2003/07 on Brian P. Hogan

Colleen's Wedding

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:51:35 +0000

Here are the pictures, as promised, from my cousin’s wedding. I don’t have any pictures from the reception because they simply didn’t turn out. These pictures are from immediately after the wedding.

Mmmm... web dev

Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:49:12 +0000

I’m sitting in the conference room right now waiting for a presentation to begin… I’m really excited because it’s all about designing web pages using only CSS and no tables. I want to do that with this server. It’s just starting… so I will write more later

Going out of town

Fri, 25 Jul 2003 03:37:47 +0000

I’m heading out of town to go to Chicago for my cousin’s wedding. It should be a good time. I’m hoping to hook up with Neal and Sara sometime over the weekend, if only for a few hours. In the meantime, check out these useless activities. Kill some Mosquitos: the Wisconsin state passtime The easiest fighting game ever. Space bar to punch, arrows to move. You need a really fast computer to play this online NES emulator.

Word Origins

Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:43:20 +0000

(Source: WinBeta

In George Washington’s days, there were no cameras. One’s image was either sculpted
or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a
desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms.
Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people were to be painted,
but by how many limbs were to be painted. Arms and legs are “limbs” therefore
painting them would cost the buyer more. Hence the expression “Okay, but
it’ll cost you an arm and a leg.”

Small Town Folk

Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:21:01 +0000

Those of us who grew up in a small town will laugh when we read this. Those
of you who didn’t will be in disbelief… but trust me… every one of these
are true. Thanks to Anita for this one… sometimes it is nice to be reminded
of where we grow up…. not always… but sometimes.

Soon

Tue, 22 Jul 2003 02:20:42 +0000

Another Week Begins…. but soon…. vacation!

You're All Going to Jail: House proposal targets file swappers

Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:04:40 +0000

Peer-to-peer users who swap copyrighted files could be in danger of becoming federal felons, under a new proposal backed by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Order of Phoenixes

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:11:07 +0000

Finished Harry Potter: Order Of The Phoenix It only took me a few days to read it, but it was really good. Unfortunately, I can’t write too much more about it because everything I write would ruin the story. So just go read it yourself. You’ll love it.

Progress

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:08:45 +0000

We are making progress. Some of the programs I’m working on are done and I’m finishing up my user documentation. I’ll be so much more relieved when I can write some of this off. As of yesterday, I’m boycotting Rosebud, a chain of resturaunts in Chicagoland (No link). They fired a friend of mine in a rather crappy way, after she had put in quite a lot of effort there for almost three years.

Damnit

Tue, 15 Jul 2003 04:15:48 +0000

Another week of work starts off with a bang. I had the most frustrating day at work today. Several of the projects I have been working on stopped working properly and the development server seems to be developing some sort of cancer or something. I’m encountering more problems than I ever thought possible. To top that off, I’ve been having difficulties with my contact lenses which is obscurring my vision and causing me to make some really embarassing mistakes with my code.

Flash stuff

Thu, 10 Jul 2003 00:00:24 +0000

Pacman I shouldn’t laugh at this, but it’s too funny. Lots of violence. Connect 4

Whole Lotta Nothing

Wed, 09 Jul 2003 23:47:13 +0000

I’ve been spending some time on the karate pages on this site and I’m working on some animatons and videos for demonstrating the various techniques. Other than that, there’s not too much going down. Wedding Pictures In case anyone’s wondering, there’s some communication problems with our photographer. I won’t put his name and address on here – yet… but he had better play nice. I paid $1000 for my pictures and I don’t have them yet.

Weekend at Bambi’s

Sun, 06 Jul 2003 20:47:12 +0000

We bought a patio set last night and so I decided to sit outside this morning with my lunch and paper and enjoy the nice morning. Not more than
one minute after I had settled into my Best Buy flyer, I heard a rustling in the bushes on the hill across from my house. I looked up and saw two fawns running around in the bushes looking for food. One of them came down about 15 feet away from me. I raced inside and grabbed my camcorder. I got a few minutes of footage of the fawns and their mother getting their grub on.

Soul Singer Barry White Dies at 58

Sat, 05 Jul 2003 19:22:47 +0000

(AP) – With his unique baritone ? a mix of velvet and gravel ? R&B great Barry White was the voice of America’s bedroom, his throbbing compositions conspiring with purring vocals to seduce fans for over three decades. White, who had kidney failure from years of high blood pressure, died Friday at age 58. He had been undergoing dialysis and had been hospitalized since a September stroke.

Happy Independece Day

Fri, 04 Jul 2003 02:57:24 +0000

I’m heading out to see the fireworks… hoping to have some videos to post when I get back. It’s going to be cool! Mom and Dad were over today and we grilled bratwurst outside. It was a pretty cold morning until around noon when it really heated up. For awhile, we thought it would rain, but it turned out to be a really warm day. I spent some time with my dad after Mom went to work.

Link O'Rama

Thu, 03 Jul 2003 18:37:04 +0000

Link ‘o' Rama Best Error Page Ever Definitive DVD Burning (Thanks. Chris Distant Jupiter-like planet discovered

Cool Flash Game

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 19:20:38 +0000

Check out this fun HomeRun Rally game I found on the net. It’s pretty simple, but I think it’s a neat use of Flash. The graphics are pretty decent too.