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The Blog Tuesday, January 13, 2009Friday, December 05, 2008No more Xmas orders
Sorry! At this point I can no longer get any orders done before the end of the year. Any orders that come in before 2009 will be shipped ASAP in January. Happy holidays! ![]() Saturday, September 08, 2007Mayhem
Oy! My web host vanished like a thief in the night a bit over a week ago. After being with them for over 4 years, Jatol.com yanked the rug out from under me, inexplicably and without warning, leaving me hanging without website and email. Just gone - and only a few months after I had paid for another year of hosting. I was visiting with an old girlfriend and was oblivious to the carnage till days after the fact. Upon googling for some answers, I found I was not alone in boggling at the turn of events. I've finally gotten around to finding a new web host and redirecting my DNS to point to the new name servers (duh, else you wouldn't be seeing this). As to whether I'll get things back to where they were, time will tell. I have a lot of pages and images to check to make sure all is working and that the backups I've uploaded were current. Certain mail filters, htaccess settings, custom error pages, etc. I'll have to setup again also. I really didn't need this aggravation and expense on top of a glum and grumbly year. Blah! >:-P
Monday, March 19, 2007Yep...
This blog has been dead for a pretty good while now. Wish I could say the same for myself. I'm trying to be human, but it's tough. I don't feel I fit anywhere and in the past year the people I felt were my closest friends have all given up on me. I'm trying to be active on StumbleUpon again. It's a really cool social bookmarking site, but it's hard to motivate myself to contribute or even talk to anyone. I feel I've got nothing worthwhile to say. Bleh.
Thursday, May 11, 2006out of touch
i'm feeling very detached from everything and everyone. there are things i need to do, but i don't feel like doing them. i'd be dead, if i could. i'll be more useless than usual for awhile... ![]() Thursday, May 04, 2006Tennessee Crafts Fair
I'll be at the TACA Tennessee Crafts Fair in Nashville's Centennial Park this weekend. If you're in the area, stop by and say, "Howdy". I'll be in Booth #3. ![]() Thursday, April 06, 2006Fate hates
Arrgggghhhh! Fate hates a man who doesn't back up his work. I was writing something long, and complex, and emotionally draining and just as I was thinking of saving what I had so far, my screen turned into a frightening, pixelated hodgepodge of colors. :-( I thought, "maybe it's just my video card", and pressed Ctrl+S, typed a filename, and pressed enter, hoping to blindly save what I had put off writing until I couldn't stand it anymore and made myself remember things that troubled me to get them out, out to see if I could find relief. Then this. This is the sort of thing that drives people crazy. Another 5 seconds and I'd have had it saved. It wasn't just the video card. After waiting for a miracle to restore my video, many Ctrl+Alt+Deletes, and some sobbing, I poked a paperclip into the assigned hole on the computer to reset it and found my attempt to save my work was a failure. Just like me. I'm not sure when I'll try again. It seems everything is falling apart around me... and in me.
Monday, March 13, 2006AFK
Not like I keep up this blog worth squat, but it may be worth noting that I will definately not be doing a thing here, at all, for about two weeks. I may have a good deal to say after that though. There are a lot of events in my life that are of concern to me and I really have no one to talk with. Not the way I need. So, i may as well tell the world, right? I'm hoping it will help to just get it all out ... before it blows me apart. 32 years after the picture below and I'm still not a happy guy. ![]() Sunday, March 12, 2006StumbleUpon Toolbar 2.6Ugh, the StumbleUpon toolbar was updated again. Here's the latest with my skin on it: Here's the latest version of my StumbleUpon Toolbar skin for Firefox. It includes the current version of the toolbar (2.6). Note: You may have to set Firefox to allow installation from www.handheadman.com if you haven't done so before. If you decide to go back to the original StumbleUpon skin, just reinstall it from here: StumbleUpon toolbar.
Oh, and if you're not using Firefox, you're missing out on way more than these few toolbar graphics. Make the switch, you won't regret it. Sunday, March 05, 2006
Here's the latest version of my StumbleUpon Toolbar skin for Firefox. It includes the current version of the toolbar (2.4). Note: You may have to set Firefox to allow installation from www.handheadman.com if you haven't done so before. If you decide to go back to the original StumbleUpon skin, just reinstall it from here: StumbleUpon toolbar. Oh, and if you're not using Firefox, you're missing out on way more than these few toolbar graphics. Make the switch, you won't regret it. Sunday, February 26, 2006Wednesday, January 04, 2006eBay Sucks
I just got an email from eBay claiming I violated their "About Me" page policy. Here's what they linked me to so I could see what apparent evil I had done:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-aboutme.html and http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/item_allowed.html I looked these pages over and it looks to me like I've violated absolutely zero of their posted policies. Now what? Well, I responded asking for clarification, but I'll bet dollars to donuts that, if anything, all I'll get is some worthless form letter and an unending run-around no matter how much I try to resolve the situation. eBay is known to be a poor communicator. My suspicion is that the jackass that refused to complete an auction of mine he had won is still fussing over the negative feedback I gave him which he responded to with lies. I felt the need to clearly explain the truth of the matter, because I value my reputation as a fair trader, and I think being outed for his lies in my feedback has stuck in his craw ever since. Well, eBay may be able to screw me over on their site because this guy cried to them, but they can't censor me here. So, here's what was there before the eBay goon squad deleted my About Me page (Note: I made the page a long time ago and haven't done much with it so it's a bit ugly): My real eBay "About Me" page Sunday, December 18, 2005Fog Lamp
Because I like adult humor and maybe use the occasional "cuss" word my StumbleUpon blog is "Rated 'R'". Unfortunately, this action by StumbleUpon to appease prudes has cast a fog over my pages there making them inaccessable to search engines. This is a shot at trying to start seeing through that fog. Here's a link to my SU blog RSS feed . With any luck, when this gets spidered, that link will get my SU blog some visibility again. Not sure how it'll go though since it's both XML AND served up by PHP. Guess we'll just have to wait and see...![]() ![]() Rated "X". May contain sexually explicit language and images. ![]() Rated "R". May contain violent language and images. ![]() Rated "G". May contain Teletubbies. Saturday, November 19, 2005Holiday shoppingThursday, November 17, 2005StumbleUpon Toolbar Version 2.2 Skin
Here's the latest version of my StumbleUpon Toolbar skin for Firefox. It includes the current version of the toolbar (2.2). The official SU release can be found on its Mozilla Update page. ![]() New Jewelry Items Coming to Catalog Soon...
