All I Want Are The Headlines

I’m a news freak. I read the news so much during the day that there isn’t much news that is new to me when it comes to the local and national news shows at night. During the day, I mainly read MSNBC, the Seattle PI, and the Minneapolis/St. Paul StarTribune.

Reading those three online papers I get good coverage of the local news from Seattle (and Washington), Minneapolis (and Minnesota), and the world. But, there is this paper that I used to read in print when I lived in Eden Prairie that I no longer read. Why? Because they ask have been asking for my demographics for what seems like a year. Continue reading “All I Want Are The Headlines”

Weekly Poker Game?

So, after playing two hours of poker online tonight I have this desire to play with real people, but not in a casino. I’d rather play with friends. Which leads me to my question, anybody want to be a part of a weekly/bi-weekly game of limit hold ’em? My initial thought was this:

  • $10-$20 buy in (I personally like $15)
  • Limit Hold ‘Em
  • Top Three Positions Pay Out (50/30/20%)

Well, of course there’s more to it than that, but I think the real details aren’t really necessary yet, right? Well, that and I haven’t really thought it all through, but I’m close. Needless to say, if you’re interested, drop me an e-mail or a comment. If I get enough responses we might be able to hold a game this upcoming week. Also, if you want more details, let me know and I can tell you those as well.

Oh, ya, don’t ask about a free game. It’s not that I want to make/lose money, but I’ve played enough free games with friends to know that it’s just not very fun when no money is on the line. But, I think that $10-20 is reasonable, no?

NNW: Subs to HTML

NNW Subs to HTML Out of boredom and also because I stopped using Bloglines a while ago in favor of NetNewsWire I needed a way to update my blogroll on my site. So, I took my first foray into AppleScript and hashed out a simple little script to populate my blogroll page like Bloglines once used to. However, the nice thing about using a web app to store your information is that many of them make it easy to get it back and for you to use it. For example, Flickr, del.icio.us, and Bloglines make it pretty painless to get your data back via some JavaScript. This isn’t really an option with NNW since it is ran locally on your Mac. So, how does this little diddy work?

Well, you’ll first need the full version of NNW, that one that supports AppleScript. They offer a free 30 day trial on their site. You’ll also need to grab the script Subs to HTML and put that in the NNW scripts directory. Once it’s there there are two things you can edit:

  • firstHeader
  • secondHeader

I have them set to “h3” and “h4” respectively. However, they are easy to change in script editor. If you do change them, make sure you compile the source again and then re-save.

Once you’re all set, just run it from the scripts menu and your output will show up in Text Editor. So, there ya have it. Pretty simple. I wrote this simply for personal use but feel free to edit this so it will fit your needs.

Source: Subs to HTML

The Shock Factor

The other day, while watching Inside the Actors Studio, the host, James Lipton, asked Jay Leno a question that wasn’t ordinary, “What is your favorite four letter curse word?” Right after it was asked I thought the question was interesting considering it was Jay Leno, the famed late night host, who would be answering. I mean, even though he’s on network television, you’d figure he had one, right? Wrong. That’s where his answer surprised me. He basically responded with, and I am paraphrasing here, “the four letter curse words are overused, they aren’t shocking anymore.”

So, that got me thinking, and boy do I hate to think. Continue reading “The Shock Factor”