Archive for the 'Something Neat' Category

Website projects (New)

As far as websites go, I have been given the chance to look at and review the new Jamestown website that is in production. I have to say I am impressed with what has been put together. I am really looking forward to the finished product and being an active part of it. Keep an [...]

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

St. Patricks day.

In case you don’t know why St. Patricks day is celebrated… or you are bored sitting at work… shhh I will not tell… here are a couple of links with a good basic history of the holiday: http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/stpatricksday/?page=history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Patrick’s_Day The symbol of shamrocks: An Irish tale tells of how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to [...]

Friday, March 17th, 2006

Family History

Well Jennie made a comment last night – and I researched it. Apperently her Grandmother impressed into them every St. Pattys day about them being Scots-Irish not Irish and that there was a difference, and that they should remember that.So that got me to thinking… what the heck is Scot-Irish? Was granny loosing it then? [...]

Friday, March 17th, 2006

Family History

Maybe it is just because I graduated with a History Major…  (Well it was combined with a Political Science major… but we History majors knew what we were) but I am finding my Dad’s genealogy study very fascinating.  He had finally put up a website on it.  This is great for me, since I have [...]

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Wal-mart feels the power of the net…

ThatEdeGuy has a post over on his blog about Wal-Mart catching flack for their “similar items” function mis-functioning. It is actually a pretty interesting story – with the point being that the internet is a powerfull way to disseminate information. Wal-mart felt the full power of the net yesterday when the extremely popular website Boing [...]

Monday, January 9th, 2006

Harry Potter 2nd theatrical trailer is up!

AOL is hosting it… and it looks pretty damn cool. If you never did like the series… well… skip this one, but I liked this book the best so far-so I am going to enjoy this film quite a bit. Check it out – it is sweet.

Friday, September 16th, 2005

Sept. 13th, 2005 Mario officially turns 20 years old!

Are you REALLY that old? The original Jumpman, Nintendo’s cash cow and most recognized video game character today turns 20 years old. Where were you when you first played Super Mario Bros? How fast can you run through the first game? Remember the minus world? Link goes to wikipedia quotes from Mario-related stuffs. Wow… I [...]

Tuesday, September 13th, 2005

SuperGeek Blog Launching!

The SuperGeekBlog website is in the process of forming! While I have been posting plenty of tech stuff here, I have decided to keep this mostly as a personal blog space. Deciding that, a tech blog was in order. After discussing the idea with ThatEdeGuy, we (along with a friend of ours), are now publishing [...]

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

Jake’s Corner… a tent feature?

http://www.sierradesigns.com/tents.innovations.html#65 Who would have thought? I camped quite a lot when younger with boyscouts and whatnot… but never have I heard of this tent feature… which happens to share its name with my blog! haha for the day. ” [11:15] Thatedeguy: hahahahahaha [11:17] Thatedeguy: Jake’s Corner, a fully-removable structural element that strengthens and supports the [...]

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Coffee Is Good For You

Study finds that coffee has several health benefits. Good news for all us coffee drinkers. Good to know the Java I’ve been chugging all morning at work is healthy lol. read more | digg story

Monday, August 29th, 2005