In the land of the gecko

April 2, 2008 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Vacation.

(I’ll admit it – I had to look up the spelling…) In short, we had a great time in Fort Myers. We got into town the Saturday before Easter, rented the exact same Sonata that I drive on a regular basis, and found the ‘rents place easily. During the week the weather was nearly perfect, • Read More »

Where’s Lulu?

March 21, 2008 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Cats.

(Before my funny anecdote, I must comment on the blasted snowstorm that we all woke up to today. Clare and I spent too much time clearing the driveway and pushing the neighbor’s car into his garage. Didn’t plan for that today. Hopefully, flights will be on time tomorrow. On to the story…) I saw the • Read More »

Clare the acolyte

March 16, 2008 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: CMS.

Clare was an acolyte at church this morning for the third time. I wanted to catch her on her first time, but on previous occurrences the camera was with me at a volleyball and/or basketball tournament. It’s not terribly exciting – which is exactly what you want out of your acolytes – so I’ll forgive • Read More »

What is Twitter?

March 14, 2008 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Geek.

In a word – or a short phrase – Twitter refers to micro-blogging. Whereas “regular” blogging is like what you’ve been used to in this space, micro-blogging is short blog posts in between regular blog posts. Huh? This video does a much better job of explaining it: [youtube ddO9idmax0o] Really? People do this? And like • Read More »