Archive for October, 2006



At lunchtime, I got out some frozen veggies for Olivia and decided she could have some of the leftover lasagna with it. I steamed the veggies in the microwave and heated up the lasagna and brought it all over to the table. The vegetables were too hot for her, so I started cutting up the lasagna and [...]

Vista: Standard Features

In Vista, Microsoft has bundled some ‘new’ applications for common tasks. To start, they’ve basically included the capabilities of Microsoft Outlook in Vista. Windows Mail is a new application for all of your email tasks and it is very similar to Outlook. It has everything I’m looking for in an email client and since it isn’t very [...]

Insights from Dilbert

Most people who work in an office setting find the comic of Dilbert to be humorous and sometimes very insightful into our own work environments. Well, you might think Dilbert’s creator Scott Adams is even more insightful after reading his book Dilbert and the Way of the Weasels. I haven’t read the book but I did read this [...]

Our very own Prince Charming!

According to Wikipedia, Prince Charming is the prince who comes to the rescue of the damsel in distress, and typically must engage in a quest to liberate her from an evil spell or dragon (or in our case a 60 lb. Pit Bull). 
This morning I took Olivia and Cecilia out to blow bubbles on the front porch since it is raining [...]

Ten Terrific Months!

Olivia Grace is now ten months old! Time flies when you’re having fun - and especially when you’re chasing a little one around!  Olivia crawls confidently and easily gets from standing to sitting to lying down. She pulls up on EVERYTHING and has even let go and stood on her own a few times. She has [...]

Introducing . . . Ms. Cecilia!

I have started watching our little neighbor, Cecilia , a couple days a week while her parents are working (from 8:30 to 3:30). She is about 18 months older than Olivia (that makes her 2.5 yrs) and it has been fun to see them play together. Cecilia is the youngest (her brother, Nikolas is 6) so [...]

High-Tech Farming

Back in my day, we had to actually drive the tractors ourselves. Not anymore, check out the new intelligent Total Equipment Control (iTEC) system from John Deere. It uses GPS, probably RTK GPS, and integrated systems in the tractor to know exactly where the tractor is and it controls the entire system. That means driving [...]

Inbox for the Web

Asked anyone if they’ve sent you email today? Probably not because you would’ve seen it in your inbox. So why do you go to websites to check if they’ve been updated when RSS is like an ‘inbox’ for the web. That’s right, another post on RSS. If you haven’t caught on by now, I think you should be [...]






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