The Inauguration
[caption id="attachment1007" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Barack Obama taking the Oath of Office"] [/caption] I guess I should say something about the inauguration. The thing is, I do not ha...
Feed Migration
Feeburner is being moved to Google and as a result at the end of February all Feedburner feeds will be migrated to feedburner.google.com. Yesterday, I migrated all my feeds. Everything should be worki...
Panic at the Discold
Starting sometime last week, around Monday or Tuesday, I started feeling a fluttering in my chest. The feeling was the feeling you get when you are extremely nervous or when you have a lot of anxiety....
8 Years of Bush in 8 Minutes
This is the legacy George W. Bush leaves behind. History will not be kind to the worst president in U.S. history.
Thankful Thursdays - Week One
I'm going to start a new thing on my blog. Every Thursday I'm going to post 5 things in my life that I'm thankful for. Each day, I'm going to write 5 things. On Thursdays I'm going to post either my 5...
My Rant on Ranting
I've noticed that the majority of my posts lately have all been me ranting on and on about various topics. All the ranting has made my blog, and me, seem very negative. I'm not really a negative perso...
The Future of Television
It really is an interesting time for television. The traditional way we watch TV has changed over the years. We started out with over the air programming to cable and satellite programing, and now we...
Windows 7
Microsoft is releasing a beta version of Windows 7 for public download today, but this post isn't about that. This post is about what Microsoft needs to do when Windows 7 is officially launched. It is...
Do Not Ship UPS
A few weeks ago I shipped a package via UPS. I went to the UPS Store near my house to ship a Christmas package to a friend that lives near Chicago. I was shipping her a custom made t-shirt and a gift...
Writer's Block
I've not posted anything in a while. I just haven't had much to write about and when I have had a topic I'd begin to write but half way through I'd stop not knowing how to end the post. Part of the re...
KMOV and Charter Communications
There is a battle going on in St. Louis between the local CBS affiliate, KMOV, and a cable television provider Charter Communications. Normally, wherever there is Charter-bashing I am there. This time...
The World Does Not Revolve Around Your 6 Year Old
It's time for a rant about 6 year olds and their mothers. What really bugs me is how much mothers coddle their young kids. What set off this rant is I was driving through my neighborhood and all the m...
Domain Change
In case you haven't noticed, I've changed the address of my blog from mikeschepker.com/blog to pieceofshep.com. I figured the title of the blog is piece of shep so I should use that domain name. I'll...
Outlook 2007
I use Microsoft Outlook 2007 at work for our work email. It's an exchange account so I had to use it over other mail clients. I've grown to like it over the past year, but I never used it for anything...
Pieces of Shep
Inspired by my friend Trix, I decided to let you, my loyal reader(s) in on some pieces of me that you might not know. I collect the board game Monopoly. I've done this for several years. I have only p...
Local TV Affiliates
One thing I hate about my local CBS affiliate, KMOV, is that about once a month they replace normal prime time programming with their own programming. I can understand doing this during the summer whe...
Total Geekery: Saved by the Bell Comic Book
I'm going to geek out hardcore right now. I just found out that there was a Saved by the Bell comic book published in the 1990's. There weren't many published in the series, but enough to make this SB...
Customer Service
My MacBook developed a crack along the wrist rest due to the lid's impressions on the surface. It was a common problem with the model that I have and is covered under the AppleCare plan. The same thin...
Turku for All
It's that time of year Friends, family, and turkey And Turku for All That's right friends, it's Thanksgiving time. It's time for the annual publishing of the Turku book from when I was student teachin...
Premium for Free?
Looking at the cable bill last night made me think about the premium movie channels. It's no secret that HBO is hurting for viewers right now. No more Sex and the City and The Sopranos created a void...