 , I am already a Great Uncle.
I feel partly honored and partly old to have achieved this status already. If all goes well I could potentially achieve a Great Great Great Uncle title at some point. How often does that happen?
Well that gives me something to laugh about as I get ready to turn 30 next summer. If you need me I'll be at the drug store picking up a new cane and some denture cream.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
The Show of the Century
Yikes it's been almost a month since I last posted. Sorry about that. I've got to get better at keeping this updated.
Apparently the show on TV last night at around 5:30 was great. Probably epic. It was so profoundly interesting that I'm sure that it has changed the world. What was it? I have no idea, I wasn't paying attention, but Kylie was.
She was so enthralled and entranced by said show, that she decided that going to the bathroom and missing a few seconds of this monumental TV event was not worth the risk. So she peed herself in the chair and continued to watch.
Kylie will turn 3 in a couple of weeks and is fully potty trained so I can't imagine what must have been going through her head, although she has obviously inherited her Dad's trademark laziness. (Before you ask, I have never peed myself for TV as far as I can remember. Although with my DVR gone, I guess you never know...)
Her plan did backfire however due to the cleanup time and the 3 minute "timeout", so I guess she didn't fully weigh the risks, but that will come with time. It just cracks me up how things that we never even think of can be perfectly acceptable options for a 2 year old...
Apparently the show on TV last night at around 5:30 was great. Probably epic. It was so profoundly interesting that I'm sure that it has changed the world. What was it? I have no idea, I wasn't paying attention, but Kylie was.
She was so enthralled and entranced by said show, that she decided that going to the bathroom and missing a few seconds of this monumental TV event was not worth the risk. So she peed herself in the chair and continued to watch.
Kylie will turn 3 in a couple of weeks and is fully potty trained so I can't imagine what must have been going through her head, although she has obviously inherited her Dad's trademark laziness. (Before you ask, I have never peed myself for TV as far as I can remember. Although with my DVR gone, I guess you never know...)
Her plan did backfire however due to the cleanup time and the 3 minute "timeout", so I guess she didn't fully weigh the risks, but that will come with time. It just cracks me up how things that we never even think of can be perfectly acceptable options for a 2 year old...
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