<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877</id><updated>2011-08-21T20:44:57.923-05:00</updated><category term='compost'/><category term='environment'/><category term='review'/><category term='gardening'/><title type='text'>Mindless Ramblings</title><subtitle type='html'>Here your will find my mindless ramblings about technology, humor, movies, video games, and anything else that comes up.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>52</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-1835111575505022965</id><published>2009-11-10T17:37:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T17:37:43.383-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm not sure if this is good or bad</title><summary type='text'>Created by Oatmeal</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/1835111575505022965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=1835111575505022965' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/1835111575505022965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/1835111575505022965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2009/11/im-not-sure-if-this-is-good-or-bad.html' title='I&apos;m not sure if this is good or bad'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-1189072591469387680</id><published>2008-10-29T20:06:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-29T20:06:37.006-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My Body's MPG</title><summary type='text'>32 miles per gallonCreated by The Car Connection</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/1189072591469387680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=1189072591469387680' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/1189072591469387680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/1189072591469387680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-bodys-mpg.html' title='My Body&apos;s MPG'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-3177334723674926897</id><published>2008-08-29T17:14:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-29T17:24:30.002-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Make a living with your blog</title><summary type='text'>I see many sites offering advice on how to make a living with your blog. Many of these sites tell stories of people who are making more in a month than I make in a year.What I really would like to see on the web is a site that gives me suggestions on how to make enough in a year to cover my hosting fees. For me, blogging is merely a hobby and I have no intention of "quitting my day job" as it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/3177334723674926897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=3177334723674926897' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/3177334723674926897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/3177334723674926897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2008/08/make-living-with-your-blog.html' title='Make a living with your blog'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-4985428675737768467</id><published>2008-05-05T18:09:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-05T18:09:50.070-05:00</updated><title type='text'>80's TV Triva Score</title><summary type='text'> '80s Sitcom Potpourri  Score: 55% (11 out of 20)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/4985428675737768467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=4985428675737768467' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/4985428675737768467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/4985428675737768467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2008/05/80s-tv-triva-score.html' title='80&apos;s TV Triva Score'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-2189092774565269324</id><published>2008-04-20T11:18:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-20T11:24:21.110-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Spampyre</title><summary type='text'>I have been sifting through my archives of spam and allowing The Spampyre to reply to them. The Spampyre is now up to his 46th reply.If you would like The Spampyre to answer spam that you received, you can send it to spampyre@ballweb.org or use the web form on the site. Fan mail can also be sent in either of these methods.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/2189092774565269324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=2189092774565269324' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/2189092774565269324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/2189092774565269324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2008/04/spampyre.html' title='The Spampyre'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-5955431651720015406</id><published>2008-04-18T18:13:00.012-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T21:37:45.672-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compost'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardening'/><title type='text'>GreenMachine compost tumbler</title><summary type='text'> So, we have been using our GreenMachine compost tumbler for almost a week and it definitely seems to be working.  We have been turning it about every two days and there seems to be less mass now; also,  it looks as if many of the things that we threw in have started decomposing nicely.We made the mistake of collecting fruit and vegetable waste about a week before the composter arrived and did </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/5955431651720015406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=5955431651720015406' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/5955431651720015406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/5955431651720015406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2008/04/greenmachine-compost-tumbler.html' title='GreenMachine compost tumbler'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QmzPBsIo7xY/SCo_e9UXO9I/AAAAAAAAAAs/Zgcsv-micBs/s72-c/41JVC4WC4QL._SL160_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-6267030278507200834</id><published>2008-04-18T18:07:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T18:13:43.329-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Earthquakes in Illinois</title><summary type='text'>Its not very often that we get earthquakes in Illinois; in fact, I believe the last time it happened was in the late 1980's.  You can imagine my surprise then at being woken up at 4:37 in the morning to the bed shaking.I heard some rumbling outside for about a half minute, and after looking out the window to make sure that my fence didn't have any slats missing, I went back to sleep.  I found out</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/6267030278507200834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=6267030278507200834' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/6267030278507200834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/6267030278507200834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2008/04/earthquakes-in-illinois.html' title='Earthquakes in Illinois'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-8393393622900921063</id><published>2008-04-14T18:20:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T18:27:56.904-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Composting II</title><summary type='text'>The Green Machine compost tumble that we ordered arrived on Friday, and I started to assemble it on Saturday (in the snow and freezing rain).  