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Entries Tagged as 'Personal'

Panther City Leather

September 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments

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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Tags: Motorcycles · Personal

Pest Control

April 18th, 2009 · No Comments

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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April Notes

April 11th, 2009 · No Comments

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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Welcome!

March 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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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Next Generation AV

February 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: General · Personal

Me in Second Grade

January 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments

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

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Zinger now Available!

January 14th, 2009 · 4 Comments

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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Wedding Roundup

December 24th, 2008 · No Comments

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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FiveRuns

December 9th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Bad Day to be a Mouse in Austin

November 2nd, 2008 · 6 Comments

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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