sniff.org http://www.sniff.org If you're nosy, then sniff.org is the place for you! Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:19:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en I’m a man of many names http://www.sniff.org/2008/08/15/im-a-man-of-many-names/ http://www.sniff.org/2008/08/15/im-a-man-of-many-names/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:19:58 +0000 Lance http://www.sniff.org/?p=40 I go out to eat lunch quite a bit and I’m often asked what my name is when I order. Most of the time the person behind the counter gets my name right, “Lance”. On occasion, however, they hear something different. Here’s a running list of my many names:

  • Lens
  • Lenz
  • Lanz
  • Lence
  • Lents
  • Lars
  • Lons
  • Rants (my personal favorite)
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]]> http://www.sniff.org/2008/06/18/xoopit/feed/ Testing out the N810 http://www.sniff.org/2008/06/13/testing-out-the-n810/ http://www.sniff.org/2008/06/13/testing-out-the-n810/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:30:12 +0000 Lance http://www.sniff.org/?p=37 Just a little test blog entry using MaemoWordPy on my new N810. As you may have guessed by the timestamp of this post, it’s pretty hard to stop playing with my new toy! Time for bed!

]]> http://www.sniff.org/2008/06/13/testing-out-the-n810/feed/ Another blast from the past http://www.sniff.org/2008/03/27/another-blast-from-the-past/ http://www.sniff.org/2008/03/27/another-blast-from-the-past/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:07:56 +0000 Lance http://www.sniff.org/2008/03/27/another-blast-from-the-past/ Here’s another file on my Nanogen network share that triggered some reminiscing. This was taken during the Nanogen Halloween party my first year working there, 1998! That’s me in the homemade Kenny costume. Chris Valcke is the one behind the Bear mask.

Nanogen Halloween 1998

]]> http://www.sniff.org/2008/03/27/another-blast-from-the-past/feed/ Good times…good times… http://www.sniff.org/2008/03/27/good-timesgood-times/ http://www.sniff.org/2008/03/27/good-timesgood-times/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:41:59 +0000 Lance http://www.sniff.org/2008/03/27/good-timesgood-times/ I’m in the middle of cleaning out my network folder here at Nanogen today and I didn’t recognize one of my folders, simply named “fwt”. Hmmm… Upon opening it up, I immediately recognized the contents. It was my “F” With Tim project folder! I decided to do a little desktop wallpaper replacement for our, at the time, Software QA guy. He liked Natalie Portman quite a bit at the time, so I thought I’d jazz her picture up a bit with the likeness of a fellow co-worker using a bit of Flash and the benefits of Active Desktop! Here is the result.

]]> http://www.sniff.org/2008/03/27/good-timesgood-times/feed/ Y-ME Walk To Empower http://www.sniff.org/2008/02/21/y-me-walk-to-empower/ http://www.sniff.org/2008/02/21/y-me-walk-to-empower/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:48:13 +0000 Lance http://www.sniff.org/2008/02/21/y-me-walk-to-empower/ Y-ME Walk To EmpowerThis coming Mother’s Day Dionne, Nathan, and I will be participating in the Y-ME Walk To Empower as members of Nanogen’s Team Bosom Buddies in order to raise money for Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization. If you’d like to contribute to our fund raising efforts, you may donate on Dionne’s or my behalf. You can even join our walking team if you’d like!

]]> http://www.sniff.org/2008/02/21/y-me-walk-to-empower/feed/ Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue http://www.sniff.org/2008/01/29/something-old-something-new-something-borrowed-something-blue/ http://www.sniff.org/2008/01/29/something-old-something-new-something-borrowed-something-blue/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:31:12 +0000 Lance http://www.sniff.org/wp/2008/01/29/something-old-something-new-something-borrowed-something-blue/ Something old: Well…this domain, for one. I’ve had it since 1996! Also, that dated homepage of mine. Yuck!

Something new: Wordpress. I’ve used Wordpress for quite some time on my other sites. I thought it was time to do it here too.

Something borrowed: What on the interwebs isn’t borrowed (to some degree) these days?

Something blue: Unless you’re color blind, this one should be obvious.

]]> http://www.sniff.org/2008/01/29/something-old-something-new-something-borrowed-something-blue/feed/ 1620 Spruce Sega RoShamBo Tournament http://www.sniff.org/1995/09/30/1620-spruce-sega-roshambo-tournament/ http://www.sniff.org/1995/09/30/1620-spruce-sega-roshambo-tournament/#comments Sat, 30 Sep 1995 20:00:54 +0000 Lance http://www.sniff.org/wp/1995/09/30/1620-spruce-sega-roshambo-tournament/

The Players:

The Reason:

    If 6 college students decide to buy a Sega Genesis together at the beginning of the year, how do you decide who gets to keep it when they all graduate? Simple, RoShamBo for it!

The Rules:

    All players will compete in a round-robin RoShamBo tournament. A player is considered eliminated if they don’t win any of their 2-out-of-3 matches in the round. Play will continue until there is only one player left.

    The rules for RoShamBo are as follows: Paper beats Rock, Rock beats Scissors, and Scissors beats Paper.

The Results:

    Round 0:

    Round 1:

      No Players Eliminated

    Round 2:

      No Players Eliminated

    Round 3:

      Toby Rossmann goes 0 for 3. Eliminated.

    Round 4:

      No Players Eliminated

    Round 5:

      No Players Eliminated

    Round 6:

      John Owens goes 0 for 2. Eliminated. All hopes for a Rains victory dashed.

    Round 7:

      Nick Khadder goes 0 for 1. Eliminated.

    Winner:

      Lance Held. Should Lance fail to uphold the duties and responsibilities as the Champion of the 1620 Spruce SEGA RoShamBo Tournament, Nick Khadder, the first runner-up and heir apparent, shall assume the throne as Champion.
]]> http://www.sniff.org/1995/09/30/1620-spruce-sega-roshambo-tournament/feed/ Lance Mastodon in Winner Takes All http://www.sniff.org/1991/11/01/lance-mastodon-in-winner-takes-all/ http://www.sniff.org/1991/11/01/lance-mastodon-in-winner-takes-all/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 1991 20:00:11 +0000 Lance http://www.sniff.org/wp/1991/11/01/lance-mastodon-in-winner-takes-all/




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