live from Huntsville, Alabama
Thu
Aug 14
2008


Mon
Jul 28
2008

Go find a block of text (from a book or new article). Post in into this website and you'll be reading faster.

http://www.spreeder.com/

(William.Shatner.would.probably.be.proud)

Fri
Jul 25
2008

The Adventures of Emma

No, she didn't jump on the TV. Heaven forbid her to jump on the TV...

Fri
Jul 11
2008

Gmail is one of the greatest webmail services on the planet.  One thing that has made Gmail so great is it's ability to keep spam out of your INBOX.  Rarely do I get spam in my Gmail inbox.

However, I still get the Spam mail.  It automatically goes into Gmail's "Spam" folder.

Lately, I've been getting twenty to thirty pieces of Spam in my Spam folder each day.  This has resulted in over a thousand unread email in my Spam folder.   The number of unread Spam messages is printed in bold next the link to the Spam folder.

Seeing Spam (1047) gives me a mild anxiety attack.  I hate knowing that my precious email account is getting that much Spam.  I hate knowing that I've got a Spam problem.

My solution: mark all Spam message as Read once Gmail places the message in my Spam folder. 

To do this:

  1. Log into Gmail
  2. Go to Settings
  3. Go to Filters
  4. Click on "Create a new filter"
  5. in the "Has the words:" text field type "in:spam" without the quotation marks
  6. Click Next Step
  7. Click "OK"
  8. Check teh "Mark as read" checkbox
  9. Click "Create filter"

Now, it looks like I've got a Spam free Gmail account.  Yet, all the Spam message that I get are still in the Spam folder.  This little Gmail trick has made my Gmail experience a bit better.

Thu
Jun 26
2008

Shaquille O'Neal is planning on buying real estate in the Huntsville area but won't say where.

Wed
Jun 25
2008

This is the surgery that I've got to do

Tue
Jun 17
2008

Two shuttles on the pad during the next launch. 1 in 400 chance that the second shuttle will be needed.

Presumably $800 in illegal digital downloads.

Sun
Jun 15
2008

a friend of mine from elementary and high school finished #9 at the US Open.

Fri
Jun 13
2008

Facebook officially caught up to MySpace in terms of unique monthly worldwide visitors, according to data released by Comscore and shown above. Both services are attracting around 115 million people to their respective sites each month.

Wed
Jun 11
2008

Comcast has a Twitter account. Need fast support? Go here.

Located at Cove Park in Hampton Cove, Alabama right next to the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Hampton Cove Golf Course.

Tue
Jun 3
2008

Redstone Technology Park is in the works adding 2-4 million square footage of office and retail space.

Some stats from the promo flyer from the developer has these estimates:

  • 14.6% population growth to 614,000 by 2010 and 652,000 by 2015 and 718,000 by 2030.
  • New $1.4 billion in outputs, $388.5 in earnings, and 10,472 direct and indirect jobs from 2006 to 2010 for the region.
  • $359 million in new military construction in the area.

Blogged with the Flock Browser

Sun
Jun 1
2008

My friend Jeff reviews "WAR JOURNAL" for the New York Post

Kind of like an online version of Apple's Photobooth

Inspirational graphic arts

Mon
May 26
2008
Thu
May 8
2008

Ceremonies will be taking place at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration.

Ceremonies will be taking place at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration.

Wed
May 7
2008
Tue
May 6
2008

Tips on installing CHDK onto your cheap Wal-Mart camera.

Tips on installing CHDK onto your cheap Wal-Mart camera.

I've got a few invites to BrightKite remaining. Anyone want one?

Kickbutt Drupal website

Mon
May 5
2008

Food at Pompano Joe's

Us at Pompano Joe's

Check out their website: http://www.pompano-joes.com/

Breakfast this AM

$1.50 no name waffles
$2.00 no name syrup
$5.00 organic milk

Sun
May 4
2008

Sunset in Sandestin

Sunset on Sunday. (Taken with my Motorola Q cellphone, by the way).

I split this with Erin last night. I had salad and some mashed potatoes. She had some green stuff that grew out of the ground. We had some crab legs left over as we were either full or too tired to break into the rest of the legs. We watched people surf while we ate.

Friends on the beach

Some AM sun

Sat
May 3
2008

We're at the beach with a few other couples. Within 45 minutes of being here we've hacked a WiFi network and gotten 4 laptops up and running. Grand Theft Auto IV is playing on the XBOX 360.

Here're some pics from our bedroom:

Sandestin, FL view

Sandestin, FL view

Sandestin, FL view

Drinking some coffee while sitting the deck watching the tide roll in.

Eric Atkins mugshot

Eric is an engineer, technophile, gamer, and free lance web developer living and working in Huntsville, Alabama. He's a graduate of the University of Alabama in Huntsville and is married to his best friend Erin. He's somewhere lost in Web 2.0. He's pretty sure the social web is turning into Publicity 2.0. More about Eric Atkins.

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