Random thoughts of the Chronically Curious

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250757542011-07-07T14:57:56.596-06:00Random thoughts of the Chronically CuriousAn attempt to add a drop of interesting to your dayJoe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.comBlogger591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-20019561337956219462008-10-11T09:03:00.004-06:002010-03-25T13:10:37.088-06:00My Updated Bucket list

So this post will serve as a virtual sticky note (I love post-it, best product ever). What follows is the to-do list of my life... Things I would like to accomplish before I die... It is a work in progress as I occasionally remember another thing I would like to do, I will add them, and when I accomplish one, I will cross it off the list... Let me know a few things that are on your list in the

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-81196980107185603502007-05-07T11:25:00.000-06:002007-05-15T11:14:25.883-06:00Amazing videos of people with too much...

time on their hands.these chain reaction videos are something else!hereandhereand lets not forget the now famous Honda Accord video

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-4209097145487018622007-04-30T09:30:00.000-06:002007-04-30T09:31:00.207-06:00silence is golden

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-85704268817812024662007-04-26T15:58:00.000-06:002007-04-26T16:00:29.395-06:00What Do 300 Calorie Meals Look Like?

Here is a selection of meals that are in the 300-400 calorie range. The visual representation gives an idea of portion size. Breakfast - 290 calories1 whole wheat English muffin2 pats low fat butter1 hard boiled egg1/2 cup of fruit8 oz fruit juice8 oz water Cereal - 300 calories2 cups of cereal8 oz 2% milk1 banana1 coffee or tea More HERE...

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-78186172967554946572007-04-18T10:18:00.000-06:002007-04-18T10:25:52.226-06:00Record Outbound Customer Service Calls With 321-CALL-LOG

I love this, of course you need to allert the other party that you are taping call, otherwise you might end up in the slammer with a guy named "bubbles" as your cell mate. not really on that last part, but still...from the consumerist321-CALL-LOG is a free online service that helps you make recordings of and document your customer service phone calls.After signing up, simply call 321-CALL-LOG,

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-62858118601994824632007-04-18T10:06:00.000-06:002007-04-18T10:08:33.245-06:00Using Google as a Proxy

Normally when you view a web page, your computer's browsing software makes a connection to the destination server, downloads the page's data, and displays it for you.This would normally be the preferred way of doing things, but occasionally you'll find yourself on a work or school connection that disallows you from connecting to certain web sites. In these scenarios, what you need is a proxy. A

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-19993304657764170142007-03-28T15:25:00.001-06:002009-06-05T09:04:50.094-06:00Veni, vidi, vinegar

254 uses for vinegar, who knew?included in the list:Used as a hair rinse, vinegar neutralizes the alkali left by shampoos.Fabric softener and static cling reducer - use as you would liquid fabric softeneronce a month, run a pot of vinegar through your coffee maker, cleans it right out (do this outside, if possible)the whole shebang

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-16298919765496112612007-03-28T14:12:00.000-06:002007-06-22T14:34:48.120-06:00Waiting for my music video to come

This is the first music video that a friend and i did for a class project. it is primitive, but was fun to do. permalink

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-64803354876649840542007-03-28T13:49:00.000-06:002007-03-28T13:54:48.283-06:00How many megapixels is your eye?

576 as it turns out, but that is the punchline, read the setup here

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-37222957339080794552007-03-27T10:07:00.000-06:002007-03-28T14:00:11.428-06:0030 tricks of 30 trades

interesting article from themorningnews.org about 30 tricks from 30 different tradesamong some of the gems you'll learn are:Auto MechanicAlways put copper grease on the battery terminals after servicing a car. The performance benefit is negligible, but when customers look under the hood they will immediately see that something’s changed and thus feel happy to pay you.JewelerWhen setting a

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-61444873819789599312007-03-20T10:55:00.000-06:002007-03-20T11:09:03.493-06:00airport wifi and power outlet locator

traveling soon? looking to charge your laptop or grab a bit o' free wifi? the following two sites specialize in just that. the airpower home site is a wiki based site, so if you are feeling ambitious, feel free to spread the power placement love.find an outlet...find a signal...

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-627450807110557092007-03-08T10:21:00.000-07:002007-03-08T10:36:38.795-07:00YouTube for documents

new site recently launched called scribd that is a place to upload documents. no account needed, just start uploading stuff. what should you upload? how bout a funny powerpoint you saved . or an email you copied to a word document. lots of potential.

