I was testing out the video in my new iPhone and did a quick 30-second video of my office. I sat in my chair in the middle of the office and went all the way around. I probably should have held the phone horizontally instead of vertically, but you live, you learn. In any event,…
I got a new iPhone 4 today. This wasn’t really something I’d planned. My old iPhone was a 3G and it’s battery, at least, was on its last legs. At the hospital yesterday, the battery died after about 2 hours of intermittent use: full charge to no charge in 2 hours. That’s been par for…
The false alarm began at around 11am with a call from Kelly. There were some symptoms of impending labor. She’d called the doctor and the doctor told her to head into the hospital. I left work, headed home, collected our things (which were already packed and stacked by the door), and off we went to…
Times they are a-changing. In a few days we’ll have an additional family member. We’ve been in the final stages of preparing for weeks now. This weekend, we finished up most of what we need to do around the house to be ready for the Little Miss’s arrival. Her room is all set up, for…
The Little Miss is scheduled to arrive on Friday and so my usual posting may be off kilter somewhat what we prepare for her arrival. Most of the preparation is done at this point. Her room is mostly setup now. The Little Man’s room looks much more like a little boy’s room as opposed to…
My sister and brother-in-law came through town this weekend on their way home from a beach vacation. And they came bearing gifts. Among those gifts was this item, picked out especially for me: Yes, that’s right people. Bacon & Cheese flavored crickets. And here is the back of this box which describes the various parts:…
I realize that I didn’t post anything new yesterday, which is unusual. Part of the reason is that I’m somewhat preoccupied getting ready for the arrival of the Little Miss. But also I was somewhat obsessed with my blog stats yesterday. It was almost–but not quick–a record-breaking day here. My daily page view record stands…
Last week I wrote a post suggesting some improvements to some of the apps that I use on the iPad. One of my suggestions was the ability to send articles from Zinio directly into Evernote. Well, that hasn’t happened yet, but yesterday, I discovered that my RSS app, Reeder released a new version in which…
My current story project is a complex one. It is the first of what I will hope to be a series of interconnected stories. The story is told from multiple viewpoints and in some cases the some of the character have no idea what the others are doing. It spans a period of about 60…
Let me begin by saying that, so far as I know, there is no remake of the classic mid-80s movie in the works. But think about it: you know it’s going to happen. You know that some young Hollywood producer without much of a sense of creativity is flipping through “old” movies to see what…