ShowMeBlog

hnotebook.com is back live and in living color

Howard's Notebook and ShowMe Magazine
I just checked and both Howard's Notebook and ShowMe Magazine are back in operation.  I need to make sure my domain names do not expire.  I also need to make sure all my email goes to one place.  Right now I have to check a number of locations.  I am going to work on that today.
The problem in the past has been with domain names that I get with a new hosting service.  All my domain names I have set up with GoDaddy.Com and it makes it easy to have them all in one spot.  I can keep track of them better. 
So I am not sure what I will do about the others

See above we are back baby!  Smile.  What I am trying to do with Howard's Notebook is have a site that is not a blog.  My idea, as it was in 1982 when I started Howard's Notebook, is that it will be the place you find lists, reports, information and in depth information.  There are things that I want to post but do not belong in a "blog" and HNB is were I should post them.  Also sometimes we get lots of information on a subject and people keep coming to ShowMeBlog to get the information.  What I want to do is put all the information into a format that is easy to find, read, save, print, view, sent to others etc. 
I have not had a great deal of luck doing it.  It is a lot of hard work and no one helps me with the project.
So what is Howard's Notebook?  A site that began in 1982 as a bulletin board system (BBS) and is a collection of lists and information in depth on subjects that interest Jim Howard.

So then what in the hell is Show Me Magazine?  I wish the hell I knew!  I installed on it some "magazine" software for displaying information in "magazine" format.  But I am confused about how to use it with Joomla software.  They both have their own terms and each is confusing to me.
The idea, that my little mind came up with, was that I would take a subject and do it in magazine format.  Then all the information would be there and there would be a link that would be out there for people to find information on the subject.  The first "magazine" or issue I was going to create was information on penis size.  I know that is odd but ShowMeBlog has every 13 and 14 year old in the world coming to it to find out how big should their penis be and if "wanking" will make it bigger or smaller.  Then I was going to do an issue on a couple of medical subjects.  Well I am no writer.  I also jump from subject to subject.  I do not want to sit down and devote time to one subject. 
So what will Show Me Magazine end up being?  I have no idea.

Ong-bak Zatarain's Flying Daggers

HNotebook.Com OnLine in 9 Hours?

"The following domain name has been renewed successfully:

hnotebook.com (Expiry: 02-Jan-2008)

For Expired Domains only: If your domain name(s) was expired by the time we received your renewal order, the re-activation of expired domains will take about 48 hours to fully complete. Please note all expired domains were suspended and the configurations were reset to default. Upon re-activation, your domain's configuration will be restored to your settings..."
My two sites are still off line.  The hnotebook.com restore has not kicked in yet.  48 hours would be about 1800 hours today.  That is in about 9 hours. 

I was up doing my laundry at 0300 hours.  Russell never went to bed and was up all night and he had to be at work at 0700 hours today.
After he went to work I went and got the E-125 stuff.  The cradle was not even plugged into his computer.  Russell has the PC, I gave him my old PC, and he has a laptop computer. 

Zatarain's Food 

 
This is what I had for breakfast.  I have mentioned their food before.  Their food is excellent.  I do not own stock in the company and I do not get a commission.  I recommend Zatarain's food to you. 

I may get three DVDs today.  They are all videos that Russell put on the list.  I may not like any of the videos.
The videos are; "House of Flying Daggers", "New Police Story" and "Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior."

 

Cassiopeia Pocket PC

When I bought a Palm device I gave Russell my old Cassiopeia Pocket PC device.  A short time after I got the Palm device I needed money, to eat on during the month, and I sold the Palm device on eBay.
I have had some sort of PDA device for years.  I got the first Palm device when it came out.  I had a number of devices.  I depend on the devices because my memory is no good.  Even now I don't remember the address here and I have no idea what my own phone number is or anyone else's phone number.  I got one fucked up memory.  I am not sure what is wrong with my memory.  It is not something new because it has been this way all my life. 
After I sold the Palm device on eBay.  I then went..oh shit..I am fucked. 
Now if I am feeling bad and I am  walking the 3 blocks to the mail box I will take my billfold because it has my address in it.  I would hate to walk to the mail box and have a medical problem and I could not tell the police my address or my phone number.

I been hinting to Russell for a long time now for him to give me back the Cassioeia (E-125).  I had no luck with hinting.  I then asked him to give it to me.  I had no luck with asking.  Today he got himself one of the new video IPods, the one that has the 60 gig hard drive.  So today I tried begging him to give me back the E-125.  I guess since he had a new toy he was in a good mood and he said he would give it to me.