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-1686969314320120852007-03-07T11:36:00.000-07:002007-03-08T10:19:48.206-07:00tax time... links to deductions you may have no idea about

this is a list that i have compiled of various resources explaining some unheard of dedusctions...50 of the most commonly overlooked deductions10 "don't miss" tax breaks from CNN.comThe 13 Most Overlooked Tax Deductions from Kiplinger.comClaiming depreciation on your cell phone or computerSales tax deduction calculator from the kind old souls at the irs

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-72379134306176728692007-03-06T11:59:00.000-07:002007-03-06T12:05:55.546-07:00the most interesting visual world distribution i have ever seen

i dont know what else to say, look at the photosworld housing prices hivwar deathslots more...

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-12772703260587440042007-03-06T11:33:00.000-07:002007-03-06T11:38:41.222-07:00the mayo and the coffee

When things in our lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee. A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-20682705722658323502007-03-01T13:25:00.000-07:002007-03-01T13:27:28.323-07:00it may be legal, but ethical?

Outsmart Best Buy, Circuit City...Save Hundreds on ElectronicsWant to outsmart an illegal sales tactic and save boo coos of money on your next big screen television? How about trimming hundreds of dollars off the price of a computer monitor, or a speaker system? The consumer can make age-old sales tactics at Best Buy, Circuit City and Fry’s work in their favor. We can exploit an illegal practice

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-29314970188743731802007-02-27T16:26:00.000-07:002007-02-27T16:30:03.798-07:00teach your kids about money

'cause they are not going to learn in school.from the wall street journalGiving Five-Year-Olds a Toy Allowance:How to Teach Your Kids About MoneyJune 1, 2005Will they bite the hand that once fed them?Unfortunately, it's all too easy to raise financially irresponsible children. Many teenagers learn nothing about personal finance in school, and they learn all the wrong lessons from their

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-43333949196217505302007-02-27T12:16:00.000-07:002007-02-27T12:24:33.863-07:00more phone numbers

this time from sprint. gotta love the love given to the litle guy.remember start out at the top, as everyone knows, nothing rolls uphillSPRINT EXECUTIVE CONTACT INFOAdriano, Jerry - Integration 913-762-8080 jerry dot adriano at sprint dot comCarter, Matthew - CEO 913-794-2200 matt dot carter at sprint dot com Curran, Jim - BCS Executive 913-762-1238 jim dot m dot curran at sprint dot com

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-64027247502501518852007-02-27T11:58:00.000-07:002007-02-27T12:04:47.463-07:00want $988 freaking dollars?

then start brown-baggin' your lunch. the clever dude's wife has come up with not only a cost analysis of eating out vs. BB, but a menu for the week! i am going to try it and see if we can save a few smackeroos. full story

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-11375646539247629572007-02-26T22:47:00.000-07:002007-02-26T22:49:56.743-07:00learn from the man that does it all day long

read resumes that is.interesting look at what is going through the mind of a man charged with filling two positions, and staring at the business end of a literal stack of resumes

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-70173241154474804502007-02-22T16:34:00.000-07:002007-02-22T16:37:36.204-07:00embed files in your homepage

cam across this site today and thought that i would pass it along to my adoring public (all 1 of you, thanks mom!)here you can generate the code needed to embed the player right in your page. they ask you for some basics like what kind of player, and the address of the [video] then it generates the code which you can copy and paste into your page

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-71261563756975554622007-02-22T15:23:00.000-07:002007-02-22T16:01:35.077-07:00more than one one way to peel an egg

i have never tried this, but will tonight, just for kicks. i have always heard that you should only hard boil eggs that are a little older as the thin membrane just inside the shell thickens and makes for easier peeling. that technique has nothing on this guy

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-55460737876571139552007-02-21T12:08:00.000-07:002007-02-21T12:16:46.574-07:00autumn

we have all seen that wallpaper on our windows xp machines... autumn. read the article in vanity fair of one man's quest to find out all he can about this strangely eco-erotic picture. it sounds weird, but this is a fascinating story

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-5364480209046770882007-02-21T10:51:00.000-07:002007-02-21T10:54:25.747-07:00this number means what?

this is a list of what numbers mean... of course there may be more0 is the additive identity.1 is the multiplicative identity.2 is the only even prime.3 is the number of spatial dimensions we live in.4 is the smallest number of colors sufficient to color all planar maps.5 is the number of Platonic solids.6 is the smallest perfect number.7 is the smallest number of faces of a regular polygon that

