I’m not sure how the really good coaches do it. I don’t mean working with kids – I love that part. What I do mean, is remembering everything you want to teach the kids so they can become better. I’m working as part of a team so it’s a wonderful experience since I remember one [...]
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Math and Science in schools
This year I have been thrilled to be involved with Xander (5th grade) and his classes science program. It’s an interesting program that is trying to teach the Scientific Method through simple experiments. Xander’s teacher (Miss Hopper) is doing quite a good job guiding the kids through the curriculum. The amount of science being done [...]
Dell Customer Service – A Review
As I’ve said in many past posts, I’ve become primarily a Mac user. However, I’m not one of those snobby Mac users that must only buy Apple products. I’m someone who likes to get value for my money where I can. So when I needed a larger monitor for my new Mac Pro (this was [...]
TIVO Support – Fixing Channel Guide Info
I have a Tivo Series 3 and a Tivo HD. On both of my systems, I was seeing channels that had a number in front of them (i.e. “1 Womens HD”). Any of these channels that had a number in front of them had no channel guide information and just stated “To Be Announced”. I [...]
Snow Leopard – First Impressions
I received Snow Leopard yesterday. We currently have 5 Macs. I have a Mac Pro and a MacBook Pro (15″). Each of the boys have an iMac. And lastly, I have a MacMini connected to our Home Theater setup where we can replay movies that are on a very large Drobo with 4 drives that [...]
T-mobile Mytouch 3g
Having played with this phone, I can say I both love it and hate it. It has a deep alp store, just like the itunes store. Not dissappointed there. There are some 3rd party Mac appear that allow it to sync similar to iphones. One warning though. It takes the alp in android forever to [...]
T-Mobile Customer Support Rocks!
A few days ago, Kathy and I went to a local T-Mobile store to look at the new MyTouch 3G which we had seen via a friend (who actually works at T-Mobile). We wanted to play with it a bit longer and really explore the keyboard, browser and ask a few questions around synching. We [...]
Wondering if my family is coming to Portland for weekend
I’m down in Portland, OR for a week. I’m attending 2 woodworking classes (see my woodwoorking blog, This Week in Wood for more details). Before I left, Kathy and I had a tentative plan that the family would come down for the weekend. We’ve never really come to Portland before and we figured it was [...]
Health care reform
I just finished listening to Meet the Press and a good portion of the hour was on health care reform. My problem with the direction that Congress and the President is taking is that they are talking about compromise and secondarily about the ultimate cost. I, as a voter, don’t care about compromise. I care [...]
UNDO – May post here
I’ve decided to re enable this blog. I’ve decided that occasionally I want to say things that don’t belong in my woodworking blog (check it out at http://www.thisweekinwood.com). See you soon.!
Last Post
I’ve decided to take down this blog (probably in the next week or so). I’ve found that writing a blog with little focus (meaning many topics) and working to post every day is not really what I wanted to do. I’m starting a new blog over at This Week in Wood where I will focus [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day
Ok, this is in so many ways a contrived holiday heavily promoted by corporations that have financial interest in this holiday and the things they have promoted (cards, candy, flowers, …). …but I have see an unstructured movement to move from gifts to reconnecting with our mates and refreshing the romance. In that spirit… My [...]
Book Review: Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder
I don’t think I’ve read a fantasy novel in quite a long time. By Fantasy, I mean something that takes place in some imaginary time and place where some fantastical elements exist that can range from mystical creatures to magic to … use your imagination. This book is actually the 2nd book in a series [...]
Terminator – John Connor
I’ve been a pretty big fan of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I like the characterizations and the story keeps moving and changing. The special effects are decent for a TV Sci-Fi show. I’ve been rewatching the Terminator movies with Xander (a friend of his watched them and so he asked). There are scenes that [...]
Money Discipline
No one would ever mistake me for an ultra frugal person. Most of my life if I saw something I wanted, I bought it (maybe not right away but soon). That is not to say I haven’t bought those things by looking for the best deal because I have. But someone who buys everything they [...]