As per usual, I update this site in spurts and without much regularity. With the same amount of randomness as my updates, here are some things that have intrigued me lately. The Parking Lot at my office The company I work for has been in the same building for 10+ years. In that time, zero […]
I’m a big fan of Microsoft OneNote. OneNote is the holder of random bits of information that would otherwise be strewn about my bookmarks, saved files or thrown away and forgotten. It is SO handy. In a lot of ways, it has become the dumping grounds of my life. If I were a college student, […]
I’ve started watching Pawn Stars recently. A good show that illustrates the crap you have is worth only as much as someone will pay for it. While this show features a lot of odd stuff, a gentleman wanting to sell his drag racer and trailer featured a phrase that I never thought I would hear […]
/images/logo-marktastic.png00Mark/images/logo-marktastic.pngMark2011-03-26 17:00:392017-12-02 11:16:24A phrase I never thought I’d hear on TV
Dear Internet: Thank you for your help in selecting a color for my roof. I know that voter turn-out was light, but the results were close (9 to 8), but the favorite, Thunderstorm Grey pulled out a win. Before After Now as to why it took a year to post the results? Well, while a […]
This was going to be a post about Albert Pujols and his stalled contract negotiations. I was going to give a compelling and well thought out argument that the Cardinals will be just fine without him. But then the Cardinals suffered a massive loss with the season (plus) ending injury to the Horse of the […]
/images/logo-marktastic.png00Mark/images/logo-marktastic.pngMark2011-02-25 22:00:252011-02-25 22:46:20This Week in St. Louis Sports
If you care to follow the ol’ Marktastic Site on Twitter, do it here: @TheMarktastic I have no clue as to what will be posted there as of now, but follow now for what I’m sure will be even less updates than you get through this master piece.
So this site is published on WordPress. Generally, I love WordPress. It is a terrific publishing engine that has all but rendered my desire to create websites from scratch moot. I’d just like to address one thing I’d love tweaked. But I have run into this issue enough though lately that I figured I’d share […]
I’ve been using TrackMyShipments.com for some time to keep track of all the packages that arrive from Ebay, Amazon, etc. It was a handy tool to show you the status of shipments for USPS, UPS, FedEx and DHL in one place. After creating an account with TrackMyShipments.com, it went something like this: Buy something Get […]
/images/logo-marktastic.png00Mark/images/logo-marktastic.pngMark2011-02-14 11:00:472014-02-26 21:33:54TrackMyShipments.com is no more
Quick Hits – Parking Lot Ducks, Gargoyle Carving, Osama & “Facebook”
As per usual, I update this site in spurts and without much regularity. With the same amount of randomness as my updates, here are some things that have intrigued me lately. The Parking Lot at my office The company I work for has been in the same building for 10+ years. In that time, zero […]
OneNote & Dropbox: Missing Unfiled Notes
I’m a big fan of Microsoft OneNote. OneNote is the holder of random bits of information that would otherwise be strewn about my bookmarks, saved files or thrown away and forgotten. It is SO handy. In a lot of ways, it has become the dumping grounds of my life. If I were a college student, […]
A phrase I never thought I’d hear on TV
I’ve started watching Pawn Stars recently. A good show that illustrates the crap you have is worth only as much as someone will pay for it. While this show features a lot of odd stuff, a gentleman wanting to sell his drag racer and trailer featured a phrase that I never thought I would hear […]
Roof Replacement
Dear Internet: Thank you for your help in selecting a color for my roof. I know that voter turn-out was light, but the results were close (9 to 8), but the favorite, Thunderstorm Grey pulled out a win. Before After Now as to why it took a year to post the results? Well, while a […]
This Week in St. Louis Sports
This was going to be a post about Albert Pujols and his stalled contract negotiations. I was going to give a compelling and well thought out argument that the Cardinals will be just fine without him. But then the Cardinals suffered a massive loss with the season (plus) ending injury to the Horse of the […]
Twitter anyone?
If you care to follow the ol’ Marktastic Site on Twitter, do it here: @TheMarktastic I have no clue as to what will be posted there as of now, but follow now for what I’m sure will be even less updates than you get through this master piece.
WordPress Weidness
So this site is published on WordPress. Generally, I love WordPress. It is a terrific publishing engine that has all but rendered my desire to create websites from scratch moot. I’d just like to address one thing I’d love tweaked. But I have run into this issue enough though lately that I figured I’d share […]
TrackMyShipments.com is no more
I’ve been using TrackMyShipments.com for some time to keep track of all the packages that arrive from Ebay, Amazon, etc. It was a handy tool to show you the status of shipments for USPS, UPS, FedEx and DHL in one place. After creating an account with TrackMyShipments.com, it went something like this: Buy something Get […]