Comments for Something New Every Day http://www.snedblog.com Something New Every Few Months is More Accurate Lately, But Doesn't Have the Same Ring to It Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:10:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on Programming a Comcast Remote with a Sony HTIB* by Brian http://www.snedblog.com/2010/04/programming-a-comcast-remote-with-a-sony-htib/#comment-3724 Brian Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:10:49 +0000 http://www.snedblog.com/?p=2712#comment-3724 Finally!  I got my older Sony DAV-DX255 HTIB to turn on and off using the Xfinity remote following your advice.  THANKS! Finally!  I got my older Sony DAV-DX255 HTIB to turn on and off using the Xfinity remote following your advice.  THANKS!

]]> Comment on The syndicated version of "The Weakest Link" once had an episode where all of the contestants were clowns by Festus http://www.snedblog.com/2008/09/the-syndicated-version-of-the-weakest-link-once-had-an-episode-where-all-of-the-contestants-were-clowns/#comment-3722 Festus Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:19:05 +0000 http://www.snedblog.com/index.php/2008/09/the-syndicated-version-of-the-weakest-link-once-had-an-episode-where-all-of-the-contestants-were-clowns/#comment-3722 The strongest link went to Moxie in a double sudden death against Festus the Rodeo Clown. I know I'm Festus. I have the show recorded but only on VHS. I have looked everywhere for it on the net. The strongest link went to Moxie in a double sudden death against Festus the Rodeo Clown. I know I’m Festus.
I have the show recorded but only on VHS. I have looked everywhere for it on the net.

]]> Comment on Alphabet Streets by Jim Ryan http://www.snedblog.com/2011/11/alphabet-streets/#comment-3649 Jim Ryan Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:24:27 +0000 http://www.snedblog.com/?p=3894#comment-3649 I believe Douglas Drive and Winnetka Ave were in place before the other streets were created and named. And it was only a coincidence that Douglas turned out to be in the D position. Unfortunately, Winnetka was not so lucky. I know that some other names occur in the alphabets if you go north or south. I am familiar with the alphabets that run west starting at Lyndale and Broadway, which are covered by this list. I believe Douglas Drive and Winnetka Ave were in place before the other streets were created and named. And it was only a coincidence that Douglas turned out to be in the D position. Unfortunately, Winnetka was not so lucky. I know that some other names occur in the alphabets if you go north or south. I am familiar with the alphabets that run west starting at Lyndale and Broadway, which are covered by this list.

]]> Comment on Programming a Comcast Remote with a Sony HTIB* by Sandra http://www.snedblog.com/2010/04/programming-a-comcast-remote-with-a-sony-htib/#comment-3622 Sandra Thu, 05 May 2011 17:45:46 +0000 http://www.snedblog.com/?p=2712#comment-3622 Thank you SO much.Found this site by googling and IT WORKED. Thank you SO much.Found this site by googling and IT WORKED.

]]> Comment on Oregon Father Shows Great Restraint by The Wife http://www.snedblog.com/2011/04/oregon-father-shows-great-restraint/#comment-3588 The Wife Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:50:06 +0000 http://www.snedblog.com/?p=3833#comment-3588 (Fist Bump) (Fist Bump)

]]> Comment on The Government Can Read Your Email Without a Warrant (and Obama Wants to Keep it That Way) by exZachtly http://www.snedblog.com/2011/04/the-government-can-read-your-email-without-a-warrant-and-obama-wants-to-keep-it-that-way/#comment-3586 exZachtly Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:26:54 +0000 http://www.snedblog.com/?p=3836#comment-3586 inb4 mention of impact to cloud-based computing trends inb4 mention of impact to cloud-based computing trends

