Year: 2006
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Weigh in: Week Twenty Nine
This weekend I ate the worst food I have eaten in more than twenty nine weeks. We got together with some friends on Friday night and Saturday night and we at "junk food". When you are invited to a friend’s house for a party, or have one for yourself, and everyone brings "whatever" it seems…
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Doing the Panera Bread thing again
I’ve written about Panera before. How it, and other cafes with free wifi, provide a good solid atmosphere for clearing your head all while getting some work done. Mike thinks I smell, so he is over there. Atmosphere definitely lends itself to attitude – so if you find yourself slugging behind a little – get…
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Finger puppets from Niagara Falls in 2003
Google recently announced the release of their patent search. I thought I’d do a little sniffing around to see what I could find and to my surprise I stumbled onto this patent for a "Finger puppet". In June 2003 Eliza, Chris, and I went to Niagara Falls. We had a great time even though I…
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Five questions for successful dieters
While doing some dishes today I thought of starting a "meme" of sorts. How could I capture the reasons why I think I’ve been successful on the diet and help to encourage those who have not, or who have yet to start their diet. I’ve come up with these five questions, and hopefully my answers…
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I need more storage so that…
I need more storage so that… I don’t have to make rash decisions on what personal data to keep (especially photos) just because I’m running out of room on my laptop. I love using a laptop as my main computer. It’s portable, compact, and works almost as well as a desktop. Currently the main caveat…
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Weigh in: Week Twenty Eight
Last week I was 189.6 pounds and this week I’m up 0.4 pounds and sitting pretty at 190.0 pounds. Let me tell you thought, this is a miracle in itself due to the amount of food I ate. Eliza had some family in this past weekend and she made lasagna (one of many of my…
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A dead field mouse
If you were to go to Amazon.com, or any other service that allows you to create a wish list, and created a wish list – I doubt that a dead field mouse would be in your selections. Apparently my cat thought that a dead field mouse was a perfect gift for me, which is exactly…
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Weigh in: Week Twenty Seven
I weighed in this morning at 189.6 pounds, up 3 pounds since 8 weeks ago. I am very surprised at this number since I thought I’d have gained more than only 3 pounds in that amount of time. My plan is to get down to 185 pounds, and I’d like those 185 pounds to be…
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Re: The usefulness of Microformats
Kyle Kneath recently wrote I just don’t get this whole Microformats thing and I wanted to take a minute to respond to him. Kyle is doubting the usefulness of Microformats, and is also saying that he thinks the learning curve is too hard because of the documentation making things "too hard". First I’ll address his…
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The state of the diet
I’ve been asked in many ways about the state of the-diet. I’ve put off an update until I had chosen a direction to go with it since I’m now in a different stage of the diet than I was before. It took me about 20 weeks to get close to my goal. I never actually…
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Not all Frostys are created equal
Andrew, Chris, Mike, and I appreciate the Wendy’s Frosty. Eliza does too but she thinks the vanilla is good so we’ll leave her out of this discussion. We have a few Wendy’s "near" us. One is in Dickson City (about 10-15 minutes away) and one in Clarks Summit (about 20-25 minutes away)*. Both of which…
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Bridges washed out in Clifford
For those of you wonder how Eliza and I are doing since there was some major bridge damage in Clifford – we don’t live in Clifford anymore. We moved. We’ve not heard of anyone having any serious injuries in Clifford but we have heard that it is a major inconvenience having the only road going…
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Keyword Manager for iPhoto
I was half expecting to write a very long, detailed review of the Keyword Manager for iPhoto. However, I will not. I will just say that if you are the type of person that is willing to invest in their personal data’s future – and the ability to find it quickly and easily, the Keyword…
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I’ll bite. I’ll give Twitter a try.
