Archive for February, 2008

Six Things You Searched For

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Adam Pieniazek
on February 21, 2008
in Misc. and Statistics
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So I was just scrolling through the search keyphrases that led to this here blog and found a few odd ones. Here’s six of them:

  1. small dog create

    2. Huh? Was this person asking Google to make them a small dog?

  2. too much fun but not enough education

    3. There is a fine balance. One which many strive for but few attain.

  3. sitting

    4. Where they looking for a how to? Definition? History?

  4. managerial accounting for idiots

    5. How much you wanna bet a Fortune 500 CEO is behind this search?

  5. i love nate and adam icons for aim

    6. No idea why I’m the first result for this…

  6. do schools need textbooks

    7. College kid trying to convince his/her professor to drop textbooks? Or a principal trying to cut costs? In my opinion, schools do not need textbooks but do need authoritative resources to learn from, whether they be people or e-books or experiences is up to the school or teacher.

OK, time to go Google “Large pile of cash create”.

An Explanation To You

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Adam Pieniazek
on February 18, 2008
in Blog
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It’s been a little over a month since I started writing here again and I still feel I owe my readers an explanation for my near three month gap between my last post in 2007 on October 14 and my next post on January 6, 2008.

The truth is, I was starting to become burnt out with this blog and really needed a short break from blogging. I intended to only take a couple of weeks off, but then near the start of November I sprained my lower back while foolishly catching an air conditioner in mid-air that was slipping from my hands as I was carrying it into the basement. To anyone whose sprained or otherwise injured their back, you understand why sitting at a computer (especially after sitting at one for eight hours at work) was not something I looked forward to. So, to help bring me back from this injury I avoided using the computer as much as possible as sitting upright tended to cause pain for those first few weeks.

Needless to say, I should have written a quick post letting everyone know that posts would be sporadic here for a while but at the time, I foolishly thought my back would get better within a few weeks. It’s now been over three months and I’ve finally begun to feel like I did before the injury. In fact, I went running for the first time in a long time today. I barely got through a mile but it felt great (after the pain in my lungs subsided) though surely I’ll feel a little bit sore tomorrow, but in either case it won’t keep me from running again. As you can imagine the past few months of recuperation have really caused me to pack on a few pounds so a little soreness won’t be enough of an impediment from running.

Anyway, I hope that explains my near three month absence and to prove it wasn’t all time wasted here’s a few lessons I picked up:

  • Be careful when lifting heavy and if your grip is slipping just drop the weight (watch your feet though).
  • You can buy a new air conditioner but you only get one back
  • Don’t disappear. Let people know if you will not be around for a while.
  • If you’re in pain, see your doctor. Do not wait until the pain is unbearable.

There’s more than a few other things I learned over the past three months and we’ll have to get to those another day.

Away Message Poetry

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Adam Pieniazek
on February 11, 2008
in Misc.
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My friends’ away messages on AIM (Instant Messenger) seem to flow together tonight; check it out:

Dodgeball!

unpacking the new house
somewhere but not here

feeling sick…
if all you see is violence

food. i love you rachel
life’s good 8-) and I wear sunglasses at night.

Skiing in VAIL!

I left out the default “I am away from my computer right now” away message but used all the others messages my IM buddies put up, including my “somewhere but not here” note. How about you? Does your buddy list’s away messages tell a story?

Web Quotes and Counterpoints IV

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Adam Pieniazek
on February 8, 2008
in Web Quotes
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Let’s go with a twist to this edition of Web Quotes and Counterpoints, it’s organized by good news, bad news, and odd news. You can choose what you want to read first by clicking the links in the prior sentence or just read on (news follows the previous order, so good, bad, and finally odd).


Good News

It’s Friday baby!

-me a few minutes ago…sure this past Sunday night and Monday weren’t the best of times but the weekend got here quick!

I entered this race because I love America, and because I love America, in this time of war, I feel I must now stand aside, for our party and for our country.

-Mitt Romney via Romney suspends campaign

As someone whose lived in a government led by Mitt Romney, the news that he is suspending his 2008 presidential campaign is a huge relief. Though this news does not officially end his campaign, it does limit his already diminishing momentum. I just love it when someone comes into my home state, barely stays here, yet acts as if he’s know a true Bostonian. Hopefully, we are now only left to wonder where Mitt would have ventured off to if he became president.

If he spent his time as a Massachusetts governor campaigning across the country, would he have traveled the world as a U.S. President campaigning to be the first World Leader? Either way, we’re better of with Mitt out of these elections. Even better, the Republican field now narrows to three candidates. Will the mainstream media continue to ignore Ron Paul, now that he represents a third of the Republican candidates left?


Bad News

Even without surgery, the 41-year-old Schilling is not expected to be ready to pitch until at least the All-Star break, according to several sources familiar with his condition.

-Gordon Edes from Boston.com writes that Curt Schilling might be out until after the All-Star break. When it rains, it pours, eh New England? Seems those curses are hovering above us again, Pats lose their only game of the year in the Super Bowl, Kevin Garnett remains injured, and now Curt might be out for half a season. Yeah, this one story is enough bad news…moving on.


Odd News

It looks much fatter than the iPhone, while claiming to be a ‘99% iPhone Clone’.

Sascha over at Live25 found this gem of a device, the HiPhone, which just straight up copies the iPhone. Sure it looks a lot like the iPhone (though being fatter and more oval shaped) and comes with competitive features, but I’d do as Sascha recommends and stay far, far away from this phone. It’s only $130 cheaper than the iPhone so you might us well pony up the extra cash and get the real deal.

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