Yearly Archives: 2004

No Year In Review

Posted on 31-Dec-2004 by Geof F. Morris

If you were expecting some big year-in-review … well, you’re not getting it. But you can do it yourself. I personally recommend a more in-depth look at my 2004 archives of greater import than the blather than you see here … Continue reading →

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Giddiness

Posted on 29-Dec-2004 by Geof F. Morris

Tonight, I will watch my first real, live NBA basketball game. I’m way geeked. I’m thankful that Stephen is going with me to keep me awake on the way to and from the game. It’ll be a little bit of … Continue reading →

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Godspeed, Jerry

Posted on 29-Dec-2004 by Geof F. Morris

Jerry Orbach, one of my favorite character actors, has died as a result of prostate cancer.

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Sinuses Be Damned

Posted on 28-Dec-2004 by Geof F. Morris

Said to Gareth yesterday: Y’know, I used to get sinus infections about every six to eight weeks and have a real good and nasty sinus headache about once every two or three months. Now, I get the sinus headaches very … Continue reading →

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Dyslexic Fingers

Posted on 27-Dec-2004 by Geof F. Morris

Like I told Jeff and Amy earlier: I ran UPDATE phpbb_posts SET poster_id = 861 WHERE poster_id =701; when I should have run UPDATE phpbb_posts SET poster_id = 861 WHERE poster_id =710; The only problem is that user 701 is … Continue reading →

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Tweaking Firefox

Posted on 27-Dec-2004 by Geof F. Morris

Two Firefox tweaks I will always do: Set network.cookie.maxNumber to 65535 to get virutally unlimited cookies. Add support for HTTP pipelining to make your requests go in series rather than parallel. The latter may not make sense to those of … Continue reading →

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I Have TiVo … What NOW?!

Posted on 27-Dec-2004 by Geof F. Morris

For new TiVo users—like my brother —a compendium of good online resources for learning about your new toy.

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The Merriest Christmas of All

Posted on 27-Dec-2004 by Geof F. Morris

… has to be getting food shipped up to you in orbit so you don’t have to come home early. This Permanent Manned Capability thing is important to me, and I’m glad that we’re going to be able to keep … Continue reading →

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297 Attempts

Posted on 26-Dec-2004 by Geof F. Morris

There were 297 attempts to comment in the 54 or so hours I was away from home … on IJSM.org alone. I have 363 unread emails in another account, the vast majority of which I presume are also spam attempts. … Continue reading →

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Following My Gut Instinct

Posted on 24-Dec-2004 by Geof F. Morris

This time, I’ve followed my gut instinct: all my WordPress are currently set to make me approve any comments before they are published. Every once in a while, the comment spammers figure out a new combination that slips past my … Continue reading →

Posted in Road Trips, Site Announcements, WordPress | 1 Comment

Merry Christmas to Bored Office Workers

Posted on 23-Dec-2004 by Geof F. Morris

For those of you office workers who are unmotivated today, Christmas Eve Eve, I present: Macromedia’s Holiday 2004 Penguin Diving Competition. Yes, now you can launch penguins into the sky, make them spin, and enter the water with the skill … Continue reading →

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Not Traveling

Posted on 21-Dec-2004 by Geof F. Morris

Well, I just got a stay in something I was dreading. Yesterday afternoon, there was a rumor floating about that upper management on my contract was mad at the incompetence of one of the NASA field centers—the one in Florida—and … Continue reading →

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Extending The Long Tail

Posted on 21-Dec-2004 by Geof F. Morris

Back in October, Anil Dash pointed me to a great essay by Chris Anderson: The Long Tail. Anil has come through again, pointing to Anderson’s new project The Long Tail. Anderson is seemingly so enraptured by this phenomenon that he’s … Continue reading →

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All Sorts of Sh*t

Posted on 21-Dec-2004 by Geof F. Morris

Man, the last 24 hours with me and computers have sucked. First: Our DSL connection at home is dying. Back when Mark was here, we upgraded the firmware [his idea]. On Sunday night, when I’d get five minutes’ connectivity before … Continue reading →

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Jeff’s Thoughts on Christmas

Posted on 17-Dec-2004 by Geof F. Morris

Jeff has some great thoughts on the subject of Christmas. Aunt Linda and Uncle Ed had brought us to the party and there we got to sit on Santa’s lap and tell him what we wanted for Christmas and we’d … Continue reading →

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