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Archive for August, 2007

Tue
28
Aug '07

new day, new white box

So I have spent a good hunk of the last two days trying to fix computers. Namely, our iBook(old Mac laptop) that we’ve have since 2003, and our 2006 MacBook (new mac laptop-thanks Dad). The first sign when something is wrong is when a dark grey screen descends and your computer tells you [...]

Mon
27
Aug '07

new pix

I have posted some new pictures. Enjoy them. I have gone back to my old way of doing the photos. For a while I was trying to use this software called Gallery to organize things, but it was to complicated. now I am back to generating the photos using a different program called [...]

Wed
15
Aug '07

My brother’s name in Lights

My brother has his name in lights, or at least in pixels. Check out the trailer for The Morgue and pay close attention to the end credits. Jon is there. If you can’t wait, click here for a pic.

Wed
15
Aug '07

Web Fun: Non-Newtonian Liquid or Fun With Corn Starch

I stumbled across this YouTube video over at the Make Magazine website. I’ve done this on a much smaller scale with McKelvey and Arden they loved it. When you put enough cornstarch in the water, it becomes a solid when force is exerted on it, then melts into a liquid again when the force [...]

Mon
6
Aug '07

Partaking of popular culture part 1

Now we aren’t big consumers of modern culture. We don’t have cable or broadcast television, and the kids don’t go to the movies much. In fact the first movie the kids saw in the movie theatre was Charlotte’s web last year. Although, we have seen a few movies at the drive in. However they [...]

Mon
6
Aug '07

You know you’re a liberal when…

So I packed Liam up in the stroller to run an errand last Friday. I was going over to the local organic grocers to pick up our weekly share of vegetables from the CSA(Community Supported Agriculture) we are a part of. I was using the stroller to cut down on the use of [...]