Evan Roberts » misc http://www.evroccck.com If not now, WHEN? Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:57:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Project Vote Smart NC http://www.evroccck.com/misc/project-vote-smart-nc/ http://www.evroccck.com/misc/project-vote-smart-nc/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:52:30 +0000 Evan http://www.evroccck.com/misc/project-vote-smart-nc/ If any of you are like me and don’t know anything about your local candidates because all we hear about are the Presidential candidates then I have a great link for you. Project Vote Smart – Results for 27560 will give you great info about where the candidates stand on most topics so you can make an informed decision rather than just voting down the party line. For Example, I had no idea about REP Congress Candidate William ‘BJ’ Lawson until I read and agreed with 95% of his stances.  This being one:

I would prefer to eliminate the federal income tax system, and replace it with a constitutional, progressive, and direct consumption tax that targets nonrenewable energy with damaging environmental side-effects. Our 67,000 page income tax code is our biggest obstacle to innovation, job creation, and sustainable economic growth.

Check out the site and make an informed decision.  Also, Vote for DEM Ronnie Ansely for NC Ag Commissioner b/c he doesn’t support the gas chamber for dogs in the pound like his opposition does!

]]> http://www.evroccck.com/misc/project-vote-smart-nc/feed/ 2 Facebook Diables Mobile Email Uploads from the iPhone http://www.evroccck.com/misc/facebook-diables-mobile-email-uploads-from-the-iphone/ http://www.evroccck.com/misc/facebook-diables-mobile-email-uploads-from-the-iphone/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:52:45 +0000 Evan http://www.evroccck.com/misc/facebook-diables-mobile-email-uploads-from-the-iphone/

What the heck Facebook? Apparently they are no longer allowing the upload of pictures by email from the iPhone, instead are requiring I open the facebook app to upload a mobile photo.

Sorry, we cannot support uploads sent via email. Upload photos from your iPhone with our free application, Facebook for iPhone:

. Now its not that big of a deal, just a minor inconvenience for someone like myself who was so used to uploading mobile pictures via the mobile@facebook.com email address, it was just that much easier. I really have no idea why they would force this change but to me, it sucks.

]]> http://www.evroccck.com/misc/facebook-diables-mobile-email-uploads-from-the-iphone/feed/ 2 ProBlogger Giving Away A Ton of Stuff http://www.evroccck.com/misc/problogger-giving-away-a-ton-of-stuff/ http://www.evroccck.com/misc/problogger-giving-away-a-ton-of-stuff/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:47:52 +0000 Evan http://www.evroccck.com/misc/problogger-giving-away-a-ton-of-stuff/ For the next week, one of my favorite websites Problogger.net is giving away a ton of prizes for its birthday bash celebration. My birthday is coming up, maybe they’ll let me win b/c of it. I really need a new dual monitor setup, so I’m trying to win the first contest which is dual LG Monitors from DisplayLink DisplayLInk

]]> http://www.evroccck.com/misc/problogger-giving-away-a-ton-of-stuff/feed/ 0 World’s Largest Pig http://www.evroccck.com/misc/worlds-largest-pig/ http://www.evroccck.com/misc/worlds-largest-pig/#comments Sat, 26 May 2007 03:10:30 +0000 Evan http://www.evroccck.com/misc/worlds-largest-pig/ In the past I’ve wrote about the world’s oldest animal. Well, now its the world’s largest pig. This is almost hard to believe, but a 11 year old boy killed this 1,051 pound wild hog. [link to story]

World’s largest pig
How does something this big just roam the wild and no one see it?

]]> http://www.evroccck.com/misc/worlds-largest-pig/feed/ 40 Time Warner in NC Finally Gets the NC State Channel http://www.evroccck.com/misc/time-warner-in-nc-finally-gets-the-nc-state-channel/ http://www.evroccck.com/misc/time-warner-in-nc-finally-gets-the-nc-state-channel/#comments Wed, 16 May 2007 00:30:56 +0000 Evan http://www.evroccck.com/misc/time-warner-in-nc-finally-gets-the-nc-state-channel/ ESPNU will be added to the digital tier on channel 140 starting on August 31st. ESPN Classic will also be moved to the digital tier with its new home being channel 141.