The diagrams in the instructions could have been better, but the verbiage was understandable and the assembly followed a common-sense approach.  There was a slight issue though, we were missing a bolt - we had an extra nut though; after making a quick trip</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/8393393622900921063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=8393393622900921063' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/8393393622900921063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/8393393622900921063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2008/04/composting-ii.html' title='Composting II'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-7581332025459375409</id><published>2008-04-07T17:46:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-07T17:55:36.458-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Composting</title><summary type='text'>Friday I ordered the Green Machine compost tumbler from GreenCulture.com. I will post about my experiences with it after it arrives, but from the descriptions of about 20 similar models that I have looked at, this seemed to be the best one in its price range.I do have a couple of comments on GreenCulture's order process though. They do not tell you the shipping cost at the time of ordering (at </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/7581332025459375409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=7581332025459375409' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/7581332025459375409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/7581332025459375409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2008/04/composting.html' title='Composting'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-7219176217761179280</id><published>2008-02-08T19:20:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-09T22:03:14.331-06:00</updated><title type='text'>My gamer type</title><summary type='text'>Law's Game Style                                                                                                                     You scored as a Storyteller                                                                                                                     You're more inclined toward the role playing side of the equation and less interested in numbers or experience points. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/7219176217761179280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=7219176217761179280' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/7219176217761179280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/7219176217761179280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2008/02/my-gamer-type.html' title='My gamer type'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-3062559980809248870</id><published>2008-01-14T20:21:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-01-14T20:26:00.185-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Which Muppet am I?</title><summary type='text'>You Are Fozzie Bear"Wocka! Wocka!"You're the life of the party, and you love making people crack up.If only your routine didn't always bomb!You may find more groans than laughs, but always keep the jokes coming.The Muppet Personality Test</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/3062559980809248870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=3062559980809248870' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/3062559980809248870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/3062559980809248870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2008/01/which-muppet-am-i.html' title='Which Muppet am I?'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-1673584373919358956</id><published>2007-11-29T22:22:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-11-29T22:25:31.757-06:00</updated><title type='text'>It's called proofreading...</title><summary type='text'>People need to proofread the questions that they post to the Never Ending Movie Trivia game on Facebook.  In less than 20 questions I saw jumgle instead of jungle, attict instead of addict, and my favoritedrum roll, please....My Little Poonie instead of My Little Pony. I could be mistaken, but I don't believe My Little Poonie would make it past the censors.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/1673584373919358956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=1673584373919358956' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/1673584373919358956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/1673584373919358956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2007/11/its-called-proofreading.html' title='It&apos;s called proofreading...'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-7636097757212785423</id><published>2007-11-27T22:33:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-11-27T22:35:32.601-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Facebook</title><summary type='text'>I have joined Facebook recently and am finding it extremely useful to see what friends that I have lost contact with are doing. It reminds me a little of the Six Degrees site that used to be fairly popular, but with more features.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/7636097757212785423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=7636097757212785423' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/7636097757212785423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/7636097757212785423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2007/11/facebook.html' title='Facebook'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-5641816136888404706</id><published>2007-11-27T22:32:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-12-29T10:28:10.740-06:00</updated><title type='text'>New Music Review Site</title><summary type='text'>I have started working on a music review site. Check it out, and let me know what you think.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/5641816136888404706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=5641816136888404706' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/5641816136888404706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/5641816136888404706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-music-review-site.html' title='New Music Review Site'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-6611513136102560410</id><published>2007-10-08T21:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T21:01:15.345-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Which D&amp;D cartoon character am I?</title><summary type='text'>                                    Which Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon Character Are You?        You are Eric, the Cavalier.  You have a magic shield that projects a force field of about ten feet in all directions around itself.Take this quiz!Quizilla |Join| Make A Quiz | More Quizzes | Grab Code</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/6611513136102560410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=6611513136102560410' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/6611513136102560410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/6611513136102560410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2007/10/which-d-cartoon-character-am-i.html' title='Which D&amp;D cartoon character am I?'