tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69100505974014963272012-01-28T00:45:59.303-06:00Every day happenings in the world around me and some neat tricks I've learned along the way.Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-46309306599096088852007-07-09T14:24:00.000-05:002007-07-09T14:28:51.983-05:00

This will be my last post here on Blogger. It has been a great few weeks, but we can all thank Nick for the confusion, as he desingned a header for me (can't use it over here, thus the move). Please come visit me at my new site: thepeon.wordpress.com.

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-4190061944857109112007-07-08T13:15:00.000-05:002007-07-08T14:32:05.332-05:00

So, I have been tagged by Nick and have been charged with telling you 8 tings about myself. So, here it goes:1. I have the smallest Italian family in history. My family consists of my parents, my brother, and two sets of aunts and uncles (one on my dad's side and one on my mother's).2. I enjoy driving and can't stand being a passenger. I assume this goes back to my basic need to be in

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-72003188657026297782007-07-06T16:51:00.000-05:002007-07-06T17:03:28.237-05:00

So I started my step into html today. I found a web site that is walking me through it. It seems to be really easy, as long as you can keep track of the different commands. I figured learning html would be a good starting place. I would eventually like to learn css, but didn't want to jump off the deep end. CSS looks quite a bit more difficult that html. My bet is that CSS will be out dated

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-6089573397735407082007-07-03T15:41:00.000-05:002007-07-05T13:40:10.451-05:00

I love our country and our government, but one part of it that I can not stand is presidential pardons and commutes. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence was commuted (is that the right word form?) by President Bush on Monday. What this shows me is that providing you are lying to protect the president's or vice-president's illegal doings, you are free to lie to the people of your country.

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-67043407095210356732007-07-02T16:14:00.000-05:002007-07-02T16:23:28.125-05:00

So I have been using Opera Mini for about two weeks now. I have few complaints about it. The only major complaint, which may be with my cell provider and not Opera, is that they have 9 different network setups. When the user prompts it to, Opera Mini does an auto optimization test, but I'm not quite sure what that does. For whatever reason, when I'm at work, I have to run this test up to 4

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-23443453849605902272007-06-30T22:49:00.000-05:002007-06-30T23:15:49.258-05:00

So I'm spending the weekend out at my dad's condo in Indiana. It's in a very small town with only two traffic lights. I didn't realize until this weekend how different life is in a town this small. For one, their entire police force is smaller than a single shift in the suburbs of a big city. The population of the town doubles on the weekends in the summer due to all the people that come and

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-83701753676101146172007-06-29T23:13:00.000-05:002007-06-29T23:24:48.513-05:00

Short post today, as I went out fishing today. Before today, I had only caught one muskie in my life. Now, for most people, that's not too bad, but for the amount I have gone fishing, that is really pathetic. That all changed today, though, as I caught 2 within a few hours. Both were much bigger than the one I had caught a few years ago.Last time I went out muskie fishing, I had no luck catching

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-28003403013580015772007-06-28T16:59:00.000-05:002007-06-28T17:37:06.632-05:00

Out of all the bad news that the press covers, we finally have something good. It was reported today that the Bald Eagle is expected to be removed from the endangered species list tomorrow. The Chicago Tribune story stated that government environmentalist estimate that there are now over 10,000 mating pairs in the lower 48 states, and at least 1 mating pair per state. That is up from the all

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-19132218092465724152007-06-27T19:14:00.000-05:002007-06-29T23:44:49.082-05:00

I came to the realization last night that I am an old man. Heres why.1. I drive an old man car (Ford Crown Vic)2. I try to be in bed by 9 at night. (altough, not by choice, I have to be up for work by 2:30 in the morning)3. I have an old man hobby. Since I have become active in Ham Radio, I have discovered that the median age has to be about 55-60. And much of that is off set by the 10 and 14

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-26814867375542897332007-06-26T18:57:00.000-05:002007-06-26T19:08:10.592-05:00

Going to a wake has to be one of the most awkward things anyone has to do in their life. You walk up to the family members and don't to know what to say other than all the cliches like "I'm so sorry for your loss," and "How are you holding up." No matter what you say, if you didn't know the deceased that well or at all, nothing you say sounds right at the time. Last night, I had to go to a

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-80646020981206531732007-06-25T14:35:00.000-05:002007-06-25T15:36:57.145-05:00

As I had posted earlier, this weekend was Field Day. I ended up putting in a lot of hours and I'm still not fully with it. I started set up at 7 a.m. on Saturday and didn't leave for home until 6 p.m. on Sunday. I only got about three hours of sleep in the back of truck, and got soaking wet trying to set up, but over all, the weekend was worth it. I got to get on the radio some and was able