]]> Comment on Oregon Father Shows Great Restraint by exZachtly http://www.snedblog.com/2011/04/oregon-father-shows-great-restraint/#comment-3585 exZachtly Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:00:55 +0000 http://www.snedblog.com/?p=3833#comment-3585 Brilliant! Oh how I wish this was the normal response from a law-abiding citizen! "But that's terrible, a mere citizen taking the law into their own hands?" You retort, "If we all did that, we'd have chaos in the streets!" And to this I say bullocks. Occasionally we'd have to prosecute someone who went too far, but how about this logic: I'd rather someone get a misdemeanor for false arrest while trying to solve a problem, than have a hard criminal commit a few more heinous crimes before the police catch up. Someone fist-bump me! Brilliant! Oh how I wish this was the normal response from a law-abiding citizen! “But that’s terrible, a mere citizen taking the law into their own hands?” You retort, “If we all did that, we’d have chaos in the streets!” And to this I say bullocks. Occasionally we’d have to prosecute someone who went too far, but how about this logic: I’d rather someone get a misdemeanor for false arrest while trying to solve a problem, than have a hard criminal commit a few more heinous crimes before the police catch up. Someone fist-bump me!

]]> Comment on Symbolism: Barack H. Obama Elementary to close due to lack of enrollment by exZachtly http://www.snedblog.com/2011/03/symbolism-barack-h-obama-elementary-to-close-due-to-lack-of-enrollment/#comment-3559 exZachtly Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:44:23 +0000 http://www.snedblog.com/?p=3797#comment-3559 In future news: The Barack H. Obama Elementary School in Asbury Park, N.J. will finally be closing its doors after enjoying a breif resurgence in popularity. The school faced disaster once before when enrollment lagged, but in a strangely bold move, they changed their stance to being anti-education. The school was saved, but staff members were not able to overcome the conflict of interest and so once again, the enthusiasm from the community faded and enrollment followed. In future news:
The Barack H. Obama Elementary School in Asbury Park, N.J. will finally be closing its doors after enjoying a breif resurgence in popularity. The school faced disaster once before when enrollment lagged, but in a strangely bold move, they changed their stance to being anti-education. The school was saved, but staff members were not able to overcome the conflict of interest and so once again, the enthusiasm from the community faded and enrollment followed.

]]> Comment on WTF, Chrome? by exZachtly http://www.snedblog.com/2011/03/wtf-chrome/#comment-3558 exZachtly Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:35:18 +0000 http://www.snedblog.com/?p=3819#comment-3558 Yeah, that's enough for me. I'm boycotting it aside from testing purposes. I'm way against their installation scheme. Too bad. Oh well, the new Firefox might not be the fastest, but it's no longer behind by much at all, and for it's track record/extensibility, pretty solid. Opera has some interesting surprises, but I would never recommend it as a default browser until they take their focus from extra functionality to clean up lagging reliability. Every 20th website has some glitch or takes way too long. It's odd. Also, this one of the reasons it's so easy to make malware for Windows and one of the reasons I dislike working with it so much. It's like a virtual Russian roulette game of permissions and forbidden directories. Parents shouldn't have to know which hkey to edit if they want to protect small children from, ya know, the vast majority of the internet. It's really not child-friendly ... come to think of it, it's not even me-friendly. Yeah, that’s enough for me. I’m boycotting it aside from testing purposes. I’m way against their installation scheme. Too bad. Oh well, the new Firefox might not be the fastest, but it’s no longer behind by much at all, and for it’s track record/extensibility, pretty solid. Opera has some interesting surprises, but I would never recommend it as a default browser until they take their focus from extra functionality to clean up lagging reliability. Every 20th website has some glitch or takes way too long. It’s odd.

Also, this one of the reasons it’s so easy to make malware for Windows and one of the reasons I dislike working with it so much. It’s like a virtual Russian roulette game of permissions and forbidden directories. Parents shouldn’t have to know which hkey to edit if they want to protect small children from, ya know, the vast majority of the internet. It’s really not child-friendly … come to think of it, it’s not even me-friendly.

]]> Comment on WTF, Chrome? by Tom http://www.snedblog.com/2011/03/wtf-chrome/#comment-3556 Tom Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:02:12 +0000 http://www.snedblog.com/?p=3819#comment-3556 Am I jumping ahead to think that if they did it first, then it's only a matter of time before viruses and other malware try this? Am I jumping ahead to think that if they did it first, then it’s only a matter of time before viruses and other malware try this?

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