http://earcaraxe.com/blog Technology, Photography, Web Development Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:14:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a running collection of the April Fool's Jokes on the internet today. This morning started when my girlfriend imed me to check out my dragon on Pet Dragons - a Facebook application. She told me that I had 14 incoming attacks. I logged in, and this is what I ... http://earcaraxe.com/blog/?p=55 Well, Alex and I have been working hard on his blog. He's been working hard on the writing, and I've been working hard on the marketing and SEO side. For awhile, all of his reviews were kind of dry, but his latest review of the new Simple Plan album marks, ... http://earcaraxe.com/blog/?p=54 Two weeks ago I purchased a 1999 Honda Prelude. It has 145,000 miles on it but is still running pretty well. I had been looking for a car for several months while I was in Taiwan, and also during my break afterwards. I browsed craigslist, autotrader, and cars.com. I created a ... http://earcaraxe.com/blog/?p=53 One of the big attractions in Taipei for both tourists and locals alike is the Night Markets. There are several Night Markets around the city, so chances are, wherever you are in Taipei, you're not too much more than 20 minutes away from one. They're pretty much unlike anything that I've ... http://earcaraxe.com/blog/?p=52 So, I posted recently about a telephoto lens that I had received from my friend Jordan. In this post, I mentioned that I had not been having any trouble with the lens after cleaning the contacts. Unfortunately when I went to D.C. the next day to shoot, I pulled out ... http://earcaraxe.com/blog/?p=51 I've decided that I want to increase my blog's visibility. I know that there are a number of strategies for this, but the one that I am about to currently employ is registering my blog with Technorati. I'm going to continue posting frequently, and I want to make sure that ... http://earcaraxe.com/blog/?p=50 I was talking with Steph about the Greyhound business. She did some research and helped me find a bunch of links to other bloggers, legal documents, and the Greyhound Media Protocol. Apparently I'm not the only one being harassed. A quick tour of the blogosphere shows that a large number ... http://earcaraxe.com/blog/?p=49 So I had to delete all of the pictures off of my camera today because “This is D.C. We have the president. We need to protect the president.” I spent the weekend in Great Falls at Steph’s house. This morning Steph and her father took me to the Greyhound station. We got ... http://earcaraxe.com/blog/?p=48 So, having recently bought my Digital Rebel XTi with Steph, I set out to talk with my friends that I know who are camera nuts. My friend Jordan had a Quantaray telephoto lens (70-210mm) that he could not get working. He believed that it was a problem with lens compatibility ... http://earcaraxe.com/blog/?p=47 So, during my last couple of weeks in Taiwan Steph came out to visit. She brought her new Canon Digital Rebel XTi along. It's a really beautiful camera. I've been shooting on film with her Nikon FN-10 and my mom's Pentax. We went together to the photography district of Taipei, ... http://earcaraxe.com/blog/?p=46