In celebration of our 20th wedding anniversary, Monica and I decided to head to New York City for Memorial Day weekend. Let’s do some sight-seeing! Let’s see a show! OK, let’s go. We stayed at the Hampton on 8th Ave. between 51st and 52nd streets and hopped a sight-seeing bus a few blocks away. Yes, • Read More »
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May 5, 2010 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Geek, PAS.After cracking the screen on my iPod Touch a while back, I underwent the task of replacing it myself. Fix in progress: Now that I’ve taken it apart and had a chance to look at it under the covers, I’m much more knowledgeable about how it fits together. The glass LCD touch screen is held • Read More »
One of those rare days
April 1, 2010 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Geek, PAS.I use iGoogle as my home page in my browser. Love it. One of the features of this arrangement is the ability to add widgets to the page and plug in RSS feeds from blogs (like this one ;-)). As you might imagine, one of the built-in widgets shows the weather. This one allows you • Read More »
Oh, the humanity!
March 22, 2010 | By Patrick | 1 Comment | Filed in: Geek, PAS.If you’ve seen me lately, no doubt you’ve seen the headphones or ear buds in my ears. I’m a huge fan of podcasts and always (yes, always) listen to something when I’m not doing anything else. Heck, I’ll listen even when I’m doing something else. It’s just audio, right? Very easy to multitask. In fact, • Read More »
Savings
August 2, 2009 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Geek, PAS, Uncategorized.It’s amazing what you can get just for asking. Somehow, some way, I wanted to lower our overall bill for TV/Phone/Internet. Everybody has a deal, and everyone touts their lowest possible price for what you think you want. “Less than $100 for all 3!” or some such thing. Until you tell them you want a • Read More »