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Thursday, December 30, 2004

Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:00:20 GMT

New Site Up and Running

All further entries will now be hosted at the following url:

http://johnstuff.net

I will keep this site just for backup for a few weeks and then delete it.

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Wed, 29 Dec 2004 01:15:01 GMT

Bought a Domain

Yes, I went ahead and purchsed JohnStuff.net. However, it will be a few days (possibly the first of next week) before I get it online and ready to go. I will post a notice here when it is ready to be viewed. I am excited to have a site dedicated to this blog. I am looking forward to doing some fun things with it.

I already have a small list of things I want to talk about when I get it going.

Friday, December 24, 2004

Fri, 24 Dec 2004 04:18:10 GMT

My Own Domain

I'm thinking quite strongly about getting a domain for JohnStuff. It would probably have to be a .net or .org address since someone already has the .com under JohnStuff.
I am thinking that this would give me more flexibility as to content and the ability to tweak my blog more the way I want. Perhaps I will get this done during the holidays.
I will post a notice here if and when it happens.

Monday, December 20, 2004

Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:54:20 GMT

The Cycle of Life

Drink Pepsi......go to bathroom....drink Pepsi......go to bathroom, etc.

Thursday, December 16, 2004

Thu, 16 Dec 2004 19:22:03 GMT

Gift Card

I took an item back to Wal-Mart the other evening. They gave me a shopping card for the value of the purchase. I was going to shop there anyway so no problem. But I really would have preferred the cash. What if I had wanted to take my money and shop at K-Mart instead?

Just say no to gift cards!

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:51:00 GMT

I recently signed up with Bloglines. Cool service. I would add a permanent link in my sidebar, but I only use the free version of Xanga and it won't allow me to edit the template. So, here is a link which should work:

http://www.bloglines.com/sub/http://www.xanga.com/johnstuff

Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:28:19 GMT

Spoonerism

We have a business here called "Chivers and Jitters".

Heck of a spoonerism!

Tuesday, December 07, 2004

Tue, 07 Dec 2004 18:48:44 GMT

Dreams

I dream every night. And I remember most. And most of my dreams take place in places I have never been and have people I do not know. Some very metaphysical in nature. Perhaps details of some in a future post.

Recently I have started dreaming about dead relatives. Never dreamed about them when they were alive.

No real point to this post, just something that crossed my mind.

Wednesday, December 01, 2004

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 15:07:25 GMT

Discover Card Ploy

I think it's terrible - the new promotion from Discover card. They are going to pay some lucky cardholder's 2004 charges. The ad gives you the impression that the more you spend - the better your chances of winning. So, they are encouraging all their customers to rack up the charges in the hopes of getting their account paid off. What are the odds? And think of all the extra charges on millions of accounts. It's a win-win for Discover.
JohnStuff motto - credit cards = financial bondage.

Traffic Reports

The traffic reports you see on local news in the mornings make sense to people heading out the door for the morning commute. But the traffic reports on the evening news?!? Since most work places don't have TV, the majority of people checking the traffic in the evening are already home!

Monday, November 29, 2004

Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:27:54 GMT

Capitol One

I would really like to see what would happen if the Viking horde wasn't stopped by someone using their Capitol One credit card.