10ft Male Alligator Discovered in Kansas City Missouri. March 9, 2007
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Kansas City Missouri, March 9th 2007. A local man got out of bed this morning to give his cat her insulin shot only to discover what should have been whiskers the cat to be a 10ft long Alligator lurking in his kitchen. Luckly the man and whiskers the cat where able to escape and live to tell the tale. Animal control officials where able to remove the gator. Tim Jackson, animal control officer, speculated the alligator which has been known to be able to turn door knobs must have tried the yet unnamed man’s front door and discovered it to be unlocked. “The Gator was probably just looking for a snack and considering the refridgerator door was hanging open and several bottles of Tab where crushed there on the floor I think he found it!” Said Jackson.
This Gator home invasion marks the 15th such activity in the last 3 weeks. Officials have stated that people shouldn’t be alarmed. Gators which are normally only found in warm areas have been moving north because of global warming. It is recommended people lock their doors at night and make sure and keep any small children and pets inside.
The First Post of Pure Thought February 8, 2007
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a commentI’m a typically introspective person and rarely do I allow my crazy thoughts to escape their cage and visit the work around them. However, from time to time I have ideas that seem no matter what I do I can’t contain them. Ooops this is not one of those times.
A Must Have mac app. January 31, 2007
Posted by vinnyt in : Mac Apps , 1 comment so far So I came across this app, and it something I’ve been looking for now for some time. I’ve started using iCal and trying to keep on top of my life. However, I’m not always sitting in front of my deck so now I can update my calendar any time on google and when I get home my stuff will be Synced. Awesome
http://blog.spanningsync.com/2007/01/public_beta_tem.html
going to California January 30, 2007
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a commentif you know me I lived in California for about 9 months during the whole dot com debacle. I was fresh out of college and a hot shot, and I believed that I could go out there find a dot com get some stock options and then strike it rich. Well unfortunately I was about 1 year too late, and so I hung out worked with some idiots and as a result it didn’t work out quite like I had hoped. I spent me time that at eToys.com it was an interesting work experience we had big screen TVs, pool tables and every new video game of the day. My job there was to help develop a technology that was identical to what SOAP is today. Unfortunately due to the fact that if you had a pulse and saw a computer you could get a job in Sunny Southern California. I discovered this very quickly and upon doing so I realized the writing was on the wall and I had to get the hell out. Well my time there came and went. I often times think back to what I did and wonder what would have happened had I stay on the coast. I suppose that wondering and knowing what happen are 2 very different things, Since I don’t know I don’t dwell on it very often. I am going to be heading back out west in the next 2 weeks and I’m really excited. Although I’ll only be there for a day I’m excited to see it one more time.
First Post 0f 2007 January 23, 2007
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a commentWell, it’s been a couple of weeks in coming but here it is. The year has started off quite right for old iVinnyt. I got some exciting news that I’m going to keep bottled up until it develops a little more, but if things come together as planned it’ll be a phenominal 2007. In addition a good friend of mine has decided to move back to Kansas City after a brief stint in a small town in california. I’ve signed up to start playing hockey again and will be hitting the ice start feb 14th. I’m very excited for this because it’ll be one of the first times I’ve played hockey since I got Lasik done on my eyes and frankly from the last time I played it has made a huge difference. Mainly just becuase I can see everything that is going on now and I’m not limited to the crappy vision that I was afforded when I was wearing contacts. That being said my eyes have become somewhat sensitive to light, and I’m particularly concerned about protecting my eyes so I’m going to start wearing a face shield. I decided to go with an oakley straight cut amber tinted visor as a means of cutting down the glare and to protect myself from stairing at a bright white surface for a good hour. I’ll keep you posted as things develop…..
Sitting in Tejas December 27, 2006
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a commentSo I’m in San Antonio. I’ve spent a fair time in texas and all my time here has pretty much been crap. I’m glad to finally see a different city in this state. You know my opinion is starting to change. I think I could come here and really have a good time.
As new year approaches December 25, 2006
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a commentI’ve always enjoyed the end of the year, mainly because I love christmas, and because only a short time later it’s my birthday. Now yes these are selfish reasons to anticipate the coming of the new year, but hey it’s my life and I can like certain time periods for whatever reason I want. That being said I’m going to lay out my nears resolutions for 2007 and believe me I’m going to stick to these like glue.
1. Getting into a consistent exercise habit
2. Read at least 1 book every 3 weeks.
3. Spend as much time as possible with family and friends.
4. Show kindness to others
That’s what I’m going to do what do you have?
Mac OSX December 23, 2006
Posted by vinnyt in : computers , add a comment I’m going to start going by my new name iVinnyt. I have to eat some crow on this post. If any of you have read my post I’ve done a fair amount a Mac bashing. Frankly, I was wrong. It was ultimately the fan boy user base that lead me astray. Mainly that comes from the fact that I don’t have much respect for non technical people trying to espouse the merrits of a technical system. Sales men do it every day and frankly I don’t like them either. None the less I made a lot of assumptions about the OS based on these fan boys pointless rantings about MS v. Apple. Now that I’ve used this OS and not exclusiely I might add I am now a firm believer.
To give a little backgroud I am a UNIX guy from way back and if you’ve read any of my posts you’ll know that I’ve used just about every major commercial and nearly every free UNIX like OS that has come down the pipe. I just prefer UNIX as a programmer and as a user because of it’s simplicity and elegance. I’ve built a career around it and thus far have made a decent living with out having to go very far into the MS world. That being said however, I’m an objective person and I’ve taught myself how to program in a windows environment and in fact for a brief period of my life I made considerable money working as a programmer for a windows shop.
I digress. I have to give Apple their due they have delivered on what I as a UNIX person had hoped for, a desktop system based on a UNIX system. I am going to teach myself the programming environment over the next few days and hopefully turn out some apps. This is going to be the beginning of something awesome.
I own a mac now December 20, 2006
Posted by vinnyt in : computers , add a commentI never thought this day would come to pass, but I’ve purchased a mac. So now I can begin my conquest to be a coder on this platform.
Myers-Briggs test December 10, 2006
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a commentI don’t really have a clue what this means but it said I was INTJ.
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/mb/INTJext.asp
