Been a long time!

Yea, it’s been a long time. Over a year now since this blog entry. Why? I don’t know. Apathy, I guess. And lots of use of Facebook – I guess I feel that I can get my thoughts out better to friends and family who might appreciate it more than…

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Wegman’s Good Dog Park in Syracuse, Jamesville Park, Google Earth Overlays, Vacation Camping at Evangola State Park, Buffalo Area

Wegman’s Good Dog Park in Syracuse & Jamesville Beach Park So far we’ve made two trips to the Wegman’s Good Dog Park in Syracuse (they also have a Yahoogroups mailing list here). Great place, nicely kept clean with running water, dog bowls for the water, toys, benches, a double gate,…

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Four Dogs! Free Topo Contour Maps for GPS

Ack! Due to coincidental circumstances we’re dogsitting two extra dogs at once. And one’s a LARGE puppy. Whoa. How’d I get roped into this? But with the price of kennels and some of the scary problems people have had with some local kennels who wants to have them take care…

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Artsy Fartsy Friends, Practical High Dynamic Range Use

Friends are good. Not only to hang with, etc, but sometimes in other ways you may not expect. Like expanding your horizons. And in these troubling times sometimes we need our horizons expanded, especially caught up in our ‘normal’ lives as they were. I’ve been taking photos for a long…

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We Need Broadband

We’ve had our share of companies trying to cover our area with Wimax or other wireless services, none seem to have come through on more than a small-scale. One company, Ridgeviewtel (who also have some deployments here in Jefferson County), has set up a petition/info form to map the location…

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The Wii, Windows 7

We have been looking at Wii’s for quite a while. But they aren’t cheap, that’s for sure. I, personally, am not much of a game player and usually avoid sitting and playing games, as a bit of a waste of time. Though I can happily spend hours flying on a…

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Obama, Facebook, Ping.fm, Touchscreens

Wow, it was quite a day yesterday. A new year, a new day. A new president, and a new hope (that sounds vaguely Star War-esque). And I ended up watching the coverage for nearly the whole day while I was working. I have to say; I’ve never been interested in…

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Taking a Break While Computing, Filemenu Tools, Air Hogs and R/C, Spyware

So here we go, a new year is almost here. I’m not much for New Year Resolutions, but I could stand to lose a little weight – especially after all the great foods, desserts, and candies I’ve eaten this Xmas. Wow. But I figure if I only indulge myself a…

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New Monitor, Simple Solutions when Troubleshooting DVD Players and Other Complex Systems, Hiding Your E-mail Address On Your Website, Interesting Website Usage Stats

Argh, been remiss here in posting, way too busy. Hmmm, I feel that I’ve said this before…   New Monitor   I just acquired a new 22 inch LCD widescreen monitor (the one on the right in the pic above). Very nice unit, large and bright.   But I wasn’t…

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Obama Wins

     My idea has been that Obama was the only choice, more a lesser of two evils.  As the election went on and I got to know Obama better, at least his public persona, my attitude changed.    I also noticed some other things that I had never been aware…

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