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I do not recommend installing any Safari plugins
There are quite a few handy Safari plugins out there. Most of them try to help make up for what Safari lacks, and normally I’d be all for trying to get the most out of your software. Not in this case. I’ve tried a few Safari plugins over the years and most of them, if…
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Leopard wish list – Part four: Finder
My wish list for the Finder is not as extensive as other’s will be. Partly because I do not have as many complaints about the Finder as I’ve seen long-time Mac users have – particularly those you came from OS 7, 8, and/or 9. Fixes As I said, my list of fixes will be pretty…
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Leopard wish list – Part three: iChat
Another application within the Mac OS that is open for most of my day is iChat. Many have chosen to use third-party chatting applications like Adium – but the ability to hold audio and video conferences, and transferring files to those on my list, proves to be indispensable features for me. Fixes I hope not…
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Leopard wish list – Part two: Mail
I’m not as much of a power-user of Mail as I probably could be. There are features of Mail that I simply do not use, and therefore my request for Mail are rather light. However, I do feel that some of my requests make sense, so hopefully they will be included in Leopard. Fixes Here…
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Leopard wish list – Part one: Safari
I fully realize that my "wish list" that I will be publishing is coming a little late to be included in the Spring-time update to the Mac OS – however it is good to note that much of what I am documenting has already been sent to Apple months ago. The first thing I’m going…
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Weather on the Boise South Fork
Dan Bachman of Tattered Fly give us a small glimpse of weather on the Boise South Fork. [tags]idaho, photos, tattered fly, fishing, outdoor, rainbow, sleet, weather[/tags] [slug]boise-south-fork[/slug]
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I need to vacation in New Zealand
I’ve wanted to visit New Zealand for awhile. Its been a long time goal of mine, but some of the photos I’ve seen lately (since I’m subscribed), is starting to make me want to get the heck out there sooner rather than later. [tags]photos, flickr, new zealand, vacation[/tags] [slug]new-zealand-goal[/slug]
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Josue interviewed all of us
Josue thought it’d be cool if he interviewed me, Chris, Mike, and himself. [tags]josue salazar, colin devroe, chris fehnel, mike stickel, tug, theubergeeks, interview[/tags] [slug]tug-interview[/slug]
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The story of my first Macintosh
Originally published in early-May 2004 with the title of "The story of my iMac". I’d say that it began in July 2002. My wife Eliza and I like to catch the live Apple Keynote’s whenever we can. The July 2002 broadcast introduced the iMac 17"flat panel, preloaded with OS X. I mentioned to Eliza that…
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Wednesday is actually one of my more favorite days of the week
My wife Eliza has said before that she loves Wednesdays. So perhaps it is of little surprise that I too enjoy Wednesdays. I have a few reasons for really liking this particular day of the week. LOST New DVDs from Eliza A chance to see what you’ve already done for the week, and what is…
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Slugger
Finally I’ve had the opportunity to build and release Slugger, a plugin that allows me to use MarsEdit to the fullest of its potential with WordPress. Finally. [tags]wordpress, wordpress plugin, plugin, slugger, chancecube[/tags]
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A reinvigorated approach to driving safely
Originally posted in April 2004 on TUG with the title "A new approach to driving". I’m reposting this because I plan on doing a slightly better job of driving than I have been lately. Partially due to my wife’s prodding, but also because I found this post and remember that there was a time when…
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Everything is chronological
My good friend Josue is "rearranging" his site. He now has everything setup in small chronological notes. I like it. [tags]josue salazar, weblog[/tags]
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Gettin’ waxed
No, not my bikini area – our floors. In preparation for getting our floors waxed we had to move everything, thoroughly sweep and mop the floors, and put the cats in the office. Pickles inspecting the floor After the cats approved of our floors, we put them away. Now I’m just waiting to do one…
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3,037.5 ounces
This was originally posted on TUG in March 2004. My wife has a problem. An addiction if you will. Not to pain killers, alcohol or any drugs for that matter, but rather to deals. Allow me to explain. My wife’s skill set is a three-pronged sword. First, she is very good at locating ‘deals’ for…
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My first letter to Steve Jobs
I find this pretty hilarious now. I wrote this on TUG in January 2004. Mr. Jobs I must appologize for my ignorance and arrogance. I love my iMac, I really do, but I have always had problems with this or that. Not with the computer itself, mostly just connecting to my other computer. Well, today…
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Scott McKenna
In March 2004 myself and a few friends went to see Scott McKenna at a local Border’s book store. Scott and Nyke performing Borders in Dickson City, PA in 2004 After watching him I wrote: Scott played some Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews and Howie Day all while mixing in some of his own stuff. His…
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The misuse of buzzwords
