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Busy week (or two)
There are a lot of things going on this week (and the next). Sun-N-Fun The "Oshkosh of the south" kicks off today in grand fashion. Garmin has already made some impressive announcements with regards to the new synthetic vision system in the...
Posted: Apr 08 2008, 08:58 PM by polypoke
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A little easier on the eyes
While doing some sleuthing on some HTML code, I managed to figure out how to get line spacing working. It's actually CSS code that I didn't realize worked on Spaces (until I tried it). I used Time Magazine for a template. I've converted a...
Posted: Mar 29 2008, 10:45 PM by polypoke
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Apology to Steve Halpern & Flight1
In my piracy post, I made mention of the Flight 1 wrapper in an inappropriate manner which to some was conveyed in a negative light. That was not my original intent and therefore I have removed all reference to it. I hope Steve Halpern and the rest of...
Posted: Mar 18 2008, 10:40 AM by polypoke
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I've been blogged!
It is funny thing how the internet works. I was browsing my statistics page the other day, and saw where someone had linked to my blog via a website that I had not heard of (at that moment) called blogged.com . Intrigued, I chose to follow the link and...
Posted: Mar 07 2008, 10:21 AM by polypoke
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Colin McRae 1968-2007 RIP
I was deeply saddened by the news I stumbled upon this evening about the tragic helicopter accident that claimed the life of Colin McRae and 3 others on-board, including his 5-yr-old son. I have been a fan of the Codemasters' series of rally games...
Posted: Sep 18 2007, 08:40 PM by polypoke
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Microsoft Live Labs Photosynth
Every once in a while I'll run across something so impressive and ground-breaking that I've got to spread the word about it. This afternoon was one of those moments, and its name is Photosynth by Microsoft Live Labs. Microsoft Live Labs is a collection...
Posted: Jun 05 2007, 05:13 PM by polypoke
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What's going on?
Yes, long time, no post. I decided to take a bit of a break from the computer over the weekend, catching up on a lot of things around the house in preparation for a dinner party Christy and I hosted Sunday night. It went very well, and now that the house...
Posted: May 21 2007, 12:19 PM by polypoke
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33
Some findings regarding the number 33... 33 is the largest positive integer that can not be expressed as a sum of different triangular numbers...whatever that is. Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three. 33 is the atomic number of Arsenic...
Posted: May 11 2007, 10:08 AM by polypoke
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Polypoke has had a makeover
Microsoft unveiled a brand-new set of features for Live Spaces today. Details of the new stuff can be found at the Space Craft . The new code took away my "hack" that allowed me to add custom HTML where I wanted, but I was able to add the "official"...
Posted: Apr 20 2007, 06:31 PM by polypoke
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And now for something completely different...
I have had a blog for about a year and a half now, and I've often wondered exactly what my readers (you) are interested in hearing and seeing from me. I know that I have roughly 60 or so consistent readers on any given day, courtesy of my clustrmap ,...
Posted: Apr 11 2007, 09:07 PM by polypoke
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Time for a little R&R
This week is spring break for Christy & Christy Lake. My wife & mother-in-law have rented a cabin up at Lake Lure , NC for this break and I have Monday off from work, so I'll be resting and relaxing there until Tuesday. Catch you when I return...
Posted: Apr 08 2007, 10:44 AM by polypoke
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Feed now on feedburner
Those of you who prefer to subscribe to my site via RSS feed, please update your feeds to point towards my new feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/polypoke They have some pretty interesting tools that give me a little more flexibilty versus the raw feed...
Posted: Mar 19 2007, 06:20 PM by polypoke
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