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-8792936421909299614</id><published>2007-04-25T18:07:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-25T18:07:49.842-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What is my nerd type?</title><summary type='text'>What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Gamer/ComputerNerd&amp;nbsp;You enjoy the visual stimulantsof a video game, chatting on AIM, or reading online comics. Most ofthese types of nerds are considered dirty who lack hygeine, of coursethey always end up being the ones who make a crapload of money. Anddon't worry, that's just a stereotype; I'm not calling you dirty.^_~Science/Math Nerd&amp;nbsp;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/8792936421909299614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=8792936421909299614' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/8792936421909299614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/8792936421909299614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2007/04/what-is-my-nerd-type.html' title='What is my nerd type?'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-6621140760295661450</id><published>2007-04-02T19:01:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-02T19:02:39.650-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I am a D100 according to an online quiz.</title><summary type='text'>Take the quiz at dicepool.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/6621140760295661450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=6621140760295661450' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/6621140760295661450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/6621140760295661450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2007/04/i-am-d100-according-to-online-quiz.html' title='I am a D100 according to an online quiz.'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-1044736074526564071</id><published>2007-04-01T21:49:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T21:49:10.042-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A new tutorial...</title><summary type='text'>For anyone who is interested, I have published a new tutorial on my &amp;lt;a href="http://carson.ballweb.org"&amp;gt;web site&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; on &amp;lt;a href="http://carson.ballweb.org/howtogoogle.php"&amp;gt;how to list your site with Google&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/1044736074526564071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=1044736074526564071' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/1044736074526564071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/1044736074526564071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-tutorial.html' title='A new tutorial...'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-5110465920743986926</id><published>2007-04-01T21:04:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T21:04:26.622-05:00</updated><title type='text'>How long before...</title><summary type='text'>So, Google now owns MySpace and Blogspot.&amp;nbsp; How long before they merge the 2 into one blogging service?&amp;nbsp; Or, will they keep them as two separate entities?Don't get me wrong, I like the fact that I can go to one page and check my AdSense revenues, post to my blog, check my e-mail, etc.&amp;nbsp; But really, does Google need to have duplicate services?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/5110465920743986926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=5110465920743986926' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/5110465920743986926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/5110465920743986926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-long-before.html' title='How long before...'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-6333763479424330027</id><published>2007-04-01T20:59:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T20:59:56.209-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Is it just me?</title><summary type='text'>Has anyone else noticed a ton of spam over the last 2 months or so on their Blogspot site about downloading Firefox from some random idiots web site?&amp;nbsp; I can't believe that I was the only one who was hammered by these; I had about 20 of them come in in one day.I know that you can get kick-backs for people downloading Firefox from a link on your site, but if I am not mistaken spamming violates</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/6333763479424330027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=6333763479424330027' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/6333763479424330027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/6333763479424330027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2007/04/is-it-just-me.html' title='Is it just me?'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-8006507391872365801</id><published>2007-04-01T20:22:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-29T18:33:36.575-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Speaking of renovations...</title><summary type='text'>In my last post, I mentioned that renovations at my place of employment allowed me to move back in with the rest of my department.Katherine and I are also renovating our entryway at home.&amp;nbsp; Our dog, who I am sure means well, but can be a demon puppy sometimes, ripped up 2 vinyl tiles, and proceeded to eat through the plywood sub-floor.&amp;nbsp; She is okay, but the floor was a little worse for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/8006507391872365801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=8006507391872365801' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/8006507391872365801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/8006507391872365801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2007/04/speaking-of-renovations.html' title='Speaking of renovations...'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-7505997985639431770</id><published>2007-04-01T20:17:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T20:17:23.236-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New area at work</title><summary type='text'>I have moved to my permanent spot at work finally.&amp;nbsp; When I was hired in August of last year, there was not permanent spot for me so I - as was with the case of 3 of my coworkers - was sitting in a completely separate area from most of my department.Not long after I started, renovating began and a wall was knocked down to create a larger room for my department.&amp;nbsp; However, this is when I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/7505997985639431770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=7505997985639431770' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/7505997985639431770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/7505997985639431770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-area-at-work.html' title='New area at work'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-6962600528533461108</id><published>2007-04-01T19:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T19:50:29.129-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My wife's new blog</title><summary type='text'>Katherine has started a new blog recently on Blogspot called Wry Juxtaposition.