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Congratulations Stephani and Jayson!

Posted on 26 June 2006
( Our Life )

This past weekend Matt and I traveled to Pittsburgh, PA to attend the wedding of Stephani and Jayson Hobbs. (Stephani is Matt’s cousin.) It was great to see a lot of Matt’s family, some whom we’d never even met before, like the flower girl and ring bearer:
Elli

Trey

The wedding was beautiful! One [...]

San Francisco

Posted on 26 June 2006
( Our Life )

I attended a conference for work in San Francisco on June 14-18. It was the first time I’d ever been there, so I was looking forward to seeing the highlights. My boss (Jackie) and I arrived on Wednesday afternoon and had a few hours to sightsee before our opening conference dinner.

We [...]

Links for 2006-06-19 to 2006-06-25

Posted on 26 June 2006
( Cool Sites )

Fake Name Generator
Generates a fake name and address that can be used if you don’t want to use your real info (e.g., signing up for something that unnecessarily requires it online).
(del.icio.us tags: lifehacks privacy tools)

The Undeniable Disappointment of US Soccer

Posted on 23 June 2006
( Matt's Posts and Sports )

Well, US soccer’s World Cup is over with a 2-1 loss to Ghana. Congrats to the Black Stars. I’d rather see them go (along with Italy) rather than have two European teams advance out of the group. Time for the US to start focusing on South Africa in 2010.
The US did [...]

Links for 2006-06-12 to 2006-06-18

Posted on 19 June 2006
( Cool Sites )

BBC – A Digital Picture of Britain – How to Take Good Photos
Some tips on taking better pictures.
(del.icio.us tags: photography tips)

Angel Effect Tutorial
(del.icio.us tags: photoshop tutorial)

Photoshop Dreamy Effect
(del.icio.us tags: photoshop tutorial)

Speed Demos Archive – Full Game List sorted alphabetically
Videos of the fastest times people beat classic video games.
(del.icio.us tags: games video)

Pop Art – Tutorial Outpost
Turn [...]

A Good Day for US Soccer, A Bad Day for the Ref

Posted on 17 June 2006
( Matt's Posts and Sports )

The US played a much better game than they did against the Czechs in a 1-1 draw against Italy this afternoon. And, they received an immense boost from Ghana who pulled the biggest upset thus far in beating the Czechs 2-0. Thus, Group E truly lived up to its billing as a Group [...]

The Corruptibles

Posted on 17 June 2006
( Business and Matt's Posts and Science and Technology )

The EFF has a new commercial detailing some of the anti-consumer legislation that the MPAA/RIAA is trying to get passed in Congress right now.

Playing Politics With Religion

Posted on 17 June 2006
( Matt's Posts and News and Politics )

If there is any doubt that politicians just spew crap that they totally don’t believe in, check out Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA). He supports displaying the Ten Commandments in Congress, but then can’t even name more than three of them. And they’re important to him because?

I’m sure that there’s a ton of politicians [...]

Part 3: Why You Can’t Marginalize Your Marginal Tax Rate

Posted on 17 June 2006
( Matt's Posts )

In the next post, I’ll talk about what type of accounts you can and should use for retirement savings. At this point, I’ll add a brief interlude about tax rates since your choice of retirement savings (and many other forms of savings, such as college) is largely influenced by tax consequences. Specifically, I’ll [...]

Part 2: How Much to Give Yourself for Retirement

Posted on 17 June 2006
( Matt's Posts )

Previously, I tried to convince you of the necessity and value of saving. In this post, I want to address how much you should try to save for retirement. These are just guidelines based on what I’ve read in the past. However, even if you can’t reach these guidelines, please don’t let [...]

So You Had a Bad Day

Posted on 16 June 2006
( Humor and Matt's Posts and Photos )

Here’s a link to a blog with some rather entertaining photos.

 

What the Heck American Airlines?

Posted on 14 June 2006
( Matt's Posts and Our Life )

And so it continues. After my recent adventures with American, I actually had a decent experience about a month ago when I flew to Seattle (of course, the majority of the trip, from Chicago to Seattle, was on Alaskan Airlines). Now they’re back in form.
Got to the Champaign airport this morning for my [...]

Hit By a Lokomotiva

Posted on 12 June 2006
( Matt's Posts and Sports )

The only word I can come up with to characterize the US performance against the Czech Republic’s Lokomotiva in the World Cup is OUCH. We were thoroughly dominated in our 3-0 loss to the Czechs.
After having missed qualifying for the past two World Cups, the Czechs came out and played like a [...]

Links for 2006-06-05 to 2006-06-11

Posted on 12 June 2006
( Cool Sites )

Things That Make Me Angry
(del.icio.us tags: humor lists toread)

LOST-Theories.com: Homepage
Focuses exclusively on allowing people to share, rate, and comment on theories about Lost.
(del.icio.us tags: blog lost tv)

Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 Guide – KrazyPenguin.net
How to do a bunch of things in Dapper Drake.
(del.icio.us tags: linux reference tips ubuntu)

How to write Firefox extensions
(del.icio.us tags: extension firefox programming [...]

Let the Games Begin

Posted on 9 June 2006
( Matt's Posts and Sports )

Today marks the beginning of the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Leigh Ann and I got to watch the last half of the Germany-Costa Rica game at lunch today.

Quite the shoot-out. Here’s the schedule for the US team in group play (all times are Eastern Time):

Against Czech Republic at noon on Monday, June [...]

Go Ahead and Be Evil, Google

Posted on 7 June 2006
( Humor and Matt's Posts and Science and Technology )

Here’s a funny article that imagines what products could Google bring to the market if they decided to abandon their “Don’t Be Evil” motto.

Google Murder
Why pay top dollar for a professional hit man when an amateur will do it for a few bucks and a good alibi? Google could leverage the technology behind Google Answers [...]

Sony’s Downward Spiral

Posted on 7 June 2006
( Business and Matt's Posts and Science and Technology )

Fresh off their rootkit debacle from last fall, Sony seems to be missing on all cylinders with the upcoming Playstation 3. The PS3 has such low expectations that if it doesn’t blow up when you plug it in, it will be hailed as a major success. Here’s a good article about Sony’s love [...]

Coolest Video You’ll See Today

Posted on 6 June 2006
( Matt's Posts and Sports )

There’s your run-of-the-mill holes-in-ones and then there’s Fuzzy Zoeller’s hole-in-one:

Weekend Recap

Posted on 5 June 2006
( Matt's Posts and Our Life )

We went shopping for some gifts for various occasions on Friday evening, followed by a Chinese meal at Rainbow Garden. Thus began our weekend of Asian meals. On Saturday, Leigh Ann went to help her boss prepare for a wedding reception that she’s having for her daughter this upcoming weekend.

Then, we went [...]

Links for 2006-06-03

Posted on 3 June 2006
( Cool Sites )

Protecting yourself against the BitTorrent bandits!
(tags: bittorrent privacy utorrent)

Bad Behavior has blocked 102 access attempts in the last 7 days.