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Why didn't I know about this sooner? Homemade Knight Rider K.I.T.T car... In other news... I'm ramping up development... doing both DataMatch, our Windows Forms app, and the site, which will be tied into DataMatch. Web Services, Data Access, it's getting messy. I'm up to my waste in code. My computer is still running at half power for RAM. I've had a few suggestions for tuning it up, but haven't had the time to work on it. I've started working Saturday nights, from 11PM to 7AM, cleaning. Boy do I come home tired. With service and sleeping all day Saturday, and Sleeping and Meeting on Sunday, the weekends are pretty much blown. Oh well.

Here are Tommy's videos from Indonesia. http://www.youtube.com/user/indonesiatom His 50 memories one is pretty cool. Edit: Speaking of videos, check this out. http://eepybird.com/exp214.html (Completely different matter.)

It's Official! My nephew has arrived! Just wanted to let you know, Isaac Harris Shrom (7 lbs. 15 oz.) Born 6PM (eastern time approx.) January 17, 2007 To Clint & Beth Shrom

You may have heard about the documentary, Knocking. Here is a trailer for it. It's about 8 minutes long. If you want to know more about the video, look here .

I won't go into all the details here. I will point out, using MsgBox() overloads do not come close to all the flexibility of MessageBox.Show() overloads. You can do some searching on your own, but hopefull this reminder will help others. I googled for a while down the wrong path, before I had to ask for help.

When I revamped my blog here, I forgot to include the counter for it! No wonder my numbers dropped to zero. I know I have many eager fans/listeners/readers. In programming news, work continues on the Canon SDK at the Canon Yahoo! group. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CanonSDK/ DataMatch is getting a major look overhaul, and some basic functionality enhancements. We're not throwing a lot of NEW features in just yet. Just getting a bunch of little glitches running better.

If you're a .Net developer, it would be good to review this article . Yes, it's been a while since I posted mainly programming info, but I am trying to get back into it. I've been reading a lot of tech stuff, and will be adding some of it here.

Ever get stranded in an unfamiliar location? We did!!! Let's see, where to start. 2 weekends ago, December 9 th and 10 th , I spent working on my work system, trying to re-install Windows XP Pro. Why? I get weird STOP errors when I go through my registry and other things. I tried to do it without wiping my drive, but couldn't until I removed one of my 512Mb chips of RAM. This past weekend, 16 th and 17 th , Steph and I drove to CT for my sister's graduation party. All went well (other than the fuse blowing at the hotel room) once we got there. We were going to head up Friday, but a surprise late bill canceled that. (Our water bill should come to us, not the landlord, then it won't surprise us!) It was on the way home we had trouble. We were doing fine, crossed the PA border and took the first exit to grab a bite to eat. Got back on the highway, accelerating to cruising speed, and we hear a big BANG! I pull over thinking a tire blew or something... nope, all looks we...

There is a new Cussler book, Skeleton Coast. I've added it to my list . Also, I have cleaned up my list a bit, adding other books that have been out. (I haven't read them all.)

More important stuff first. Had an Awesome CA this past weekend. Have a bible study, which seems to be going well. (For the first two studies anyways.) His wife has been studying with my wife. Very nice... 115 out of 117 territories finished with the tract work by the end of November. We've gotten to go-ahead to do the last two... so we will have completely covered our territory. As for the tracts... it's like feeding 5000 men with 7 loaves and a few small fishes... we still have a bunch left!!! Updated my Cussler Books page. A few of the books I listen to as I work on audio books... it takes a lot less time. Guess that's it... TTY L8R

Well, I haven't traveled as much as some, but I always wanted to keep track of where I've been. Here goes: http://www.travbuddy.com/widget_map_display.php?id=11557

I used to be more of a Star Wars guy. But as time goes on, I mature, and appreciate more and more the subtleties of Star Trek. Plus, having it on Sunday Mornings helps. In other news, my system is not rebooting as much as it had been. It's getting a little more stable. We're going to Wyoming in May. I guess I'll post pictures.

Our server is hogged! Hosed! and whatever else you want to call it that's bad. I'm at my wits end, which wasn't a long trip in the first place. I also updated my quote at the top of the screen.

For those that don't remember (like myself) my Linux box is an 800MHz system that holds my website. ( http://mark.phillk.net ) I usually don't have to worry about it. A while back one of the fans started making noise, the power supply fan. Then, last week, it started turning itself off. When it was on, I could smell burning electronics. Apparently, the fan died, and then the parts started to go into meltdown. It's back up and running, with a slightly smaller Wattage supply. Yea!!!

People I know are spreading around the globe. To keep track of who is awake when, I created this page: http://mark.phillk.net/clocks.php Enjoy!

Your wife wants a salad spinner. What do you get her? Napolian Dynomite. At least she doesn't know, yet...

I finally finished Pacific Vortex. This was the original Dirk Pitt story, and you could tell Cussler was just getting started. However, it was a good story. He used pieces of this story throughout the Pitt series (even though it leaves some holes) and helps fill in details. I also caught up in the past few months on a few other of the cussler books. You can keep track here: http://mark.phillk.net/sellBooksCussler.php In other news, did my second public talk Sunday, and it came out pretty good. Not perfect, but I'll never be perfect. I might change my outline a bit, but all-in-all, it came out good, and it's done. (Whew!) C.O. visit this week, so things are keeping busy. Work has been a nightmare! I lost track of all the things we've tried to get the site smoothed out. SQL errors, glitches, Internet providers shutting down on us. It seems like .Net 2.0 wasn't such a great idea. Too many new things to figure out, but oh well.

This guy want's to spread into new markets. Good for him. Abducted by aliens? Lawyer for hire BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- A German lawyer hopes to drum up more business by pursuing state compensation claims for people who believe they were abducted by aliens. "There's quite obviously demand for legal advice here", Jens Lorek told Reuters by telephone on Thursday. "The trouble is, people are afraid of making fools of themselves in court."

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