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Friday, September 29, 2006

The Magic of 34

The 2006 Twins season has been magical, thanks to the memory and honor of Kirby Puckett.

Here are some interesting facts about the magic of #34
  • Twins have worn 34 on their right sleeves all season.
  • Twins put together a seven-game winning streak to get to the record of 34-34.
  • Stadium bill cleared the state Senate, with 34 votes in favor and 32 against.
  • Hennepin County commissioners voted 4-3 to start spending money for the new ballpark, reversing Kirby's magic number.
  • When Radke took the mound on Sep 28, it was a 34 day layoff after he was injured on Aug 25 in Chicago.
GO TWINS!

posted by webdh | 2:19 PM

Monday, September 25, 2006

Playoffs!!!

The Twins clinched a playoff spot tonight with an 8-1 win over KC and a Sox loss to the Indians. Don't look now, but they are one of the hottest teams coming in and hope to get past the first round this year. I can't wait for some good October baseball.

posted by webdh | 11:00 PM

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Got Piranhas?


Got Piranhas?
Originally uploaded by webdh.
I created this logo shirt now for sale at CafePress.com to highlight the hot new catch phrase of the 2006 Minnesota Twins. Buy one today and show your support for the "Little Piranhas". GO TWINS!

www.cafepress.com/mnpiranhas

posted by webdh | 1:50 PM

Monday, September 11, 2006

God Bless America

Today is the 5th Anniversary of 9/11.

America will never forget that day. My heartfelt prayers go out to all the victim's families and loved ones, today and always. Be strong!

posted by webdh | 10:11 AM

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Consuming Flickr RSS feed using ColdFusion MX

The following code will make a http request for a Flickr RSS feed, and output the results. You may want to cfdump the XMLContent variable to see what other values you can use from the feed. Enjoy...

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Consuming Flickr RSS feed using ColdFusion MX</title>
</head>
<body>
<cfhttp url="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/groups_pool.gne?id=77561358@N00&format=rss_200" method="GET"></cfhttp>
<cfscript>
XMLContent = trim(cfhttp.filecontent);
XMLContent = XMLParse(XMLContent);
</cfscript>
<cfloop from="1" to="#ArrayLen(XMLContent.rss.channel.item)#" index="idx">
<cfoutput>
Link to Flickr: <a href="#XMLContent.rss.channel.item[idx].link.xmlText#">#XMLContent.rss.channel.item[idx].title.xmlText#</a><BR>
Image: <img src='#XMLContent.rss.channel.item[idx]["media:thumbnail"].xmlattributes.url#'><BR>
Author: #XMLContent.rss.channel.item[idx].author.xmlText#<BR>
Date: #XMLContent.rss.channel.item[idx].pubDate.xmlText#
</cfoutput>
<hr>
</cfloop>
</body>
</html>

posted by webdh | 10:19 AM

Friday, September 01, 2006

Sunroofs Etc. moved

I am the 2nd owner of a 97 Honda CRV, with a 3rd party sunroof. The sunroof isn't working, so I am hoping to get it looked at. In the glove box I found the warranty card for the sunroof, and the company who installed it was Sunroofs Etc in Bloomington. On the back of the card, their info is listed as:

Sunroofs Etc.
230 W. 79th St.
Bloomington, MN 55420
612-888-3833

So I called the number, but the line has been disconnected. A few days later, I did a Google search, and found they are still in business, they moved to Golden Valley. Turns out, the new Best Buy headquarters forced them to move. Their new info is:

Sunroofs Etc.
7107 Medicine Lake Rd.
Golden Valley, MN 55427
763-544-9999

Hope this helps any future sunroof owner track down this company for repair work!

posted by webdh | 11:28 AM