Archive for June, 2006
DSL is back
Posted by mep | Filed under tech
imagine a world where your DSL is out for over a month due to a stupid ‘error’! Imagine the joy of getting it back! For all the hastles I have been thru with AT&T, they sure did get my connection back quickly. It’s been about 3 days since I placed the order online…it’s running 2 [...]
acceptable use policy violation?
Posted by mep | Filed under rants
I just got this from PayPal today:
We require additional information about your account for the following reason(s):
Jun. 26, 2006: We have recently reviewed your account and have noticed that you are selling items on your website that violate our Acceptable Use Policy. We value you as a member of our community and wish to continue [...]
A nice live NoLimit score
Posted by mep | Filed under poker
I played the $80 (with 1 $50 rebuy) tournament at Ceasers yesterday. After 7 hours of play and getting down to 4 players, we made a deal that paid me an extra $600 to end the tournament and grab some grub.
I really wanted to play it out, as I have been playing a short table [...]
wordpress issues
Posted by mep | Filed under tech
Since moving to the new box, a few issues related to wordpress have surfaced.
Comments won’t work – so don’t even bother unless you have a need to be frustrated…as your secure image code entry will NEVER match the code in the image. seems to be generating fonts that are not becoming part of the [...]
Improve the game – pelase
Posted by mep | Filed under sports
This American has a few suggestions to make the World Cup better:
if it’s 0-0 after 90 minutes of play, keep going until someone scores or someone dies
nill-nill is not a way to ‘dress up’ a 0-0 draw
Cheerleaders – more cheerleaders please
The bonus/injury time is too warm and fuzzy – play over or around the fallen [...]
I’m playing the PokerStars Blogger tournament
Posted by mep | Filed under poker
I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers.Registration code: 6312321
Making 72 offsuit pocket AA
Posted by mep | Filed under Uncategorized, poker
I played a rather dull live tournament this weekend. The play was not dull because I wanted it to be, it ended up being dull because I have been so card dead. The good news is that I only lost one pot that I played past the turn, the bad news was that that lost [...]
it’s been a long few days
Posted by mep | Filed under rants, tech
Without much planning, I made a switch from a server located in my house, via a dsl connection, to a hosted machine. The lack of planning was due to the local phone company screwing up, then the dsl company screwing up. So what’s a boy to do? backup the box, transfer it [...]