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-32093219638670617362007-02-21T10:33:00.000-07:002007-02-22T16:30:28.985-07:00i climb a tree and scrape my knee... not any more

there is a reason that it is one of the top schools in the country. some students from mit have built a device that can carry 250 lbs up a rope at a rate of 10 feet per second, it is darn interesting how they did this, read the full article here. see a video of a guy scaling a 100 foot column

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-54770950550242588372007-02-19T15:47:00.000-07:002007-02-21T12:18:50.129-07:00customer service rules to live by

a few weeks ago i blogged about guy kawasaki's article about the art of schmoozing. now i bring you rules to live by regarding how to provide good customer service. in the story telling fashion of the classic dale Carnegie book "how to win friends and influence people", Joel Spolsky relates his tips for good customer service

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-44242985459435264092007-02-15T12:58:00.000-07:002007-02-15T13:00:21.442-07:00metal rubber

the name says it all... from popsci.com

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-54876984836367807642007-02-14T09:05:00.000-07:002007-02-14T09:37:04.216-07:00mark my words

this company is the next big thing in lcd tvs. they sell for rock bottom, not because they are crappy, but because they want to get their name on the market. consumer reports recently rated them a "best buy", apparently a big deal. from the new york times: "If his Olevia line of televisions was ever going to get any attention from consumers, Vincent F. Sollitto Jr. would have to do something big,

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-31669561363050885202007-02-14T08:41:00.000-07:002007-02-14T08:44:41.950-07:00contact information for the man

from consumeristContact information for the CEOs of major cellphone companies. You'll never get to talk to them, but at least your issue will get under the noses of their near and dear underlings.CingularStanley T. Sigman - President, Chief Executive Officer3051 Bienville BlvdOcean Springs, MS 395641-866-220-8446 - President's OfficeSprintGary D. Forsee - President, CEO, Director2001 Edmund

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-16206207682288688792007-02-13T11:25:00.000-07:002007-02-13T11:11:37.069-07:00coffee cup tissue dispenser

love this idea, i am going to the bucks later today to get some cups! from curbly"There’s a company out there called WeGo, that sells facial tissues in a take-away coffee cup. In the interest of DIY-ism, I bought one of these cups of 50 sand-paper-rough tissues for 3 bucks so I could pop off the top, rip the guts out and figure out how to make them. Here’s my easy, no-cost version."

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-56369230608327875772007-02-13T09:58:00.000-07:002007-02-13T11:11:22.439-07:00free cable!!

we have basic cable (13 bucks a month) and this killer deal from comcast passed by me today courtsey of the consumerist:"Upgrade to Comcast Digital Cable Free for One Year. Call 1-888-367-2830 and ask for code "ST." You may need to call Comcast first and downgrade your service to basic cable first."it took me less than 5 minutes and i have free digital cable for a year, plus 6 months of hbo!

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-5548783827493580662007-02-08T15:07:00.000-07:002007-02-08T13:42:04.092-07:00man, i gotta start saving

this is a neat little investment calculator for simple minded folk like myself whose idea of financial planning is scheduling a monthly dig in between the couch cushions

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-79668245222800783152007-02-08T10:02:00.000-07:002007-02-08T10:12:18.043-07:00I'm not as think as you drunk i am

i go through a gallon of purell hand sanitizer in 2 months (even that is quick, but hey, its a sick world out there.) a recent incident involved a guest of the maryland correctional facility. he drank the better part of a gallon of the stuff, leaving him with a bac of 0.33, 4 times the legal amount. the guy was sloppy drunk! and according the a recent publication from the new england journal

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-42359646920877101832007-02-06T11:12:00.000-07:002007-02-06T11:17:56.194-07:00cameraphone tripod helps you take better crappy shots

from ohgizmo... If the pictures you’re taking with your camera phone are turning out blurry all the time you can either avoid using the thing in dark settings or maybe start using this miniature tripod designed specifically for cellphones.the phone is attached to the Cellpod using either the phone’s built-in holster-connection button (if it has one) or an adhesive mount instead. It’s also

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-44258512855397769292007-02-06T10:37:00.000-07:002007-02-06T10:44:05.744-07:00sanitize your sponges

i am a bit of a germie-phobe (not too bad, but still...) so i thought i would pass this on. your kitchen sponge has more germs on it right now than anyone would care to go into detail about, so i love this (i do it every other day) just make sure it is wet (does not matter how wet, but not dry) and microwave it for 1 minute. that is it. i wish that it removed the smell that builds up, but alas.

