We watched two movies recently. "Transporter 2" (2005; Jason Statham), but it contains too much language, frankly, and contains some definite immodesty, but it's a sweet car flick, especially if you enjoyed the first one. Can't recommend it, though.
"King Kong" (2005; Jack Black, Andy Serkis) was the other one. Wow, this one is way too long - and it also contains too much language. Overall, a definite snoozer. The dinosaurs and the nasty bug parts were the only redeeming 10 minutes of an otherwise long and boring 3-hour long dud.
It's been pretty hot lately, with high temps in the low 100's over the past couple of weeks. With the high temps, however, comes lots of subshine, which led us outdoors to do some more caching. More on that later.
We'll, it turns out that my friend Ryan DeLuca is officially cool. He was featured by Inc. Magazine as # 5 of the Top "30 Under 30" - a list of the coolest young entrepreneurs in America. Nice.
I heard some interesting Danko Jones tunes lately on several podcasts from their new "Sleep Is The Enemy" album. It's not the worst music I've heard lately. I can't figure out why so many people like them, though - they're not that good.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Glucerna Aim Bowling Up QuickFusion Patches
I tried some Nutrivation Super Speed (Berry Fusion flavor) the other day, not bad for an energy drink. Here's a hilarious site you can go to to check on the Internet's uptime.
I tried some Glucerna weightloss shake that I found in our fridge the other day. Not bad! About our new fence, we love it, but alas - three sprinker heads made it onto the wrong side of the fence... =(
I recently polished off a tube of Aim Multi-Benefit toothpaste. I liked it so much, I got another tube, in fact. On Saturday, we enjoyed helping out at the Memorial Park cleanup and painting service project. We had a pretty good turnout, and some tasty food at the end, as well. Mmmm. We then enjoyed some bowling at Mason's birthday party.
The sad thing, however, is that I lost to Jared. In fact, everyone lost to Jared. The scores were thus: Misti 89, Becky 97, Richard 99, Jared 100. That little stinker!
The best-kept secret on the Web is that you can still get a standalone version of Quicktime (without iTunes). See, aren't you glad you read this blog?!
Speaking of Apple, I failed to mention that Apple recently (a month ago) released 31 patches for security holes in OS 10 and another 12 for holes in Quicktime. Good, but OUCH - that's a LOT! So much for Apple's so-called security...
I tried some Glucerna weightloss shake that I found in our fridge the other day. Not bad! About our new fence, we love it, but alas - three sprinker heads made it onto the wrong side of the fence... =(
I recently polished off a tube of Aim Multi-Benefit toothpaste. I liked it so much, I got another tube, in fact. On Saturday, we enjoyed helping out at the Memorial Park cleanup and painting service project. We had a pretty good turnout, and some tasty food at the end, as well. Mmmm. We then enjoyed some bowling at Mason's birthday party.
The sad thing, however, is that I lost to Jared. In fact, everyone lost to Jared. The scores were thus: Misti 89, Becky 97, Richard 99, Jared 100. That little stinker!
The best-kept secret on the Web is that you can still get a standalone version of Quicktime (without iTunes). See, aren't you glad you read this blog?!
Speaking of Apple, I failed to mention that Apple recently (a month ago) released 31 patches for security holes in OS 10 and another 12 for holes in Quicktime. Good, but OUCH - that's a LOT! So much for Apple's so-called security...
Stomach Goji Talking Flexible Fence
Wow, it's been a long time since I last blogged. So many blogworthy things have happened, it's nearly overwhelming to try and type it all out. Where to begin...?
Well, we had a 6' cedar privacy fence installed around the sides of the house (there was already one in the back), so now the kids have a safe, dog poop-free place in which to play. In addition, we installed the swing set (a blue Flexible Flyer Slide-N-Swing that Neal & Marta gave the kids - thanks!) and also a sandbox, so the kids are in heaven! Now, if there was only a way to get rid of the mosquitos...
We had all fallen ill for about a week recently, Misti with some sort of a strep throat-type of deal that was knocked down with antibiotics, while the rest of us poor slobs all got a stomach flu. Not a fun time. But, we're all back to a healthy state now, and enjoying the wonderful, sunny, and hot summer-like conditions outside these last few weeks (except for the one day last week during which we saw torrents of rain and marble-size hail!).
Becca had a birthday recently, and she finally got the Dora's Talking House that she's been wanting for so long! She enjoyed having her grammy and grampa come up to visit, and misses them now that they're gone again.
