My PB Wiki

I created my first Wiki at a site called Peanut Butter Wiki or PB Wiki.com.

A Wiki is public page that anyone can edit. As the Wiki says it is as easy to make as a peanut butter sandwich. It is very quick to do with some already made templates to use. The reason I did this is my 40th Birthday is approaching in January and I often get asked what would you like for a gift? To be honest I have everything that I ever wanted besides a few more dollars in my wallet. I have a wonderful family and great friends! So I used one of the Templates that Wiki offers and created a Birthday wish list Wiki. What I like about the page is it is open to the public. You can view the list, modify the page, and make comments.

Check out my Birthday wish list Wiki when you have a moment. It will contain any items that I can think of. Also feel free to make comments. It is always good to know that I am still loved!

my first tournament

I went to the TAJ Casino in Atlantic City last night to play in the midnight tournament. It was my first big tournament at a casino. The buy in was $50.00 - $38+12. They had a great turn out of 150 players. I am sorry to report I dont have good news. I was just happy I wasnt the first one to bust out of my table. These players were very good. You can tell they make a living from this. I was impressed with the tournament. It was run very professional for having 150 players. The tables and the seating is random when you register. I usually go to the Borgata to play. It is much nicer. The Poker room is very bright and clean. The TAJ needs plenty of work. It looks like a poker room that has been around for 20 years. I only went to the TAJ as it is hard to find a buy in for as low as $50 bucks.

Good news for my friend Jan who runs the site http://pokertourneyschedules.com/. They had signs and pamphlets all of over the TAJ Poker Room that said to check out the latest poker schedule go to http://pokertourneyschedules.com/. If you haven't done so already go check it out. It is a great site for Poker schedules at many of the Casinos across the country.

And yes Jann I wore my pokertourneyschedules tee shirt last night.

PC Tune Up

I read a great article on the Yahoo Technology Web site from Robin Raskin. Robin writes about the10 important things you should do to keep your PC updated and running at full speed. You can read the complete article here - A PC Tune-up. Here are the top 10 items from the article:

Step One: Install Windows Service Pack for protection against spam, viruses, and intruders.

Step Two: Set them up with Windows Automatic Updates: To do this, open My Computer and select System Properties. Click on the Automatic Update tab and select Automatic Updates.

Step Three: Verify that Windows firewall is on by clicking on the Control Panel, then Security Center and Firewall.

Step Four: Scan for disk errors. To do this, open My Computer and select the drive to be checked. On the File menu, click Properties. On the Tools tab, under Error-checking, click Check Now. Under Check disk options, select Scan.

Step Five: You can also run defrag (though it's not as critical), which puts files that have been chopped up into discontinuous locations on the hard disk back together into a single contiguous file. This will increase performance and reliability. You can find the Disk Defragmenter by clicking the Start button, then All Programs, selecting Accessories, then System Tools, and then click Disk Defragmenter.

Step 6: Uninstall unused applications by clicking on the Control Panel and selecting Add or Remove Programs. A list of programs and how often they've been used will pop up. Remove the ones they'll never use.

Step 7: Add anti-spyware utilities, such as Microsoft's Windows Defender (available as a free download until December 31).

Step 8: Add an overall Internet security package that includes virus and anti-spam protection such as AVG Anti-virus, which is free, or Norton Internet Security ($69). If they already use a program, make sure that the updates are current.

Step 9: Upgrade Internet Explorer to Version 7.0. This is controversial advice because some of you prefer Mozilla, but I would not put it on my parents' machine because it's still not the standard and they won't understand how to toggle between browsers.

Step 10: Create desktop icons for their most-often-used programs. Right-click the desktop (that's the opening Windows screen before you run any applications), select New, and then click Shortcut. Enter the location of the program. To add, click Browse to look for the file name and then click Next. Type the name that you want to appear under the icon, and then click Finish.

Great Eagles Win

I ususally don't blog about sports. America Football is different then European Football. However today the Eagles had an amazing win. They were huge under dogs going up the New Jersey Turnpike to play the Giants. They hung in the whole game and managed to pull out to win. Jeff Garcia is playing great! I hope they can keep it up. It makes the NFL more exciting when the team you root for is in playoff contention.

Resuts from the game - Eagles Win!

The deal is done

It is now official. Reuters has sold its stake of Factiva to Dow Jones. Factiva is now 100% A Dow Jones Company. I am very excited to be fully integrated into the Dow Jones Family. 2007 will be an exciting year! You can read more about the purchase here - Dow Jones takes over Factiva.

Thanks Jason!

Thanks Jason for the offer! My friend Jason who I work with at Factiva was very high on the waiting list at Sony to receive the Sony PlayStation 3. Jason is very smart man. When he received the PS3 in the mail he took his brand new unopened PS3 and placed it on ebay for the highest bidder.

If you are interested here it is to view. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160057854736&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:11

You can get it right now for the low low price of $1600.00