tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109545932011-12-16T00:26:16.847-05:00A collection of rants and mediocre words not so elegantly thrown together. Sometimes you just need to get it off your chest.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1135373782896845442005-12-23T16:23:00.000-05:002005-12-23T16:36:22.913-05:00

Ain't that the truth. I dedicate a large portion of my life to work. Sometimes I really question why. So far I work about 50 hours (supposed to be 37.5) at my current job, then a ton of side projects outside of work. I also have to rotate a weekend shift which enables me to work 11 straight days. (YES!)I try to go above and beyond at work for a few reasons:1. I have always tried to be the best at

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1135131822536649542005-12-20T21:15:00.000-05:002005-12-20T21:27:49.586-05:00

You know what I hate, f'ing ads. Everyone and their grandmother is trying to fool people into clicking their lame google text ads to earn easy money. I was reading a blog on Somewhat Frank about Strategic Board, a new service that shows a list of IT blogs. Okay that is cool I guess, but what is lame is that in between each listing they try to make a Google text ad appear like it is part of the

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1134314086205480862005-12-11T10:02:00.000-05:002005-12-11T10:26:34.760-05:00

Okay so I was messing around today looking at some other free blog services and came across easyjournal.com. They are a pretty good platform but you are required to have a nice 728x90 (leaderboard) ad at the top of the page. There is a work-around though. (If you do this you will probably violate their TOS, so be warned). You can easily hide the ad using this little snippet of JS code in each

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1126331943705558372005-09-10T01:42:00.000-04:002005-09-10T01:59:03.713-04:00

Okay so as I still sit fixed watching the boob tube about Katrina, I get more and more fed up with Bush. I just really dislike the man. I didn't vote for him and wish he would just disappear. How long does it take to get help down to these people? Of course their is more to blame than Bush but in my opinion (besides mother nature) he created this mess. Do I agree with Kanye West in saying he

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1125101872872742652005-08-26T20:09:00.000-04:002005-08-26T20:21:24.323-04:00

Okay so today I had off from work. I worked last weekend so I had a comp day today. Nice I know, but hey working weekends sucks arse. I got up around 7:30 took a shower, let the dog out, and hopped on the computer.I check my email then started to load a few programs on my wife's PDA. All the sudden I heard a loud pop and all the power went out. Ah shit, I thought at first this damn PDA program

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1124623897480541562005-08-21T07:19:00.000-04:002005-08-21T07:38:40.623-04:00

I was recently brought on to this project to help upgrade the site as it tries to eliminate splogs from the blogosphere. We've added some new features to the site to make it easier for people to submit splogs.We've added a bookmarklet that will allow a user to add it to their bookmark toolbar in their browser to easily report splogs. Once you have installed the bookmarklet all you need to do is

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1124326167952218172005-08-17T20:36:00.000-04:002005-08-18T15:11:57.860-04:00

I was reading a post by a friend of mine here. It is about all these blogs popping up on free blog servers like this one that are nothing but spam, hence the name splog (Spam Blog). He took the initiative and created phase one of Splog Reporter.Splog Reporter will allow anyone to report a blog that is spam. What good does this do for you? Search engines like Ice Rocket are being clogged with spam

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1124231910873443512005-08-16T18:18:00.000-04:002005-08-16T18:39:51.203-04:00

What a great show. I love tattoos, but honestly you don't need to even like tattoos to enjoy this show. This show goes beyond tattoos and shows what drives some people to even get tattoos.Besides the stories that are told in the show, the work these 4 guys do is amazing! My favorite is Ami James, his work is the best I think I've ever seen. Chris Garver is a close second in my mind.A lot of

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1124121306579568752005-08-15T11:35:00.000-04:002005-08-15T11:55:06.586-04:00

I just got back from a visit in Pittsburgh with my sister and brother-in-law. I went with my wife, mother, and soon to be 4 year old little brother who is deathly afraid of dogs. Low and behold my sister has two dogs, let the nightmare begin.He didn't want anything to do with the dogs, he was really scared, causing everyone in the house to be at attention at all times. It was frustrating but what

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1123714810198249262005-08-10T18:42:00.000-04:002005-08-10T19:01:20.333-04:00

My wife has a really weird phobia. She hates mustard. Not just by taste, but she can not and will not get it on her skin or even want to smell it. It is extremely odd in my mind, but we all have our thing I guess. I don't know what you would even call this phobia, I tried to look for it online with zero success, so I guess I get to name it. I shall called it "Guldaphobia", named after my favorite

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1123451157408672872005-08-07T17:29:00.000-04:002005-08-07T17:45:57.416-04:00

What a crazy night! Two of our friends from NYC came down to visit this weekend. (You can read her blog here) We all met at our house and started our journey to Musikfest. Musikfest is street festival in Bethlehem, PA that run about 10 days long. They have local bands (Free), mainstream bands (far from free), good food, and plenty of beer. In my opinion most people come out just to get drunk in

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1123206954066804972005-08-04T21:41:00.000-04:002005-08-04T21:55:54.076-04:00

