tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127099122011-08-01T14:04:43.138-04:00This blog has moved! You should be redirected in five... four... three... two...Bentnoreply@blogger.comBlogger641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709912.post-1135186969621764812005-12-21T12:33:00.000-05:002005-12-21T19:50:33.700-05:00

It's done enough to share, but there is still some stuff to do. Actually, it will probably never be done, but just evolve. Check it out, and update links please.evilkirkI'm going to leave 'benzine' here on Blogger as the archive of previous messages. I tried to transfer them over to my database, which worked, it was just that the css situation was fubar, so I backed them all out (that was part

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I have not blogged a blog in a long while. That is because I'm moving this blog to a hosted page I've set up, and I have been working on that. It will actually look very similar to this one (at first), and will feature the same riveting content you've come to expect.I will post that address here, as I get closer to completion.Have a nice day.

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"Benzine" has grown on me. And just by having it as the title of this page, I'm getting hits from all over the world looking for a flammable carcinogenic liquid. Nice. So I went see what tld's might be available and ".us" is open. It's the country suffix for united states, of course, so I thought "great, I'll get that". Come to find out that in order to get a dot us you have to be a citizen. Not

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Thought this was mildly funny until I realized you had to enter searches backwards, then it was suoiralih.elgooG

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Changed hit trackers. Now using StatCounter. Really like SiteMeter's 80x15 atipixel button option, but their load time seemed abit slow. StatCounter is quick, its button is simple while having configurable colors, and they even offer an 'invisible' option. Oh, and their stats are great too.

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Various tweaks at unit-1 dot com: Front page resembles test pattern more closely White page updated, added spurl feed Updated logo link button (Grey page) Rehauled About page, new nav and more variations Having trouble getting styles on White page to match in both FF & IE, but what's new?

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My boss at work is getting a promotion. This is great; the office has needed a shake up. But I'm not sure what it means for me yet. This move makes him the boss, head honcho, king dingaling. So the questions become: Am I expected to replace him? And would I want to?I came into this job thinking of it as a risky career move, and I'd say it's worked out well. My main criteria for getting involved

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You see alot of these things around: take a quiz and they'll tell you which [whatever] you are. Of course they're hooey, but I thought this one was mildly clever while being overtly geeky. And I found the result strangely familiar. Hmm...Which File Extension are You?

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Recently updated the 'red' page at unit-1 dot com to be less of a wish/brag-list. It now features more practical reflections on my experiences as a good consumer. This also means it should have fresher content more often (the previous stuff had been there since forever).unit-1.com /red

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I liked using Furl, but I 've found something new that I prefer... Spurl. They are very similar, but there are a few things I like better about Spurl.net: Its servers seem alot faster, and my blog page loads quicker. It has an automatic del.icio.us feature. Their site looks better. They do not use a rating system. Styling the script feed was less quirky. So it's

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A new style for my blog page. Trying to stay consistent with an updated logo I did for my unit-1 site. I'm just not sure it all makes sense together yet; but then again, who gives a shit?It's a hobby.

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Back when I was but a teen, I was really into the Canadian rock band Saga. They had a mild hit on American radio with "On The Loose" from their Worlds Apart album. I got into their subsequent album Heads or Tails and their next, Behaviour, before shipping off to college, my Saga days behind me.A few years ago I picked up a disc in a bargain bin for something like $3, Saga's A Beginner's Guide to

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I changed the site name to "Benzine" last week sometime (seemed clever enough), and found something very interesting as I perused the visitor info provided me by sitemeter. Some referrals were coming from search engines, and this very page you're reading comes up #1 when benzine is seached on MSN! Not sure what good that is, being that this is just some lame personal weblog, but it's kinda cool

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At work today, one of my co-workers called another of my co-workers "schoolboy", something like: what are you, a schoolboy? This was meant as a derogatory term. I have not heard this expression in many years (when I was in fact referred to as a schoolboy), and it struck me as hilarious. I'm not sure, but I think it was the 70's precursor to the 80's "nerd" or the 90's "geek", and now out of

Bentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709912.post-1128798257643404452005-10-08T13:58:00.000-05:002005-10-13T12:27:17.023-05:00

Check out the "furled" box at the bottom of the sidebar. Sort of like del.icio.us, and others. I'll keep this one here as long as I'm trying it out. Now, assuming I remember to furl sites I like, this blog remains updated automatically. Does anyone use bookmarking sites, and have any preferences?UPDATE: Moved "furled" up a bit in the sidebar.

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I was screwing around in my profile, seeing what settings changed what, and apparently I am now "Bent". I changed it back in the settings but it still shows up that way. Good thing I didn't change it to what I was thinking...

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It's hard to see from the pictures, but the area they are clearing is huge. This is part of an arboretum (near my house), whose selling of acreage along our main thoroughfare has been a big local controversy. The lawyers aren't even done yet, and they're clearing the trees. Apparently we *really* need another mega homecenter, discount clothing store and franchise restaurant. At least I might

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Came across this site about product placement. Despite being tired of advertising as I ranted previously, I'm getting a kick out of this site. brandchannel.com - brandcameo

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An excuse to make another button.

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Was watching CNN about the evacuations ahead of the approaching Rita, and the emphasis of the report was an accident involving a bus. There was fire, and I think one or more were killed. Tragic? Yes. But they were presenting it as if it was someone's fault that there was an auto accident. I mean no disrespect (except maybe to CNN) but how can that possibly be the main story? 10 people injured, 2

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Someone at work told me about this, and I didn't believe it til I tried it. Go to google, type in "failure", and hit the I'm feeling lucky button. Hilarious, and kind of eerie at the same time.