Well I had to remind him about five times today that he was going to give me E-125.  At around midnight he gave it to me.  But he has not given me the charger and all the other stuff yet.  He said he would give it to me later.

It needs a new back up battery (CR2032).  I did a check on line and CVS had it for $1.04 and CompUSA has it for $2.99 and it is $4.99 at Radio Shack.  I got a feeling that you pay a lot extra for a great many things from Radio Shack.

NPR Corporation = Spammer

The following came from The Lowly Seer:

"Annoying spammer    

            

I'm getting daily spam on my admin address of lotusmatrix.net. It's coming from
[144.132.53.56] (helo=CPE-144-132-53-56.vic.bigpond.net.au)
which is owned by Aussie telecoms giant, Telstra. I've sent the details to their abuse address. Let's see if they do anything about it. They're forging my own admin address as the return which makes it particularly annoying.

nice...

email advertise like this to 8,000,000 people this week for free..

http://www.emailadvertisinginc.com/


the above noncommercial offer is only for noncommercial
charities only.  press on charity info on our web site for full
and complete details. this offer is not a commercial service
and is not at all for sale or lease or trade of any kind.

I have, of course, broken the link, I'm not doing anything that aids spammers or businesses that employ them. According to the whois details, it's owned by a certain Liu Fei in China. However, according to their website they're:

NPR Corporation Headquarters
Located In The Heart of the Downtown Business District Located in Seattle, Washington, USA.

Corporate Address:
NPR Corporation
1001 4th Ave - #1259
Seattle, WA 98111
United States of America    "

Shut Down NPR Founder Now!

OK Everyone One Let Us Take Action Now

"Meet the spam king himself on Feb. 7 - don't forget your tire iron!"

"NPR is having a seminar on custom emailings - see link and copy below -

http://emailadvertisinginc.com/customemailings-inline.html

• 02/03/07 - Email Marketing Seminar & Private Consults / Las Vegas, NV
The Founder of NPR; Rated One of the Largest & Most Successful Email Broadcasting Companies In The World; Speaks On How Email Marketing Can Immediately Transform Your Business Into A Multi-Million Dollar Powerhouse Overnight. Seating Available.

• 04/15/07 - NPR Corporation Expansion
Due to Our Ever Expanding Company, Plans Are Set In Motion to Open Up a New Larger Corporate Office in Downtown Seattle, WA. Customers Please RSVP For an Invitation
to Attend Our Re-Grand Opening Gala Event Party at The Downtown Seattle Waterfront.

Geographically Targeted and Interest Targeted Email Advertising

With 157,800,000+ Permission-Based Opt-In Emails at Our Access From Over 185 Countries & Territories (From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe) and 600+ Targeted Interest Categories to Choose From, We Can Help You. Contact Us For a Quote Today!

Looking For Customized Email Solutions?

Here at NPR; Rated the #1 Email Broadcasting Corporation in the World, With Over 10 Years of Experience in Email Marketing, We Have All Your Email Marketing Solutions. Everything From VIP Professional Consultations With the CEO to Our "Fly Out Package"; Where We Send a Staff Member to Set Up Your Entire Email Broadcasting Operation. Contact Us Today!"

  OK it looks like Las Vegas in the city to get our hands on this low life scum.  He has broken federal laws here in the United States and I am not sure how many state laws.
  Keep in mind that just as all of his have been hurt by the guy that we are not alone in this.. law enforcement, judges, news people everyone has lost money, time and sleep because of this ass hole and his crime organization.
  We know were they are going to be now.  God I wish I lived in Las Vegas. 

   First of all how about we have someone that lives in Las Vegas go in peson to the FBI office and talk to them about this matter.  Also and we can do the following maybe by email and telephone call all the local TV stations and first try and talk to their investigative reporter if they have one and tell them the story and ask for them to do something.

   What else should we do about this guy?  Could someone or a group get a court order to serve on them at this time.  Having them all arrested at the meeting would be great.

   Let's nail this son of a bitch.  We have laws in the United States and most states have laws and he has broke them all.  Let send his ass to jail.

   Anyone got any idea?  How can we nail him?

   Are there any computer clubs in Las Vegas that we can contact?  We need to shut this guy down.  I am sick and tired of all the crap that he sends out.

