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Stuck In Iowa - Stats

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on March 20, 2006
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Top 10 Searched Phrases This Month
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A Worthy Opponent
Chuck Norris is climbing the ladder and steel just posted that entry. Daaaaaaaaaaaamz!

Bookmarks
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How To Resize The Current Window

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Smoother
on March 20, 2006
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If this works for you, I encourage you to comment. Commenting is free, I swear!

Are you trying to resize the current window using javascript? I searched google for a way to resize the current window but all I got was how to resize a window using Javascript when you click a link. If you have run into the same problem I have the simple solution for you.

My code is not aligned because wordpress kept putting in br tags, but you’ll get the point (hopefully) To resize the current window using javascript use this code in your header:

Well I tried to put it here but Wordpress was having problems and resizing the blog, omg so funny (not) but rofl anyway? Watch out, here comes the rolfcopter!

ROFLCOPTER

You can view all code right here in this txt file.
resize-current-window.txt

Oh hellz yeah!

Don’t ever try to stare down Chuck Norris… ever.

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Steel
on March 14, 2006
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I’m sure everyone has heard this, but here is why Chuck Norris rules…

Chuck Norris’ tears cure cancer. But he is so badass, he has never cried. Ever.

Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.

When God said, “let there be light”, Chuck Norris said, “say ‘please’.”

The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.

If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can’t see Chuck Norris, you may be only seconds away from death.

Chuck Norris has counted to infinity. Twice.

Here’s the video:

 

Chuck Norris on Chuck Norris

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Chuck Norris does not hunt because the word hunting infers the probability of failure. Chuck Norris goes killing.

Chuck Norris doesn’t wash his clothes, he disembowels them.

Chuck Norris is 1/8th Cherokee. This has nothing to do with ancestry, the man ate a Cherokee Indian.

In fine print on the last page of the Guinness Book of World Records it notes that all world records are held by Chuck Norris, and those listed in the book are simply the closest anyone else has ever gotten.

There is no chin behind Chuck Norris’ beard. There is only another fist.

Chuck Norris once roundhouse kicked someone so hard that his foot broke the speed of light, went back in time, and killed Amelia Earhart while she was flying over the Pacific Ocean.
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Uninstall Microsoft Windows Messenger

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Smoother
on March 13, 2006
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1. Start Registry Editor. To do this, click Start, click Run, type regedit.exe, and then click OK.

If the following registry subkey already exists, go to step 6:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client
2. Click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft
3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click Key. Type Messenger for the name of the new registry key, and then press ENTER.
4. Click the following registry subkey: key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger
5. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click Key. Type Client for the name of the new registry key, and then press ENTER.
6. Click the following registry subkey: key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client
7. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value. Type PreventRun for the name of the new DWORD value and then press ENTER.
8. Right-click the PreventRun value that you created in step 7, and then click Modify. In theValue data box, type 1, and then click OK.
9. Quit Registry Editor.

Useful Link:
How to prevent Windows Messenger from running on a Windows XP-based computer
Windows XP FAQ: How do I remove Messenger?
http://myitforum.techtarget.com/articles/15/view.asp?id=7033

If for some reason you want to reinstall MSN Messenger just visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/messenger and download the latest version.

My iTunes Skipping Problem

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Smoother
on February 27, 2006
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I install iTunes and it’s some good software however I’ve been having an issue. iTunes skips, it’s not skipping songs, but it’s skipping through the song as if the sync was off. A skipping MP3 is pretty wierd. So I’ve been researching solutions and trying new things. Defragging didn’t help, actually nothing really helped until I found this solution. I’m glad I found a solution becuase it’s driving me nuts and I’m pretty hung over today. I don’t need my songs skipping while working and trying to ignore my headache.

I have Quicktime 7.0.4 installed right now. So the solution is based on that version.

iTunes Skipping on Windows XP Solution:
1) Close iTunes and Quicktime
2) Click the start button
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Microsoft Outlook Error: Interface not registered

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on January 24, 2006
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So I installed some video editing software, did some updates, and then BAM!! I can no longer send email. Whenever I hit send I get an error from Microsoft Word saying “Interface not registered” but then there was the internet… and I found the solution…

Solution is here at the MS site

“You receive the “Interface not registered” error message when you try to send or to save an e-mail message to the Drafts folder in Outlook 2002

View products that this article applies to.
Article ID : 870707
Last Review : August 10, 2004
Revision : 1.0

SYMPTOMS
If you use Microsoft Word as your e-mail editor in Microsoft Office Outlook 2002, and you try to send e-mail messages or to save e-mail messages to the Drafts folder, you may receive the following error message:
Interface not registered
Or, you may experience the following symptoms:
“¢ You receive an error message.
“¢ The e-mail message is not sent.
“¢ The e-mail message is not saved to the Drafts folder.

