http://chrisbunting.com/blog My tiny space in this massive online world. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:14:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don’t know exactly what is beginning, or what I will do to begin it, but rest assured, it has begun. Yeah. http://chrisbunting.com/blog/2005/03/25/hello-world/ I’ve always wondered what the actual terminology was for why I can make myself sneeze whenever I look at a bright light. Normally, this occurs when I’m first walking outside on a sunny day. A quick peak towards the sun, and ACH-CHOOO. It feels pretty good, actually. ... http://chrisbunting.com/blog/2005/04/14/photic-sneeze-reflex/ Scientists have announced that they are closer to solving the mystery behind unpopped popcorn kernels! The American Chemical Society’s BioMacromolecules journal will contain the details of a study into maximizing the “pop-ability” of the corn kernel. Read here for more. http://chrisbunting.com/blog/2005/04/15/just-when-you-were-about-to-lose-all-hope/ Wired is running an article on some of the interesting things that have been spotted using Google’s map service combined with satellite imagery. I did some fiddling and was able to locate Area 51 (or so I think). Check out this Wired article for more interesting pics. http://chrisbunting.com/blog/2005/04/15/satellite-imagery/ As long as I can figure out what the heck I’m doing. I hope to revamp the look of the site from the default template to something more representative of me. I’m also hoping to add more sections, and a better home page to the site, ... http://chrisbunting.com/blog/2005/04/16/change-is-coming/ I’ve made several changes/additions to the site. I’ve finally added a calendar, which is using the LiveCalendar 1.6 plugin for WordPress. It’s schweet. Though I did run into a minor bug where if the URI was “http://www.chrisbunting.com/blog” it didn’t like it, so I had to change my ... http://chrisbunting.com/blog/2005/04/19/major-minor-miraculous-updates/ I’m loving these WordPress plugins! The good thing is I’m able to add the functionality I want, but it distracts me from working on what I really want to change, and that’s the appearance of the site. Someday I’ll get around to it, but for now ... http://chrisbunting.com/blog/2005/04/22/changes-round-2/ What a wonderful surprise! Arriving home today after work, I noticed a package was sitting on the porch. Since Meg loves to order things and not mention them to me until she’s tearing into them, I naturally figured that this particular package was for her. (Not to ... http://chrisbunting.com/blog/2005/04/23/happy-early-birthday-to-me/ My in-laws LOVE coffee. And tea. Whenever we visit, and as the night is winding down, it’s inevitable that the offer for a cup of coffee or tea is moments away. What really surprises me, though, is that they can consume these vessels of caffeine in the ... http://chrisbunting.com/blog/2005/04/21/the-buzz-behind-caffeine/ Of course, right after I submit a post with a mini-rant about Microsoft’s lack of certain abilities in their Internet Explorer web browser, I see this post on Microsoft’s official IE blog discussing the first beta of IE 7 that is expected to be released this summer. And, as ... http://chrisbunting.com/blog/2005/04/22/it-figures/