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Taking Pictures of Lightning

  • 13 Aug, 2007

When severe storms rolled into my hometown of Chatfield the other night, they can with a great lightning show. So, I decided to try and catch some action on my camera. Now, I’ve tried this before and it’s not an easy task unless your camera is setup to automatically take a picture every few seconds. […]

What’s wrong with this picture?

  • 3 Aug, 2007

This is our backyard, can you tell what’s wrong with this picture? // Image lost. Sorry. Zooomr ate it. // What if I said I live in Minnesota? What if I said we are in the mist of a severe drought? For some reason, there are parts of our lawn that are bright green and […]

Unimaginable – 35W Bridge Collapses

  • 1 Aug, 2007

Tonight, just after 6pm, the interstate 35W bridge collapsed into the Mississippi river in Minneapolis. Please keep those affected in your thoughts and prayers. I once lived just a few miles from that bridge and drove it quite often. It’s hard to believe that it’s now gone.

Renegade Rollercoaster Rocks

  • 30 Jul, 2007

We visited Valleyfair for the first time this weekend in about two years and tested out some of the new rides. Much to our surprise, the new wooden rollercoaster Renegade is awesome! Now, I’m not tying to say that I thought Renegade wasn’t going to be good. It just wasn’t that tall and you didn’t […]

One Week With My Microsoft 5000 Mouse

  • 27 Jul, 2007

When my Mighty Mouse stopped scrolling down, I was sad. When I broke it trying to clean it, I was depressed. But now I have a Microsoft Wireless 5000 Laser mouse and I’m pretty happy once again. I’ve never been a Microsoft Fan. I refuse to install Word or Excel on my iMac and, come […]

Switching to Safari? Maybe, Maybe Not

  • 25 Jul, 2007

I’m a pretty big Firefox user and I do love the browser, but there are a few things I don’t like. Basically the time it takes to launch or open a new window. It just seems to get bogged down every now and then. Safari on the other hand just pops right up. So, I’m […]

Why don’t iMacs have batteries?

  • 17 Jul, 2007

Yes, I really asked that question. Why don’t iMacs have batteries? The reason I ask is because things happen. Someone is building a building and cuts the power to a whole city block. Oops. Or a storm brews up and knocks down a tree and the lights go out. It happens, the power goes out […]

Goodbye Mighty Mouse

  • 15 Jul, 2007

I had complained that my Apple Mighty Mouse could no longer scroll down and now it’s dead. I had taken it to the Apple store in hopes they’d help. Instead they sent me to YouTube to watch a video on how to clean the Mighty Mouse. Well, I tried to open the mouse and ended […]

Feed My Cow. Catch me on Pownce. Skitch it Up.

  • 13 Jul, 2007

For any of you readers that might also have Facebook account, please go feed or pet my cow. Hamburglar, that’s his name, is lonely and would love some attention. If you’d rather connect via Pownce, I’m now no that too. I’ll use it about as much as I do Twitter, and that’s not a whole […]

iPhone Overload – Please Shut Up

  • 29 Jun, 2007

Ok, I’m a big Apple fan and I think the iPhone is pretty cool, but the amount of attention it has been getting the past week is overwhelming. People are going crazy over things like cancellation policies. Who cares about that? I’m all for good iPhone information, but the amount of information flooding the web […]