Monday, January 31, 2005

I could never see the picture in these holograms before, but now I think they're the coolest thing since teapots. Now I just have to understand the explanation NASA gives.

Sunday, January 30, 2005

After watching the movie Wimbledon, I realized two things. The first is that I miss following tennis. There was nothing better than sitting down with a bag of Tostidos and a jar of Pace on a Sunday afternoon watching the men's final. The second is that Kirsten Dunst is not a very good actor.

Saturday, January 29, 2005

We got some more of the curtains hung in the movie room. And I don't mean no store bought curtains. I mean raw fabric custom stitched. It's all coming together.

I was trying to tell the wife about the Halo 2 making-of featurette Karl and I watched - acting as giddy as a school girl. And she actually pulled the "It's just a video game" line. This coming from someone who cries watching those damn diamond commercials.

Friday, January 28, 2005

Well, I got nothing done at work. Literally nothing.

On the other hand, I got a little playing time with my new Xbox controller. In the words of Ferris Bueller, if you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.

Thursday, January 27, 2005

I've been toying with the idea of setting up a site for the family to post and share ideas, organize family events, perhaps maintain individual blogs, etc. Karl introduced me to a powerful application called Plone, which would work if I were going to host the site. Since that won't happen for some time, I've turned to other applications that use PHP/MySQL. I've looked into Nucleus, Geeklog, and even pLog. I would really like to write my own, but that takes time. So I'm looking for a cheap solution that is relatively stable and will have support for some time.

I guess I should also see if the family has any interest.

Wednesday, January 26, 2005

There's a "Treasure Hunt" put on by the local paper every winter. The paper will give clues each day (for 12 days or until found) about the location of the medallion. The medallion can be hidden anywhere (on public land) in Ramsey County, which is pretty big, although it's usually in a park. Last year, it was hidden in a park very close to where I live, and that's how I learned about this. This year, I'm getting a little more involved in that I read the clues and do some internet research. Maybe I'll go out and look. With a potential prize of $10,000, I suppose I should.

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Boy, do I have a lot of email on hotmail and gmail from not checking it in the past two months. And with there storage sizes of at least 250 MB, I'll be going through it for a while.

To get you a bit more up to speed with my life, Karl and I took a Saturday and passed Halo. Now he's bragging he bought Halo 2 and gets to play it before me. I better not stumble upon a large sum of money. I would literally become the couch.

Monday, January 24, 2005

It's been over two months since my last post. A lot has changed since then. But the good news is that nobody reads this blog other than me, so nobody has been out of the loop. And now I'm just talking to myself.

Anyway, the reason I haven't posted is because my computer has been out of commission. It started with ... actually, I don't remember. In the end, I upgraded everything, which is the same as saying I built a new computer. I do have the original keyboard and monitor, though. I've learned quite a bit and had to take the plunge to Windows XP.

I have lots to post, but best to start off slow...