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Graduation photos have been posted. Check it out here…

I have had more then one person send me an e-mail message confused by the fact that visiting the www.djpappas.com has always resulted in an ‘under construction’ page being displayed. Well no more. Although we won’t win any prizes for this page it at least gives you a clue.

The links to the right provide some direction regarding the interesting places on the web site. It is a hodge-podge. There is really no intention to present everything in a coherent manner — yet. I am working on that.

As the title suggests I have a collection of projects. All of them are technical in nature and a few of them are interesting to my family. Although it is not yet in place there will be a projects page where you can get a brief synopsis of each project and my intentions in putting it in place. This is definitely a hobby site so I can definitively say that a level of professionalism will be missing – sorry.

Still on the obscure but interesting stuff…

This study regarding coin flips suggests two things:
1. You are more likely when flipping a coin to get the coin to land with the same face up as it starts with; and,
2. The weight of the material on the face will cause a coin to land face down more often then the opposite.

Just trying to give you an advantage in the next game…

I love conspiracy theories. I’m sure it’s irresponsible to repeat them but I just can’t help myself. The site Alex Jones’ Prison Planet looks like a great resource.

For instance, evidently the government is putting tracking devices in our 20 dollar bills. These guys must not have spent much time reheating food in their microwave. The center is always the hottest – but you have got to love the effort.

Ok, so this falls in to the category of obscure – but useful. An acquintance of mine was telling me the other day how he reduces the number of phone solicitations they receive.
There is a tone the phone company plays over the receiver when you dial an invalid number. He has recorded that tone and put it on his answering machine. It plays, there is a pause and then he greets the caller like you would normally.
The automated dialers these marketing firms use listen to the response. If they hear the phone company’s ‘invalid phone number’ tone, they don’t call back and they don’t put your number on a list for resale. So that’s a good thing, right?
He passed along the web site where the Special Information Tone (SIT) for an invalid phone number tag can be downloaded. I’m going to try it on our phone.

Well, the wedding pictures have been posted. I apologize for the delay but I have two excuses. First of all, you all are close to being as bad at photography as I – and the cleanup process was a project. Secondly, while I like Photoshop, I’m still pretty low on the learning curve. This was a learning experience. But enough about me. Follow the link and check out the gallery. If you have other pictures you would like to see added send them to me – I will be happy to include them. Unfortunately, I did not get any pictures of Greg and Dan – at least not directly. If you look closely you can see Greg in the background in one of the pictures of Mark and Lisa. I am also disappointed to not have pictures of James, Stephanie, Dad, Carol and Mike. I’ll work on that and publish an update if possible. I also have a few more pictures which are too challenging for my ‘fixing’ abilities yet. I’ll leave those for another day.

Mark and Lisa were married over the weekend in Grand Rapids, MI at the Amway Grand Plaza in the Imperial Ballroom. The service was very nicely done and the setting could not have been better. The bride was beautiful and the groom was handsome. The view from the room overlooking the Grand River 20 stories below was excellent. Unfortunately I did not get a picture of it. It was good seeing Dan and Greg again. I will be disappointed if there isn’t a picture of the two of them amongst the many pictures taken.

Mother has started sending me pictures I think rather then posting thumbnails here I’ll put them in their own photo album. I’ll try to get that put together in the next few days.