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I am sick and tired of advertising.The average american is exposed to around 3,000 individual marketing impressions each day. Of course this depends on how you define impressions, along with many other factors. But the conventional "wisdom" in advertising bears this out. Look around you right now; personally, I'm typing on my Gateway keyboard, looking at my Dell monitor, next to my Scotch tape

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A graphic I made in 2001 for my old website. I also made a little flash movie based on a common email 'joke' that was going around. Peace... yeah, right.

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Does anyone remember music videos? Artists would take their songs and have a visual presentation produced to go over top of it. Was an interesting concept. What does the "M" in Mtv stand for anyway? At least you can catch a video on VH1 occasionally, as long as it's one of the twenty they're choosing to show this year.In 1981, I was living in the middle of the desert in Southern California. I was

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I watched yet another CBS special on hurricane issues, and it ended with a look at New Orleans music and culture. Kind of weird to think of it as city that I always intended to go to, as if it was too late now. They will put it back together, no doubt.And as I sat there watching the program, dousing my Zatarain's rice with Tabasco sauce, it occured to me that maybe I should check on the effect of

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I'm addicted to making buttons. Especially the 80x15 "antipixel" variety, like the ones on the right (I made about half of those). Not sure why I'm getting such a kick out of it, there's really nothing in it for me. I have posted some I made for my site, and I'm thinking about putting together a more comprehensive gallery of any others I might make, nothing like this though.Here's one to get

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Not-so-young Americans at US OpenAgassi rolls into US Open fourth roundBeing the huge sportsfan that I am not, I still like to see Agassi doing well. An inspiration for balding 30-somethings everywhere.

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Satellite Images from NOAAInteresting page indexing post-hurricane images. Gives you a sense how BIG the situation really is.

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Ctrl+Alt+BenI think it's coming together nicely. Apparently I'm more interested in learning CSS than dispersing any actual information, useful or otherwise. Stay tuned.

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Made it to the circus last night, and enjoyed it alot, a little to my surprise. Would have been better if there was a good crowd. The remnants of katrina were centered overhead, and it was raining like hell. The tent- excuse me, big top, was set up in a field at the fairgrounds and was just one huge mud pit. So I think it thwarted the ambitions of many a casual circus-goer. My favorite part? Two

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The circus is in town. Haven't been to one since I was a kid. Looking forward to it in a way. This should be good one too. I actually met with them here at the station when they were placing some advertising, and if you've never met circus folk just know that they are a different breed. Now I just have to remember to watch out for elephant, tiger, and all kinds of shit. Literally.

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StumbleUpon - Structured, Random SurfingIf you're an internet addict like me, and you haven't checked out StumbleUpon, then I have a great idea: check it out. Kind of like del.icio.us, but it's easier to use, and seems to skew to the darker side of the net (if that's of interest to you). It's not another journal to keep, or moblog you have to figure out, it pretty much takes care of itself.

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Promised myself not to use any lyrics from the Canadian power trio, Rush, whilst blogging, and I'm not.. quit applauding. However there are many truths (and riddles) embedded therein, and I could use a good dose 'round about now. Suffice it to say that my name is prince and when it come to funk, I am the junky.

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I have no idea if anyone actually comes by here, but I have turned comments back on. Please leave a message, whatever it is, and be sure to tell your friends and loved ones. This is still just an extension of my internet hobby, not a forum for solving all the the world's ills. I am new to this, and would welcome any input, as long as you're nice about it. If this blogging-stuff is as simple as it

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One of the bigger liquor stores in my littler town finally decided to carry Chili Beer. I have missed this stuff since I came back from California. It's a smaller brewery in Arizona that bottles a whole pepper into a simple pilsner. It is HOT, so you drink more of the cold beer, which is HOT... Excellent.

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I couldn't stand it. Had to make this page look like I wanted it to. Lots of tweaking of an existing Blogger template, yielded the page you see here. I kinda like it, and it fits in with my 'personal homepage' design. Of course I'll continue to mess with it... Now if only I'd post some regular, actual content.

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del.icio.us

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What's worse than a blogger who forgets to blog, letting his posted blogs become stale?... A blogger who comes back with a self-aware blog about not blogging, like it's some apology for the lack of blogness.

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Google Sightseeing » Post Archive » UFO

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thepictureofeverything.com

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Crazy Rabbit

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YELLOW SNOW FROM PANLOGIC

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Bubble Wrap

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Guess-the-google

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Mozilla Update :: CustomizeGoogle - All Releases

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Word Color

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Movie mistakes - goofs, bloopers, pictures, quotes and trivia from thousands of movies

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When Elvis Met Nixon

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LJ Images

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Robs Blog: Gmail Tools & Plugins

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DynAdvance Email Notification Tool

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ThinkExist quotations

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Google Groups : alt.music.rush

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Small rockets for a small planet

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Evansville Courier & Press Ghost Cam

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Lawyer leads double life as porn star - Yahoo! News

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Stewardesses Calendar - Available Now

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Television Without Pity » 24check out other shows too.

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SomaFM: Listener Supported, Commercial Free Internet Radiogive your winamp something to do.

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Spread Firefox - Igniting the web look out internet explorer.

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Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharingthis is what i'm using to post photos online. works well. easy to understand. posts to blogger. and it's free (for now).you should also check out picasa for sorting and viewing pictures on your harddrive. very slick program, and it can also post to blogger.

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this is my first "blog". hooray. what i intend to do with this page is simply post things of interest to me, with perhaps a comment or two. it will be stuff i find on the web, stuff from other media, and stuff from realspace. the emphasis will be on photos and links, some photos will be ones i've taken along the way.so, this is pretty much my plan. please let me know what you think.

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