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Being a guy who works with computers, I’m called upon by friends and relatives to fix technical issues. This also makes me the unofficial PC technical support for my mom’s church.

Today my mom called me saying their main church PC wouldn’t boot. I took a copy of Spinrite and the Ultimate Boot CD [...]

Silent H, a description of its use and role in history:
A silent h can be put anywhere you want, precisely because it is silent. So for example, it is equally proper to spell it Gandih, Gahndi, hGandi and even Gandhhhhhhhi.
The silent h is very flexible. When I’m talking, I’ll toss in a silent h every [...]

Actually, I didn’t know it was in my salad until it jumped out of my salad.
It was a light-green frog about the size of my thumb, and it jumped out of the Cajun Chicken Caesar Salad I ordered at Smitty’s last night. For the record, that’s the Smitty’s restaurant in Mount Pearl, just outside St. [...]

Tags: frogs, salads, smittys

I recorded myself checking a lotto ticket. You’ll have to watch it to see if I won.

Maybe I’ll make this a weekly feature.
Update: I added it to Google Video.
Another update: Subsequent episodes have been posted.

Photo to Sketch:
With this fast, easy-to-use program, you can convert any photo-not just portraits-into an interesting, folksy sketch. While Photoshop can also perform this function, Photo To Sketch does it faster.
The following is an example from a photo of my son:

The standard version displays an annoying popup occasionally and has limited functionality, but it works.
(via [...]

I’m considering buying the Mantix Tiller. It costs $500 Canadian. It would come with a Border Edger Attachment, a Kick Stand, and 100 Mixed Daffodils. But do I REALLY need it?
Pros:

We have a 8′x20′ garden, which we want to enlarge, in addition to creating other flower and vegetable gardens on our property. [...]

I’ve written lengthy (i.e. more than 20 words) book reviews in the past, but I’ve gotten lazy, with piles of books by the computer as a reminder to write something about them. So fuck it, here are short reviews in the J-Walk style:

Marley & Me by John Grogan  (8/10)
This is a true tale of [...]

I think I got this from AdBusters a few years ago. (Click image to enlarge.)

I learned from Inside the CBC that Street Cents has been canceled:
…research has demonstrated pretty clearly that its demographic (pre-teen and teen) is increasingly and quickly moving to interactive digital platforms for news, info and entertainment. We’re in the process of refocusing our youth strategy to specifically address this trend.
I used to watch it 17 [...]

Tags: cbc, jonathon torrens, street cents

Armor Of God:
The whole Armor of God Pajama set will help your children to depend on God to protect them from their fears, doubts, and uncertainties at night so their sleep can be restful and peaceful.
I added the emphasize. So, don’t depend on your parents or family members or your self-confidence, but a mythical [...]

I lived in Newfoundland for over 10 years, plus I’ve visited it lots of times, yet on my recent trip there I discovered new things (and some old):

U-Haul is getting a lot of business there. Driving from Gander to St. John’s, at least 10 U-Haul vans passed us heading west. Sad.
People take offense [...]

I’m thinking of having chocolate cake for breakfast. With two cups of coffee.

I just listened to Roepert’s review of Oliver Stone’s latest movie, World Trade Center. He thinks it’ll get nominated for best picture. The best I can say is that I was able to sit through the whole thing without wanting to walk out. But I wouldn’t call it good either.
It probably will get nominated for [...]

We have some American executives visiting the office this week. I went around with them, introducing them to the team. Yes, I am almost in their echelon.
Scary.

Borland is bringing back the Turbo brand:
In 1983, Borland revolutionized software development with one of the first PC development environments, Turbo Pascal®, which helped make the commercial development of PC applications possible. The new products revive the popular Turbo brand and provide users with a simple but powerful development environment that combines quick and easy [...]