Today I lost a very good friend.

http://keyetv.com/video/?id=5972@keye.dayport.com

In Central Texas we have a nasty little spider called the Brown Recluse. A friend of mine sent me some progressive pictures of what happens if bitten by one of these nasty little suckers.

This is not for the faint at heart!
You should eat breakfast first.....

This is the most poisonous spider in the US.

The following information is based on research I have conducted for both personal interest and for a Chemistry class I took at MIT.

Food Fact are the result of research I did using the following resources:

Tradition hard time at both UT and St. Edwards University, but also global library exchange with The University of Harvard in the USA, The university of Oxford in England and The University of Calgary in Canada and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  I also found lots of good info using google.com

Motivation:
I created Food Facts as a guide to use when I go grocery shopping. I also made it for my friends and family who share an interest in making smarter and healthier choices in their life. In addition, I recognize not every one has the time, inclination, or resources to do the amount of research and study required to fully understand the chemistry of food and the chemicals used by the food industry in America.

What I have Learned:
I have learn a great deal about the food industry and the business choices they make to gain a profit. Most importantly I have learned Caveat emptor is Latin for "Let the buyer beware". Yes this is true for the food you eat too.

Food Fact Files:
You can download and use as you wish, please remember to give credit where credit is due.

Food Fact Sheet - .pdf file
Electrolytes Fact Sheet - .pdf file
Protein Fact Sheet  - .pdf file

Allow me to introduce you to "The Penny Stove", it is a lightweight, efficient, and simple camping or hiking stove. It was developed by Bill Waite for these instructions showing how his version is assembled using only one Heineken can.

Also shown are his designs for a small pot simmer ring, a storage cap, and a beautiful pot stand.

To purchase Bill's Penny Stove kit (which includes the stove, spare penny, pot stand, windscreen, and complete instructions) contact www.acaircraft.com.

My old grandpa said to me son,' there comes a time in every man's life

when he stops bustin' knuckles and starts bustin' caps and usually it's

when he becomes too old to take an ass whoopin'.

I don't carry a gun to kill people...
I carry a gun to keep from being killed.

I don't carry a gun to scare people.
I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place.

I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid.
I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I'm evil.
I carry a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I hate the government.
I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.

I don't carry a gun because I'm angry.
I carry a gun so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.

I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone.
I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.

I don't carry a gun because I'm a cowboy.
I carry a gun because, when I die and go to heaven, I want to be a cowboy.

I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man.
I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.

I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate.
I carry a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.

I don't carry a gun because I love it.
I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.

Police Protection is an oxymoron. If you've ever called the police to report a "threat" to your safety, the response you will get is, "there is nothing we can do until the threat is actually perpetrated". Free citizens must protect themselves.

Police do not protect you from crime, they are merely a deterrent to criminals (just like your gun is) and they just investigate crimes after they happen and then call someone in to clean up the mess.

If you ever thought you or one of your buddies where over the top when it comes to being a geek, check this guys setup out. This is totally cool and way, way, way, Geeky.

http://members.chello.nl/~s.ferris/

Lots of monitors!, gotta love it!

 how to make a starship enterprise out of an old floppy disk

 If you have ever wondered what to do with all of those extra 3.5 floppies, here is a solution. Click the READ MORE LINK below and watch the magic happen :-)

"A stranger stabs you in the front; a friend stabs you in the back; a lover stabs you in the heart, but best friends only poke each other with straws

 Exploiting File and Print Sharing, by:
  Ghost_Rider 
(Ghost_Rider9@hotmail.com)
  R a v e N 
(barakirs@netvision.net.il)
  Date of Release: 2/4/2000
  
http://blacksun.box.sk
  Thanks to Oggy, a totally kewl and helpful guy 
that helped us release this
  tutorial faster.

This is the Short & Skinny, Long & Short and Quick & Dirty to understanding your Credit/FICO scores.

The Who:
The big three repositories that keep track of your credit ratings are:

• Experian
• TransUnion
• Equifax

Your FICO can range from 200 to 900. According to this model, the higher your score, the less likely you are to default on your loan. FICO is a mathematical model created by the Experian credit bureau as a tool for lenders to use in evaluating the risk associated with lending you money. FICO stands for Fair Isaac Company, the company that created the original scoring model.

What makes up your FICO score?
There are 5 factors that make up your credit score.

Re-Scoring/Recasting:
Every 30-50 days your FICO score is recast by the credit bureau

"To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did".

How the 80/20 rule can help you be more effective

In 1906, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto created a mathematical formula to describe the unequal distribution of wealth in his country, observing that twenty percent of the people owned eighty percent of the wealth. In the late 1940s, Dr. Joseph M. Juran inaccurately attributed the 80/20 Rule to Pareto, calling it Pareto's Principle. While it may be misnamed, Pareto's Principle or Pareto's Law as it is sometimes called, can be a very effective tool to help you manage effectively.

I have used the perl cpan module a lot, but I often forget how to use it and how get it configured on a new server.

Here are some notes that I have that helps me install new cpan modules when needed.

Feel free to add your own comments or experiance.

If you have your head in html,php, and perl code all the time like I do then here is a link that might make your life a little easier.

I found this link one day searching for another website. It give/has some great information on how to use the include()" A php in statemtment for easier templating.

I also found some info on creating classes and objects in php

              IP Filter Based Firewalls HOWTO

              Brendan Conoboy 
            Erik Fichtner 


                Wed Dec 11 12:42:58 EST 2002

     Abstract:  This document is intended to introduce a new
     user to the IP Filter firewalling package and,  at  the
     same  time,  teach  the user some basic fundamentals of
     good firewall design.


1.  Introduction

     IP Filter is a great little firewall package.  It  does
just   about   everything  other  free  firewalls  (ipfwadm,
ipchains, ipfw) do, but it's also  portable  and  does  neat
stuff  the  others don't.  This document is intended to make
some cohesive sense of the  sparse  documentation  presently
available for ipfilter.  Futhermore, this document will also
serve as documentation for  syntatically  compatible  packet
filters  (notably  pf)  and, wherever applicable, will point
out any important  differences;  however  this  document  is
specifically  targeted at the rules language and syntax, and
is not intended to be platform specific.  Some prior  famil-
iarity  with  packet  filtering  will be useful, however too
much familiarity may make this  document  a  waste  of  your
time.   For  greater understanding of firewalls, the authors
recommend reading Building  Internet  Firewalls,  Chapman  &
Zwicky,  O'Reilly  and  Associates;  and TCP/IP Illustrated,
Volume 1, Stevens, Addison-Wesley.

Here is another essay I wrote for my Creative Thinking & Research class. In it I share my own experiance with gaining wieght when I quite smoking. It was horrific and I was scared to death. I was afraid I was just going to keep getting bigger and bigger.

Luckily I found out what was happening. In the process I found I wasn't alone, and that 66% of my fellow American citizens where going throught the same thing.

Enjoy! I hope you get as much out of it as I have writting it.

One down and six more to go!, my first week in college went very well. I finished my assignments in no time flat and I'm ready for my 2nd week of school. So far it has been a no brainer. It is far easier then I originally thought.

I have uploaded my homework and it can be viewed here.

Essay 1) Marketing Research - The Demonization of Black People in Advertizing
Essay 2) Critical Thinking & Research - Why American's are FAT!

Feel free to comment on my Essays. I very much look forward to any and all feedback.