February 2009

There were 46 posts published in February 2009 (this is page 1 of 5).

Cookie and Coco update

Here’s a Washington Post Express article giving more details on the Cookie and Coco story.

I’m glad the dogs have a new home but it really puzzles me how the animal activists could be so mean to her. Read this comment from the article link above:

Thank you for finding out the real story. However, I would hate for this woman to get any financial gain from giving up her dogs when millions of dogs lose their lives in shelters every day.

I mean, WTF? This woman tries to find a home for her beloved dogs, happens to gain a lot of attention for it completely by accident, and now she becomes the target of hate? She’s the reason thousands of dogs are euthanized every day? Wait just a doggone minute!

What these activists should be doing is learning from her. There are 10,000 people who responded to the dog ad: that’s 10,000 potential homes for needy dogs. Instead of dissing her, these activists should be asking her for that contact information so other dogs can find homes. Spreading hate is no way to win people to your cause.

I love critters, too, but some of these animal activists should learn how to become social with humans first.

Careerbuilder vs. Craigslist

I was thinking this morning that I’ve gotten more spam from Careerbuilder than I ever have from Craigslist. That’s for the whole time I’ve been using Craigslist. Craigslist also has more interesting jobs. Seems I’ve gotten better response from those jobs than the ones I applied to on Careerbuilder.

I’m thinking it might be time to pull my resume Careerbuilder and stick with Craigslist.

Myth success

After finally mucking with it enough I managed to get MythTV behaving. I found my antenna lead was loose, which may have caused random static in the picture. I also moved the antenna a few degrees away from the direction it was pointing. The combination of the two may have been enough, though I’d like to find out which one made the difference.

I also reinstalled the Myth database the other night, deciding to wipe it clean and start over. I don’t think this could’ve made a huge difference but it was a good exercise anyway. I had to do something with it because when I consolidated my Maestro server with my MythTV server the name of my Myth box changed. When this happens, Myth gets Very Unhappy, requiring some manual database trickery to get it going again. I think my trickery may have left me with an unstable database, thus the need for a reinstall.

Now to add in all the shows I had once set to record.

S-N

What does it say about me that I’ve got this stupid song stuck in my head?

S-N (YouTube)
Tom Lehrer

Like a rooster loves a hen
Like a lion loves his den
Like Barbie loves Ken
I love to do things that begin with “S-N”

(For example…)

I love to sneeze…(AH-CHOO!)
Pardon me, please…(AH-CHOO!)
I like to sniffle; it really feels nice
One handkerchief’ll just never suffice
But, brother, watch out for the breeze…
When I sneeze! (AH-CHOO! AH-CHOO! AH-CHOO!)
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Summer buzz

I’ve been considering the wet winter we’ve had and the prospect of the warmer weather bringing swarms of mosquitoes. This made me think of buying a mosquito trap such as the propane-based ones, which attract mosquitoes by producing carbon dioxide. As the world has enough CO2 being produced, I wonder if there isn’t a way to create a mosquito trap that doesn’t create more CO2.

It turns out we have a ready source of CO2, courtesy of our gas hot water heater. If I could somehow make use of the CO2 that’s produced by our water heater so that it traps mosquitoes, that would be the best solution. I wonder what it would take?

Cookie and Coco

cocoacookie

Perhaps someone has already forwarded you this email:

Subject: Family losing home and can’t take their dogs into the apartment

Package deal!

Please pass along to all family, friends, coworkers – spread the word and help find these two adorable labs a home.

Two females, both have chips implanted and are very well cared for. Their family is losing their home and they are desperate to find a loving home.
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Another Careerbuilder find

Another too-good-to-be-true offer in the same day. Wow, thanks Careerbuilder!

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:01:16 -0800
From: “Michelle Van Sickle” michelle@franjobs.com
To: markt at blab blah blah
Subject: Business Ownership

Hi Mark,

Your resume sparked some interest with one of our Senior Franchise Consultants and they would like to speak with you. Your credentials are quite impressive and therefore would like to see if owning a franchise business would be an idea that you might consider. We have helped many established professionals research the best qualified franchises available.

Depending on the industry and location that you specify, we will present to you the best geographic and financially available franchises. The research, qualification, and application service we provide costs you absolutely nothing.
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Fantastic job offer!

Hey, it looks like I can earn big bucks for only working 2-3 hours a day! Woo!

I’ll be working in “escrow services” for the “online auctions” industry. Sounds important, doesn’t it!?

Read about this fabulous offer! Boy, am I glad I posted my resume on Careerbuilder.com!

To: blahblahblah at nowhere dot org
Subject: Mark Turner, Part-Time Job for you
From: Ashli Roberts Ashli.e.innov.job@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:48:02 -0600

Dear Mark Turner,

I am a Chief Manager of HR Department of E-Innovative Group Inc. My name is Ashli Roberts.

We’ve analized your resume posted at Careerbuilder.com and I’m glad to propose you a FINANCIAL AGENT vacancy.
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