Hiram Ulysses Grant was born at Point Pleasant, Ohio on this day in 1822. When his congressman nominated him to West Point, the politician couldn’t remember the full name, but remembering young Grant’s mother’s maiden name, he made up a new name for the enrollment forms: Ulysses Simpson Grant. His … Continue reading
Just a quick note to let you know that I have finally been able to implement a CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart) solution for our blogs. This should effectively stop all the spam comments. If the person is a registered user they are … Continue reading
This is a great little utility for uploading multiple files to a Community Server (axcess.me) Media Gallery. If you use Community Server 2008 from Telligent, you’ll know it can sometimes be painful to upload large numbers of files to the Media Galleries. Community Server … Continue reading
*** DO NOT FOLLOW ANY OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS – LINK FUNCTIONALITY IN THIS POST HAS BEEN DISABLED *** I received an email from the FBI Director today, I thought it might be fun to publish it to my blog. I am publishing the Plain Text version of the email so … Continue reading
Clarence Seward Darrow was born at Kinsman, Ohio on this day in 1857. The son of the undertaker, he joined the Ohio bar in 1878. From there he moved on to Chicago where he became the City’s General Counsel. Later he worked as an attorney for the Chicago and Northwest Railroad. He left to … Continue reading
John “Jack” Agnew, a member of the Demolitions Platoon Regimental HQ 506 PIR died on April 8, 2010. Jack was a member of the group referred to as the “Filthy 13”, the group that inspired the movie “The Dirty Dozen”. Jack, died in suburban Philadelphia, he was 88 years old. … Continue reading
DeLeesa suggested I take a look at this, it actually looks like a decent product; provided the OCR technology works correctly.
Thomas Jefferson was born at Shadwell, among the hills of Virginia, on this day in 1743. A favorite amongst the founding fathers, he is also one of my favorite authors. Jefferson distinguished himself as a horticulturist, statesman, architect, archaeologist, paleontologist, author, and inventor, not to mention being the third President … Continue reading
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