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Glee knows where the money is; merchandising.

  • 22 Mar, 2011
Glee in iTunes

What’s the key to success in the entertainment industry? Fox’s Glee has to be one of the smartest shows on TV when it comes to merchandising. Now I’m not talking about t-shirts and DVDs, Glee is killing the competition with music. Every week the Glee cast releases a few songs and every week, they skyrocket […]

Ready or not, it’s potty time.

  • 15 Mar, 2011
It's Potty Time
It's Potty Time

We all knew this day would come, but so soon? It’s time for potty training. Believe it or not, Lily is ready where as dad’s not quite. At daycare, Lily has been watching another girl get potty trained so she  knows the basics. When she goes into the bathroom, she knows to pull down her […]

SwiftKey is my choice for an Android keyboard replacement.

  • 14 Mar, 2011
swiftkey

About a month ago I started looking for a keyboard replacement for my HTC Incredible. I tried a few different apps and have decided that SwiftKey works best for me. What I like about SwiftKey is it tries to predict what I’m writing. It suggests the next logical word in my sentences and it does […]

Sliding down a pre-shoveled path works great.

  • 8 Mar, 2011

Having a nice sliding hill is one thing, but it can be a lot of work to carve out a path. However, we realized that the neighbors had a walking path down the hill that they kept well shoveled. It happened to be a little icy too and was perfect for sledding! It’s great because […]

And that’s why I don’t trust the weather man.

  • 7 Mar, 2011
Weather

Last week I overheard a co-worker say that we were going to get a big storm in a week with a foot or more of snow. Then my wife heard it too. Seems it was all over the news. WCCO was reporting 12-15 inches possible, KSTP said 6+ and most other stations were reporting a […]

Testing out WordPress custom post formats.

  • 4 Mar, 2011
WordPress

I’ve been waiting for WordPress 3.1 to come out for months now. I was so excited for post formats as I thought that’d make my WordPress blog cool like my Tumblr blog. Turns out, maybe not. The first thing I forgot was that I’d have to update my theme to make them work. Not only […]