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December 2008

• Wednesday 31 | NorCal Angler

  My friend Steve Adams has started a new blog which may or may not be of interest to you. Since I’m not much into fishing, I’ll stick with his family blog but for those of you with bait in you veins, I give you NorCal Angler – Northern California sport fishing, adventures, destinations, trips [...]

• Monday 22 | Snow go bye-bye

  Got this email this morning from my dad…
  Last night we went to bed with snow still on the ground in the back
  yard and still on the roofs of the houses. This morning we woke up to
  high winds and all the snow was gone. Even the snow on “our” mountain
  is mostly gone. Unless [...]

• Saturday 20 | Considering Advent Conspiracy

  Consider…

  HT: Cavman Considers

• Friday 19 | Walnut Creek or bust – I choose option three

  You may recall from a few months ago that I took my CSE Oral Exam and it didn’t go well. If you forgot, here’s the highlight.
  Walnut Creek or bust
  So a few weeks back, I got my results and I missed it by that much. Sad, deflated and annoyed, I quickly signed up for the [...]

• Thursday 18 | Fresh Powder equals White Christmas

  As promised, here are a couple pictures from the High Desert (Apple Valley, CA) showing fresh snow on the ground. It should last until we get there on Thursday but I hear another big storm is rolling in around that time next week so we may see more fresh powder. Can’t wait to [...]

• Thursday 18 | Bad Function

  I’m always trying to improve my site’s functionality and usability. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t.

  Today I realized it didn’t. I found this article on Smashing Magazine that offered 10 useful rss hacks for wordpress . One tip/hack I tried was supposed to delay the FEED by x-number of minutes. [...]

• Wednesday 17 | Christmas Ordering Deadlines For U.S. Shipments

  Please follow the ordering dates below to ensure your gifts arrive by December 24. Shipping options apply to in-stock items shipped to physical addresses within the United States and marked “Ships from and sold by Amazon.com” or “Fulfilled by Amazon.com.”

  Amazon.com Widgets

  Please allow more time for items with longer availabilities. Order by 11:59 p.m. [...]

• Wednesday 17 | Snow in the Desert

  Well, I just got word that its snowing in the desert where my parents live. And since we plan on going there for Christmas, I guess its time to get snow chains, or rather snow cables, for the Honda Odyssey (‘05). I think the tire size is 235/65-16 and snow cables cost around [...]

• Tuesday 16 | BROs before DOEs

  Bros before Does via Rust Belt Ramblings
  This just made me laugh. Prego, over at Rust Belt Ramblings invites you to make this into a shirt and send him a picture of your creation. I’d add that if you use this graphic in any manner other than a web page, send him a picture [...]

• Tuesday 16 | Christmas Posts from the past

  Since I’ve been at this blog thing long enough to have seen a few Christmases, I thought I’d share some of my best Christmas posts of the past.

  The meaning of Xmas December 24, 2005

  Xmas (or X-mas) is an abbreviation for Christmas. It is derived from the word ???????, transliterated as Christos, which is Greek for [...]

• Monday 15 | Santa’s Visit Application

  Please Note: You better not pout, you better not cry, you better be good, I’m telling you why. Santa Claus is coming to town, and he hasn’t got much time.
  To assist in the efficient processing of all children’s requests please fill in this form clearly and truthfully because, he does know.
  Santa’s Visit Application

• Friday 12 | T’was the month before Christmas

  T’was the month before Christmas
  When all through our land,
  Not a Christian was praying
  Nor taking a stand.
  See the PC Police had taken away,
  The reason for Christmas – no one could say.
  The children were told by their schools not to sing,
  About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.
  It might hurt people’s feelings, the teachers would say
  December [...]

• Thursday 11 | Time to ride the Coltrane

  WordPress 2.7 “Coltrane”
  The first thing you’ll notice about 2.7 is its new interface. From the top down, [they’ve] listened to [our] feedback and thought deeply about the design and the result is a WordPress that’s just plain faster. Nearly every task you do on your blog will take fewer clicks and be faster in 2.7 [...]

• Monday 8 | Guess what I got

  Not only did I get my very own copy of Pirate’s Cove (which I’ve talked about before) but I also got a two volume book set from the world’s greatest night-time photographer. First, let’s talk about how I came into possession of these items.

  As you may recall, I just had a birthday a couple [...]

• Thursday 4 | Corbin learns to walk

  We knew Corbin was capable, he just wasn’t motivated…until today. Now look, just 2 days after his first birthday and he’s walking! Not completely on his own yet, but he’s learning quick. It’s crazy! Last week he was perfectly content to sit and play or stand and today he’s using a toy to walk around [...]

• Tuesday 2 | One Woot for sale

  My Woot.com Bag of Crap came today and as is tradition, I recorded my first woot.
  Since I was only able to get one BoC, I didn’t get much, and what I got wasn’t very useful to me but could be to some lucky eBay shopper.
  3 Targus iPod locks – Deskop Security Lock for Ipod

  Product Features
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• Tuesday 2 | Corbin is a year old

  Corbin is a year old today…and what a great year it has been. He just started cruising, has 6 teeth, loves to walk when holding our hands, claps his hands and waves (sometimes), is still quite social and especially loves the attention from other children. We just love him dearly. He’s the sweetest and funniest [...]