Michael Doornbos

Archive for September, 2007

27 Sep, 2007

I’m adding a word to the english dictionary

Posted by: mike In: Funny

because it annoys my wife.
It’s: Fantacula

26 Sep, 2007

Podcast for Audio Geeks

Posted by: mike In: Cool Stuff

If you’re an audio geek, you really should check out The Gear Media Tech Video Podcast.

25 Sep, 2007

Make it easy for me to unsubscribe please

Posted by: mike In: Random

I’ve had the same email address for about 10 years now.  As a result, it’s on a ton of mailing lists, marketing databases, and spam lists.  Google Apps does a great job on the spam, but I just spent the last 30 minutes unsubscribing from about 30 email lists.
Some were easy to get off of.  [...]

I stumbled on this in the Urban Dictionary today:

Not good. Bad.
The early Jazz musicians would say that a guy could really “Blow” if he had a good sound when playing the horn. If he couldn’t play very well then they would say that he was “Sucking” on that horn. That’s where the term “Suck” [...]

19 Sep, 2007

Passion Check

Posted by: mike In: Random| Uncategorized

I’m having one of those “I’m 32 and am I on the right course” kinda days. I decided to map out what’s important to me long term. Here’s what I’ve got so far:

Anybody got any comments?

14 Sep, 2007

Google Lunar X PRIZE Foundation

Posted by: mike In: Cool Stuff| space

The Google Lunar X PRIZE  seeks to create a global private race to the Moon that excites and involves people around the world and, accelerates space exploration for the benefit of all humanity. The use of space has dramatically enhanced the quality of life and may ultimately lead to solutions to some of the most [...]

14 Sep, 2007

Today is Safari Day

Posted by: mike In: Cool Stuff| Random

I’ve been really frustrated with Firefox on my Mac.It’s been slow and crashing. Just for fun, I’m going to forget Firefox for today and work all day in Safari. There’s one word for it right off the bat:  FAST. I didn’t realize how slow Firefox on the Mac really is until I fired up Safari.  Yikes! 

04 Sep, 2007

This blog is now mobile enabled

Posted by: mike In: Cool Stuff

That’s right folks, now you can visit this blog on your mobile phone’s browser.
Just think, being able to read my nonsense from anywhere at any time.
Yep, gives me the creeps too.

04 Sep, 2007

Another day, another blog engine

Posted by: mike In: Random

I came to my senses finally and just switched back to Wordpress permanently.
It’s easy, and it stays out of my way. Plus it’s easy to export my content down the road.
Sorry for all the trouble with this…

03 Sep, 2007

Quote of the week

Posted by: mike In: Uncategorized

Here’s a quote from my wife a few minutes ago:
“It’s cute movie, for a slasher flick.”
I just can’t make this stuff up.