Did you know that some Minnesota libraries have free passes to all sorts of MN destinations? We were lucky enough to get our hands on a MN Zoo pass last week and the whole family got into to the zoo for free! We got to feed the baby goats, see the fish, lions and all […]
Wait. Our garage sale tricycle is worth how much?
I recently wroteabout how we got some great deals on a garage sale and one of those was a tricycle for $5. While searching for instructions on how to adjust the seat, I had quite an amazing discovery. It seems that Kettler trikes retail for $200! Damn! This was one great find and we’ll have to be […]
Easily increase your HTC Droid Incredible battery life
My wife and I have HTC Droid Incredibles and the battery life is far from great. With nearly nothing on my wife’s phone, it wouldn’t last an entire day. Even with minimal use. After a lot of searching and testing, it turns out that the Facebook for HTC Sense app is the main problem. It’s […]
Spoiling Lily and getting great deals.
When you have a kid, you realize how expensive they can be. However, with a little bit of looking, you can find great deals. Lily loves to swing, so we looked at getting her a swing for the back yard. We went back and forth on the decision until we found the one we wanted on […]
How to disable Firefox beta update notices.
With Firefox’s new release schedule, you may be seeing update messages every few weeks about a new beta version. If you’re tired of seeing these, you can easily disable them. First, in Firefox’s URL bar type about:config. If you get a safety warning, hit I’ll be Careful. Next, in the filter bar type app.update.channel. In […]
Lily has completed her first swim lessons.
Today was Lily’s last day of swim lessons. The 1 month program was just to get her comfortable with the water. She learned some things and got exposed to quite a bit. She even got dunked under the water a few times. One of these days she’ll learn to close her eyes and mouth first, but […]
Waconia has a pretty nice beach.
We’ve only been to the beach one other time since we’ve lived in Waconia and that was for picnic. But today we decided to check it out and go for a swim. The setup is very nice, there is play equipment and picnic tables on the grass and there is plenty of beach for everyone. […]
The fastest browser on my Mac is Firefox 5.
I tested four browsers with the SunSpider tests and it turns out that Firefox 5 was faster than Chrome, Safari and Opera. This was quite surprising to me as it beat out Chrome but quite a bit. It’s also interesting how far behind Safari is. Opera 10.5 – 534.0ms +/- 1.4% Chrome 12 – 524.6ms […]
