March 2008

I have always liked the idea of fantasy baseball leagues and stuff like that. My problem with doing this is I don’t really follow sports much, I don’t know the All Stars from the Benchwarmers, so trying to play in a league would be disastrous. Needless to say being in a league, I would welcome and use all the help I could get.

I know from my friends who actually do these fantasy leagues win with the help of a program. The program they use is actually pretty impressive, it runs the stats based on modeling from PHD Statisticians, it gives full reports on injured players, when they will be back, when they got injured, how it will affect the rest of your team, the whole nine yards. Some of my friends have bets going and are winning upwards of a thousand dollars a week based on what this program says.

The people making a lot of money off this don’t need any breaks on the software, but getting started with it can put a hole in your pocket if you loose your first few bets, that is why you can get the software for $10 off just by using the promo code BMC200.

If you look on your left under the menu, you will notice a Photo Gallery option. There aren’t many pictures in there as of yet, actually at the time of writing this there is one category and one subcategory with two images in it. I just wanted to get it up and running. I will add pictures in it periodically, I hope to get most of mine in there soon, within the next few days. I know that it is lacking features like commenting and rankings, but I just wanted something simple to start with. I don’t have the whole backend features worked in yet, so after that is done I will create the comment system and maybe a ranking system. It is a work in progress, but I wanted to get a photo gallery up as soon as I could, plus it is 100% designed and programmed by me. I am hoping to have more programs I make on this site now. It will be easier afterall, I have a backend just for my programs.

Identity theft is a big problem nowadays. Luckily for us, we have options to sign up for serivces that can help us protect our identity and our credit. There is a service called lifelock that charges a relatively small fee, but whenever a line of credit is issued in your name they will notify you. They also give you free credit reports even if you aren’t eligible for one by law. It sounds great right? Well one of those credit agencies doesn’t think this company should exist. They think that they are bending laws in order to protect the people. Why would they think that? Obviously they want people to mess up their credit and are getting something out of it.

So Hillary Clinton is proposing a Clinton-Obama ticket for the Presidential ticket. It seems nice of her that even though she is loosing she is offering him the job of Vice President if he decides to drop out of the race. Talk about selling a house you don’t own right? What is pathetic is that I know some people who are saying that he should take it. If you are one of these people, why would he take it?

Would you take a job as a cashier if you were the CEO of a Fortune 500 company? I didn’t think so, yet you are saying Obama, who is in first place, should accept the job of Vice President because Clinton is offering it to him? She is in no position to offer him anything. If anything he is in the position to offer her Vice President, but he most likely won’t because as much as they are similar, they are equally different.

Hillary is a lot like a Republican in some ways. I don’t see much difference between her and McCain honestly. Obama is the only one who seems to be different. Bill Clinton was a lot different than most Presidents, but his wife seems to be the same cookie cutter politician that runs. Obama makes mistakes, he will admit mistakes, and he will find ways to make up for his mistakes. He is a human, he isn’t a corrupt politician like so many others in Washington. He is the man for the job.

I decided to go a different route for my gallery and write my own. I have the backend up which means I can add delete categories and subcategories and I can upload and resize images. I am now working on the frontend, the part that you guys can see. I did this because I didn’t like the interface that Coppermine or Gallery2 offered. Plus I will have a permanent backend for any other script I want to write and put on my site.

Krissy and I are both on diets. We thought it would be going better than it was, but so far it isn’t working that great. I have been checking out www.ShrinkYourself to get tips and tricks on how to make a diet work the most effective, and I have to say they have a lot of details up on what to do and what not to do. They have tips no matter what your problem is, emotional, helplessness, no self control, anything that might be your problem they have tips and tricks to help you reach your goals. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to loose some weight.

The writer’s strike may be over, but it still affected some of the shows that I know and love. Lost will now be 14 episodes instead of 16 and The Sarah Connor Chronicles won’t be back this season at all. Now I want it to come back, I will go as far as buying the DVDs for season one the day they come out, if it will help get a second season. The show was just starting to shine when it ended, so not giving them a second season would be dumb in and of itself. I hope someone at Fox reads this.

I was watching something the other day on HBO about the porn industry and how male performers do what they do, and they brought up how when one can’t perform they call in the little blue pill known as Viagra. One director said that he has only seen it not work one time out of the millions of times they used it, so that has to say something about the pill itself.

It is too bad that you need a prescription to buy Viagra. To get the prescription you need to go see a doctor and have him evaluate you and test you, but that can be very expensive, especially if you do not have medical insurance. Even if you have insurance it could cost you a lot of money. Luckily you can buy Viagra online, along with a bunch of other prescription drugs. This will save you a lot of money in doctor bills and tests, especially if you are sure what you have and what you need to fix it.

If you do not know what you have, then you can always ask a physician online. You could also read articles online that will let you know more about what certain symptoms could be what if they might be more than you originally thought.

So a few months ago when the new Halo 3 maps were released, the guys over at Red Vs Blue came up with a sports like game called Griffball. It is named after one of the characters in their series. Bungie decided to put it up this weekend as a temporary thing, and it is my new favorite game type since Rocket Race. There’s just something about hitting people with giant hammers that makes me giddy.

If you like to play backgammon, there is no better place to play it than the BackgammonMasters Game Lobby. They let you play with people in any country, in 14 different languages, now including Bulgarian. If your native language isn’t listed there, don’t worry. Dutch and Russian were announced to be added next to their list of languages.

Whether you are a novice or a master, you can always find a seat at the table. If backgammon isn’t your game, they still have Poker, 21 Blackjack and Perudo. I have never heard of Perudo, but I am always willing to learn new games, especially if it is addicting and let me loose myself in a few games for a couple hours.

If you have trouble with their site, don’t worry. They have Live Customer Service available at the click of a button. Right now it is only available in english, but it will soon be available in other languages as well.

There is something for everyone over at BackgammonMasters, go and check them out. I spend most of my free time playing their games when I am not playing Halo, and let me say from personal experience, the games are very addicting, just the thing you need to break up a long work day.

I really need to clean this place. There are soda cans and plates and water bottles, The main reason is that it’s this bad is because I haven’t emptied the garbage in over a week. I might do that tonight, as I have really hit a wall trying to figure out this proxy thing and the gallery I am awaiting a few responses from support and someone who could contribute some things to it. For the proxy I might have to find a someplace I can get a VPS, but I have to seriously look into that.

I’ve been going through different hosts looking at their terms of service trying to find out what is the best host and what I can do on each host and what I can’t. So far I haven’t found anything where I would be able to switch everything over to a new host, without getting a server. For the hosts that I am not sure if I can do what I want or not, I look at their forums and see what people are saying and what type of sites they host. I try to avoid any forums where people are just asking simple questions like what is html or anything like that, but so far nothing has come up with what I need.