http://www.ultralog.net Stuff Mon, 26 May 2008 04:51:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en John Cow is having a COWPETITION to see who can launch a new blog and sell it for the most money on SitePoint. The Cow is cowpeting against Garry Conn, who looks like he needs to upgrade/pay his hosting: Some really good prizes are being given away, like the Affiliate Elite ... http://www.ultralog.net/internet-stuff/john-cow-competition.html Well, hopefully the tax deadline came and went without any major distasters for everyone, and hopefully everyone filed their taxes (or an extension) so that they can get their stimulus payment. I'm wondering if anyone has any tax deadline horror stories? Feel free to share in the comments! http://www.ultralog.net/money-stuff/any-tax-deadline-horror-stories.html The government has been nice enough to offer us stimulus payments this year in order to give our sluggish economy a boost. All you have to do is file you taxes. The IRS will do the rest, including calculating the stimulus amount and determining if you're eligible or not. But you have to ... http://www.ultralog.net/money-stuff/make-sure-you-file-your-taxes-to-get-your-stimulus-payment.html This is one crazy contest. You've probably already heard about the Winning the Web's huge contest, now with over $8000 $9000 $12,000 $13,000 in prizes. If you haven't checked out the contest lately, it's one sweet pack of prizes to be given away. Since I wouldn't mind winning one of them, I'll go ... http://www.ultralog.net/cool-stuff/ultracontest-at-winning-the-web-the-craziest-damn-thing-on-the-net-right-now.html Where, oh where, have my newest releases gone? I really like Netflix, don't get me wrong. But for some reason, they've removed a feature that I used almost exclusively to select my movies for what I wanted to watch. It used to be that you could browse New Releases by a ... http://www.ultralog.net/bad-stuff/my-beef-with-netflix.html Your results: You are Superman Superman 70% Green Lantern 65% The Flash 55% Spider-Man 50% Supergirl 50% Robin 50% Hulk 45% Wonder Woman 35% Batman 30% Catwoman 30% Iron Man 25% You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others. Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test http://www.ultralog.net/fun-stuff/ultraman-or-superman.html You're probably aware that there was a full lunar eclipse the other night (Wednesday). I was able to capture a great picture as the moon was totally engulfed by the Earth's shadow: Hey, it was dark. ;) And in case you're wondering, yes, this IS an actual picture I took of the ... http://www.ultralog.net/fun-stuff/awesome-picture-of-the-full-lunar-eclipse.html I've uploaded a new theme (even though that default wordpress template is just B-E-Autiful!), which I really like, but it needs a little housekeeping. The title is an image, so I've got to edit that. Hmmm, logo time? Prolly not...That quote at the top right isn't mine, it's just a snarky ... http://www.ultralog.net/stuff/a-new-theme-but-it-needs-a-little-housekeepingfeedback-welcome.html Wordpress.com announced yesterday that they have upgraded everybody's WordPress.com free upload storage capacity to 3,000 MB, or 3 gigabytes - for free! The previous limit was just 50 MB. Of course, those of us that host our own blogs get what we pay for, but for those on WordPress.com, that's a pretty ... http://www.ultralog.net/internet-stuff/wordpresscom-announces-3-gb-of-upload-storage.html It wasn't that long ago that I mentioned the release of the beta version of PHPLD 3.3, but the final version is already out! Good news! Check out the release. http://www.ultralog.net/internet-stuff/phpld-33-final-version-released.html