CAUSE
This behavior occurs if the Ole32.dll file that is located in the %Windir%\System32 folder is not registered correctly in the registry.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, register the Ole32.dll file. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type the following command in the Open box, and then click OK:
Regsvr32.exe %Windir%\System32\Ole32.dll
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10 Ways to get Drunk for Five Dollars or Less

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Smoother
on January 16, 2006
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Top 10 Ways to get Drunk for Five Dollars or Less

Number 10. Be a frosh (freshman).

It’s not true that every frosh can be knocked into unconsciousness by waving a tom Collins under their nose, but as those of us who go hunting for frosh on “New Kids night” at the local dance holes know, the phenomena is not rare. Frosh are usually young, inexperienced, and sometimes even illegal to entice into your boudoir. If anyone can get drunk on five bucks, it’s them.

Number 9. Be female.

Chivalry is not dead! While you ladies can’t expect guys to risk their life, or miss an episode of star trek for you, you may still be able to get some alcohol out of them. Try standing around the bar, sipping water with a grimace on your face. Dress smutty. Smile at guys as they walk by, the drunker geekier the better. If you want to get more than one drink out of a guy start talking about how hot it is. Act intoxicated. Become even more friendly. At an appropriate time have a friend come by and “save you”, then move on to the next guy.

Number 8. Try Medication.

Sleeping pills. Allergy pills. If it says “do not take alcohol with this drug” or “do not operate a motorized vehicle while under the influence of this drug”, it must be good! Intelligent students such as ourselves, while not having a shred of pharmaceutical knowledge, can see that these statements are a plot by alcohol producers to keep us buying large quantities of booze.

Number 7. If it ends in ‘ol, drink it!

Alcohol isn’t the only intoxicant ending in ‘ol’. Methanol, Butanol and Propanol are all fine safe intoxicants, often available at bargain prices. Stay away from aerosol, cholesterol, and drool.

Everclear Alcohol

Number 6. Sleep Deprivation and Sickness.

For some reason, your body doesn’t want you to have any fun, and actively fights alcohol -enhancement. When you’re sick, and tired, your body’s defenses are at their lowest. This means its often one of the most cost effective times to get plastered! Best of all, if you puke, you can blame it on the flu.

Number 5. Try Antifreeze

Hey, ten thousand deranged alcoholic street people can’t be wrong!

Drink Antifreeze

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Why Wendy’s will take me to anywhere in the continental US

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Steel
on January 7, 2006
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So, if you didn’t know this, Wendy’s has this little thing going on that if you collect coupons off the cups (medium or Biggie sizes only), you can get free Airtran tickets. So, most times like this, you’d think that you’d have to collect 150 for one ticket, but not at Wendy’s. All you need is 64 for a round trip ticket. That’s it.

Now, I have been collecting these the right way. Almost everyone I have spoken to said I should give $50 to some 16 year old to steal me some cups. But I didn’t. I have eaten at Wendy’s almost every day since the beginning of November. Ugh. Not that it’s bad. Just like if I had drank that many Diet Mt. Dews it would have killed me, eating at Wendy’s that much may kill me. But at least I don’t eat the fries. Did you ever check out “The Smoking Fry” special feature on the movie Super Size Me? The moral of the story… don’t eat fries. Ever. If only I had a camera to document my Wendy’s quest…

Random thoughts

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Steel
on January 4, 2006
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Okay. This may be a long post, but I have, instead of putting these in seperate posts, I will combine them into one. So, grab a beer (or your favorite beverage you sissy) and gather ’round papa Steel’s Fireside chat.

First off, we have a story about a child. A child vs. the big business. My girlfriend tried to log into her AOL account the other day, and it wouldn’t work. She called her dad to ask what had happened, and found out that her younger sister used vulgar language in a child’s chat room, so AOL suspended their accounts.

When asked what she had said, it was, “This is poop”. Huh? Suspended? For that?

Next in our array of stories, I recently got a 12-month Xbox Live renewal card. My yearly subscription was supposed to end January 19th. I put in the new card on January 1st. After I put in the code, my new expiration date was January 1, 2007. Huh? So the next day, I called to reclaim my 19 days, I talked to no less than 5 people, and by the end of the calls, I felt like Rainman… “I want my 19 days! I want my 19 days!” BTW, it was resolved.

Finally, I have a rant on people who say things incorrectly. Especially computer stuff. I have heard people (a lot of people) say UBS port (instead of USB), Hewitt Packard (instead of Hewlett Packard - there is an “L” in here people), and I heard my favorite of all time today. I was talking to someone about the new computers, and how they don’t have a floppy disk drive. He then proceeded to ask me how much it would be to add a “sloppy drive” to his computer. I just smiled. His wife (they were both elderly) said “I think it’s actually floppy drive.” And we all laughed together. Except me. I was laughing at them.

Well, kiddies, that’s it for me for now. Have a splendid day and don’t forget to put out the fire before you go.