A note to visitors

April 13th, 2009

This site is intended for the viewing pleasure of family and close friends.  We also appreciate that other passers-by from the world-wide-web drop in to get a glimpse into the journals of our family.

Lately there have been several site user registrations by spammers.  Any ill-nature they may have planned has been foiled and action is being taken to shutdown the abusers’.  To ensure the security of this site I’ve also had to further lockdown user registrations.  User access is not required to view the site, but if you are a legitimate visitor, you will likely know how to contact the site admin to personally request access to this site for the purpose of contributing in the blog feedback forums.

Thank you for understanding.

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Politics and Stuff

Look, Ma! No Training Wheels!

June 18th, 2009

video management, video solution, video streaming For the past couple weeks whenever Jack goes out to ride his bike he asks me to “fix it,” referring to his training wheels getting bent upward because he leans to hard on ‘em.  At first I’d bend the wheels back into shape, but lately I’d tell Jack that it doesn’t need fixed, and explained that the wheels need to be off the ground so that he can ride better.  I’d also been telling him to wobble back and forth so that he can try to stay upright, rather than always leaning on one training wheel or the other.  His leaning has wore the heck out of the wheels, so would have been a matter of time before they were completely shredded anyway.

This evening Jack pulled his bike out to ride and again asked me to “fix it.” I told him it doesn’t need fixed, but he restated what he meant and said, “no, off!”  He even wheeled his bike over to the toolbox in the garage, and in a jiffy they were gone and he was two-wheelin’!

Enjoy!  :-)

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Family, Jack and Video

Twikini

June 2nd, 2009

I became a Windows Mobile Pocket PC user recently and have found new ways to get things done on time with my HTC Touch Pro.  Not that I couldn’t Twitter from my mobile web enabled cell phone before, but WM and my new PDA really make it easy for me to keep in touch like I want to be.

Twinkini

Seattle color scheme shown above

Twikini found a way into my life just a couple of days after I got my HTC Touch Pro (thank you, the timing was impeccable!).  Some of the really cool features are that it leverages the camera, GPS, media, touch screen, keyboard, graphics and storage capabilities of my device.

I haven’t used any other Twitter apps on my phone, but I think it’s a no-brainer to say that Twikini is the best app there is for WM devices.  Trinket Software states their goal is to make Twikini the best designed Twitter app for Windows devices in the world.

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Stuff

Shoshone Falls

April 19th, 2009
Shoshone Falls

Shoshone Falls

Just posted pics of Shoshone Falls (Twin Falls, ID) from our day trip in mid-April: http://ow.ly/58z3

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Nature

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