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/6962600528533461108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=6962600528533461108' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/6962600528533461108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/6962600528533461108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2007/04/my-wifes-new-blog.html' title='My wife&apos;s new blog'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-116363919431715697</id><published>2006-11-15T19:02:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-02-27T11:05:54.206-06:00</updated><title type='text'>More about the bat...</title><summary type='text'>We found Nosferatu last night when our dog started going crazy.She was sniffing around in our bedroom and, upon looking in our garbage can, backed up and, with an alert mannerism, started barking at it furiously.When I looked in the can to see what was up, I found Nos lying in it. Needless to say, Nos was not amused; last night I saw him move for the first time. He was slowly moving his head from</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/116363919431715697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=116363919431715697' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/116363919431715697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/116363919431715697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/11/more-about-bat.html' title='More about the bat...'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-116347110613516295</id><published>2006-11-13T20:16:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-01-31T13:11:00.576-06:00</updated><title type='text'>A bat in our house</title><summary type='text'>A friend of ours noticed a bat living in our attic a few weeks ago; he or she seemed to have been hibernating for the winter and we named him or her Nosferatu.Nosferatu, or Nos for short, seemed quite content to hibernate in the attic until the smoke detector's battery started to die and the detector made a gawd-awful noise. The next morning when I went up to change the battery, Nos was gone.Two </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/116347110613516295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=116347110613516295' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/116347110613516295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/116347110613516295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/11/bat-in-our-house.html' title='A bat in our house'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-116093544331830566</id><published>2006-10-15T12:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-15T13:04:03.330-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New fence / our puppy</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday we put up most of a picket fence in our front yard and brought our puppy from my parents' house. Today we will put up the rest of the fence so that Divy has a place to run around in.She seems to have grown accustomed to the new house very quickly and navigates our stairs without much difficulty. Although, we did find out the hard way that unless you are already covered before the dog </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/116093544331830566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=116093544331830566' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/116093544331830566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/116093544331830566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/10/new-fence-our-puppy.html' title='New fence / our puppy'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-116078011267167740</id><published>2006-10-13T17:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-01T01:12:44.346-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Moving finality</title><summary type='text'>My linux box is set back up so I can start posting new messages from The Spampyre. In fact, I have posted a new message today.It's a relatively long one to make up for so much time since the last one. Enjoy.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/116078011267167740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=116078011267167740' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/116078011267167740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/116078011267167740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/10/moving-finality.html' title='Moving finality'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115913847782784576</id><published>2006-09-24T17:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-09-24T17:54:37.836-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tornado</title><summary type='text'>While driving to Memphis on Friday night (09/22/2006) Katherine and I drove about 1000 feet from a tornado on the ground.  Fortunately, it was only a small F1 that pulled the car slightly, and sent debris scuttering across the road, but not much else.Unfortunately, I am still learning how to operate our new digital camera and moved it away before it took the picture.  All I have is a shot from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115913847782784576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115913847782784576' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115913847782784576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115913847782784576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/09/tornado.html' title='Tornado'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115912856952804771</id><published>2006-09-24T15:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-09-24T15:09:29.536-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Moving Fourdux (not fondue)</title><summary type='text'>We are in Memphis getting our stuff packed up for the moving company to pick up tomorrow (Monday).  I should have my desktop computer (the one I am typing this on) at the house on Tuesday and should be able to post to my blog (here) and my web site regularly starting late this week as we have Internet access at the house.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115912856952804771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115912856952804771' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115912856952804771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115912856952804771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/09/moving-fourdux-not-fondue.html' title='Moving Fourdux (not fondue)'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115594528151934668</id><published>2006-08-18T18:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-05T22:11:46.170-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Moving Threedux</title><summary type='text'>All of the paperwork at the bank has gone through! We still need to have the house inspected (either this coming Monday or Friday), get insurance for the house, and go to the closing.I thought that the realtor had a lot of papers for us to sign at the bid; however, the banker had even more. To put this into perspective; it took about 20 minutes to sign the paperwork for the realtor and 1 hour for</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115594528151934668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115594528151934668' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115594528151934668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115594528151934668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/08/moving-threedux.html' title='Moving Threedux'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115568992218605711</id><published>2006-08-15T19:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T18:49:23.626-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Update</title><summary type='text'>My first two days at my new job have gone well and my wife and I should have a house soon. We made an offer on a house and, through several renegotiations, have agreed with the seller on a price. Hopefully, if all goes well, we should be closing on the 31st. Until then, I will probably only be able to write new articles once or twice a week.