Wyatt Preul

Predictions for the Vice Presidential Debate

2008-10-02T05:07:00Z

The expectations that you have for this debate will surely decide your reaction to it. If you have been paying attention, you will know that Palin is actually a considerably good debater. Even though 6 in 10 Americans do not think she is ready to be vice president, she will probably come out strengthening the shrinking base of McCain supporters. She will do this by providing listeners with vague answers and dropping religious language in what she says, also she will do this by sounding sure of herself...(read more)

Listen to more Loverboy

2008-09-29T02:24:17Z

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Glamour Photos of Political Figures Guide

2008-09-18T03:49:00Z

Turning a photo into a glamour photo automatically makes it more enjoyable to look at. There is really a small mix of things that go into transforming a photo into a glamour photo. 1. Background: the more serious the background, I think makes the resulting glamour photo more fun to look at 2. A bevel goes a long way, you can't just blur things, you also need to add a bevel to the image so that it has an archive.org frontpage feel 3. Framing the subject with a white gradient gives it a great 90's...(read more)

Feeding a family on $100 a week

2008-09-11T10:27:00Z

I just read this article on whether a family can eat on $100 a week: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/CanAFamilyEatOn100AWeek.aspx?page=1 With the extra mouths to feed I can understand why this is hard, but for my wife, our dog, and I we are good at staying under $100 a week on food for all of us. We also buy all organic, free range, vegetarian products, and eat very well, which is why I am surprised that it was so difficult for this family to stay under...(read more)

Installing Firefox 2 alongside Firefox 3

2008-09-09T22:42:00Z

There are some tips out there on installing Firefox 3 after you have Firefox 2 running. The following explains how to install Firefox 2 after you have Firefox 3 installed. 1. Install Firefox 3 if you have not already 2. Grab the Firefox 2 portable install. This will allow you to run Firefox on a USB drive ( http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable ) 3. Close any Firefox instances you have running 4. Extract Firefox 2 portable to where you want it to reside. Mine is on my external USB...(read more)

Sepia Night

2008-09-03T01:02:00Z

Last week the lighting in Kansas City was magical. It seemed like we were in some sort of Truman Show, with the city looking as though it was encased in some controlled lighting experiment. It was very soothing. Here are a couple of pictures that I took to show what it looked like at the point when darkness began....(read more)

Being Rich Doesn’t Mean You Have Style

2008-08-14T04:03:00Z

My wife and I were watching HGTV the other day where they were showing off the best 10 kitchens. During this show we found that many of the kitchens had kitschy items and useless appliances. For example, fake grapes adorned a french colonial kitchen. Another kitchen had his and hers wooden fat chef statues, you know the ones with the wooden spoons. Overall, though, they did a good job of hiding appliances. The most useless appliance that was shown was a pasta cooker that took up an entire sink. So...(read more)

Security Tip: Require Original Password to Change Password

2008-08-05T03:24:00Z

I logged into my account at Wachovia with plans to change my password. It is a good idea, I believe, to periodically change your passwords, especially passwords related to financial accounts. When I went to the change password page, Wachovia didn't ask me my original password, but instead only asked for a new password, and to confirm my new password. This is a bad practice to not ask for the original password because this allows for someone to deny me access to my account without even needing...(read more)

Google is blocking intitle: Design searches

2008-07-24T05:03:28Z

Wow, so I was looking for items related to web design last night and it was working just fine. Tonight google is blocking these same searches. what up with that? That is not the odd part, it looks like searches for items on web security work, just not web design. So here are my searches: intitle:"index.of" web security and intitle:"index.of" web design Isn't that strange? Why protect directories containing items related to web design and not items...(read more)

Convert Normal Photos to Retro Photos

2008-07-13T18:52:00Z

I really love the way that old photo's look, I am talking about photo's from the 60s and 70s. This is a look that is certainly lost with most modern digital photos that people are shooting. I think it is the color's of these old photo's that I like so much, and the fact that each one has it's own character. When you are surrounded by perfect looking photo's you start to appreciate retro photo's and the character they provide. This absence of perfection...(read more)

Infinite Loop Trying to Order Broadband

2008-06-17T03:24:00Z

My wife and I are moving shortly. As part of the move I have been trying to order broadband through Time Warner Cable(TWC) so that it is ready by the time we arrive at our new place of residence. TWC is not my first choice, but it is the only broadband that I can currently find that provides a super fast connection. The problem that I am encountering is that the previous resident, who moved almost 2 months ago, is still a TWC subscriber at our new address. Therefore, for some strange reason, I cannot...(read more)

New personal site, renaissauce.com, is now live!

2008-06-11T03:02:00Z

My new online identity is renaissauce.com. I wanted a site that would allow me to share all (or most) of the items that make me who I am. The name, therefore, had to express this. The renaissance was a time when people harnessed their wide range of talents to generate amazing art, literature, and everything else. To personalize the word, renaissance, I decided to make it fun sounding, thus renaissauce. Renaissauce.com is where I plan to share my somewhat wide range of thoughts and craft. You will...(read more)

MSI Wind, Eee PC, OLPC, Kindle, Something else?

2008-05-19T04:10:16Z

June seems super far away when I know that a large number of netbooks are going to be introduced. I call them netbooks, because they are small laptops designed for simple online use, much like a umpc, but mainly for email and that sort of thing. They...( read more )...(read more)

Preorder EeePC 900 on Amazon

2008-05-12T04:27:55Z

Amazon just added the eee pc to their store here: http://www.amazon.com/Eee-PC-Screen-900-Preloaded/dp/B00191PKJK/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1210562366&sr=1-13 One of the complaints about this new laptop is that it has a smaller battery...( read more )...(read more)

Community Server 2008 - Overriding SiteUrls.config

2008-05-05T18:57:04Z

Overview When you are upgrading a site and have made changes to the siteurls.config or a similar configuration file, you will often need to merge your changes with the updated copy. Since 2007 this is no longer necessary when you use an override file...( read more )...(read more)