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Watching Wood Disappear

  • 5 Jun, 2006

It’s amazing how the simple things in life can be so enjoyable. We recently built a deck and all the old wood was piled in the front yard and the nails were removed. That was not the fun part. Once we were done, I had Christi make some signs that said ‘Free Used Wood’ and […]

Congrats Kari Rabe

  • 1 Jun, 2006

Kari Rabe from my hometown of Chatfield Minnesota was on Wheel of Fortune last night and did excellent. I think she went home with about $50,000!!! I know (knew) Kari as I was friends with her brother Luke in high school and I’ve hung out with the whole family. That was a long time ago […]

Parallels – Emulation Done Right

  • 26 May, 2006

I’ve taken Parallels for a test spin and I’m very impressed. VirtualPC was the best emulator around years ago and it still never worked very good. Now, with Parallels, you can run Windows (3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, Me, 2000, NT, XP, 2003), any Linux distribution, FreeBSD, Solaris, OS/2, eComStation, or MS-DOS while running OS X. […]

Taylor Hicks Wins – So What

  • 24 May, 2006

Well Taylor Hicks did it. The guy who looked 40 and acted 18 won American Idol. But what kind of album will he make? Can he succeed on the radio? Don’t get me wrong, he’s a good guy who is talented, but I’m having a hard time seeing him being truly successful. Taylor wasn’t my […]

Amazing Apple Store – Inside & Out

  • 19 May, 2006

I mentioned it the other day, but check out the simply amazing pictures of the new NY Apple store/cube on the official Apple site. This is a thing of beauty and it’s open 24/7/365 Inside the cube looking at the entrance.

Skype To Wireless & Land Lines Free

  • 15 May, 2006

Skype has announced that, until the end of the year, you can use Skype to any phone in the US or Canada for free! I tried it with my cell and it worked, but I didn’t talk to myself. But it also didn’t charge me or ask for money. Sweet! This means that tomorrow night, […]

Poseidon at the IMAX

  • 15 May, 2006

On Saturday we checked out Poseidon, not just at the movie theater but at the IMAX. IMAX movies are presented on a 3 story tall screen with a six-channel digital sound system that can’t be found anywhere else. It uses film which is 10x larger than standard movie theaters to bring incredible sharpness and clarity […]

My Sharks Mate A Lot

  • 14 May, 2006

It’s true. I started with two sharks and now I’m up to 11! To clarify, I got a great application called Fish. I realized I hadn’t tried it out since I got my sweet new machine. It runs so much better than on my previous machine. Fish is a virtual aquarium. It allows me to […]

Browsing with Opera 9 Beta

  • 12 May, 2006

I’ve recently started checking out Opera 9 Beta I’m not sure why I stumbled across it but I have to say, it’s quite a nice browser. Now I’m a Firefox guy and there are to many good features to pass up, but Opera is pretty slick too. They’ve added support for WYSIWYG editors like those […]

AllTheWeb does LiveSearch

  • 10 May, 2006

AllTheWeb, a Yahoo search engine, is now testing live search. Take a little of Google Suggest, some Ajax and of course good search results, mix them together and get LiveSearch. It gives you suggestions and results as you type. Pretty cool and fun to play with. On the down side, no Safari or Opera support […]