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-48547516732201112892007-02-06T09:59:00.000-07:002007-02-06T10:02:17.726-07:00to continue on the coffee rant...

interesting article about a google employee (you know those guys are richer than richie rich) who opened up a coffee shop in kirkland, wa with an interesting business model, the coffee is free, and you pay what you want... i'll say it again, the coffee is free, and you pay what you feel is appropiate. from the seattle times, the full story

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-54363767672684627142007-02-05T13:49:00.000-07:002007-02-07T11:00:00.411-07:00still free coffee

last week i posted a gift to you, my faithful reader(s) about getting free starbucks... that offer is still out there

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-53109989910446224392007-02-05T13:33:00.000-07:002007-02-05T13:44:13.270-07:00the art of writing articles called the art of schmoozing

guy kawasaki has a really cool blog called how to change the world, and it is all about being more productive and efficient in the business world. i was browsing through some of his posts and came across this one on the art of schmoozing and i must say, it has a bunch of sound tips on how to get what you want while giving others what they want. and yes, schmoozing is different from networking,

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-2836144743092937432007-02-02T10:09:00.000-07:002007-02-02T10:57:02.241-07:00tip time - portable app suite

over the holiday, i saw a sale on flash drives and i managed to snag a 4GB for only 30 bucks! now that i have it i have no idea what to do with all that space. then it came to me, portable apps suite. this is all you really need to be productive, and the entire thing is free. if you install all the apps, it takes up around 320Mb, not small, but look what you get...a mini organizer bar to see them

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-35236319852483398352007-02-01T08:54:00.000-07:002007-02-01T08:58:45.408-07:00from itunes to ring tones, yes virginia it can be done

with a few simple steps.from the lifehacker archivesEveryone in your office jump when you hear that tired old Nokia ringtone? Most modern cell phones support custom ringtones that can embarrass alert you when it's your phone that's got an incoming call. Google up "ringtones" and you'll get tons of sites that will charge you a few bucks per tone. Pshaw! With some free software and a few minutes

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-45578631269858816302007-02-01T08:45:00.000-07:002007-02-01T11:50:30.313-07:00web based os is here

still in alpha mode, Youos is a web based operating system. i have dabbled in it a bit, and i like the functionality, and convenience. lots of potential here, if you have used it, let us know what you think.jrg

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-56523826961389939352007-02-01T08:28:00.000-07:002007-02-01T08:32:56.330-07:00man down, man down!

apparently i am able to post this morning, but many are getting errors that the site is inaccessible... not on my end, hope Google fixes it soon.jrg

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-7624787275347537502007-01-31T16:16:00.000-07:002007-01-31T16:21:58.075-07:00a hack for craigslist?

i love being efficient, that is why we got tivo, turn an hour long show into 40 minutes, that rings my bell. so i was thrilled to find this site, listpic. it takes all posts on craigslist and places the description along with all posts that have an image, so when you are looking for a specific item (my stupid fridge is going to go out any day now, i know it) you can search and see. so much more

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-42816182429124591302007-01-31T14:03:00.000-07:002007-01-31T16:22:12.394-07:00free e-books

have you ever been browsing ebay and seen an e-book for sale for 1 dollar? you are thinking that might be useful but dont want to pay a dollar for it, right? well this guy does just that, he pays for them, then posts the books up on his site. very cool, a lot of information to wade through, but a lot of gems in this collectionlink here

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-76454348533365984692007-01-31T13:56:00.000-07:002007-01-31T14:00:04.795-07:00so thats why

i cant tickle my self...interesting article from scientific american giving an answer to the question "why cant i tickle myself?"from the article:Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, a research fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, explains.The answer lies at the back of the brain in an area called the cerebellum, which is involved in monitoring movements. Our studies

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-67070633369825169292007-01-31T09:29:00.000-07:002007-01-31T09:31:27.188-07:00Free Coffee

I like doing this blog, but i am pretty sure that no one reads it, so here is the deal. the first person that i do not personally know to leave a comment to this posting will get a $5 starbucks gift card. that is it. oh leave your email address in the comment so i can get your address

