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Who is Kenmore Thompson? On Halforums he is known as Rob King, a take off of a high school nickname. In the real world he is known as Joshua Thompson, since that is what his parents named him. Professionally, however, he has started going as Kenmore Thompson, since "Joshua" is a very...

I can't be the only one who likes to name things. I just got a new external hard drive and spent about 20 minutes trying to track down a suitable name. See, I've been giving my devices names under the scheme of "fictional AI's" My first computer was ... actually, my first computer was "Mac"...

Alright, so I've dilly-dallied about this for long enough. I've been thinking about this, doing the math, making tentative plans, throwing it all out, and generally going nuts for about a month and a half now. I've developed the habit recently of making plans in secret, so I am more easily...

I want to learn how to put together simple (very simple) websites for myself, but I have no idea where to start. Right now I just want to play around with some sort of web toolkit or somesuch, but all I have is iWeb, which hasn't really been letting me stray too far from it's built-in...

So it seems like there's a bit of poetry-posting and criticism going on around these parts. If I could get some thoughts and/or criticism on this, it would be greatly appreciated. I'm not particularly married to the title either. Carrier Pigeon Oh, Carrier Pigeon, won't you take them away...

Since this thread is locked, here is another! I finally received an invite for the Flattr beta last week, and after dicking around with Paypal bank transfers and whatnot, managed to 'activate' my account today. (An account with no balance is inactive, for obvious reasons) It's very beta, as...

So some friends and I are talking about going camping sometime this summer, and I've decided I want to try something new when we do, namely: cooking a beef heart. This is where I come to you. The Google has brought me some helpful answers to questions, and also some recipes, which I am about...

So, my girlfriend has been talking about a road trip to Toronto, because she has to somehow get her car to her brother who is taking over her lease for her. I've committed to traveling at least part of the way with her, if for no other reason than to take some time off and get away from town...

I decided to start a new thread on this, because quite frankly I hope to trick more people into clicking on it, and grow this concept. If you're confused at all, the Halforums Civil War is a series of Risk! games played via email client begun at Phil's prompting in November of Last Year. We...

Dear Dave, I am woefully unfit, and would like to change this. An important note is that my family is at serious risk for heart disease on both sides. While this has never made fitness feel urgent to me, it's certainly a strike in the 'pros' column. And while I certainly like Brazil's...

One of my best friends got married this week. As a thank you for being in the wedding party he bought me a dip-pen and three bottles of fancy ink. It was an awesome gift: he's been one of the bigger supports in my effort to become a writer, and constantly makes fun of how anachronistic I like...

STFU and GTFO! I've been having some interesting facebook conversations surrounding this. There was some disagreement whether she should have been let into the country a few days ago. Then there was disagreement about whether the University was right to remind her of hate speech laws in...

Another project. Woohoo! This one I actually sort of half have results to show, and I will be able to sort of give status updates more frequently. It is also much less serious than my Haiti ambitions, and has much less of a basis in reality. It is difficult to explain exactly where the...

Yes. A third thread in two days in the artist's corner. I'm trying hard to get my shit together. All my friends are busy with school, I've got lots of free time, I have no money to go out and do fun things, and my website is nearing completion. All of these things are conspiring to yell at...

So, the site should be nearing completion. I have a friend working on it for me, and he's a bit swamped with schoolwork right now, so I told him to take his sweet time. But it's half up at this point, so I figured I can link to it. Most of the content is forthcoming, so pay no attention to...

I have a friend who plays in a rock band called 'The Embarassments.' At least, I think they're still together. Anyhow, the name is apt so I have borrowed it in part. Cajun, I hope this fulfills my oath. Here are the words (which I have NEVER heard sung ever, in my entire life. Just...

So, I'm setting up a blog/personal website, and I have decided (via my own variation on Pascal's wager) to mar it's beautiful face with adspace. I have heard things about both Google Ads and Project Wonderful. Any thoughts? Is it difficult to get set up for either?

Oh shit ... did I screw that up? I hope nobody notices. I need this job! I can't get fired ... not again ... *sob*

I'm wondering if there's any software around that will allow me to record a section of my screen (or the whole thing) and save it in a video format. For example, if I were doing a video conference, and I wanted a record kept of it. Or (and this admittedly steps into sketchy territory) if I...

I saw pancake wisdom displayed a moment ago in another Ask Dave thread, and it reminded me of something I've been struggling with for a while. How do blueberry pancakes still exist in a world where chocolate chips are cheap and readily available? It strikes me as if the proliferation of...