Nerdy Dork

I’m really liking Paint.net. I certainly can’t afford Photoshop and so I resorted to using free alternatives such as GIMP and Paint.net. There has been a slight learning curve though as I’ve had to get used to these free tools.

One thing I found missing that I would often use in Photoshop is the trim function. This essentially allows you to remove the extra blank space or white (or whatever color you choose) space around an image.

I’ve found a simple workaround to do what I need though.

Here it is, step-by-step:
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I’ve never had a “payday loan.” Therefore, I’m not an expert in how they work. But being an avid Dave Ramsey fan, I feel they are the biggest rip-offs on the planet.

Do you ever see wealthy people getting Payday Cash Advance Loans? Oh, but they don’t need them, they are wealthy! Well how do you think they got wealthy? Wealth certainly didn’t come by taking out more and more rip-off loans.

As Dave always says, “Do poor people things and you stay poor, do rich people things and you get rich.”

So, repeat after me… “I will never walk into a cash advance or payday loan building!”
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I was at the Library the other day to pick up a book I had on hold. I always like to walk by the DVD section to see if there is anything good available. Hey, its a free DVD rental!

Well I saw Raising Helen and figured my wife would like to watch it. She really liked How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

I have to admit I really liked it. I was completely surprised. I just figured it would be a silly comedy. Who knew it would involve such tragedy. Maybe I’m just turning into a chick flick kind of guy, but I would recommend this movie for a “feel good” evening.

If you’ve ever tried to find some good windows icons for your applications you may have experiences frustrations sorting through all the junk on the internet. Did you know that if you have Visual Studio .NET installed, you likely have all the common icons that you need?

Take a look in your file system for this folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\VS2005ImageLibrary

You’re welcome!

I finally finished reading Getting Things Done. Well, to be honest I can’t say I finished “reading” it. I read about 2/3 of the book then listened to the rest of it on an audio book

I would give the book 4 out of 5 stars. It seems to be written mainly for business people - especially the management types. Anyone can benefit from reading it though. Since reading the book, I cleaned out my Gmail inbox containing over 300 messages. I set up a new filing system at home (which works MUCH better). I bought a few extra baskets and changed the way I used my “in basket.” I even bought a nice labeler!

The problem is that if you don’t follow the whole system you can easily get back in a frustrated rut. I’m still figured out how I want to do things. My biggest problem is that I work from two computers and two locations. I have my work office and my home office with a computer for each.

There are resolutions for this type of thing, I just need to fully implement them. I would really recommend this book to anyone who feels they don’t have enough time to get everything done that they want or need to.

Ok, this is for all you nerdy dorks out there! Now you can get your flash drives personalized. Better yet, you can get their personalized for your significant other. What says “I love you” more that a flash [drive]?

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Store-It Thumb Drives allow you to take your important information and personal data with you wherever you go. Store your digital photos, music files, business documents, and more on an ultra-smaill, Hi-Speed USB flash drive. Easily access and transfer files between multiple computers. Includes security software to password protect your sensitive information.

Current online specials: 512MB Thumb Drive (any color) for $14.99 with FREE laser engraving. 1GB Thumb Drive (any color) for $18.99 with FREE laser engraving. 2GB Thumb Drive (any color) for $37.99 with FREE laser engraving. 4GB Thumb Drive (any color) for $69.99 with FREE laser engraving.

UPDATE: Since I first posted this, the price has dropped! This could make a great stocking stuffer - especially for those in school or college. Personalize their thumb drive by laser engraving their name on it!

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I’ve been highly entertained by Connor’s parking woes. It brings back semi-sweet memories of my time at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC).

Throughout my long career at SLCC I tried to get away with buying a parking pass as much as possible. My first two years I succeeded without getting a ticket. I think this was mainly because my classes where at the South City campus and they were always late at night. Once I started taking all my classes at the Redwood Campus those parking patrol guys got good.

The first time I got a ticket I went the same day and bought a parking pass. I didn’t pay my ticket though. I figured they’d just forget about it. Little did I know that they knew my license plate number. They put a hold on my account and I couldn’t get my grades that year until I paid my ticket.

Well, one year I seemed to be particularly busy with things and I couldn’t seem to make the time to go buy the yearly pass. My mom had just given me her old car. The beauty of this was that the school - or anyone really - didn’t have the license plate under my name.

It only took a few days of parking before I got my first ticket. The next day I had a class on the other side of campus. I still hadn’t had time to go buy a [stupid] parking permit. So as I left my car, I put the ticket back under my windshield wiper hoping that some silly little parking officer boy would see it and say “oh, this car already has a ticket.”

Well, they saw it, but that silly little officer boy was the same one that patrolled the other side of campus just the day before. He left me another ticket and added a comment at the bottom that said, “NICE TRY!”

Well, that just made me laugh. Jokes on you sucka! (That’s Ebonics for “I’m not going to pay my ticket because I can get away with it.”) I accumulated a few more tickets that month. Then I finally registered the car and got some new license plates and a parking permit to go with my new plates.

I never did pay all those tickets. I suppose with a little investigative work they could have tracked me down eventually, but for the amount of money they could have squeezed out of me I doubt it would even be worth it. I’m just a parking fugitive now.

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Growing up, I often heard my mom talk about Boise Idaho. I know that she lived there for some period of here life, but I’m not exactly sure when. I’ve actually been there once, briefly. My friend got married there and I was his best man. I really didn’t see much of the city. I was in the Boise Temple most of the time there. We did see the inside of a mall and a Golden Coral or something afterwards.

It seems to be growing in popularity though. Can you believe their football team this year? That game against Oklahoma should have a movie made about it! Between that game and Napoleon Dynamite, people might start finding Idaho on a map

My brother is currently doing his residency to become a doctor. Yeah, he’s a scrub. He’s here in Utah at the moment, but he and his wife have often talked about moving to Idaho once he is done. From what I here it’s a great place to live and lots of people are moving there.

Well, if it’s growing anything like the Salt Lake Vally, better jump into a home there while the housing is still affordable! Check out some Boise real estate.

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I’m trying to collect lots and lots of old wooden bats to decorate my sons room. This is just a shout out to please let me know if you have any old wooden bats sitting in your garage that you are willing to donate. I can pay for shipping them. Thank you much!

This is my inspiration:

Have you ever been out to lunch and saw the little canister full of business cards where they draw out a card and give the customer a free lunch?

Have you ever run across and old friend and tried to exchange contact information in a busy location - or with your kids pulling on your legs and whining?

Well these things never happen to me either. Seriously though, these are the occasions that I tell myself I need to get some business cards. But then I think, why would I want to buy business cards for these odd occasions. I’d certainly take free business cards.

Well my friend, you’re link luck. You can get free business cards on the internet. I found some and I only had to pay the cost to ship them. What did you expect? Free shipping too?

Now, if I could just find more places to use them!

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