Monthly Archives: January 2008

Happy Birthday Lego

One of my favorite toys, Legos, turned 50 yesterday. As I remember it, I got my first legos as a hand-me-down from a family friend who had out grown them. In the beginning I was a fan of the space … Continue reading

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TigerMan Walking Nicely

The intervention worked. More later, but here’s a video of TigerMan walking nicely.

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Wake Up Call

Unfortunately for one of my co-workers I found the site Wakerupper.com. The site is designed to let you schedule a wake up call. However, it works for prank calls as well. Unlike some other call-back services, you’re not required to … Continue reading

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Bad Company: Royal Carribbean

My wife and I are looking forward to a cruise this spring with two other couples on Royal Caribbean. We made our reservations  last fall, including a relatively sizable deposit. The remainder of the cost is due this month. When … Continue reading

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Turn off Add-on compatibility check in Firefox 3 Beta

I love Firefox, so whenever a new version is available, I immediately download it. One of the reasons I love Firefox is the ability to install add-ons or extensions. Unfortunately many of the authors of the add-ons aren’t as quick … Continue reading

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Intervention Today

TigerMan is getting an intervention today. He’s a bad walker. Since that’s his main activity most days it’s a problem. So a dog trainer is coming to work with him. This is the fourth trainer to try to fix him. … Continue reading

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How big is your market

If you’re going to start a business or launch a new product you should be able to answer in numerical terms how big your market is.

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Wanted: AppleTV + TiVo

Dear Steve, I watched your keynote address yesterday and found it to be somewhat anti-climatic. The main reason, I wanted you to announce a version of AppleTV that includes the functionality of a TiVo. All you offered was the ability … Continue reading

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Ford Sync Commercial

I saw this commercial and laughed out loud. Since that doesn’t happen very often I thought I would share it.

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Don’t search for, or buy, domains from Network Solutions

Network Solutions recently changed their business practices to hold any domain name searched for on their site for four days before releasing it for possible purchase elsewhere. This is bad because unsuspecting users are effectively locked into purchasing the domain … Continue reading

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