We tried out some wonderful Trace Minerals Ultra Mangosteen juice (mangosteen and goji berries). Mmmm, tasty and healthy! I'll blog more later on today, so watch for it! (This is just the tip of the iceberg!)
Well, we had a 6' cedar privacy fence installed around the sides of the house (there was already one in the back), so now the kids have a safe, dog poop-free place in which to play. In addition, we installed the swing set (a blue Flexible Flyer Slide-N-Swing that Neal & Marta gave the kids - thanks!) and also a sandbox, so the kids are in heaven! Now, if there was only a way to get rid of the mosquitos...
We had all fallen ill for about a week recently, Misti with some sort of a strep throat-type of deal that was knocked down with antibiotics, while the rest of us poor slobs all got a stomach flu. Not a fun time. But, we're all back to a healthy state now, and enjoying the wonderful, sunny, and hot summer-like conditions outside these last few weeks (except for the one day last week during which we saw torrents of rain and marble-size hail!).
Becca had a birthday recently, and she finally got the Dora's Talking House that she's been wanting for so long! She enjoyed having her grammy and grampa come up to visit, and misses them now that they're gone again.
We tried out some wonderful Trace Minerals Ultra Mangosteen juice (mangosteen and goji berries). Mmmm, tasty and healthy! I'll blog more later on today, so watch for it! (This is just the tip of the iceberg!)
Monday, June 05, 2006
OpenAdobe Boondocks Security Source
We celebrated Becky's birthday at Boondocks in Meridian on Saturday. Mini golf, bumper cars, and bumper boats made for an exciting albeit wet afternoon! Idaho pizza and a great birthday party with wonderful gifts rounded out the evening's celebration. Thanks to everyone involved!
In recent software patches and security flaw news, Adobe Reader 7.0.8 has been released, as well as 12 new security flaws being patched with Firefox 1.5.0.4. (I don't think anyone's still believing all that "Firefox is the most secure browser" hype anymore...)
Adobe is just being stupid, not letting Office have PDF exporting capabilities, although there will be a free plug-in available to enable that key functionality. Adobe is lame! (Meanwhile, the rest of us just use OpenOffice to do the job. Of course, OpenOffice has security holes, so...)
Okay, I know everyone already knows this, and has already complained about it, but why is it that Firefox can't properly view the source code of a page? It's always got to try and change things like adding extra font tags and closing tags, thus showing you something other than the real source. UPDATE: this only happens when viewing selection source, not just page source. Very weird.
In recent software patches and security flaw news, Adobe Reader 7.0.8 has been released, as well as 12 new security flaws being patched with Firefox 1.5.0.4. (I don't think anyone's still believing all that "Firefox is the most secure browser" hype anymore...)
Adobe is just being stupid, not letting Office have PDF exporting capabilities, although there will be a free plug-in available to enable that key functionality. Adobe is lame! (Meanwhile, the rest of us just use OpenOffice to do the job. Of course, OpenOffice has security holes, so...)
Okay, I know everyone already knows this, and has already complained about it, but why is it that Firefox can't properly view the source code of a page? It's always got to try and change things like adding extra font tags and closing tags, thus showing you something other than the real source. UPDATE: this only happens when viewing selection source, not just page source. Very weird.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Captain Echometer & The Oily Commute
I enjoyed listening to some Echoes on the radio during the commute. Not bad. They also have a podcast, very cool. Our car has now surpassed 80,000 miles on the odometer. Sigh.
We tried out and like the new Cap'n Crunch Chocolately Peanut Butter Crunch cereal. (It's apparently so new it's not even on their website yet!) Mmmm.
Well, it appears that the 6th round of Oil Fight isn't over yet... it was supposed to end last night at 10:00 p.m. MDT, but I woke up this morning, and it's still going and people are still playing, and the scores are changing, so... maybe I've still got a chance to break back into the Top 15 (I'm currently sitting at 16). Jury's still out on this one.
We tried out and like the new Cap'n Crunch Chocolately Peanut Butter Crunch cereal. (It's apparently so new it's not even on their website yet!) Mmmm.
Well, it appears that the 6th round of Oil Fight isn't over yet... it was supposed to end last night at 10:00 p.m. MDT, but I woke up this morning, and it's still going and people are still playing, and the scores are changing, so... maybe I've still got a chance to break back into the Top 15 (I'm currently sitting at 16). Jury's still out on this one.
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