Off-Topic: Best Blue Angels Pics EVER
I don’t normally post this kind of thing, but these shots were just too good not to. Show with a Nikon D50 w/ Nikkor 70-300mm lens. Additional details included. I have to get to Fleet Week in San...
View ArticleHowTo: Geek out your Holiday Parties & Family Get Togethers
Every year, I pore over my Christmas music looking to create the ultimate mix for that cocktail get-together with the neighborhood friends, the perfect in-car mix for shopping, the Christmas Eve...
View ArticleThe Gratitude Campaign
A lot of you will be traveling over the holidays and may find yourself in a similar situation; I hope you’ll take a moment to say thank you. It isn’t about politics, it’s about people. Kudos to the...
View ArticleGetting (my wife) Healthy
Sorry I haven’t written much here in the past week or so. Last week my wife became very ill with what started as a viral infection two weeks ago and was compounded by an unusual strain of pneumonia....
View ArticleMicrosoft Conference Call
This is the funniest video I’ve seen in ages. And for the record, yes that’s actually the conference calling system we use. And admittedly yes, I’ve done the same groove out. Probably more inside...
View ArticleShameless Plug
My son was recently named a finalist in a recent photo competition – voting ends Thursday with the winners to be announced during the Duvall Days parade next week which he will be participating in. So...
View ArticleSelling our House in Carnation, WA (Part Deux)
They say you can never time the real-estate market. In June we took our house off the market in order to focus on family events – namely three birthdays, eleven out of town guests, a baptism, and an...
View ArticleFlip MinoHD released, your Holidays in HD?
There are a few essentials my wife has in her purse and/or diaper bag – wallet, snacks for kids, emergency juice box, and a Flip Mino video camcorder. It’s so fast and easy to use for the first time...
View ArticleHowTo: Music for the Holidays with Zune and Pandora
As those who have read my ramblings here know, I’m always looking for the perfect holiday mix. This year, it’s been easier thanks to two services I’ve been playing with: Zune Marketplace and Pandora....
View ArticleHowTo: Halloween Fun Outdoor Effects with Windows Live Essentials 2011
This year, Americans are projected to shell out over $5.8 billion dollars on Halloween, between a costume, candy and decorations. In our household, my wife really gets into Halloween costumes but for...
View ArticleKinect.Me brings Theme Park Experience to your PC
The team is hard at work preparing for the November launch of Kinect for Xbox 360. One of the exciting things is consumers can now try Kinect for themselves at local events worldwide. One of the...
View ArticleOpEd: Reboot the Logitech Revue/Google TV Campaign
Earlier this week, Logitech created a stir with their inaugural campaign for the Revue, a Google TV-based set-top box solution designed to sit between your Cable Box/DVR and TV to deliver a series of...
View ArticleNike+ GPS app now available for iOS, ditch the foot pod!
For over the past year, I’ve been running pretty regularly, something I’ve equated over the years to boring and likely to result in an injury since I had double Achilles tendon surgery as a 7yo kid....
View ArticleDIY: Holiday Outdoor Light Effects and Yule Log with Windows 7
Happy Holidays everyone! Dusting off a few projects for Christmas in addition to putting up the lights. Here are a few quick links to the How To articles and downloads to get you in the festive...
View ArticleFind the best Holiday Displays in Seattle with Bing
Having recently come across The Seattle Times’ list of great holiday lights and displays around the community, I realized how laborious it would be to try and map all of them out to decide which to...
View ArticleThe Sabbatical
I’m now about four weeks into an eight week sabbatical. I’ve been pretty quiet about the time outside a few close friends because it seems self-serving to blurt out, “Hey look at me and how cool I get...
View ArticleSeattle loves Boston!
Last monday, under an overcast and stormy Seattle sky, I took my son to his first Little League practice as a member of the Boston Red Sox. Despite being a coast away from Boston, our hearts go out to...
View ArticleHowTo: Halloween Fun Outdoor FX
(Updated 9/2013 to include AtmosFearFX, new projectors) Americans are projected to shell out over $5.8 billion dollars on Halloween, between a costume, candy and decorations. In our household, my wife...
View ArticleWe’re getting married!
You are the star of each night, you are the brightness of every morning, you are the story of each guest, you are the report of every Land. No evil shall befall you, on hill nor bank, in field or...
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