Ken Master of the Seahawk

Hard To Get Things Done
It is hard to get anything done when I keep getting disconnected.  Today the Internet or my computer is slow.  Things are just not loading like they should.. It is a pain in the butt.
I should just turn off the computer and watch TV.


Ken got the boat that he ordered.  It is much smaller than the last one.
Remember the last one it was hard for Ken, Russ and I to carry it and
get it in the water. 
Soon as Ken gets this thing filled with air you can bet I will be taking
a lot of photos. 

I been feeling a little bit better the last day or two (health). 
It feels like things are not going right however.. The problem with the domain name.  The sites don't look right.  Internet service starting to suck again. 
I got two many irons in the fire.  I got too many web site.  I am signed up with too many video sites.  Even the Blockbuster videos seem slow now.  Plus I can not find any videos that I want to see.  I got too many little monthly fees that pop up all the time.  I need to cut some of them out.  I need to decide on which VOiP I am going t use.  I am signed up with Yahoo and AOL. 
I need a break.  I need to get out of the house.

Solid Hosting

Will I get hnotebook.com back?

I been using Solid Hosting as the hosting site for hnotebook.com.  I have got excellent service from them.  They are even on Yahoo IM and I can send them a message to get help.
I sent them an IM on Yahoo and I got this back:

Solid Hosting: If you would like to renew your domains, please follow there steps:

1. Go to http://www.active-domain.com/renew-domain.htm
2. Enter the domain(s) you want to renew
3. Select number of year you wish to renew for each domain
4. Continue on to our payment page
5. Make payment at our Worldpay site
6. Print out or save the payment receipt at the payment confirmation page

So I did it and they say it can take 48 hours to get the domain back.  I don't think I cam going to get it back.  I think the other company has the domain and they are going to hold it for ransom. 
I think this other company, not Active-Domain, is setup to grab expiring domains and the offer them for sale at very high prices.  It is a good racket if you think about it.  I suspect I am not the only person in the world that has so many domains and so many sites and so much going on in his life that he has a domain name expire.
I hope I get it back.  I hope Solid Hosting is correct but I don't think I will get it back.

If I get it back then the two sites that I have set up will be just right back to normal and months of work that I put into them will not have gone to waste.
I bet if I don't get hnotebook.com back that I can have Solid Hosting point some other domain to those sites. 

Expired Domain Name: hnotebook.com!

Problems just never seem to end
I woke up today and started checking my sites.  I do that each day.  I went to Howard's Notebook and bang I found this screen:

I guess the domain name expired.  I do not remember getting any
messages about it.  In fact most of my domain names are with GoDaddy
but it appears now that this one was not with them.
The hosting company that I had this pointed too must have been the
were I got the domain name and was hosting with them.
It looks like NOW the domain name is being held by a company called:
Afternic.Com  I suspect they are not going to just want to register
the domain name at a normal fee.  My guess is they think they have
something of value and they will want me to ransom it.
We will see!

By the way losing this domain, at this time, takes off line two of my
sites; Howard's Notebook and HNB Magazine.
I will try and buy back hnotebook.com from Afternic.Com but I am not
going to pay a ransom for it. I am not going to allow them to fuck me
over.
I will get Howard's Notebook and HNB Magazine back on line here in a
few hours.  It looks like they will have new domain names at this point.
 

Seducing Dr. Lewis

 

I watched "Grande Seduction, La" ("Seducing Dr. Lewis") today. 

"Plot Outline: A much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the reisdents of the tiny fishing village St. Marie-La-Mauderne, provided they can lure a doctor to take up full-time residency on the island. Inspired, the villagers devise a scheme to make Dr. Christopher Lewis a local..."
I watched all of the movie.  It put a smile on my face a couple of times.  I guess I would rate it a 4 on a scale of 1 to 10.

Featured Video on LiveVideo

I like LiveVideo - Smile
Last night I signed  up for LiveVideo and was trying to upload some videos.  That is when the Internet problems began.  I was getting disconnected.  I had problems uploading videos and only got two of them uploaded.  One was a video about where I was when JFK was killed.  I attempted to put in how I felt at the time.  I had uploaded that video to YouTube and as of today 267 people watched it on YouTube. (It has been on YouTube for well over a month.)
Well LiveVideo made my video a "featured" video on their site.  So less than 24 hours after I posted it  725 people have watched it on LiveVideo.