Archive for September, 2007

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Jellyfish

Posted September 29th @ 11:33 pm by Geoff Myers

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Monterey Bay Aquarium: Jellyfish, originally uploaded by GeoffMyers.net.
This is my submission to the yMinds photography competition this week. Hopefully, I will win!

SimDex Website Updated

Posted September 28th @ 4:33 pm by Geoff Myers

I’ve made a few changes over at my company website, www.simdex.org. I’m not done yet, but please go and check it out. Feedback would be great!

How Your Lawmakers Vote (Unbelievable Video)

Posted September 28th @ 2:05 pm by Geoff Myers

Just watch this. You may not believe it, but you can obviously see that it’s true! Geez, I hate these kind of politicians…

Why net neutrality is important [pic]

Posted September 21st @ 11:07 pm by Geoff Myers

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Major Improvements to GeoffMyers.net

Posted September 21st @ 9:43 pm by Geoff Myers

I hadn’t updated my GeoffMyers.net website in awhile, so I finally decided to go through and change quite a few things:

Updated global template
Updated homepage
Updated photography page
Updated audio & video page (consolidated the movies & music pages)
Added Snap Shots (preview links before clicking them)
Validated CSS markup (web standards = good!)
Added Google Custom Search (on every page […]

Mint.com is now live! Free online money manager.

Posted September 18th @ 10:57 pm by Geoff Myers

“I’m pleased to announce Mint.com is officially launching today at TechCrunch 40 in San Francisco. We are now open to everyone! The free, automatic, online way to manage your money is here!” Truly awesome free service.
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UF Student tasered at John Kerry Speech

Posted September 17th @ 10:09 pm by Geoff Myers

“I couldnt get to my camera in time to record his entrance, but this guy basically comes running in with 4 or 5 cops in tow and says he has been running around trying to get in to ask a question and the cops are going to arrest him for it. they almost do it […]

Digg’s picture of the Year [PIC]

Posted September 16th @ 1:06 pm by Geoff Myers

With all the iPhone drama and unlocking drama. I felt this picture truly sums up the comedy in all this.
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Apple Ringtones - iTunes is taunting me!

Posted September 14th @ 9:08 pm by Geoff Myers

This is a really funny YouTube video! I discovered it on Digg today. Enjoy!

2007 Internet Quiz: My Results

Posted September 11th @ 7:05 pm by Geoff Myers


Please backup your hard drive now… twice!

Posted September 11th @ 6:48 am by Geoff Myers

There is a tightness in my chest, and I am crying right now. I have just suffered a catastrophic data loss for the second time in my life. Fool me once, shame on, shame on, fool me can’t get fooled again, or something like that.
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Digg this if you’re tired of IE costing you money!

Posted September 7th @ 5:40 pm by Geoff Myers

i’m tired of losing time and money hacking my 100% standard code to work in a half-assed browser. digg this if you want to help get a massive shift away from IE compliance and if you won’t tolerate their lack of standards anymore, IE 5, 6 AND 7 are to blame.
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Apple’s iPod Touch gets official

Posted September 5th @ 1:46 pm by Geoff Myers

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Is Comcast’s BitTorrent filtering violating the law?

Posted September 5th @ 1:13 pm by Geoff Myers

“Comcast’s filtering/throttling of torrent traffic involves forging TCP reset packets, pretending to be from one end of the torrent session. This is the same technique used by the Great Firewall of China, and a pretty clear violation of various states’ criminal impersonation statues. Could Comcast face legal action?”I have Comcast High-Speed Internet, and I download […]

Won yMinds Competition

Posted September 5th @ 6:49 am by Geoff Myers

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Downtown, Minneapolis Sunset, originally uploaded by GeoffMyers.net.
I recently won the yMinds weekly competition, a photography contest for teenagers, with my photo titled “Minneapolis Sunset.”
Link: http://www.flickr.com/groups/yminds/discuss/72157594261983021/

Live embeddable visitor mapping for your website, blog or myspace

Posted September 4th @ 4:25 pm by Geoff Myers

Today, whos.amung.us, a real time traffic widget that we covered back in March, released a Flash based map widget that also shows the physical location of website visitors. See it at maps.amung.us. With maps.amung.us you get to see exactly where your site visitors are from - live! Our maps update themselves on your site without […]

Mac OS X Admin Hack

Posted September 4th @ 1:46 pm by Geoff Myers

Here’s a quick little hack on how to create an administrator account on Mac OS X Tiger without knowing the current administrator password and do not have the installation disks.
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Conspiracy Theory Rock - Aired Only Once

Posted September 4th @ 6:42 am by Geoff Myers

This episode of “TV Funhouse” aired only once on Saturday Night Live before NBC pulled it off the air… I wonder why?!

How to Get Rid of a Telemarketer

Posted September 2nd @ 12:05 am by Geoff Myers

This funny short clip is from an episode of Seinfeld. I’m going to try this next time a telemarketer calls me!

Google Earth Flight Simulator

Posted September 1st @ 1:32 pm by Geoff Myers

The release of Google Sky has been all over the news. But there’s more! A flight simulator was also launched in the latest release, although as a hidden feature. Install the latest version, hit Crtl+Alt+A (Mac OS X: Command+Option+A) and start flying! See article for screenshots.read more | digg story

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