Author Archives: Jim Vanderveen

About Jim Vanderveen

I'm a bit of a Renaissance man, with far too many hobbies for my free time! But more important than any hobby is my family. My proudest accomplishment has been raising some great kids! And somehow convincing my wife to put up with me since 1988. ;)

I am Ironman

Posted on 2006-02-06 by Jim Vanderveen

Intro to Black Sabbath’s “Ironman” should be played here… Check out the Superhero quiz and see who you are! (Hat tip to Joseph for pointing this out.)

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Cat blogging

Posted on 2006-02-05 by Jim Vanderveen

Quick! Can you spot the camouflaged cat in this picture?

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Problem with Mac OSX Dock not “unhiding”

Posted on 2006-02-04 by Jim Vanderveen

Mac OSX Dock wouldn’t unhide. How I fixed it. Continue reading →

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Superbowl #40

Posted on 2006-02-03 by Jim Vanderveen

Normally I couldn’t care less about major media sport events. The only reason I know the date of the Superbowl is: It’s the best day to go skiing (because everybody’s in the lodge watching the game, the slopes are practically … Continue reading →

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19 Democratic turncoats

Posted on 2006-02-03 by Jim Vanderveen

Nineteen of the 43 Democratic senators voted with Republicans to end debate on the nomination of Samual Alito to the Supreme Court. We, the people, will bear the brunt of their lack of spine for years, if not decades, as … Continue reading →

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How to eat sushi

Posted on 2006-02-02 by Jim Vanderveen

I came across an interesting page: How to eat sushi. I knew quite a bit of this etiquette and information already, but there were a few surprises for me. Hat tip to John at Uneasy Rhetoric for pointing this out! … Continue reading →

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New Year’s resolutions, part 2

Posted on 2006-02-01 by Jim Vanderveen

Last month I wrote about my thoughts on the pitfalls of New Year’s resolutions. I thought I might try 12 monthly mini-resolutions instead a single big annual one. For January, I started with something fairly small–I resolved to floss my … Continue reading →

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Is Sacramento a bike-friendly town?

Posted on 2006-01-31 by Jim Vanderveen

(NB: I read about Uneasy Rhetoric in today’s Sacramento Bee, and the site turned up when I was searching for Sacramento bicycling information, so I decided to check out the post. I started to leave a comment, but it got … Continue reading →

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Apologies to commenting readers

Posted on 2006-01-28 by Jim Vanderveen

Due to spam-pollution I have had to increase my defenses here. Unfortunately, this means that humans (cf spammers, i.e. sub-humans) wishing to comment here now have to answer a simple challenge in order to post. Not a big deal for … Continue reading →

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Die, spammers, DIE!!!

Posted on 2006-01-27 by Jim Vanderveen

Some blog spammers seem to have figured out how to defeat SpamKarma2. Time for me to dust off WP-Gatekeeper again. Continue reading →

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