I have decided to start collecting all of my better posts from various other sources and putting them all on my personal blog. More for the search-ability than anything. This article was first posted to Business Logs, almost exactly as you see it below, and was also featured in a magazine. Speaking from experience, using…
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Using the calendar disables sharing in iPhoto
I have so many posts about iPhoto in my "saved drafts" area that I figured it is time to get rid of one. This one deals with sharing photos in iPhoto – something that is a fairly painful process still. In short, if you pull open a remote Library that you’d like to grab a…
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I need a new chair
For those that have already seen my chair, this post will come as absolutely no surprise. For those that haven’t, let me catch you up to speed with the following photo. My chair as of this morning Why did I let it get this bad? About one week after I got my chair, the thing…
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iPod shuffle reset
If you have a first-generation iPod shuffle and need to reset it, Apple has you covered now. [via Infinite Loop] [tags]ipod, shuffle, apple, software[/tags]
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Movember
If only I had facial hair that was recognizable at a distance of greater than 4-inches from my face – I’d participate. [tags]kris krug, fun, movember[/tags]
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Optimized Firefox 2.0 builds for any Macintosh
Personally I am not going to be using Firefox 2.0 until at least a single point-release is out, but if you would like to use Firefox 2.0, and you’re on the Mac, I suggest checking out the optimized builds. No idea what Firefox is? Using a program called Internet Explorer? Please do yourself a favor…
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Simple Countdown
We just can’t stop giving away free stuff I guess. Mike has been slaving over a hot G4 for the last few days tweaking and getting the options just right to launch Simple Countdown version 1.0. I begged and pleaded that Simple Countdown would be able to do simple, easy, in-post countdowns and boy did…
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Taking full advantage of the things you already own
Most of us like nice, new things. Whenever something new comes out we ogle at its features, wonder at how we could use them to our advantage, and then eventually buy the product. But how many of us take full advantage of the things we already own? I’m sure some of you out there do…
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A kind of invisibility shield
"Scientists create a kind of invisibility shield by bending microwaves" I find this intriguing of course but I’m of the belief that they are not even close to having anything of real worth. Though I’d love to see a demo. An interesting quote was: "We did this work very quickly . . . and that…
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A view from the top
A view from the top is a guest post on a friend’s blog about quitting World of Warcraft when the person had gotten to the top. Reads like most addiction quitters. There is a redux and an alternative point of view too. (via Waxy) [tags]addiction, quitting, world of warcraft[/tags]
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Blue Sky Studios Challenge
Blue Sky Studios, the creators of Ice Age, have a challenge blog. The latest challenge? Favorite Pixar Characters. (this was from back in August) (via Luxo) [tags]blue sky studios, pixar, drawing, art, animation, pixar[/tags]
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Ms. Dewey
Ms. Dewey is a search engine that has a good-looking woman pestering you while you search. Devin hits the nail on the head with his review of Ms. Dewey. [tags]ms. dewey, devin reams, review, search engine[/tags]
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P2P advertising with decoy files
Have you ever tried to download something on a P2P network only to get 1,000 results of bogus files? Turns out this is now being done on purpose as a way to advertise to P2P users. [tags]p2p, advertising[/tags]
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PBS: Creative Commons Flickr = 22 million sharable photos
A really great article by PBS called "Creative Commons Flickr = 22 million sharable photos". Oh and Kris Krug was called a moonlighter. (via Kris Krug) [tags]flickr, creative commons, pbs, sharing, community[/tags]
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ScrivsTyme #100
ScrivsTyme (an audio show put on by Paul Scrivens and Tyme White, both of 9rules) is about to hit episode number 100. Although I can not think of a clever way to tribute that accomplishment, I would like to say congrats! [tags]Paul Scrivens, Tyme White, 9rules, podcast, scrivstyme[/tags]
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Star Wars car sale
Another Star Wars video (see "Under the Tusken Sun") – Star Wars car sale follows a Jedi into a car dealership. Quotable quotes include: "How much is this ship?" and "That is a nice cargo hold!". [tags]star wars, jedi, car sale, video[/tags]
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Stephen Hawking to be divorced
So Stephen Hawking is to be divorced. Something I didn’t know though, was the rich tapestry that makes up his life and relationships. "The 64-year-old scientist, author of the best seller "A Brief History of Time," is almost completely paralyzed by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. He communicates with the help of a…
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The New York Inquirer
The New York Inquirer has redesigned. And it looks very familiar. The plague of design rip offs that has been infecting the Internet since its inception is one that needs a solution – or at least a swift consequence to those found guilty. [tags]redesign, rip-off, coudal, new york inquirer[/tags]