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-29269819049552864642007-01-31T09:06:00.000-07:002007-01-31T16:14:19.251-07:00the herbery

this is random. i haul my herb garden indoors for the winter months (they are all in pots) and after a while i noticed little white specs on my thyme... aphids! yuck, all over the place. i did a little digging and i have come up with the easiest solution one could ask for... garlic. yeah, garlic, the only item i know of that if you leave it in a glass of water overnight, you will awake to find

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-43292438140779065552007-01-30T12:50:00.000-07:002007-01-30T12:52:28.198-07:00pandora downloader

cool app lets you download songs that you hear on pandora, windows only, easier and less complicated than pandorajar, and while not as tightly integrated, the ui is much nicer

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-35455001466725953322007-01-29T10:25:00.000-07:002007-01-29T10:31:22.197-07:00your own fake free phone number

this is nice... you have already heard of mailinator, where you can create an email address on the fly and check it later. now, we have craigsnumber, a free service that creates a phone number and forwards it to your phone number. you can have the number last for up to a month and then it just disappears. this is perfect for transactions on craigslist

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-60143463207074920472007-01-29T08:20:00.000-07:002007-01-29T08:56:41.709-07:00About:Firefox

some of you may be familiar with the about:config where you can tweak literally every aspect of FireFox (i have a "hacking FireFox" article that i wrote and will reference later.) what you may not be aware of is that there are many more "about:" pages. Kim Komando has a great explanation about that they are and how to access them.

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-11184800928289739692007-01-26T10:35:00.000-07:002007-02-01T11:48:31.586-07:00The all in one card - Love IT!

from lifehacker, this shoping hack has just cleared 8 little "shopping key ring tags" off my key ring. this guy has codes for all companies, and if he does not, scan and email him yours and he will make one for you! i have tried this little gem at a few places and it works like a charm, i just used a little self laminating kit, aka clear packing tape, and i was good to go!link

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-12020567875002794312007-01-26T08:20:00.000-07:002007-01-26T08:31:15.689-07:00Its Friday!

really interesting article about hacking amazon to filter search results based on certain criteria. what it comes down to is that each "store" within amazon has a code, or node (i.e. tools and hardware has a node of 228013) with a little creative url coding, you can choose to search all items in say, tools and hardware that are between 80 and 90 percent off, pretty cool!whats that? you dont

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-40523479176054682382007-01-25T12:56:00.002-07:002007-01-25T12:57:03.685-07:00"I got something for that"

this site has 450+ freeware apps, a little something for everyonehttp://www.econsultant.com/i-want-freeware-utilities/index.html

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-66568260905488081012007-01-25T12:35:00.001-07:002007-01-25T12:45:33.880-07:00you can't Photoshop this stuff

Frozen tidal wavehttp://www.harkvideos.com/arctic.htm

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-10608190566888014152007-01-25T12:31:00.000-07:002007-01-25T12:32:20.202-07:00FFAI - FireFox Add-In

cool little tool that fixxes nistakes in tupinghttp://www.efinke.com/addons/url-fixer/

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-1169751990220275732007-01-25T12:03:00.000-07:002007-01-25T12:06:30.226-07:00All new!

Since i haven't updated this in a while, a lot has happened. the new focus of this blog (not that there was one anyway) will be to give you links that i think are relevant to living an efficient and informed life. there will be links to articles i read on other blogs, deals, news, pictures, whatever strikes my fancyjrg

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-1153411032512238942006-07-20T08:48:00.000-06:002006-07-20T09:57:12.546-06:00God gave us all special talents...

and this kid used his to take a toy that to the average kid, is interesting for about 10 minutes, and turn it into artgood golly miss molly...http://www.gvetchedintime.com/set.html

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-1145070172228687982006-04-14T20:58:00.000-06:002006-04-14T21:02:52.236-06:00this is all very new...

So it has been a day or two (or a week or two, who is counting) since the last post. It is good Friday, and I am making some wonderful leg of lamb for the Easter celebration at my grandparents house in castle rock, co (just south of Denver) I will be back to my regular, twice monthly posting after this weekend (that was a joke, please come back sooner, i promise that there will be stuff here,

Joe Gasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318164805584114808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25075754.post-1143821185144092492006-03-31T08:47:00.000-07:002006-03-31T09:08:41.956-07:00Color correcting by the "numbers"

Picked up this gem from Dave Cross and I have created an action for it which I will post for download later (along with more of the actions I have created. On that note...Copy your background layer (ctrl+J), make a new threshold adjustment layer. Drag the slider to the left, and start to drag it right slowly till you see a bit of white. Hold the shift key and click on the white spot. you have

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