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Google AdSense (the "small" website version of Google AdWords) is crazy sometimes. I decided to put Google AdSense on my little blog here. No one comes to visit my blog really but I figured what the hell right? If anyone does visit my site and if they just happen to click-through the Google Ad, maybe I'll get two-cents or something. Plus, it will make me look cool like all the other websites around.

Anyway, I tend to be a bit metaphorical sometimes with my blog entries. I wrote about switching from CVS to Subversion at my work. The first entry was about "jumping off". Google AdSense read my page and displayed ads about Subversion Hosting and Version Management Solutions. Pretty cool and on target! The next CVS to Subversion entry was about "diving in" and "swimming around". I stopped the entries there but a few entries later I reviewed a crappy movie called "Open Water". The next time Google AdSense read my page, I suddenly had ads for Scuba Diving, and Underwater ScreenSavers!

Too funny!

I just finished cataloging the 173 DVDs I own; and it took me just over a half hour to do it!

I used Delicious Library - one of the coolest apps to come along for Mac OS X in a year or so. I'm not going to go into detail on it because it's been talked about alot already.

It is sooo sweet! A great piece of software. It has replaced my DVD Database X (though I'm still looking for a Palm counterpart! )

I just spent the last two days (Tuesday and Wednesday) working at MacWorld 2005 - Moscone Center - San Francisco. It is a lot of work, but it is time well spent. Getting a chance to see the customers I've worked so hard for is a simple joy. I won't say what company I work for but it is a large company that produces a couple of well Mac OS X Apps. As such, there were many, many users to talk to. I was so busy both days that I didn't have any time to check out the expo during regular hours. Continue reading "MacWorld"

Welcome to Darwin!

Change the "Welcome to Darwin!" message in your terminal.

If you are anything like me, you get bored with the same old same old pretty quick. To make things worse, you probably love customizing things. Well here's how you can customize the default message you see when you login to your Mac OS X Terminal (it's called the "message of the day").

Bust out your Terminal and say goodbye to that crusty old welcome message. Continue reading "Welcome to Darwin"