So I have been thinking a lot about this lately. I have been trying to see positives from negative situations. Everyone strives for the same thing, to achieve happiness, but if you really think about it, negative things happen more than positives for the most part. It seems that people are set up to be disappointed.That is why you need to see any positive you can from any negative situation. If

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1123111236679739762005-08-03T18:59:00.000-04:002005-08-03T19:54:11.656-04:00

So today I get home from work, pop open a diet peach Snapple and like any other time read my daily Snapple fact. Did you know there are three times the amount of cars in Los Angeles than people? Typically I read my snapple fact and merely say "Huh, that's cool", or "I did not know that". Even though I didn't know this fact, this stat blew my mind.First of all I can barely afford to pay one car

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1123028380802181202005-08-02T20:09:00.000-04:002005-08-02T20:24:40.366-04:00

Okay for the past 2.5 days I have had no caffeine. I am kicking my soda habit. I am trying to drink only green tea (minimal caffeine), water, gatorade, powerade, or juices. Why? I don't know I go through phases. I am sure it will only last for a few weeks but hey why not.For lent I gave up soda for 40 days, it was pretty easy. But this time I have had the biggest headache for the past 2 days

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1122944902421691412005-08-01T21:01:00.000-04:002005-08-01T21:09:41.473-04:00

Okay here is the scoop. I am in a funk today. I can't quite pinpoint why? I hate these days when you are moody but you don't really know why? Maybe it's the heat, maybe it's the damn Monday, who knows?I do feel bad though. I have been a bit moody towards my wife and she does not deserve that. She is the best wife a person could ask for, I need to lighten up. So I guess today I need to tell myself

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1122764871302986462005-07-30T18:59:00.000-04:002005-07-30T22:31:50.116-04:00

Okay this is going to sound odd, but I have a watch fetish. I basically hate all other accessories besides my watches. It started out when my now wife bought me my first nice watch about 5 years ago. I have always liked nice dark watches. She bought me a nice all black Guess watch. It was my first "classy" watch. After that I bought a few Nixon watches, a Kenneth Cole watch, but nothing compares

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1122700923062299942005-07-30T01:08:00.000-04:002005-07-30T01:22:03.070-04:00

Alright I know I just freaking posted, but I forgot to mention this. The new Jason Mraz album is nice. I am still pretty new to rock and rock type music. I typically listen to mainly hip-hop, funk, and turntable music (not techno, things like DJ Z-trip or DJ Shadow). I have really been getting into Mraz, Jack Johnson, and G. Love.Mraz is probably one of my favorites. His live stuff is a lot

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1122696680979288442005-07-30T00:04:00.000-04:002005-07-30T00:13:53.930-04:00

I finally saw this movie. Holy shit is all I can say. What a great flick. It was very heart felt and the way they actually shot the movie was sort of dirty or gritty. It gave it a real sweaty boxing type feel to it. I won't talk too much about it because I don't want to spoil it for anyone that has not already seen it.All I can say is the movie had a real quality to it. Something almost everyone

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1122598674472009102005-07-28T20:47:00.000-04:002005-07-28T21:04:01.396-04:00

First of all it has been a while since I wrote anything lately. I have been real busy with work and have been writing for PHP Magazine. Anyway like you care about why I haven't written. Let's move on.I had a great three days in Chicago this week. I went to the home offices of Tribune for producer training. Every year or so Tribune holds training for all of its markets. At the session they go over

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1109119164104472122005-02-22T19:29:00.000-05:002005-02-22T19:39:24.106-05:00

Here is some crap I have to get off my chest. What is up with people who can't see past skin tone, religious beliefs, and any other non-relevant ethnic quality?I work for a newspaper where you can comment on articles online. Everyday someone, usually more than one, says something stupid about a race or makes a racist slur. It is unbelievable to me that in this day and age we can't get past this

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1108913952476666872005-02-20T10:20:00.000-05:002005-02-20T10:48:45.996-05:00

We've all been there, you are already going 5-10 MPH over the speed limit and some jack-arse is so close to your bumper you can't even see his/her headlights. What's the point of this obnoxious behavior? What can you do about it?There are a few things you can do as a driver. First you can pull over and let the speed racer go by. I typically never do this unless I feel real unsafe about the person

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1108884423987074892005-02-20T01:38:00.000-05:002005-02-20T10:49:35.000-05:00

Where to start? How about tobacco kills! If you think differently, you are probably a smoker. Everytime you indulge in tobacco you are killing yourself.Before you get all hasty, I smoked for eight years before I successfully quit. Starting smoking was the dumbest thing I have ever done, but quitting was by far the best.To this day I still get cravings (2.5 years later) but you just deal with them

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113007184331714959noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954593.post-1108878906668514222005-02-20T00:52:00.000-05:002005-02-20T10:49:51.816-05:00

Okay here is a topic...How we can get rid of AIDS.I have been watching this great HBO 5 part series on AIDS around the world and am dumbfounded by the ignorance of the human race. For the most part people know how NOT to get HIV. There are some parts of the world that have little or no knowledge of the disease or the prevention, and that is our fault, the entire world needs to have this knowledge

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