Randy Ingle » Computers and Internet

Don’t kiss me like THAT!

Randy — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:39:43 +0000

I was reading an article on Time.com about how a disgruntled reporter in Iraq threw two shoes at President Bush three years ago during a press conference, exclaiming “This is a farewell kiss you dog!” Wow! I understand that is just about the worst insult you can utter in that culture over there! I read that the reporter has been retained by police. I wonder what will ultimately end up happening to him, I wonder if he will get jail time or just a fine. I watched a video of the shoe-throwing and I saw that Bush avoided being hit by the shoes. I was surprised that he wasn’t behind some kind of bullet-proof glass! It seems to me that almost everywhere I see him out in public he is behind bullet-proof glass! Very strange! Anyway, if YOU are ever planning to kiss ME, please don’t kiss me like THAT!

New camera arrived

Randy — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:11:10 +0000

I was so excited that my new camera arrived only four days after I ordered it! It sure seems complicated, though; it’s going to take a while to read all of the directions and figure out how to use all of the functions. Apparently it can shoot video too! I didn’t realize that when I ordered it! Cool! Another thing I didn’t realize when I ordered it is that it only stores five pictures on whatever storage “device” or “hard drive” is inside, so I have to go buy a storage chip the next time I go into town so I can take more pictures. I love how I can download the pictures immediately onto my computer! This is the first digital camera I’ve ever had, so this is a big deal for me! I think I’m going to have to buy some storage media to keep all of my pictures on, or I will be filling up this computer in no time at all, and that would be a bad thing; slow it right down to the speed of molasses!

How does that work exactly?

Randy — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:17:37 +0000

A couple of days ago I got an email from someone I had never heard of before, asking me if I wanted to exhange links with them. Apparantly this person was on a mission to get some free links out of me, because when I went to check out his web site, I saw that his website was still under construction.

I don’t mind helping out a friend when they want to build links for their web page, and I even encourage people to check out the free link exchange webpage to see if their service is something that they would benefit from. I just don’t appreciate it very much when someone asks me to link to a blank page. I’m rather picky about who I link to, and I would hate to give up a link to a blank page and then later find out that the page is something sub-par that I don’t really want to be associated with!

Going digital

Randy — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:18:12 +0000

I bought a new digital camera over the Internet today. I’ve had my reservations about buying one over the Internet, afraid that it would be a poor quality. But this particular camera I had been able to see in the store, up close and personal and felt it was a good camera. I would have bought it at the store, but they were sold out and couldn’t tell me when it was coming in again. I waited three weeks for it to come in, and it didn’t so I finally ordered it online. I could have had it shipped to the store for free, but it would have taken three weeks to get it, and having shipped to my house was only $6 and I am supposed to get it within three days. I figured that it was worth the $6 to get it that much earlier. It’s a 10mp 3xzoom and only cost $109! A bargain! I’m really looking forward to getting it and starting to use it!

How low can you go?

Randy — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:18:01 +0000

I’ve heard the phrase “as easy as taking candy from a baby” which is a pretty low thing to do, if you ask me. But I was browsing the Internet, looking for interesting things going on and stumbled on a news story of a young man (I think 18ish) robbing a kid’s lemonade stand! I think that’s pretty low, too!

Anyway, the guy who robbed the lemonade stand ended up getting caught! It seems that there were several young kids running the lemonade stand and one of the kids chased the robber and called the police on her cell phone reporting the robbery and the chase, and they ended up arresting the guy!

If you want to see the story I read, click here!

Is it really Green?

Randy — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:50:14 +0000

I was reading an article on TheStreet.com about how retrofitting a company to be more “green” is a good business move; it generates positive publicity and may attract more customers. I agree that it is a good idea. But I also seem to remember reading an article (I don’t recall where) about how some unscrupulous companies are making “green” claims that they don’t deserve. So that brings me to pondering how a company can go “greener” and be transparent about it in such a way that it doesn’t cost the company too much money. Going green is great, and much needed, but we also need to make sure that the company can still make a profit!

Men more likely to die

Randy — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:37:22 +0000

I was reading in an article on Time’s website that men are more likely to die in floods than women. The article goes on to say that men are more likely to die in thunderstorms, too. The attempted explanations theorize that the reason for these situations could be because men take more risks than women do, and/or it could be simply because men tend to spend more time outdoors than women do, so they are exposed to the risks of being killed in situations like that.

The article made me think about what I would do if my family was in a serious flood and I felt that I had to try to rescue a family member. How much risk would I take? I wonder how many of those flood related deaths are actually attributed to men trying to rescue someone else? The article does not explore that path at all, so I guess I’ll just have to keep wondering.

Plants make aspirin

Randy — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:58:49 +0000

I was reading in The Discovery News website that it has been discovered that some plants generate an aspirin-like chemical when they are under stress. The article goes on to explain that this discovery was an accidental one, it was discovered near a walnut grove. Scientists were monitoring the air (it doesn’t say why) when they discovered that the trees were emitting this gas. Then the article goes on to explain that aspirin was originally made from the bark of willow trees. I didn’t know that! You learn something new every day!

Who DAT????

Randy — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:18:11 +0000

Authored by Rickey Combs

Greetings from the Who Dat Nation! As football season approaches, I can’t help but think about how much fun it will be this season. Last year was the best year for the Saints and a great year for my town of origin, New Orleans. I can’t wait to sport black and gold and support those Saints! To make sure that everything is set and ready to go for our weekly football parties, I went to Directstartv.com to make sure that we had all of the channels and could watch the Saints in HD when they are not playing at home in NOLA! I will be at every home game, even though I have to sit in the rafters! Football season is a time for celebration and unity. I love to entertain for football-watching parties every week. I am getting better at coming up with unique and funky Saints decorations for our football watching parties. All of our friends look forward to when we can watch the Saints and belt “WHO DAT?!” If you have never been to New Orleans when the Saints play, you are missing the party of a lifetime.

Hubs is the best

Randy — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:50:23 +0000

Guest post written by my buddy Aldo Mays

My husband got me www.Direc.tv satellite for our wedding gift and it’s been the best thing ever. After a long hard day at the office I love nothing more than to come on home, open up a great bottle of red wine and chill out in front of an old Clark Gable movie with him on the couch. Even the dog seems to like the relaxing time!

It’s just a great way for me to unwind and not have to think of anything and I know my husband appreciates it more than he lets on. We get all these great movie channels like AMC where they often show old movies during the day and at night and I often have my pick of a lot of the things I’ve been wanting to see at theaters and never got around to. It was the best wedding gift we got, if you ask me, and I say that even knowing we got some 400-thread count sheets from my husband’s mother! That’s a lot to say!