Posts filed under Nerds Ahoy!

May 5, 2010

Yee-haw!

So, I went to my site yesterday and got a database error. Since I just renewed my hosting with DreamHost, I assumed I had messed that up in some way. DreamHost makes it super handy to look this stuff up, but nothing seemed awry. They also have a site called Dreamhoststatus.com where you can go [...]

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February 2, 2010

Told ya.

(OK, fine, back to W-2s) Directly (!!!) from the Internal Revenue Service’s website: Why report tips to your employer? You must report tips to your employer so that: Your employer can withhold federal income tax and social security and Medicare taxes or railroad retirement tax (Right there! HA! In yo’ face, Tax Professional Ol’ Biddy!)

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June 9, 2009

The post with all the hilarious footnotes…

So, back in the day I had a Speak and Spell and a Speak and Math (or whatever the math version of the Speak and Spell was called*). I credit the Speak and Math with my ability to do simple math in my head. (I also credit my mother’s handy memory tricks such as “Refrigerator [...]

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May 26, 2009

Yes! They’re Still Lizards!

Maybe I’m just the biggest geek in Loser Town, but I am also VERY excited about this. I love, love, LOVE the original miniseries (both part 1 and part 2). Yea!

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April 9, 2009

Tried something new…

So, I have a pseudo-Bucket List. Instead of it being a list of cool things to do before I die, it’s a list of things that everyone else on planet Earth has done, that I haven’t yet. Currently on the list: drive a riding lawn mower, get in a bar fight (or maybe just a [...]

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February 4, 2009

and a final note…

Someone got to my little plot of Internet by googling “employer did not send out w2 by 1/31″. We were under no legal obligation to send out your W2 until yesterday, February 2. (Happy Groundhog Day, by the way). Most employers want them the hell out of their way long before the deadline (including me [...]

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December 1, 2008

an aside…

So, one of the days I was in KL, laineyd.com hit a new record for highest number of hits in a single day, beating the previous record on July 22 (I remember the date only because it’s Don Henley’s birthday and who can forget that? It’s like how my anniversary is the same as Bastille [...]

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August 31, 2008

Classifieds…

Free to good home, one MacBook. Answers to the name of “White Dog.” (No, not really, but I am writing this post in a valiant effort to not punt White Dog across the room. What is SO HARD about trying to change my desktop photo back to my picture of Blanche with my older nephew????) [...]

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July 15, 2008

White Dog’s new hookup…

and boy, is Scooby ever pissed! So yeah, I went to Best Buy at lunch and bought a new plug in thingie. Oh, sweet relief. I’m up to a 27% charge and I haven’t been so happy all day. Ack. In other, scarier, news, WordPress has just informed me that WordPress 2.6 is now available. [...]

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June 26, 2008

Can I tell you something, internet?

I love my Mac. I love that I can have two documents open at the same time and can scroll through either one, even the non-”dominant” one. Love it. I love that my mouse was a pain in the ass and all it took was 20 minutes at the Genius Bar for me to walk [...]

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