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115568992218605711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115568992218605711' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115568992218605711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115568992218605711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/08/update.html' title='Update'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115518781976485499</id><published>2006-08-10T00:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-10T00:30:19.776-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Moving Redux</title><summary type='text'>This will be my last post for a couple of days as my wife and I are moving out of state tomorrow.We will be in a hotel for a couple of days until we can close on a house; I do have a laptop on order (since I do not want to lug a destop computer to a hotel room) being shipped to the house of a relative who lives near where we are moving. However, there seems to be a problem with the order, so I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115518781976485499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115518781976485499' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115518781976485499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115518781976485499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/08/moving-redux.html' title='Moving Redux'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115500838876129293</id><published>2006-08-07T22:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T22:39:48.763-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Search engines and spam</title><summary type='text'>I have a couple of websites that I have developed that are currently running honeypots from Project Honeypot. These sites had not had any reports of harvesters until 2 days after I submitted them to several lesser used search engines.Does anyone know if any search engines are actually fronts for harvesters that make the victims do their legwork by submitting their own sites? This wouldn't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115500838876129293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115500838876129293' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115500838876129293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115500838876129293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/08/search-engines-and-spam.html' title='Search engines and spam'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115500765241445570</id><published>2006-08-07T22:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-10T20:24:32.416-06:00</updated><title type='text'>New trend in Spam messages</title><summary type='text'>I have noticed recently that spammers are sending numerous HTML formatted messages containing articles from popular magazines contained within HTML comment tags.This seems to be an effort to thwart spam filters that examine messages for content.  Since these messages do contain actual content with many ham words (words that are indicated not spam by filters) and low instances of spam words, some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115500765241445570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115500765241445570' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115500765241445570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115500765241445570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/08/new-trend-in-spam-messages.html' title='New trend in Spam messages'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115498490019871538</id><published>2006-08-07T16:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T16:08:20.210-05:00</updated><title type='text'>RSS feed update</title><summary type='text'>I have been using the Performancing plugin for Firefox to write entries to this blog, but it does not seem like the RSS feed has been updating properly.I am typing this entry in on Blogspot's site to see if this entry is added to the RSS feed.Has anyone else experienced this issue?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115498490019871538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115498490019871538' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115498490019871538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115498490019871538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/08/rss-feed-update.html' title='RSS feed update'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115498103962077363</id><published>2006-08-07T15:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T15:03:59.646-05:00</updated><title type='text'>PHP book</title><summary type='text'>I am contemplating writing a book dealing with creating dynamice web sites using PHP. Is there any interest in this? Is the market already flooded?If I undertake this project, I plan on inlcuding many ready to use "out-of-the-box" scripts that can easily be included (via an include file) in any web site (i.e. last modified date) as well as sections on general ideas and examples for scripts that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115498103962077363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115498103962077363' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115498103962077363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115498103962077363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/08/php-book.html' title='PHP book'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115488140075414608</id><published>2006-08-06T11:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-06T11:23:22.356-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Moving</title><summary type='text'>I will be moving soon as I have recently accepted a job in Central Illinois. This means that there may not be any new messages here for a few weeks, or on my technology and humor site.I apologize for this inconvenience to anyone who will miss The Spampyre during this short outage.  I will try posting a couple of times to both of my sites before I head out though, so stay tuned.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115488140075414608/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115488140075414608' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115488140075414608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115488140075414608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/08/moving.html' title='Moving'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115351807277570284</id><published>2006-07-21T16:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-03T10:31:56.883-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mythological humor</title><summary type='text'>If you like satire, parody, and mythology, be sure to check out the mythological characters page on my web site.