March 2007

  • Thursday 29 | Pictures from the Grand Canyon Skywalk

    Last Tuesday I attended the ceremonial “First Walk” for the Grand Canyon Skywalk and was able to take some pictures from the Glass Bridge. Now before I go on I must ask that you not “borrow” any of my pictures as they bring traffic to my site which in turn helps pay for the service. [...]

  • Thursday 29 | How to Succeed

    I was reminded me of this today and I just thought it was awesome. It speaks volumes. I pray that when you are handling your finances, you think of this scripture. 1 Chronicles 29:11b-12 “Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the [...]

  • Wednesday 28 | Gallery2 – now with eCards

    One of the features now available to my visitors is the ability to send gallery images as eCards. To do this, simply visit the gallery and select “Send as eCard” from the pull-down menu under the picture. Note: you must be in “Detail mode” to see the menu. This is a new feature so there [...]

  • Wednesday 28 | World Wide Lootery agent

    Truth in advertising? I happened to catch this one in my spam-box before deleting it. I guess they buy lottery tickets for you at a slight fee and pay you the winnings in the unlikely event there ever are any. What stuck me was how appropriate this subject line was. I mean, of all the [...]

  • Saturday 24 | More Upgrading

    I’m about to upgrade my WordPress and Gallery2 installs so you may see some wonky-ness today. I’m upgrading to WordPress version 2.1.2 and Gallery 2.2 If you are upgrading WordPress, make sure to deactivate your plugins and switch to the default theme. Gallery 2.2 (Double Double) is now available for download! In what has been [...]

  • Saturday 24 | Grand Canyon Skywalk – Video

    Here’s a video made of the Grand Canyon Skywalk near it’s completion.

  • Friday 23 | A Franciscan Benediction

    May God bless us with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships, so that we may live deep within our hearts. May God bless us with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that we may work for justice, freedom and peace. May God bless us with tears to shed for those [...]

  • Friday 23 | Grand Canyon Skywalk – Open to the Public

    Grand Canyon Skywalk to Open to the Public on March 28 at 10 a.m. THIS WILL BE LAST DAY FOR MEDIA TO BRING CAMERAS ON THE SKYWALK AND LAST DAY FOR FREE MEDIA TOURS 930 WHO: General public, Skywalk ticket winners and eBay auction winners. WHAT: First chance for public to experience the Grand Canyon [...]

  • Thursday 22 | I am Luke Skywalker

    It’s 7am and we’re rushing through the lobby of the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas trying to catch our bus. The bus is a white coach bus with the driver standing out in front. Turns out we were the first ones there. This is the bus that is going to take us [...]

  • Wednesday 21 | Grand Canyon Skywalk on Google Maps

    With the recent opening of the Grand Canyon Skywalk, I thought it would be good to locate the Grand Canyon Skywalk on Google Maps since there is no Skywalk address. The Skywalk is located here… View Larger Map Where is the Grand Canyon Skywalk? The white patch of ground is where the Skywalk is (not [...]

  • Wednesday 21 | The Skywalk was great!

    I survived! Got home late last night so no new posts or pictures online but look for them Wednesday night or so. Met lots of interesting people, learned lots of new stuff and saw the Grand Canyon for the first time. Was it worth it? Yeah. Is it scary? not really. How much did it [...]

  • Monday 19 | Get LinkedIn

    I am LinkedIn. Are you? I while back, I was invited to get LinkedIn. After some consideration, I linked in and quickly invited others to join as well. The responses were general possitive – that is, most people joined right away. Some did not and that’s, ok. You’re now probably wondering “What the heck are [...]

  • Sunday 18 | Gallery 2.2 (Double Double) Released!

    Gallery2 – the part of this website that makes the photo album – has just been upgraded. I will not be upgrading right away because I use a plugin that integrates the Gallery into my blog but they are working a new release too. But if you’re not using WPG2, you should consider upgrading. The [...]

  • Sunday 18 | Problems loading the site?

    I’ve been experiencing some problems with this site the past couple of days. If you find that loading pages is very slow or does not load at all, please follow these instructions and email the results. If you don’t already have my email, then use the contact page. Your help is greatly appreciated. If you [...]

  • Saturday 17 | Irish Trivia Answers:

    Trivia Answers: 1. March 17th is the day that St. Patrick: b) Died 2. St. Patrick was actually Scottish, True or False? TRUE! He was born in Scotland to a Scottish mother and an Italian father. 3. Kissing the Blarney Stone is supposed to: c) Remove shyness It removes shyness and suddenly gives you the [...]

  • Friday 16 | Irish Trivia Quiz

    INSTRUCTIONS: Are you feeling lucky today? Try your hand at this Irish-themed trivia, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. 1. March 17th is the day that St. Patrick: a) Was born b) Died c) Drank too much beer d) Ate too much corned beef 2. St. Patrick was actually Scottish, True or False? 3. Kissing [...]

  • Thursday 15 | How the Irish Saved Civilization

    Here’s another book for those wishing to celebrate their Irish Heritage A surprisingly easy read, How the Irish Saved Civilization reveals God’s grace in human history by demonstrating how even in the midst of the Dark Ages, His Holy Word was preserved and even flourished.

  • Thursday 15 | Happy Saint Patrick’s Day

    Below is an excerpt from the Appletree Press title: A Little Book of Celtic Saints , Author: Martain Wallace that I hope you enjoy in honor of our St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. Much of Patrick’s life is shrouded in mystery and historians differ on the probable chronology of the saint’s life. Fortunately, he has left [...]

  • Wednesday 14 | Sheep and Goats and Kaleo Church

    Matthew Lickona, who currently writes the Sheep and Goats column for the San Diego Reader, recently came and reviewed Kaleo Church in San Diego. It could of gone a lot of ways, but Lickona focused on the experience one may have visiting Kaleo, particularly the sermon and the centrality of the gospel and grace: But [...]

  • Wednesday 14 | Unbox on Tivo

    What is Amazon Unbox? Amazon Unbox is a video download store that has thousands of high quality TV shows, movies and more for you to purchase or rent. You can view these downloadable videos on your PC, your Portable Media Player, or your TiVo DVR. In addition, Amazon Unbox stores a copy of all purchased [...]

  • Monday 12 | Styx Trinket

    I don’t know what it is but I want it. I think the spammers are not so random after all. They are clearly targeting me as a consumer with an unhealthy obsession for all things STYX related. They know that I could not resist an email with a subject line about a styx trinket. With [...]

  • Monday 12 | Walk the Skywalk

    So the Grand Canyon Skywalk is scheduled to open March 28th, 2007 with a historic “First Walk” by Dr. Buzz Aldrin on March 20th, 2007. Now guess who else will be there, go on, guess…ok, don’t stain yourself. The answer is me (and PhotoJulia) I’m one of the few (hundred) media types to be invited [...]

  • Thursday 8 | Kauai is for chickens

    1511 Wild Chickens Roosters and hens and baby chicks are everywhere, running through parking lots, jungles and golf courses. The roosters are usually a beautiful red color, occasionally speckled with white spots. The hens are good mothers, constantly looking after their small chicks. The story about where they came from is that early Polynesians and [...]

  • Thursday 8 | March of the Emperor penguins

    This is funny mostly because we just watched this on the flight back from KuauiKauai last night. Oh, and my wife reminded me we saw Happy Feet, not March of the Penguins. Still funny.

  • Thursday 8 | Flying is for the birds

    So we’re sitting in the airport waiting to board our plane and we’re having to dodge the flock of birds that live here. Several starlings have taken up residence here in the terminal. I don’t know how they got in or managed to get to the farthest end of the terminal but they seem quite [...]