Category Archives: Random

Gotcha?

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Rick Lobrecht

As a blog reader, I really hate April Fools day.  

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TX Presidential Primary

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Rick Lobrecht

I received the following useful information in one of the email newsletters I receive.  If you’re not a Texas resident or US citizen, there’s nothing of interest. This is a reminder that the last day to register to vote for … Continue reading →

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The Golden Compass

Posted on December 9, 2007 by Rick Lobrecht

 

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Somebody at Google doesn’t get Houston traffic

Posted on September 14, 2007 by Rick Lobrecht

  This trip could easily be 2 hours with traffic.  

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Toyota Prius – 100mph?

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Rick Lobrecht

What kind of mileage does it get at those speeds? link  

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Pop a balloon with your clicks

Posted on May 31, 2007 by Rick Lobrecht

No this isn’t some smack the monkey flash ad, but rather an art/web expirement by Bill Shackleford of The Ohio State University Art and Technology show “Digescape“.  Basically, every unique incoming click adds one second to the air compressor, with … Continue reading →

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Jessica Alba at Nascar this weekend

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Rick Lobrecht

One of the Nascar teams has Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer paint schemes on their cars this weekend, so Jessica Alba will be in attendance.  Yeah!  

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Just for you Carl

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Rick Lobrecht

See you tomorrow.  Have a nice meeting.  Hopefully this will give your NewsGator something to do.  

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Happy Birthday Texas

Posted on March 2, 2007 by Rick Lobrecht

Today is the 171st anniversary of Texas’s independence from Mexico.  

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PAL vs. NTSC

Posted on January 25, 2007 by Rick Lobrecht

I recently went round and round with some home video that I recorded onto DVD.  The DVDs worked fine on all the PCs I tried (playing in WinDVD, Media Player, etc.)  It played just fine on the Zenith POS (piece … Continue reading →

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