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115351807277570284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115351807277570284' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115351807277570284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115351807277570284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/07/mythological-humor.html' title='Mythological humor'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115351798282850989</id><published>2006-07-21T16:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-21T16:39:42.873-05:00</updated><title type='text'>More Tutorials</title><summary type='text'>If you liked the tutorials dealing with spam and e-mail scams on this blog, be sure to check out the tutorials page on my website. There you will find tutorials of both a technical and non-technical nature, as well as a submission form in case there are any topics that you would like to see covered.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115351798282850989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115351798282850989' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115351798282850989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115351798282850989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/07/more-tutorials.html' title='More Tutorials'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115194555894249863</id><published>2006-07-21T16:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-21T16:17:27.323-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Spampyre is back</title><summary type='text'>The Spampyre is back online and answering e-mail.For those of you not familiar with The Spamyre, he is a rotting piece of luncheon meat who answers spam messages. You can submit your own spam, send him fan mail, or read his responses to other people's spam from the link above.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115194555894249863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115194555894249863' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115194555894249863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115194555894249863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/07/spampyre-is-back.html' title='The Spampyre is back'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115267286622653260</id><published>2006-07-11T21:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-03T10:34:48.053-05:00</updated><title type='text'>CIV IV</title><summary type='text'>My wife and I each bought a copy of CIV IV last Friday. While the the learning curve due to new technologies, wonders, civilization features, and interface the game is every bit as addictive as its predecessors.Instead of militaristic, scientific, industrius, expansionist, and religious cultures allowing you to build or buy an entire class of buildings at half price, the new culture types only </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115267286622653260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115267286622653260' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115267286622653260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115267286622653260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/07/civ-iv.html' title='CIV IV'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115177655736862228</id><published>2006-07-01T12:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-01T12:58:08.183-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New domain</title><summary type='text'>I now have a new domain!Within a few hours you will be able to see the framework for my new site (which is still being fleshed out) at http://carson.ballweb.org.I am using afmu (Affordable Multimedia) as my host and they offer a great deal of features for very little money.  If you are looking for a new host, check them out (http://www.afmu.com).</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115177655736862228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115177655736862228' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115177655736862228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115177655736862228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/07/new-domain.html' title='New domain'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115076767522729997</id><published>2006-06-19T20:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-14T06:44:13.390-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Street Level Doppler</title><summary type='text'>Two friends of mine, Chris and Dan, have recently formed a group called Street Level Doppler.Street Level Doppler is a Central Illinois-based acoustic duo that plays pop/rock covers. Their material includes songs from the 60's all the way up to today, with a particular focus on reworking 80's songs in an acoustic setting.Stop by and check them out if you live in the area, or to book them for your</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115076767522729997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115076767522729997' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115076767522729997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115076767522729997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/06/street-level-doppler.html' title='Street Level Doppler'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-115076583382301205</id><published>2006-06-19T20:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-19T20:12:18.190-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Current web project</title><summary type='text'>Recently I have been designing and developing a web site for Wesley Neurology Clinic in Memphis, TN. Unfortunately, this has not left me much time for blogging, but I hope to be finished soon.In the meantime, I still will strive to post two or three new articles per week.  If anyone wants to comment on the site, you can check it out at http://www.wesleyneurology.com.  Please post here letting me </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/115076583382301205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=115076583382301205' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115076583382301205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/115076583382301205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/06/current-web-project.html' title='Current web project'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-114978190718286926</id><published>2006-06-08T10:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-08T15:43:58.696-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Want to report fradulent e-mail?</title><summary type='text'>In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission has setup an e-mail address for reporting fradulent e-mails. To report a message sent the message with all message headers to spam@uce.gov.For more information about this service, please check out http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/07/newspamemail.htm.To display the complete message headers in Evolution, go to the View menu, choose Message Display, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/114978190718286926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=114978190718286926' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114978190718286926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114978190718286926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/06/want-to-report-fradulent-e-mail.html' title='Want to report fradulent e-mail?'