Soccer Without Goalies

AsideJuly 18, 2006 Nick MomrikLeave a comment

Wouldn’t soccer be so much more exciting if there weren’t goalies?

Atheist Manifesto

AsideJuly 18, 2006 Nick MomrikLeave a comment

Atheist Manifesto is a good read for anyone interested at all in religions.

Free DNS from OpenDNS

AsideJuly 18, 2006 Nick Momrik2 Comments

I’m testing out OpenDNS here at work on my main computer. I’ll try out any service to replace something on our network. In testing the past couple of minutes some web pages seem to load faster and some slower. I’ll also be setting it up at home to see how it performs. Time will tell. […]

Dogs Playing Poker in Dust

AsideJuly 17, 2006 Nick MomrikLeave a comment

The dusty window of a Mini Cooper was used to create a temporary copy of the Dogs Playing Poker art “A Friend in Need.”

Disappearing Card Magic Trick

AsideJuly 14, 2006March 22, 2025 Nick MomrikLeave a comment

It’s an old Internet magic trick, but I’ll admit the disappearing card trick got me the first time I saw it years ago.

Password Sharing

AsideJuly 14, 2006 Nick MomrikLeave a comment

I hate asking people for their passwords and I know how much everyone is warned about giving out their passwords over the phone, but as a support center tech it really is the easiest way to troubleshoot most login problems. You’d be suprised how often people get fat fingers on the keyboard. Of course they […]

No WWW

AsideJuly 14, 2006 Nick MomrikLeave a comment

I posted a couple of months ago about dropping the www from URLs and have been a supporter of it for much longer. All of my sites have been www free for as long as I can remember. The http://www.xxxx.com URLs will redirect to the one without www. If you’re using WordPress and have been […]

Texas Hold'em Coming to Xbox Live

AsideJuly 14, 2006 Nick MomrikLeave a comment

Launch Poker reports Texas Hold’em is coming to Xbox Live on August 23rd. The game will be free because RiverBelle Casino is sponsoring it. I imagine the game will have RiverBelle logos everywhere.

I Watched the 2006 World Cup Final

AsideJuly 13, 2006 Nick Momrik1 Comment

I’ll admit I watched the final game of the 2006 World Cup. I was rooting for France to win, but Italy prevailed in the shootout after two scoreless overtime periods. I only missed a minute here and there throughout the entire game as I ran to another room or did a quick channel change. At […]