Not much to say about this but I thought it was worthy of sharing… anyone want to donate a Roomba to see if my cat will do this? Anyone who actually has a cat will know why this is funny - most cats hate vacuum cleaners more than baths.

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Current Status
11:02 - Updated the 404 pointer and magically the permalinks started working at the same time.
10:00 - Everything is showing up, but the pretty permalinks aren’t working yet. RewriteRules apparently take a while to get going here. Should be good by 11:00 or so.
9:30 - Files and database moved to server
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I made the decision [...]

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If you had five minutes to talk to Des Moines what would you say?
That’s the premise of Ignite Des Moines. This Ignite is the first event of its type in Des Moines. It’s hosted by Impromptu Studio and will be held this Thursday, November 6. The event will be home to some of the brightest [...]

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Tracker has been running since August 6th (almost 3 months) so it’s time that I look at what it’s reporting to see how useful it can be. If you’re not familiar with the methodology that’s employed by Tracker, read the description before reading the analysis. Here are some stats related to traffic and tweet analyzing:
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So, the Phillies are the 2008 World Champions of baseball. My Cubs made it to the dance but turned out to be the dorky kid standing on the sidelines yet again. Looking back on ScoreBot’s run…

There were a couple hiccups along the way, but I’m pretty happy with the way ScoreBot performed. For its inaugural [...]

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By now, you know the drill - another season, another ScoreBot. This one’s for the NBA. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of the ScoreBot, check out MLB ScoreBot and NFL ScoreBot. For now, NBA ScoreBot will be limited to Twitter. If there’s a good enough demand for it on other networks*, I’ll port it [...]

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When I was in high school, the Internet was really starting to take off. Being the nerd that I was, I started charting my Christmas wish lists using Excel. Well, those days are long gone and now I’m an even bigger nerd. Luckily, there are a couple tools that satiate my thirst for that yuletide [...]

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From Sunday’s Family Guy:

Football Game - Ref does something dumb

Mark Wahlberg on Jimmy Kimmel after being parodied by Andy Samberg

The full clip from SNL…

And they meet the next week…

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Enjoy!

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Over the weekend, I was forwarded a link to a certain blogger’s list of ten things people do to ruin their cars. Here’s a summary of what’s on the list:

Not using the parking brake
Not coming to a complete stop before shifting
Riding the brakes down a hill
Forgetting to change the oil
Pressure washing the engine
Starting your car [...]

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