John Snider over at “American Freethought“, source of a podcast I very much enjoy, posted a message asking how folks deal with the holidays. i.e. do we avoid all things “Christmas” or go with the flow… Here is my response: Hi John, I enjoy the whole of the winter holiday season. There seems so little … Continue reading The Christmas Season
From the timestamps I see that this gem has been available since June of 2006 but I certainly had not heard about it. Microsoft (M$), always there with useful products, also always manages to make things *just* different enough from standard that you can’t really seem to call them on it but they make it … Continue reading Winmail.dat file issue in Lotus Notes workaround (finally)
Michelle’s office party is usually a Halloween themed affair. This year they opted to make it a little different and instead set up shop at the Red Door Playhouse in Roswell for a Karaoke theme. There were a bunch of good performances, Michelle’s was Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”. She used “Thrill the World” as the source … Continue reading Graivier Karaoke Party Pictures
I’ve owned my venerable Honda Odyssey for just under 12 years now. It’s exactly what I wanted in a vehicle size-wise and performance-wise. The original stereo that came with it sports a cassette player that’s worked very well all these years. I’ve been using a headset-jack-to-cassette adapter to listen to my podcasts for the past … Continue reading Blaupunkt Melbourne SD27 Installed at Fry’s Electronics
In this article about a mailman in North Carolina who simply stopped delivering junk mail, I find it both amusing and odd that the fact that nobody complained or was even remotely bothered that their junk mail did not make its way to them was noted by either the direct marketing association spokesperson or by … Continue reading Odd that nobody pays attention to those that are supposedly losing out
I ended up leaving the Kill A Watt on my fridge for a *lot* longer than I intended. But at least I got a pretty good representation of its consumption. These results were a big surprise to me. I’ve always considered that the fridge should be one of the chief energy consumers in the house … Continue reading Kill A Watt EZ P4460 – Whirlpool ED25DQ Refrigerator
So, I’ve *finally* figured out what I’m doing and have culled through my Toronto images from our July trip. Please click here to check them out. I’m going to be posting them over a number of days so check out the flickr app on the left side to see if there is anything new there. … Continue reading Toronto Trip pictures from July
Just saw “Iron Man“. Now *that’s* the way a super-hero movie is supposed to be done. A little funny, stretch reality a bit and use top-notch actors and special effects. When I saw the 2003 version of “Hulk” I thought, “Uh oh… I hope this doesn’t mean all sci fi will flush plot and plausibility … Continue reading Iron Man – wow!
Back in January of 2007 I posted about a healthier lifestyle that I’d adopted. In my visit up to Toronto this past July I found I was becoming pretty overwhelmed with being so full all the time. A part of many visits with friends naturally ends up enjoying a meal together. Light foods or not, … Continue reading Healthier Lifestyle – October 2008 Update
I received an email today from DirecTV listing the current pay per view offerings for this week and saw a movie that Michelle said she wanted to see. OK, OK it’s Mike Myers’ “The Love Guru”, call me a wuss but I’m gonna enjoy it too. So I went to my Tivo to set it … Continue reading DirecTV or not DirecTV (or Netflix is in the wings)
