Monthly Archives: April 2006

Layout Change

Posted on April 12, 2006 | 1 comment

Since it’s all I’ve been thinking about lately I finally changed the layout to match the theme of my upcoming trip! If you see any of the old theme (blue and/or snowflakes) popping up please let me know!

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TVisto Multimedia Player

Posted on April 12, 2006 | 2 comments

Tvisto2500So I got a new cool toy, it’s a TVisto Lite 2500. Think of it as a mini-hard drive that hooks up (and is powered) by your USB 2.0 port (Macintosh, Windows, probably anything), then you drag video, mp3 and photo files over to it. Then you go hook it up to your TV/stereo system (with the included cable and power adaptor) and a menu pops up and you can play the video, mp3 or photos on your TV and speakers. You can use the buttons on the box or the included remote control. It’s an easy way to get those files off your computer and play them on any other TV/stero at home or at a friend’s. It’s awesome!

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A match not meant to be…

Posted on April 10, 2006 | 3 comments

My favorite sports-coat, a pocket, a permanent marker and a loose cap. Of course you realize there isn’t a good ending to the story…

Anyone have any Sharpie cleaning instructions?!?

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Hines Drive test photos

Posted on April 9, 2006 | 4 comments

So it was a great day so I got a burger and went down to Hines Drive and ate my lunch and took some photos with my new camera. I really like the camera and part of why I like it is why some people won’t like it, it’s got the manual controls. These controls let you make all sorts of adjustments and you can easily get more control over your photos.

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Thats the same spot with pretty much no camera movement (although the dog and it’s owner did move). Now I’m not saying you can’t do this with a regular digital, it’s actually pretty easy to do in this sample case, but you kinda have to cheat to do it. The camera just makes it a whole lot easier to do.

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I got my new camera

Posted on April 9, 2006 | 2 comments

So I got my Canon Digital Rebel XT 8MP Digital SLR Camera (with an 18-55mm Lens) and I really like it! I’ve wanted it for a while but it’s the upcomming Egypt trip that inspired me to finally purchase it. (This was also one of the items on my 101 in 1001 items list so you can read a little more about the purchase itself in it’s completed entry over there.) So I got it with the 2GB card (and a spare 512MB) and the last few days I picked up a mini memory reader, a case, a filter (mostly to protect the lens) and one of those things with the rubber band around the lens to hang onto the lens cap so you don’t leave it anywhere.

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Jet Lag Calculator

Posted on April 8, 2006 | 1 comment

So on my local news tonight they were talking about this Jet Lag Calculator (needs pop-ups turned off). It asks you a half-dozen questions and gives you recommendations on when you should expose yourself to light (bright lights help) and when to avoid it (dark sunglasses help to avoid light). Kinda interesting, I may give it a try…

For more tips go to the British Airways Jet Lag information pages.

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The Friday Five

Posted on April 7, 2006 | 2 comments
1. Do you like chicken?
Yes. I get that a lot when I eat out.
2. What is 1 food you can’t live without?
Probably just plain ol’ steak!
3. Are you an early bird or a night owl?
Without questions I’m a night owl.
4. Chocolate or vanilla?
Vanilla ice cream and shakes, chocolate everything else.
5. Are you more of a cat person or a dog person?
No.

Did they ask all the meat questions on a Friday during lent on purpose?!?

From The Friday Five.

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Most useless thing

Posted on April 6, 2006 | 1 comment
What is the most useless thing you have in your wallet?

I don’t actually carry a wallet, it takes up more room than the items, which makes the wallet the useless part. But to stick with the theme of the question, today I did wonder why I had a receipt from Arby’s in my pocket from three days ago…

Found at Question of the Day.

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