I had meant to add some new items the the jewelry catalog earlier this year but never got to it. Now, with the holiday season looming large, I'm finally motivated. I have a couple of small projects that will busy me through the weekend and then there's Thanksgiving coming soon; afterward, if not before, I'll be adding at least the following new items to the catalog for ordering. Stay tuned... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Here's the latest version of my StumbleUpon Toolbar skin for Firefox. It includes the current version of the toolbar (2.04). If you decide to go back to the original StumbleUpon skin, just reinstall it from here: StumbleUpon toolbar.
Thursday, August 04, 2005Worthless
At what point should one stop believing in himself and just accept everyone else's opinion that he's worthless? For me it's feeling as close as the period at the end of this sentence. It makes more sense to say, "what the fuck is wrong with me?", rather than, "what the fuck is wrong with everyone else?", right? - What the fuck is wrong with me???
Thursday, July 28, 2005StumbleUpon 2.03 Toolbar Skin
Here's the latest version of my StumbleUpon Toolbar skin for Firefox. It includes the current version of the toolbar (2.03). Note: You'll have to set Firefox to allow installation from www.handheadman.com if you haven't done so before. If you decide to go back to the original StumbleUpon skin, just reinstall it from here: StumbleUpon toolbar.
You can find other skins in this StumbleUpon Skinning Forum thread. Oh, and if you're not using Firefox, you're missing out on way more than these few toolbar graphics. Make the switch, you won't regret it. Tuesday, July 26, 2005Amazon Affiliate
So, I joined the Amazon.com affiliate program. Now I'll be peppering my blog on occasion with links to books, movies, etc. that I review and if anyone buys from those links I get paid. Woopie. I'm not expecting anything really, but it's worth a shot. Here's a search box for Amazon I'm trying out.
Friday, July 22, 20054 More Down
In spite of being especially depressed lately I've managed to finish 4 more furniture refinishing projects. The coffee table and end tables by my couch are looking pretty spiffy now as well as my neat-o aqua rocker. The couch is going to be a bit of a job so I'm holding off tackling it for awhile. Here are some pics of the latest work. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thursday, July 14, 2005Go me
I'm finally getting around to refinishing some of my furniture. Got the first table finished yesterday and I think it looks pretty great. ![]() ![]() Monday, June 27, 2005StumbleUpon version 2.0 skin availableFriday, June 10, 2005And Yet Another...
Okay, the StumbleUpon toolbar is now up to version 1.9999 so I had to pack my skin into that one. Here's the very latest for all you Stumblers out there using Firefox (As always, you'll have to set Firefox to allow installation from www.handheadman.com if you haven't done so before.): ![]() If you decide to go back to the original StumbleUpon skin, just reinstall it from here: StumbleUpon toolbar. Monday, June 06, 2005Blarg without end...
Ugh, still depressed, unproductive, and uncommunicative. I haven't made much progress on the catalog stuff, but I did do the skin for the StumbleUpon toolbar ver 1.9998 since that's a quick job. Grab it right here: ![]() Wednesday, May 04, 2005New catalog items coming
In the days following the TACA show, which runs May 6 - May 8 in Nashville's Centennial Park, I'll be adding some new items to the online catalog. Here's a peek at some of the thumbnails: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Wednesday, April 20, 2005Monday, April 18, 2005One of those darn quizzes
Saturday, April 16, 2005Workin'
I'm going to be spending a lot of time in my studio now. I have to get ready for the TACA Spring Craft Fair that runs May 6-8 here in Nashville. I thought I'd set up a cam in my studio so if anyone caught me slacking off they could nag me to get back to work. The picture quality sucks since it's a cheap X10 wireless cam. The image may futz up sometimes also due to the florescent light near it, a neighbor's microwave oven being used, or other weirdness. Anyway, here's the cam shot: Wednesday, March 23, 2005eBaying for Dollars
I need cash!!! I'm selling stuff on eBay. Putting up a number of listings over the next few days. Check 'em out and buy some crap: My eBay junk. Spread the word! ![]() Sunday, March 20, 2005fading rays of light
![]() i wish my soul was never so that i did not live in ashes cold and lost all things I love or distant hardly seen every minute an age yet somehow days are fleeting gone always gone empty past empty coming i wait for nothing i move toward nothing i long for everything i cry for me for this world where i can never be not really not known not wanted wishing to be cold worthless words unheard thoughts work undone and broken hearts i am this and more so much more but better things are held in darkness as hope is the prisoner of Pandora's box unopened there is no hope |