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Archive for August, 2008

Posted on August 20, 2008

Make Your Mac Sing A Silly Song

Here’s a fun little trick to impress your friends. If you are on a Mac copy the below text, paste it in your “Terminal” window and hit enter.
If you don’t know where to find Terminal, search for it in spotlight (in the top right-hand corner of your screen).
say -v Cellos oh I love Brad Ruggles [...]

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Posted on August 19, 2008

Free Coldplay Download – Death Will Never Conquer

Haven’t had enough Viva La Vida yet? Then check out this exclusive Coldplay track called Death Will Never Conquer, which isn’t available anywhere else. The band have played the song throughout the first leg of their Viva La Vida tour. Download it here.
So tell me, have you over-played the new Coldplay album yet?
What new release [...]

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Posted on August 18, 2008

Catching Puke In My Hand

Last night Lisa and I laid the girls down and sat outside on our deck to watch the sunset together and talk. Shorty after we sat down we were interrupted by Emily crying in the house. She had spiked a temperature and was just miserable. I felt so bad for her.
I sat on the couch [...]

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Posted on August 17, 2008

A New Olympic Sport

I watched this like 5 times and laughed every time. How’s that for a new Olympic sport?

Is anyone else looking forward to September 25th as much as I am?

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Posted on August 16, 2008

“I Can Barely Breathe” Music Video

An absolutely amazing music video for the song ‘I Can Barely Breathe’ by the equally amazing band, Manchester Orchestra. The gorgeous visuals for this video were filmed on the amazingly adept RED ONE HD camera by the guys at Destroy Rock Music. I don’t know how or when but I’m going to have these guys [...]

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Posted on August 15, 2008

Why Microsoft’s Mojave Experiment Is A Failure

Has anyone else seen these commercials? Microsoft launched a marketing campaign called The Mojave Experiment (sounds like some kind of secret government project, doesn’t it?).
It’s basically a hidden-camera setup where they took 140 individuals and ask them what they think of Windows Vista (nearly everyone ranked it extremely poorly) and then had them evaluate a [...]

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Posted on August 14, 2008

Chloe & Emily’s First Day of School

Yesterday was Chloe & Emily’s first day of school at their new school. Both of them enjoyed meeting new friends and loved their teachers (and Lisa and I are loving having a few hours without the kids!).
Here’s a short video I put together of highlights from their first day.
click here if you cant see the [...]

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Posted on August 13, 2008

Becoming A Yardstick of Excellence

Photo by AuntiP
Have we grown too accustomed to accepting less than the best from ourselves and those that work with us?
I love this quote by Steve Jobs who has become well known for setting high standards for his company:
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” – [...]

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Posted on August 12, 2008

Why My Mom Won’t Drink Mountain Dew

If you’ve known me long enough or had the chance to stay up late at night swapping stories with me, you’ll eventually hear this one. It’s probably one of the most embarrassing, stupid, least-thought-out things I did as a kid.
My parents went out for dinner and left my brother and I at home. We were [...]

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Posted on August 11, 2008

Was I Really “Roughing It”?

I just got back from a fun weekend of camping and boating with my brother and sister-in-law (posts & pics coming this week). This weekend we were “roughing it” which meant we

cooked our food over a campfire instead of an oven or microwave
lived in a tent rather than our comfortable, climate-controlled house
slept on the hard [...]

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