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Jake Ain't Here

Jake is sick today. Jake is in bed, doing the saltines and water diet until whatever kept him up last night is completely through his system. Jake likes talking in...
Posted on 10/25/06 @ 11:57 AM

Fill-in scribe, testing 1, 2, 3

(Couldn't resist the journalism category;-) Hello all, Jake has mentioned me on several occasions, usually in a nice way. Barney Lerten here, the writer dood at bend.com. As you can...
Posted on 12/13/03 @ 03:01 PM

A Quick Memo To The Source Weekly

You know, I really appreciate the plugs you guys gave me in the last two issues, but one thing annoys me: Your insistence on putting my name in quotation marks....
Posted on 03/23/07 @ 10:41 PM

"please reply to this urgant message"

This has happened to me before, and anybody with a dash/hyphen in their Yahoo! usernames probably has, too. Usernames with hyphens in them are not allowed anymore on Yahoo!, but...
Posted on 04/03/03 @ 05:41 PM

Happy New Years!

Just an FYI, I'll be back updating tomorrow. I was off work on Monday/Tuesday, and I usually update this more when I'm at work checking my email more often (as...
Posted on 12/31/02 @ 08:16 PM

We're having a baby!

I have a rather large announcement (and this will hopefully get some of you who haven't bothered to call/write us for a while to start): Lydia and I are expecting...
Posted on 12/23/02 @ 09:12 PM

He came through OK, folks

An update, direct from Jake: "Hey there...surgery went fine, still in pain in back but lrg feels great. have wireless setup in room so I'm sort of funtional, cant type...
Posted on 12/18/03 @ 09:22 PM

Anybody have some wireless equipment to get rid of?

I need a PCMCIA card and an access point. E-mail me at jake at orty dot com if you have one you want to get rid of....
Posted on 04/19/03 @ 02:32 PM

Google Image Search in ASCII

A neat little tool that takes whatever search term you put into the box, sends it through a Google Images search, takes the first image that gets returned, and turns...
Posted on 08/20/04 @ 09:50 AM

My lifetime goal has been met

UtterlyBoring.com is now the number one result on Google for "Ortman". Granted, I'm on page five for "Jake" but it's better than it was. And I'm in the top ten...
Posted on 12/16/03 @ 02:53 PM

About This Site

Originally, Jake Ortman created a blog at jake.orty.com as a personal site that would host his resume, portfolio, and the like, but it's slowly blossomed into something bigger, and he's...
Posted on 02/01/03 @ 11:24 AM

World Domination

My goal of world domination is almost complete. I'm now in the top 2 for "ortman," #1 for "utterly" and "boring". Just need to hit the front page for "jake"...
Posted on 08/27/04 @ 08:47 PM

OK, I'm a dork

I've been wondering why my daily e-mails hadn't been getting sent out via Bloglet.So I logged into my account, and realized I still had my old server address in there...
Posted on 05/29/03 @ 10:04 PM

Free Sunriver WiFi Hotspot is (Officially) Live

I actually mentioned this earlier as kind of a side note, but I wanted to make sure things were running smoothly for a couple weeks before I dedicated a complete...
Posted on 07/09/06 @ 09:48 PM

Anybody have a used security camera enclosure?

I'm looking to mount a Web cam outside, and need something to keep it relatively weather proof. It can be cheap, beat up, etc... I just don't want to spend...
Posted on 02/03/03 @ 04:46 PM

My New Spam-Fighting Technique

Instead of calling "@" an "at" sign, I'm going to call it "strudel" like some Israeli writers do. Or you could call it sobaka, majmunsko, apestaart, Aff enschwanz, or dalphaengi...
Posted on 10/10/05 @ 09:11 AM

SWG = Big fight with wife

Ok, so Jake and Ken both tell me I'm pathetic. Here's why: I play Star Wars Galaxies too much. Over the weekend I played til 5 am one night. It's...
Posted on 07/02/03 @ 06:17 AM

If Architects Had To Work Like Web Designers

Or, why Jake doesn't design Web sites much anymore. Also read another version of this on Reddit....
Posted on 09/06/09 @ 04:25 PM

Dishwasher: Free To Good Home

I've got a Kenmore dishwasher sitting in my utility room. It works fine and cleans just dandy, but the springs on the door are broke, so the door weighs 20+...
Posted on 03/19/04 @ 02:04 PM

Frickin' Laptop - Part Deau

OK, it's official, the Dell is dead. Anybody want to buy a Dell Inspiron 7000 for parts? It's going on eBay, otherwise (along with the Tumbleweed that was for sale...
Posted on 12/22/02 @ 02:28 PM

Ever wondered which icons were the toughest?

If you're like me, you have a pile of icons on your desktop (e-mail me and I'll send you a screen shot of my desktop and all its 50+ icons)....
Posted on 01/17/03 @ 03:22 PM

Radio star uses dead pig as boat

Animal rights activists are furious after a Norwegian comedian attached an engine to a dead pig and used it a boat. Full Story. Thanks to Ole Valaker for the tip...
Posted on 07/03/03 @ 09:57 AM

Gosh, I Feel Special

Jen interviewed me for the COWPU site. So if you've wanted to know if I was a decent bowler, there's your answer. And if anybody else has some random questions...
Posted on 11/05/07 @ 05:16 PM

Jake Isn't Here Right Now

<machine voice>Hi. You've reached utterlyboring.com. The site's editor is currently unavailable to take your call. He was a moron and went to work today, despite being up most of last...
Posted on 03/21/06 @ 05:00 PM

Damn You Spamming Robots

Since 11:30PM last night and this morning, I've gotten over 420 540 620 "Undelivered Mail Returned To Sender" (and the like) messages in my inbox. Apparently some automated spamming robot...
Posted on 04/22/08 @ 09:20 AM
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