Mutterings

I had the worst e-commerce experience of my life and wanted to document it. This whole situation boils down to the first rule of Internet commerce: charge the customer and then ship the goods quickly.
Shannon Nelson runs Panther City Leather. I contracted her to add some additional perforation to my leather jacket based [...]

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I’ve had a veritable wave of pests in my house recently and found myself learning plenty from attending the school of hard knocks. To wit:

Don’t ever use rat poison in your house. The rat eats it and dies in your walls. Your house smells like death for the next 2 months.
Avoid any [...]

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I changed the oil in my Porsche this morning. It took an hour and it was really messy so I doubt I will do it myself again. Since the Boxster only needs an oil change every 15k miles, that’s every two years for me so it’s not worth the savings. The oil [...]

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If you are reading this, welcome aboard the shiny, new perham.net! I’ve decided to ditch my shared web host of the last 10 years, pair.com, and move onto a dedicated slice at slicehost.com. Shared web hosting means that your site shares hardware, the operating system and system software with many other customers, and [...]

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My AV system is getting a bit long in the tooth. I bought the system when I bought my house 7 years ago and no self-respecting technophile can be seen without a flat panel TV these days. So I’m considering mounting an LCD TV to the wall, embedding speakers in the wall and [...]

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Those are some big glasses.
Facebook | Photos from St. Hedwig Celtics.

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My first iPhone application is now available at the iTunes App Store:
Zinger
If you have an iPhone, you owe it to yourself to get this app!
UPDATE: My post on mikeperham.com goes into more detail of the history of Zinger and what it does.

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Here are some wedding galleries:
Mike Perham’s Photos
Jim Perham’s Photos
The Wynn Photos (Login as mperham / 3b97865)
You are free to purchase prints of the Wynn’s photos. If you see any pictures you like in the first two sets, just email me and I’ll send you the high resolution original for printing.

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Last week my employer, FiveRuns, laid off a significant amount of our employees. While most of the engineering team survived, other areas were not so lucky. Apparently the economy isn’t so hot these days. During this holiday season, please be thankful for what you have and remember those who aren’t so lucky.

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I heard mice scurrying under my bathtub the other night so I made it my mission to rid my house of them. I drove to Lowes the next morning and asked for animal traps; they pointed me to this:

The Havahart live trap for small animals. I bought it, struggled to set it up, [...]

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