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February 08, 2010

Short Updates

Posted by Scott at 09:12 PM

That Tim Tebow commercial that had NOW, NARAL, etc. all concerned and demanding that CBS pull the ad. (related link) Oh, the controversy!! ;-P. 6:21am

Good morning! Dropped all the kids off at their schools. Michelle is teaching her usual Monday Step & abs class. I'm immersed in Microsoft Visual Studio and Outlook for the day. 9:52am

As seen among the Facebook ramblings: "The Saints have won the Super Bowl. Also, Washington, D.C. is completely frozen over. Mere coincidence?" ☺. 9:57am

Back from running errands with Michelle: lunch on the oval, renew "Wuthering Heights" at the library, got some coffees to go, and an ATM stop. Now back to work (conf call in 10 minutes) and Michelle is going to watch "The Man from Snowy River" (1982). (related link) 12:53am

Time to step away from the debugger, prep a gym bag, and head to Golds. I don't vant to geht soft und flahbee like uh mahshmellow. 5:13pm

Back home from a good Step & abs class. Came home to see Timothy on the Wii balance board doing "Kung Fu" in Wii Fit Plus. Too cute! Finally time for some dinner. 7:10pm

Geek swoon! Michelle, my otherwise non-technical wife, borrowed Abby's calculator and was feeling lost because it wasn't RPN. (related link) Ever since we've been married she's borrowed my old HP models and they've warped her brain. ;-]. 8:03pm

I dozed off while the girls were playing Wii Fit. Somewhere between tonight's workout and trying to read some more "Wuthering Heights" Cliff Notes for tomorrow's drive, I couldn't keep my eyes open. Good night all! 9:11pm

Bookmarks I made today:

Audio for February 8th
Comment: My audio update for Feb 8th. Wii Fit Plus. Super Bowl. Taxes. Cloud computing. Blah, blah, blah, etc.

Swapping my lights: fantastic!
Comment: Years ago when we finished our basement, I used CFL floods in the ceiling because white LED technology just wasn't there yet. In the mean time those supposedly long-life CFLs have all burnt out and been replaced. Perhaps now I should revisit the idea of white LED floods.
Excerpt: I’ve always been a fan of alternate energy and improved energy efficiency, and I don’t just write about it like some people we know, I do things about it. I try out new things, I do the work.

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February 07, 2010

Short Updates

Posted by Scott at 09:53 PM

Good morning! Back from Mass and breakfast with the family. Claire is doing homework with her laptop. The rest are playing Wii Fit Plus. I'm going to resume work on taxes. I have a bad feeling that this will be another year that I curse the AMT. It so discourages generosity. 9:02am

Took a break from tax prep and cleaned the coils of fridge. Highly recommended because the refrigerator is one of the highest consumers of electricity in the typical home. Michelle and Timothy are at CCD. Claire is getting the knack of Open Office. 10:53am

Stopping my tax prep for today. Things looking good so far. There are complications from the AMD stock I was awarded. Ping'd broker for more supporting documentation so I can wrap things up soon. We want our money back! Mama needs a new minivan! ;-P [Parody of "baby needs a new pair o' shoes"]. 2:12pm

Is there some game on? I mean besides watching Michelle, Claire, and Abby play Wii Fit Plus, which is pretty entertaining... 7:51pm

Geekiest post tonight: I'm writing from a Firefox session running on a dynamically created Ubuntu Linux computer instanced within the Amazon Compute Cloud. Extreme "cloud computing". Yes, I'm watching The Game(tm), but I often watch TV while tinkering with a laptop. 8:56pm

Ah there'd been some local discussion about whether we'd be seeing Clydesdales in tonight's SuperBowl commercials. There they are! (We have some of Anheuser-Busch's Clydesdales in neighboring Merrimack, NH). 9:18pm

All right! A Super Bowl commercial advocating the TDI engine! Woot! 9:28pm

Congrats Saints! And good night... 9:46pm

Ah, saw the ad for the Qualcomm FloTV. (related link) I can only imagine the cost for putting up that ad. 9:51pm

Bookmarks I made today:

Welcome to the Virtual Revolution
Comment: I've been downloading this new BBC mini-series from Usenet. I hope that they bring it here soon. It's been pretty decent so far.
Excerpt: Technology Guardian's Dr Aleks Krotoski turns TV presenter tomorrow night for a new BBC series that examines the impact of the world wide web

RFK, Jr. 15 months ago: Global warming means no snow or cold in DC
Comment: Reminds me of a few years back when we had a light winter (for New England) and folks were telling us global warming would bankrupt our skiing/tourism industry. The following winter we had a record breaker and the ski mountains were practically printing money.
Excerpt: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who flies around on private planes so as to tell larger numbers of people how they must live their lives in order to save the planet, wrote a column last year on the lack of winter weather in Washington, D.C.

Snapshots I took today: