tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72888952012-02-23T01:36:08.590-05:00This is where I will put my meandering thoughts on life and other subjectsSilent Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276004291564899711noreply@blogger.comBlogger391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7288895.post-8479284470661831462008-04-17T11:52:00.001-04:002008-04-17T11:52:59.887-04:00

Ok Ok, I have been somewhat missing in action the past few months but for good reason.  I have been learning online marketing.  The day to day of programming is fun but I spend way to much time behind the computer.  So what have I learn so far? I have learned that the sites I use, like MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc are being used by people to gain a marketing advantage.  They are

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If you know me personally, you know that I am a sucker for the next BBD (bigger better deal) and over the past year I have awakened to my "lemming" ways.   Like so many, I would get into a nice program and be fairly interested in the program and just put out one page and let it set.  Guess what, it collected dust.  I have been taking marketing classes for about a year from the Dream Team and they

Silent Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276004291564899711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7288895.post-68193773007727222762008-01-29T22:47:00.001-05:002008-01-29T22:47:34.367-05:00

Just received an email from eBay announcing there new "lower" fee structure.  Its pure crap. They RAISED the final value fee by 3.5%!!  5.25% was already rediculous and now they want 8.75%?   WTF?  Yeah they lowered there insertion fees by 5 cents.  Wooopy doo dah.  They are still taking the money out of your pocket when it sells. Read More ....

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That will teach the middle east!  Ok this is in the "I have gone too far category" but really sit back and think about it. Barack Hussein Obama I mean seriously.  3 strikes in one freaken name right there. Barack sounds like Iraq Hussein - Saddam anyone? Obama - waaaay too close to Osama in my books. I mean come on guy.  I'd at least of paid for a legal name change before running for

Silent Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276004291564899711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7288895.post-28535919533165298682008-01-21T23:35:00.001-05:002008-01-21T23:35:32.682-05:00

On MLK Jr's holibirthday celebrating what he did for those with colorful skin.. one has to wonder what all the christian "blacks" have to say about there very humble bible condoning slavery?  Was the "white" man wrong in following the very bible so many hold near and dear today?  I referenced the following: Exodus 21:7 "If a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as

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This is an infamous catch up post with some foreshadowing of my life to be. A few weeks ago, my friend Ryan invited me to a party that had a bunch of high school friends attending at one of there houses.  While it was last minute (only about 2 hours notice) I ended up going.  Took my PS2/Party Box (has guitar hero 1/2/3 80's and Karaoke stuff) to help with some of the fun.  I am not a big wine

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Apparently there is a movement out there to save SG1.  It was the  best show on television while it was airing and I was dumbfounded when it was cancelled.  There was no real reason to do so and none given.  If you want to find out more visit www.TheSuperGate.com.  There are also talks of another movie.  Guess us fans will have to be in a "wait and see" holding pattern. - SJ  

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I am no expert at Guitar Hero.  I can play a few songs on hard and 1 on expert.  But, I am in love with this game.  Guitar playing has always been one of my life goals and this is a good quick fix to years of lessons plus its entertaining. Now I really did not play to but Guitar Hero 3 for a few months but my brother pre-ordered it from the local EB Games.  Since he is in Florida right now, I

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Ok I will admit it.  I have been spoiled since I have had my own place(s) with either an electric heater or "city fed" propane heat.  Recently I moved back to my old town.  I have a fuel oil / kerosene burner now with a 250 gallon tank on the outside. Before I get into the whole reason for the post, let me just tell everyone out there that it seems to me that Kerosene and Fuel Oil are one in the

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For those that follow the mod I created for Joomla/Mambo, I released version 0.0.14 RC1 last week. The reason for this release was to allow overrides of playlists and bypass the playlist generator.  This comes in handy when you are using a service such as Loudcity or Live365 to host your playlists. You can download the new version from the mod page. If you find any problems with this version,

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About a year ago I purchased a music set from Centerpointe that basically helps take you into a deep mind state and helps you get into a meditation state of mind.  I have actually been using the music to fall into a deeper sleep at night and to take naps in the middle of the day.  The music tracks are the perfect length (30 mins each).  They published a newsletter by email and if you could get

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Chuck: Ok, Chuck was so hyped and and overplayed in commercials that I thought this TV Show would SUCK.  Well it did not.  I actually think this show has potential.  They made Chuck out to be a dumb ass buffoon in the commercials and that was a real downer for me.  After watching the pilot, I must say I am impressed.  I have it set to record every week now.  Hopefully they can develop this

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For all those out there searching for a great blog editor, Windows Live Writer is it. I use it now to post to my blogs and they look much better. It supports the following blogs (as of this writing): Wordpress.com Blogger Typepad LiveJournal Moveable Type Wordpress Wordpress 2.2 Community Server dasBlog Radio Userland Metaweblog API Movable Type API Notice

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If we are just going to give our country back to the Mexicans (and other illegal immigrants), why did we fight a war to take it in the first place?  Freedom Folks posted yet another alarming action taken by our stupid political leaders.  They are no longer requiring proof of citizenship for Drivers Licenses in the state of New York.  The reason?  Because non-licensed drivers are more likely to

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I'm not a real big football fan and do not stick my face in front of the TV every Sunday and Monday night to watch it.  My Mother was visiting this weekend and she likes to watch football so I watched it with her.  When did celebrating a touchdown or awesome play become a penalty?  I went WTF like 8 times during the Ravens game.  How many punt return touchdowns do you see?  The team should have

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Salem and Me Originally uploaded by SilentJoe Here is Salem putting up with me.

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Gracy in Heaven Originally uploaded by SilentJoe This cat wants attention so bad he is in heaven right now.

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does this work?

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Here we are again, another day celebrating special rights here in America. I just cannot understand why we Americans still put up with all of the "affirmitive action prejudice" that still exists. Martin Luther Jr. wanted EQUAL rights, not SPECIAL rights. So why is it that you are still asked for a racial profile when you get a loan or try to rent a house? Its to make sure they are not

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I cannot believe James Brown is dead. The godfather of soul. Talk about irony. "Merry Christmas, here is your tombstone."RIP James Brown. You will be remembered forever by millions of people.

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Only one word can describe this film and ironically, like the film, the word is dull.Eragon is crap. I felt sooo cheated after watching that movie. Upon entering the theatre I had such high hopes of a new fantasy trilogy, unfortunately for me and millions of other viewers, the movie was a total let down from the very first "dramatic" scene of the "evil guys" stating that "without my rock blah

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Its funny how everyone is telling Britni Spears to grow up and they are themselves being childish. She is a grown woman, she can do whatever in the hell she wants. If she wants her fans to see her "love tunnel" then she is gonna do it. I blame the press and the papparazzi on circulating the media. If the papparazzi were not harrassing her while she was trying to enjoy her FREE time with a

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Ok Jericho is one of those shows that is a major love-hate show. Some of the parts of the show I practically fall asleep at but the overall storyline has me hook-line-and-sinker. Now thats out of the way, do you think China is good or bad in this show? I am split on it to be honest. The flyers they passed out in the food was somewhat freaky but they did drop a generator, fuel and tons of food

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What do you have to give thanks for?That is the question you should ask yourself today. What are you thankful for?1. Thankful for being alive.2. Thankful for having a roof over my head.3. Thankful for having a steady job.4. Thankful for having cats that love me.5. Thankful for having family that can usually get along.6. Thankful for having friends that I can hang with.7. Thankful that I

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It has always perplexed me that Christians never called "God" by his/her/its name. They just say "God". Looking at the other religions, you see people using Allah, Buddha, etc. Finally to the point of extreme perplexity, I decided to find out what christians call there god. Some call him "Jesus" and some call him "Jehovah". Well its commonly accepted amongst Christians that Jesus is actually the

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"God" doesn't care if you are rich or poor and any additional belief or lack thereof will not help your bank account. Its that simple. Its ok to call upon "God" for support but not say god will return or make you money or "god wanted me to tell you".Please stop abusing "god" and start using "him/her/it" all the time instead of when you need "him/her/it".Damn religious fanaticals who blame "God"

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Ok, I thought Windows Vista was gonna be horrible. Well I just got the newest beta installed and after a rocky start with there packet discovering service, I have to say i'm rather impressed. I actually cannot wait until this is released in full to the public. From a support standpoint, Vista is gonna hurt business. Most of the work I do for customers is removal of spyware. People just do

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Ok, I like the fact they "may have found" a suitable planet... but come on.. its called BattleSTAR for a reason. We want SPACE battles not drama on ground. I havent seen a raptor fire once in the past 4 episodes. Its depressing. The reason you keep us sci-fi lovers is SCI-FI not the soap opera drama. I'm hoping with the impending rescue this coming week, we get some action finally or I

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Ok, i'm not going to lie. I'm a product of McDonalds. But there comes a point where enough is enough and you just get BORED with the food. It finally happened. I tried throwing Wendy's in here and there but it just isnt good enough. So I happen to pass a Roy Rogers and figured, wtf. So now i'm happy and my mouth is happy. The roast beef sandwich is excellent and the fries are much more

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WTH happened? Who is this guy? I only watched the "new new earth" episode and it was barely palatible. Did they change the script writers also or did the actors/actreses forget how to do there job? Actually I think it was just the new Dr. When they first started airing the show again on sci-fi the Dr. then was hard to swallow but he grew on you really well. He did a great job. I just

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Have you ever deleted a directory or moved/removed a hard drive and then attempt to repair a program installation or remove it? Well you can't cause the files are not there. At least that is what most people think. I came across this little know program from Microsoft that lets you remove products from the windows installer database without going thru the registry and deleting entries. Its

Silent Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276004291564899711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7288895.post-1158934854384292082006-09-22T10:10:00.000-04:002006-11-11T09:47:56.835-05:00

I was driving home late last night (about 11:30pm) from work down the Dulles Greenway and out of the corner of my eye I see this smoke billowing up from a building. Upon closer look, it looked liked the building was on fire and there appeared to be nobody around, so I took the next exit to find the building address and verify for sure that it was on fire. These buildings are brand new and off

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Not sure if all of you know this but I managed a server and ran a hosting business. I recently decided to drop my dedicated server and move into a really nice reseller package (take a look here). Well I did the move and everything was ok UNTIL people started complaining they cannot find there sites etc.. I knew this would be a problem for a few hours so I told them to call back in 4 hours if

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This is the day the new movie Ghost Rider releases to theatres. I'm almost at a loss for words on how impressive this movie looks and do not konw why they are holding release till february. But nonetheless, i'm definately gonna catch it in the theatres.Movie Trailer..The trailer gave me goosebumps. Gonna be a "hell of a ride" muwhahahaha.-SJ

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Of all the things we need in this world is more segregation and hatred, the "Jesus Camp" helps further along this trend. Now we have extremists Muslims and extremists Christians. I find it absolutely abhorable that these kids not only are taught to pledge allegence to the Christian flag but also worship George Bush. The majority of these kids have not a clue what this means. They are being

Silent Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276004291564899711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7288895.post-1152798012272539872006-07-13T09:36:00.000-04:002006-11-11T09:47:55.445-05:00

Ok, one word. Hilarious.

Silent Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276004291564899711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7288895.post-1120447681992253992005-07-03T23:27:00.000-04:002006-11-11T09:47:55.105-05:00

If you havent realized it, my real blog is located at my home page: http://www.silentjoe.com/ See ya'll over there.-SJ

Silent Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276004291564899711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7288895.post-1087067160833221412004-06-12T14:48:00.003-04:002006-11-11T09:47:54.792-05:00

This past wednesday, my Dad went to a wholesalers auction and picked up a slot machine. Yep 100% vegas style. We hook it up and start plunking the supplied tokens into it.. so he gets bored and me, fan of ALL games, continues to play it. A few more pulls later I hit the big ole' 777. The machine starts going crazy making noises and I get the good ole adrenaline boost. :) So the machine

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Yep I had to do it... my FIRST POST! :)

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