Well it’s been somewhere around a week or so since these guys hatched (we can’t be sure). The mother is rarely around anymore. We’re assuming that she’s very busy gathering food for the kids. In fact, we don’t even see her at night anymore (not that she would fit on top of them anymore). It [...]
Oh Lamb of God So I’ve been working with Audacity for a few months now trying to make multi-track recordings of my own voice and finally figured out how to work around the latency problems. In any event, have a listen to this recording. I was trying to figure out both a tenor and alto [...]
Well it took about twice as long as we had expected but after about 4 weeks the two hummingbird eggs finally hatched. Thanks again to my wonderfully 2″ taller wife, we got this magnificent shot of the nest and the two baby hummingbirds patiently waiting for mommy to return home with some food. We’re going to [...]
I’m not trying to rain on someone’s parade but I’m getting fairly sick of The Biggest Loser and the message it sends. I’m overweight –by about 100 lbs. I know I have a problem with the way I live. I also know that I have an addiction to food. That’s the truth of the matter. [...]
So I guess it helps being 2 inches taller (as my wife is)… I managed to do a manual focus and exposure shot and had Candi hold the camera right over the nest while mama was out briefly. Looks like two eggs in a rather impressive nest of spider web material and what appears to [...]
Well it’s been about a week since mama completed her nest and made a career out of keeping her eggs warm and tended for. I anticipate less than a week until they hatch. The nest has gotten larger and she now spends a great deal of time there holding on as the wind will toss [...]
So about a week ago we started noticing one of the branches of the tree in front of our house (the branch that actually makes it under the eave) was getting a new “addition”. It took about a week for her to build the complete next and lay her eggs. Another week and the nest [...]
So I’m remodeling my house. Yeah, I know it’s been several years –and it will probably be a few more before I’m done. Hell, I’m hoping to get it all done before I die at this point! But in the mean time, work has to get done so I’m now working out in the living [...]
The vast majority of this blog has been imported from my now inactive LiveJournal page that can be viewed here. I am from now on going to be making blog entries at this site exclusively but some of the comments, embedded code, etc didn’t quite make the transition during the importing process so please forgive [...]
So I’ve been working on repairing the parking brake on my wife’s 2003 Toyota Sequoia and had an absolute nightmare figuring out how the assembly all went back together. So I obtained the Toyota factory service manual and tried to interpret the exploded diagram of the system. Boy was that a mistake. I guess this [...]
So, I’ve been a long-time user of ESET Nod32 for all my personal machines, corporate systems, servers, and client PC’s. I’ve heard many positive reviews for the newly-released antivirus and antimalware platform from Microsoft called Microsoft Security Essentials. My results were a little surprising and a bit disappointing… Read on for my full review. I [...]
All I have to say is: my wife loves me!! So, for $10, I lost a full 30 years of maturity over a silly plastic light saber!!
I thought I’d have some fun with this great utility I found at Paste Magazine’s Obamicon utility…
I’m not one to normally post links like this but I feel it’s worth it… I found this brief pictorial commentary to be quite thought provoking… You can read the entire comic here –well worth the 2 minuets!!
Vidia has been with us for a couple of years now (the fluffy one). Some crazy lady walked into my wife’s job last last years and asked if anyone wanted a kitten. Candi asked where the cat was and almost on queue the little bugger popped his head out from the lady’s purse… The rest, [...]
I’m such a dork! I used to laugh at those little school girls that would go all crazy for the Jonas Brothers when they saw them –but I’m just the same way! I’m reminded of a great Intel Commercial when I ran into the opportunity to personally meet Steve Gibson of Gibson Research Corporation, the [...]
Well, we weren’t planning on remodeling our front bathroom and kitchen THIS WEEK but a dead cat in the walls will definitely get your motivation going!!
Laurie Anderson may be an “acquired taste” to many. I was introduced to her strange, musical poetry at a relatively young age. “Tightrope” has got to be one of her most memorable compositions to me. The lyrics (and I don’t normally even listen to lyrics) really put me in a reflective place… Last night I [...]
I managed to dig up this old shot after a friend of mine reminded me of it. The shot was taken by a fellow Tae Kwon Do student who was also a photographer. I wish I had known it would have turned out to be such a good shot or I would have tried not [...]
Well if this image isn’t enough to motivate someone to brush and floss regularly I don’t know what will. Yesterday I had 4 teeth removed in one sitting (including one wisdom tooth). I left so much of a hole in my mouth that they needed an artificial bone graft for my lower jaw. Now I’ve [...]
Well the kittens have been almost 1 week away from “Kujo Mama” and seem to be warming up to humans (which is a relief to us all). They spend a majority of the day in their cage but come out at least twice daily to romp around the living room, harass our other two cats, [...]
Well the process of taking the 4 kittens from “Kujo Mama” went off yesterday without a hitch. She’s been crying off and on through the night but that’s to be expected. Now that we were able to get a good look at the two black kittens, we finally able to confirm that they do indeed [...]
Well they’re starting to stumble around now…