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-74393503981954113842007-06-22T18:19:00.000-05:002007-06-22T18:54:06.911-05:00

I found this originally at a site called Slashdot and found it interesting. A British Polling company conducted a poll on what people thought were the most annoying words that have come out of the internet era. Topping the list was folksonomy, which I for on had never even heard of. There are, in my mind, more annoying words and jargon from the internet era, such as all the abbreviations that

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-73220911457940738192007-06-21T20:53:00.000-05:002007-06-21T21:08:53.103-05:00

Hi, my name is Mike and I'm addicted to my BlackBerry.I now know how the imfomas phone got it's nickname. I have had my BlackBerry for about 3 months now and have grown more and more addicted to it. When I got it, I wanted a smart phone so I would be able to check my e-mail at work and do minor web searches. I now am searching the entire internet, get my RSS feeds via my Opera Mini Web Browser

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-2001685890549235182007-06-19T21:01:00.000-05:002007-06-19T21:18:48.954-05:00

Opera Mini 4.0 Beta was officially released today. Many of you are probably wondering what Opera Mini is. Opera Mini is a great little (no pun intended) web browser developed for cell phones. Even most smart phones lack in terms of a decent web browser, and Opera Mini is a free, open source fix to that problem. I recommend Opera Mini to every one who has a web accessible phone as it is a fully

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-40470677906325801152007-06-17T12:56:00.000-05:002007-06-17T13:05:02.065-05:00

So, I have come to a realization today. My wife kept telling me this, but I was in denial until today. Today is only my second father's day as a father, but I have come to find out I will probably not get to enjoy father's day the way I want to until both my father and father-in-law pass on or live in a different state than I do. I'm beginning not to mind this, but another day comes to mind.

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-17370451794262615672007-06-15T11:45:00.001-05:002007-06-15T11:45:46.941-05:00

Hannah was found today. At about 11:10 she came walking out of the woods and found the fire fighters that were looking for her. Her grandfather was not so lucky. He was pulled out of the water at about 10:30.

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-31838586501052826772007-06-14T17:35:00.000-05:002007-06-14T17:40:19.148-05:00

I found out about 30 minutes ago that my pastor's daughter and father went missing when they went fishing last night. Their boat was recovered at 2:30 am today. Please keep my pastor and his family and my entire church family in your prayers. I also ask that you pray for the rescuers as they search for the two missing family members. I will post any further news that I hear.

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-78625049318082660902007-06-13T18:47:00.000-05:002007-06-13T20:07:59.653-05:00

March 23 -24 is field day in the amateur radio community. Field day is a time for amateur radio operators (hams) to set up and operate their emergency power stations. Many hams take pride in the fact that they can set up their radios and relay communications to other parts of the country and the world with little more than their radio, an antenna, and a battery or other source of emergency

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-74092513851332535082007-06-12T16:48:00.000-05:002007-06-14T18:50:15.304-05:00

I want to apologize in advance for whinning about my job, but I would like to know if anyone else has similar problems to mine.I supervise a team of contract security officers at a shipping facility. We were hired by the company's loss prevention department to prevent unauthorized access to the building. I have been in my current role for approximately 5 months and no longer have time to do the

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-63018844508780637992007-06-11T17:50:00.000-05:002007-06-29T23:47:44.980-05:00

I came across this article while browsing the news today and can't believe what this world has come to. I don't know if this guy knew how much trouble he was raising or not, but because of his little "prank," who knows how many resources were wasted. I work a part time job with a county Office of Emergency Management. One of the many tasks that we are challenged with is working the National

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-67892759177495648492007-06-09T16:54:00.000-05:002007-06-09T18:23:08.024-05:00

I love open source software. How often in this day in age has someone come up to you and said "I have this great product that I want to give you for free. That guy over there is selling the same thing with some very minor differences, but charging $100.00." That's basically what open source software is doing for the general public. Now the deal gets even better if you know computer programing

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530646859836959782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910050597401496327.post-79116261935958316882007-06-08T15:18:00.000-05:002007-06-09T18:22:22.439-05:00

Well, here you go.The first post of many (if my ADD doesn't kick in and I leave this in a week). I will be blogging about the happenings in my life and in the world. Some things you will probably see regularly are my happenings at work, my activities in amateur (ham) radio, and my learning of Linux. I will also post about my family and friends, and when I can't think of anything, I might post

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