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The Captain's BS: Thy Cup Hath Been Poisoned
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Assorted thoughts, tall tales, and other blatherings from the high seas of existential styrofoam. Wednesday, November 24, 2010. Thy Cup Hath Been Poisoned. Several items on my mind as I watch a man with a gun pull into a gas station on an overcast day halfway through an anonymous stretch of the Middle of Nowhere *. At what point do you have to justify your prioritization of tasks, people, events, dreams, needs, and desires to the bevy of stakeholders who all think they are the majority owner of your life?
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The Captain's BS: How to Start a Paranormal Investigation Team
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Assorted thoughts, tall tales, and other blatherings from the high seas of existential styrofoam. Saturday, November 6, 2010. How to Start a Paranormal Investigation Team. It's pretty straightforward, actually. Your team should introduce itself by having the leader complete the following sentences: "My name is . I never used to believe in ghosts until . Since then, I've been on a mission to capture what I saw on video, along with my trusted teammates , , and . Together, we are .". Bring Lots of Gadgets.
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The Captain's BS: November 2010
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Assorted thoughts, tall tales, and other blatherings from the high seas of existential styrofoam. Sunday, November 28, 2010. If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say. Try one of the following:. Watch a bunch of elephants frolick about in the mud. Find a Star Wars / Lord of the Rings marathon on basic cable and wonder what Christopher Lee is up to these days. Scour the digits of pi for your birthday. Locate the nearest haystack and plant a needle inside. Stare at something until you fall asleep. There are f...
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The Captain's BS: October 2010
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Assorted thoughts, tall tales, and other blatherings from the high seas of existential styrofoam. Friday, October 29, 2010. Waxing Nostalgic for IM Conversations of Yesteryear. A recent episode of the The Big Bang Theory. Reminded me of an IM conversation I once had with my now-wife several years ago, back before we started dating. I remember this conversation fondly whenever a reference is made to text-based adventure games. You know, the types of games that all the nerdy kids (whaddup! There is a flask.
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The Captain's BS: August 2009
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Assorted thoughts, tall tales, and other blatherings from the high seas of existential styrofoam. Saturday, August 15, 2009. The Assumption of the Average. Every so often, it occurs to me that I've duped myself in the qualitative evaluation of something. Here you go, buddy," said the drink-maker. It was a strawberry smoothie. "Sorry I forgot about your smoothie.". At this point, correcting him - again - seemed to be the ultimate exercise in futility, so I took the damn smoothie and left to eat. Outbursts...
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The Captain's BS: Is There Something Wrong with FreeCell in Windows 7?
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Assorted thoughts, tall tales, and other blatherings from the high seas of existential styrofoam. Friday, April 29, 2011. Is There Something Wrong with FreeCell in Windows 7? I used to lose at FreeCell *. All the time. But ever since I upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7, I have yet to lose a game, which makes me think they removed all of the hard games from the randomizer. What is up with this? There are only a certain number of possible hands that can be dealt, and each one has its own unique number.
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The Captain's BS: April 2011
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Assorted thoughts, tall tales, and other blatherings from the high seas of existential styrofoam. Friday, April 29, 2011. Is There Something Wrong with FreeCell in Windows 7? I used to lose at FreeCell *. All the time. But ever since I upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7, I have yet to lose a game, which makes me think they removed all of the hard games from the randomizer. What is up with this? There are only a certain number of possible hands that can be dealt, and each one has its own unique number.
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The Captain's BS: February 2009
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Assorted thoughts, tall tales, and other blatherings from the high seas of existential styrofoam. Wednesday, February 11, 2009. Internet Explorer Mobile and File Upload: Utterly Flimsy. Okay, a brief respite from the usual random babbling. This post has a mission. And if you're not a web developer, your eyes are about to glaze over. To enable file-upload in a standard desktop browser, all a web developer has to do is include something like the following code within a web form:. MyFile.SaveAs(Path....
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The Captain's BS: January 2009
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Assorted thoughts, tall tales, and other blatherings from the high seas of existential styrofoam. Saturday, January 31, 2009. ERR-OR. Sentence Fragment. On the eve of Super Bowl CCXCVII, let us take a moment to examine a particularly fascinating aspect of sports broadcasting, one that many people typically digest unaware, like the thousands-plus calories present in a typical McDonald's value meal. Perhaps something like this? Recovered by Perkins, but a 24-second shot-clock violation. And the Red Sox tak...
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The Captain's BS: If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say...
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Assorted thoughts, tall tales, and other blatherings from the high seas of existential styrofoam. Sunday, November 28, 2010. If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say. Try one of the following:. Watch a bunch of elephants frolick about in the mud. Find a Star Wars / Lord of the Rings marathon on basic cable and wonder what Christopher Lee is up to these days. Scour the digits of pi for your birthday. Locate the nearest haystack and plant a needle inside. Stare at something until you fall asleep. He's got a ...