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-114936775251714428</id><published>2006-06-03T15:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-03T15:49:12.526-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Scam e-mails</title><summary type='text'>Does anyone out there have any advice on what to do when you receive scam e-mails? Personally, I like to reply by picking apart the e-mail while insulting the scammer.If the scam seems particularly believable, I report it to various agencies since it is likely someone would fall for it.  However, normally, these scams are pretty unbelievable.For instance, I received one where the sender claimed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/114936775251714428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=114936775251714428' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114936775251714428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114936775251714428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/06/scam-e-mails.html' title='Scam e-mails'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-114922387885076145</id><published>2006-06-01T21:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-03T19:48:49.596-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tired of spam?</title><summary type='text'>There are several ways to reduce the amount of spam you and others receive. Methods involve using spam filters, blacklists, honeypots, closing relays, and web forms.First off, spam filters are a great start at reducing the amount of spam you recieve. SpamAssassin and Spambayes are both excellent filters that employ Bayesian filtering.  These programs rate the likelyhood of a message being spam </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/114922387885076145/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=114922387885076145' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114922387885076145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114922387885076145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/06/tired-of-spam.html' title='Tired of spam?'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-114920020496881763</id><published>2006-06-01T17:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-01T17:16:44.986-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Diablo II editor</title><summary type='text'>I am currently writing a Diablo II editor for patch version 1.10 and 1.11.Unlike many editors out there, this one is intended to keep characters "legal", or at least not over powerful.  For instance, before raising a stat, another stat will have to be lowered. The same rule applies for skills.The program is mainly for those moments when you say, "why did I ever put a skill point in that?!"  I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/114920020496881763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=114920020496881763' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114920020496881763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114920020496881763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/06/diablo-ii-editor.html' title='Diablo II editor'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-114919423860904039</id><published>2006-06-01T15:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-01T15:37:18.640-05:00</updated><title type='text'>MPAA plays dirty</title><summary type='text'>According to an article in eWeek, the MPAA hired someone to crack into a company's network in order to obtain information to proved that copyrighted works were being used improperly.This violates due process (no warrant), and, since the MPAA is a private organization, not a governmental body, could not receive a warrant in the first place.  Somebody correct me if I am wrong (ianal), but isn't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/114919423860904039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=114919423860904039' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114919423860904039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114919423860904039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/06/mpaa-plays-dirty.html' title='MPAA plays dirty'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-114913691049941858</id><published>2006-05-31T23:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-01T00:21:26.423-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Me in a kilt.</title><summary type='text'>Here I am at a Scottish Society dinner (not a member, just a party crasher) in a kilt and period piece shirt.As always, my eyes shut as soon as the flash went off.  Also, in case you are wondering, this is not my tartan (clan colors).Click on the image for a larger version.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/114913691049941858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=114913691049941858' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114913691049941858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114913691049941858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/05/me-in-kilt.html' title='Me in a kilt.'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-114913472709573263</id><published>2006-05-31T23:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-02T00:15:20.140-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Our puppy</title><summary type='text'>This is how our puppy looked in the middle of March; she was about 1 ½ months old.  Her name is Godiva (because she is a *chocolate* lab), but we call her Divy (with a short i).</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/114913472709573263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=114913472709573263' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114913472709573263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114913472709573263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/05/our-puppy.html' title='Our puppy'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29075877.post-114911792648145982</id><published>2006-05-31T18:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-31T18:25:26.490-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey techies!</title><summary type='text'>Think you're the only one dealing with idiots?  Think again, there are numerous idiots (and a few sane people who can follow directions) calling tech support everyday.Want to read about how low our educational system has sunk?  Or speculate about how some computer users never should have come down from the trees?Then check out http://www.techcomedy.com/.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/feeds/114911792648145982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29075877&amp;postID=114911792648145982' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114911792648145982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29075877/posts/default/114911792648145982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carsonfb.blogspot.com/2006/05/hey-techies.html' title='Hey techies!'/><author><name>carsonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12066572019824239896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2251/3089/1600/headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
