Archive: May, 2007

Boy, a company keeps a lot of junk in 12 years

We just finished shredding 10,000 pounds of paper. If it was paper or plastic (discs) it was shredded. Apparently this company has collected a lot of stuff in its 12 year life.

Now, there is nothing to clear out but the cubicles, desks, and office supplies. Those will all be sold “bulk” to the highest bidder. There are a few gems in the mix, but most of it is just standard junk like staplers, 3-hole punch, etc.

All of us agree it was pretty tiring. Especially in the heat with no A/C. Oh well, it is over and we had fun destroying. Ever notice how destruction is more fun than building?

Dan’s Twitter Updates for 2007-05-22

  • Robot Chicken is so stupid. I love it. #
  • Nothing like the feeling of getting a site working properly. #

MillionRSS is a great idea

MillionRSS has a great goal of collecting RSS feeds and organizing them for the world to be able to search and find what they like by feed.

Yesterday I was a little ticked that they had been publishing full-articles from my site, but they replied and have politely removed the articles. They were even kind enough to leave a link to my site up when you search for my name. I assume this means I will still be in their search results. Awesome.

I also told Matt that I would be willing to help test any functionality and I would LOVE to have my feed indexed with a snippet or partial-article preview on their site. Like I said, they have a great idea, but readers need some reason to come to my site instead of just reading on MillionRSS.

Matt, please do let me know when/if you get preview functionality and I’ll help any way I can!

Dan’s Twitter Updates for 2007-05-21

  • Two weeks to go. Ready to move on, but I’ll miss this place. #
  • Getting some calls. It’s kind of nice to have something to do. #
  • So hot. Yes the A/C is broken again. This time it is the actual unit. #

Concealed carry is a bad idea and this story proves it

If you don’t recognize sarcasm, the title is definitely full of sarcasm. I just read this story where a man licensed for concealed carry in Michigan used his lawful right to carry as it was intended.

Apparently some idiot and his gang were going around robbing and attempting to steal cars from people. They finally came across a gentleman washing his car, brandished a pistol, and the victim pulled his weapon and mortally wounded the criminal.

The police properly cited self defense in this case and let the man go, with his pistol.

Please go and read the article and comments. There is some moron defending the criminal in the comments saying he was “a good guy” and “in school”. Well, then, he shouldn’t have been robbing people if he learned about Michigan’s CC law in school.

Sad someone died? Yes. Do I feel the victim did the right thing? Yep.