This is a new federal law: you have to be given 1 free credit report from each of the 3 big agencies once per year. In the past, they were required to give you on if you were denied credit, but now they have to provide one free per year just for the asking.
I am in the process of printing out my Experian report right now. I am also going to print the reports from the other two. I decided to print all three at once to compare them, but I can see the benefits of printing one every 4 months instead...
https://www.annualcreditreport.com/ is the site.
I checked their security certificate to make sure it is not a scam site. They have the same certificate company that I use, VeriSign, and I know how hard it was for me to get a VeriSign certificate. I trust that this is a legitimate site. They asked for a ton of identifying info, but not my email address. That's good, no extra spam on top of the hundred or so I get a day.
June 18, 2005
June 9, 2005
JenH.org up
We're finally beginning to get things sorted out over in the JenH.org data center. :)
Her site should be available again, but some pages may not display properly or at all. I thought it was better to put it back up on the net mostly fixed so that her visitors would be able to see at least the most recent stuff.
More repairs upcoming!
Her site should be available again, but some pages may not display properly or at all. I thought it was better to put it back up on the net mostly fixed so that her visitors would be able to see at least the most recent stuff.
More repairs upcoming!
June 8, 2005
JenH.org down
UPDATE: JenH.org is up. See this.
JenH.org is down due to problems with the Internet Connection on her server. Since all the pictures on my site are hosted on her server, my pictures are not displaying either.
I'm working on the problem, and hope to have it back up by the weekend.
Sorry for the trouble!!!
-DH
JenH.org is down due to problems with the Internet Connection on her server. Since all the pictures on my site are hosted on her server, my pictures are not displaying either.
I'm working on the problem, and hope to have it back up by the weekend.
Sorry for the trouble!!!
-DH
June 6, 2005
A good funny
This is from my friend Fred. What a font of forwarded humour.
A man appeared before St. Peter at the pearly gates.
"Have you ever done anything of particular merit?" St Peter asked.
"Well, I can think of one thing," the man offered. "Once, on a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota, I came upon a gang of high-testosterone bikers, who were threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. "
"So, I approached the largest and most heavily tattooed biker and smacked him on the head, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground."
I yelled, "Now, back off!! Or you'll answer to me!"
St. Peter was impressed: "When did this happen?"
"Just a couple minutes ago."
A man appeared before St. Peter at the pearly gates.
"Have you ever done anything of particular merit?" St Peter asked.
"Well, I can think of one thing," the man offered. "Once, on a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota, I came upon a gang of high-testosterone bikers, who were threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. "
"So, I approached the largest and most heavily tattooed biker and smacked him on the head, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground."
I yelled, "Now, back off!! Or you'll answer to me!"
St. Peter was impressed: "When did this happen?"
"Just a couple minutes ago."
June 5, 2005
Router
Doh! My Internet connection is really acting up. I think it's my Linksys Wireless G router. I am going to upgrade the firmware and hope for the best. If that doesn't fix it, I'm switching to Earthlink.
June 4, 2005
RuneScape
My friend Aurelia just told me about RuneScape. It's a cool (and free) online RPG done all in Java. http://www.RuneScape.com.
http://www.zert0.net/ seems to have a lot of info on the game, but I'm not sure if it a fansite or somehow part of the game...
Fun, but takes a long time to do things. Guess that's good!!!
http://www.zert0.net/ seems to have a lot of info on the game, but I'm not sure if it a fansite or somehow part of the game...
Fun, but takes a long time to do things. Guess that's good!!!
Pictures from Larry
Here are some nice pix from Jen's Grandfather. I can just imagine sitting on the banks of the Guadalupe river...
Click for BIG versions
Sound from http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/. Press Escape to cut it off. ^_^
Click for BIG versions
Sound from http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/. Press Escape to cut it off. ^_^
IE Maximized
I'm always annoyed by Internet Explorer opening up in a small window, even after I repeatedly set it to maximized before I close it. Today, I got fed up and did some googling. Here's what I found and it solved the problem:
One of the most aggravating things about IE is that it won't always open full screen. The fix is easy! Right click on your Internet Explore shortcut and click on properties, select the shortcut tab. Select run, click on the dropdown menu and select run maximized. Click Apply, OK and that's it!
(from http://www.marthas-web.com/internetexplorer.htm)
Now, I use the launch bar IE icon, and you can do this process on that, but I don't think you can do it on the one in XP's start menu or the default one on the desktop. If you just make a shortcut to one of those, I think you can edit the properties of the shortcut and use that.
I also have what I consider to be the convenience of conveniences: an icon to open a new, blank IE window so I can quickly type in a site without having to wait for my homepage to come up. I create a shortcut to IExplore.exe (which is located in "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" for me) and then I make a minor change in the shortcut properties. In the target box, add about:blank to the end so that you have
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" about:blank
If you combine this with the maximize trick above, you get a beautiful, empty window to take you anywhere you want to go. You could also put a URL there, I guess, but there are other ways to do that that may be better than this.
I'm just happy as a clam now. Thanks, Mahhhtha's Web!
One of the most aggravating things about IE is that it won't always open full screen. The fix is easy! Right click on your Internet Explore shortcut and click on properties, select the shortcut tab. Select run, click on the dropdown menu and select run maximized. Click Apply, OK and that's it!
(from http://www.marthas-web.com/internetexplorer.htm)
Now, I use the launch bar IE icon, and you can do this process on that, but I don't think you can do it on the one in XP's start menu or the default one on the desktop. If you just make a shortcut to one of those, I think you can edit the properties of the shortcut and use that.
I also have what I consider to be the convenience of conveniences: an icon to open a new, blank IE window so I can quickly type in a site without having to wait for my homepage to come up. I create a shortcut to IExplore.exe (which is located in "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" for me) and then I make a minor change in the shortcut properties. In the target box, add about:blank to the end so that you have
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" about:blank
If you combine this with the maximize trick above, you get a beautiful, empty window to take you anywhere you want to go. You could also put a URL there, I guess, but there are other ways to do that that may be better than this.
I'm just happy as a clam now. Thanks, Mahhhtha's Web!
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