This is great news for us Wolfpack fans as ESPN has a strong tendancy to put any televised Wolfpack game on ESPNU.

*In other news, Conference USA is playing their Championship game in a High School stadium, that is just comical.

]]> http://www.evroccck.com/misc/time-warner-in-nc-finally-gets-the-nc-state-channel/feed/ 0 An Apology to my 3 Readers http://www.evroccck.com/misc/an-apology-to-my-3-readers/ http://www.evroccck.com/misc/an-apology-to-my-3-readers/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:29:07 +0000 Evan http://www.evroccck.com/misc/an-apology-to-my-3-readers/ If you use Internet Explorer this apology is for you. I just realized that none of the videos i’ve posted worked in IE. Its a ridiculous markup error that I fixed in my Rodney Monroe post, and will fix in the others when I get a few minutes.

PS- this is just another reason to use FireFox!

]]> http://www.evroccck.com/misc/an-apology-to-my-3-readers/feed/ 3 Need Your Help with this Test http://www.evroccck.com/misc/need-your-help-with-this-test/ http://www.evroccck.com/misc/need-your-help-with-this-test/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:28:37 +0000 Evan http://www.evroccck.com/misc/need-your-help-with-this-test/ I’m testing out a new product and could use some help

#1 – click this post through your feed reader (if you are reading in an RSS reader, if not move on to #2)
#2 – post a comment on this post
#3 – read another post on Evroccck.com

it would be very helpful and I’ll post more about what I’m doing in a few.

]]> http://www.evroccck.com/misc/need-your-help-with-this-test/feed/ 16 The 50 Most Important People on the Web http://www.evroccck.com/misc/the-50-most-important-people-on-the-web/ http://www.evroccck.com/misc/the-50-most-important-people-on-the-web/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:04:28 +0000 Evan http://www.evroccck.com/misc/the-50-most-important-people-on-the-web/ Before you start reading as I don’t want any of you to be disappointed, somehow I did not make this list. I know, I was robbed. I heard a rumor that it was due to a hanging chad. Doh! As much of an injustice that my exclusion may be, the list is still pretty interesting. It includes such people as Perez Hilton, the Google Guys, Steve Jobs (apple), Matt Mullenweg (wordpress), Gabe Rivera (creator of my favorite site Techmeme even though he wont include PPClab.com yet! grrr), among many others that even includes a MySpace user with 1.7million friends.

here’s an excerpt

41. Perez HiltonHollywood blogger

Love him or hate him, this controversial blogger (real name: Mario Lavandeira) has changed the face of celebrity journalism. Hilton’s hugely popular Web site offers around-the-clock access to celebrity gossip and photos, but that’s not the only reason that he’s on our list. Hilton is involved in a legal battle with photo agency X17, which has accused him of using its copyrighted photos without permission. Hilton claims that posting the photos on his site is legal, amounting simply to fair use of newsworthy images. The $7.6 million federal lawsuit could have lasting effects on how bloggers everywhere use digital photos online.

[Yahoo Story Link]

]]> http://www.evroccck.com/misc/the-50-most-important-people-on-the-web/feed/ 3 Redneck Woodstock http://www.evroccck.com/misc/redneck-woodstock/ http://www.evroccck.com/misc/redneck-woodstock/#comments Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:14:45 +0000 Evan http://www.evroccck.com/?p=364 I’m really not sure what to call this event, but it needs some sort of name. Testy Festy looks like a redneck version of woodstock or a west coast version of the beach music fest. Consider it the cowboy Cancun spring break via Montana if you will. But be warned, the photo gallery consists of things you may not ever have wanted to see (ie. fat saggy boobs).

]]> http://www.evroccck.com/misc/redneck-woodstock/feed/ 0 James Brown, Gerald Ford and …… http://www.evroccck.com/misc/james-brown-gerald-ford-and/ http://www.evroccck.com/misc/james-brown-gerald-ford-and/#comments Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:07:07 +0000 Evan http://www.evroccck.com/?p=360 They come in 3′s. James Brown, Gerald Ford and now who will be the 3rd to pass away this week, any guesses?

]]> http://www.evroccck.com/misc/james-brown-gerald-ford-and/feed/ 2