http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summaryMon, 05 Mar 2007 21:10:52 +0000http://blog.martinburch.commartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)Blogger115http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summary/111812083874136022Tue, 07 Jun 2005 05:03:00 +00002005-06-06T23:09:18.990-06:00All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Video Games 1. Look both ways before you go. This may seem an obvious point but how many of us have played with that one gung-ho gamer who loves to rush in, guns blazing, just to wind up dead three seconds later? This is a lesson that's just as applicable in real life. Crossing the street for example, or entering a conference room before a meeting - case ithttp://blog.martinburch.com/2005/06/thesis-and-antithesis.htmmartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summary/111656884142639550Fri, 20 May 2005 05:55:00 +00002005-05-20T00:00:41.430-06:00Smart Aleck Answer #4: A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store, but she couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?" The stock boy replied, "No ma'am, they're dead." - The Things We Think and Do Not Say (blog) As you might imagine, the stories of Alecks 1, 2, 3, and 5 are also in Seoh's latest blog post. And http://blog.martinburch.com/2005/05/mambo-er-smart-aleck-5.htmmartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summary/111640302623008924Wed, 18 May 2005 07:53:00 +00002005-05-18T01:57:06.233-06:00I've just finished the setup and put a bunch of posts on Laughing Stock, my new blog that pokes fun at the BBC news website's funny photo choices. http://www.martinburch.com/bbcphotos/ I spend tonight developing my latest creation, and while I can't exactly shout "it's alive! it's alive! alive!!!" I am pretty proud of it. And with user involvement, it could become much more alive than it is http://blog.martinburch.com/2005/05/hard-work-pays-off.htmmartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summary/111621924578647895Mon, 16 May 2005 04:34:00 +00002005-05-15T22:54:05.790-06:00So, I'm deleting my bookmarks and I'll never read Mr. M's journal again. Hopefully, everyone else will do the same, and he'll end up talking to himself — exactly what he deserves for shutting out the feedback of the community. - Me, Blogger Martin Burch Remember back when I complained about a blog that stopped allowing comments? Remember when I perdicted that ending commenting would spell demisehttp://blog.martinburch.com/2005/05/oh-irony.htmmartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summary/111595449278082183Fri, 13 May 2005 03:18:00 +00002005-05-12T21:21:32.783-06:00This website has been created as part of a project for Mr. Hensley's AP Language and Composition class. - Catch 22: A Novel Website by Martin Burch http://www.martinburch.com/upload/publish/index.html I used Microsoft Publisher's website creator function to create this snazzy site. If it wasn't fixed width, I could wholehartedly recommend using Publisher again in the future.http://blog.martinburch.com/2005/05/website-by-publisher.htmmartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summary/111553900113993130Sun, 08 May 2005 07:54:00 +00002005-05-08T01:56:41.143-06:00As promised in the podcast: Canyon.mid Arrangement: http://virt.vgmix.com/index.php?p=32 Remix Reading: http://www.remixreading.org/node/154http://blog.martinburch.com/2005/05/tcp-podcast-050507-show-notes.htmmartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summary/111553465543366933Sun, 08 May 2005 06:41:00 +00002005-05-08T00:50:21.346-06:00"Uh, um, er, well, so like, you know, I mean, uh, yeah" - words spouted by podcasters everywhere But not by me, because I've taken a bit of time to write up a script for my next podcast. Plus my friend Curbie has developed some theme music, and I have my own "Boing!" sound effect (think Daily Source Code) ... it's the great sound of a pencil scratching thoughts on a piece of paper. It's http://blog.martinburch.com/2005/05/more-professional-podcasting.htmmartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summary/111527514481078610Thu, 05 May 2005 06:27:00 +00002005-05-05T18:02:47.370-06:00(will you teach a wretch to live straighter than a needle) ask her ask when (ask and ask and ask again and) ask a brittle little person fiddling in the rain e.e.cummings Lookey, using the tag, I can display preformatted texts, notably e.e.cummings poetry. That should be a big help to my friend the alpha noodle over at Carpe Verbum, who's trying to http://blog.martinburch.com/2005/05/benefits-of-html-tag.htmmartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summary/111528069493675590Thu, 05 May 2005 08:09:00 +00002005-05-05T17:09:22.050-06:00A new breed of smartass - English 3 AP classmate Boredom, talent, and "a new breed of smartass" come together to create a useless presentation on the Iceberg Analogy. My English teacher keeps using it, so I finally snapped, went totally mad, and made a presentation about it. It's not perfect -- nothing created at 1:30 AM while suffering from lack of sleep ever is -- but there is a slim chance http://blog.martinburch.com/2005/05/new-breed-of-smartass.htmmartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summary/111512949871764742Tue, 03 May 2005 14:07:00 +00002005-05-03T08:13:50.510-06:00Watch that wall, John. Someone put a building there while you weren't looking. - Construction Worker at Santa Fe High School I overheard this great quote on my way to the library, passing by the large renovation project that is turning the old library into the new administration building. John was smoothing some concrete with a board on a very long pole.http://blog.martinburch.com/2005/05/watch-that-wall-john.htmmartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summary/111508887647165497Tue, 03 May 2005 02:51:00 +00002005-05-02T20:54:36.473-06:00Not a long, boring, rambling podcasting session, mind you. Just a little snippet of info for you to insert between other podcasts or take a minute of your day for. XML url (paste into your ipodder of choice) http://martinburch.com/podcasts/snip.xmlhttp://blog.martinburch.com/2005/05/chewed-pencil-goes-podcasting.htmmartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summary/111424156916113329Sat, 23 Apr 2005 07:27:00 +00002005-04-23T01:32:49.160-06:00 The Santa Fe High baseball team rakes the baselines after a recent game home game against the Monzano Monarchs. I've a lot more photos of the game, I'll post those this weekend.http://blog.martinburch.com/2005/04/surreal-baseball.htmmartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summary/111331686703339985Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:27:00 +00002005-04-12T08:41:07.036-06:00If You're in IT, You'll get it. - PCWeenies slogan First, my latest discovery, the PC Weenies comic webstrip: Current strip and complete archive: http://pcweenies.org Next, a old-time favorite, PC and Pixel by Tak Bui: Latest comic and 30-day archive of this syndicated strip: http://www.unitedmedia.com/wash/pcnpixel/index.htmlhttp://blog.martinburch.com/2005/04/comic-strips.htmmartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summary/111260176162644531Mon, 04 Apr 2005 07:40:00 +00002005-04-09T14:08:49.933-06:00When a new system is purchased and the shipping carton is opened and the system or monitor has obvious damage, fails to power up, or fails diagnostics, the product is considered "dead-on-arrival" or "DOA". — IBM Support The Ibuypower computer I ordered arrived in DOA condition. The monior has sustained some serious shipping and possibly preshipping damage. Not only are the electron guns http://blog.martinburch.com/2005/04/new-computer-dead-on-arrival.htmmartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10824947/posts/summary/111307722915329578Sat, 09 Apr 2005 19:58:00 +00002005-04-09T14:07:09.153-06:00And you though Burger King's Subservient Chicken was odd ... Now Microsoft's (D)Evolving into Dinosaurs: http://www.microsoft.com/office/evolve/stayingconnected.mspxhttp://blog.martinburch.com/2005/04/microsoft-weirdness.htmmartin@martinburch.com (Martin Burch)