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Happy Birthday Joy

brass — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:45:22 +0000

Desktop MOTD

brass — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:26:55 +0000

“Try it, You’ll like it” says the wife.

“Download it, use it.” says the developer

“What is it? Why should I?” says the visitor

Get it here.

Well, it is a small application that I wrote to write messages onto your desktop picture. I wanted to see bible verses on my desktop that would rotate at some interval.

To Use:

Fill the included motd.txt file with the messages you want on your desktop. One line per message.
run “DesktopMOTD.exe”
look at your desktop
run it again.

If you like it, then just add a task to your scheduled tasks to run it as often as you like. Or maybe put a shortcut in your startup folder so every time you login the message is changed. Feel free to change your wallpaper picture at any time as my app automatically detects the change and starts using the new picture.

Above all, come back and let me know what you think.

Akismet: The WordPress AntiSpam Solution

brass — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:56:10 +0000

I’ve installed Akismet, then found out for it to work, you need an API key. Well, I now have the API key, now to see if this thing works.

Edit: Well, it seems to be working. If a blucastle blogger is interested in it, activate the plugin. Then go over to wordpress.com and create an account. You don’t have to create the blog, just the account. In simplifying thier lives, they are using the wordpress.com site as their registration for akismet and for thier blog site. Anyway, after you ‘activate’ your account, login, and go to your profile page. The API key will be listed at the top of the page. Happy blogging!

YMMV: miles or words

brass — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:10:52 +0000

A certain somebody has worn out his LifeType blog and needed me to 'check' it out. Well, I'm kicking the tires, checking the radio… seems to be working…

On the flip side, I have put over7,500 miles on my motorcycle. Lately I've been putting somewhere around 60 to 70 miles on it every day. On most days, the roads are wet. I'm starting to grow gills. The good news? I seem to always get around 50.xxx miles per gallon with the midgrade gas. Last night I filled up with low grade as I'm going to try a few tanks. I've always used high grade for motorcycles but lately I've been using mid-grade due to a few comments my Dad made several months back. He tends to avoid high grade gas because it doesn't sell and just sits around. The other grades sell a lot faster and the underground tanks are continually being refilled.

Untill next year …

How to tell if Windows XP is activated.

brass — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:00:02 +0000

Start, Run, type "oobe/msoobe /a" without quotations, hit Enter.

http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-xp/how-to-tell-if-xp-is-activated/61146.html