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UtterlyBoring.com is produced by Jake Ortman (e-mail, resume), a 30-something-year-old dad, percussionist, sysadmin, Web developer, IT consultant and jack-of-all-trades geek, living in Bend, Oregon. He created this so that his expensive journalism and technology degree isn't getting totally wasted. In addition to editing this site in his free time, he is the communications manager at Weston Technologies. He has LinkedIn and Facebook profiles if you're trying to stalk him. He will not be posting on Twitter.
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This site is powered by Movable Type and is hosted by orty.com. Since December 1st, 2002, there have been 6476 entries. Visitors to this blog have posted 21314 comments.
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Reading Material
My desktop is getting over run with shortcuts. Time to dump some of these... - Man trolls dating sites by drawing pictures of the girls.
- Part of my reasoning for avoiding Wordpress development was (for me at least) the templating was a bit more confusing than MovableType's. Bones should help.
- Honestly, I wished forced steralizations were legal in more states as there are some folks that really should never have kids. Ever.
- WorklogCreator makes it quick and easy to post project work logs on forums.
- Keanu Reeves confirms that 'Bill And Ted 3' is on the way. Excellent!
- Similar to Garfield Minus Garfield comes Realfield where the cat's a bit more realistic.
- First Month on the Android Market looks at one dev's experiences with ads versus paying for the app.
- Famous opening lines updated for the modern age (my favorite: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of an internet startup to call his own.").
- This commit could have done some serious damage. It inspired some folks to share their big screw ups.
- Have a URL for a file and need to save it quickly to your Dropbox? URL Droplet might help.
- Have you ever been reading your favourite online news site, stumbled across a headline with seven syllables, and followed it in your head with doo-dah, doo-dah, in the style of Camptown Races? No? Really? Well, this guy has and created a Greasemonkey script to add "doo-dah, doo-dah" to seven-syllable breaking news headlines.
- Dear Photograph is a great tumblr blog that show folks taking a picture from the past into the present.
- In many cultures, there are more than two genders.
- Playable Archeology: An Interview with Telehack's Anonymous Creator.
- Need to make a diagram with ASCII? ASCII Flow might help.
- Be productive during Photoshop progress bars by reading your RSS feeds automatically.
- Myth busted! A break down of what happens on screen during a typical hour of an episode of Mythbusters.
- Make your secondary Google Voice number permanent.
- Coming to a receipt printer near you: Receipt Racer.
- New and improved rage/troll faces.
- You have to be a Zelda geek to appreciate the humor in this.
- 12 Common Mistakes Designers Make and How to Avoid Them.
- If you're looking for computer hardware in the Portland area, there are some good places to find it here (mostly bookmarking it for my reference as I have non-tech-savvy friends up there that are always calling me asking me that sort of thing).
- Hire to Hire Developers (if you're interested in a profanity-laden version, you can find that here.
- The $113 Billion Hole: Ten Things America Gave Up This Year To Pay For The War In Afghanistan.
- I knew about some of these, but not others: 5 Fake Sounds designed to help humans.
- Android SMS Pop-up will soon get installed on my phone as it's just so stupid simple and better than the default.
- One more...Goodbye TinEye: Google Images now lets you search by image.
OK, that's enough for now. Enjoy!
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