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I’ve had a few family members and friends inquire about what applications I have on my iPhone. I figured it was past due posting this anyhow so here goes. 1. The Simplify Media app is best if you...
I apologize for the quality of this video recording. I still haven’t acquired the skill. This is just a video explanation of using a software KVM solution instead of a hardware solution. Click here...
I pre-ordered Snow Leopard on Wednesday and received it through FedEx on its release day yesterday. Here is the upgrade process. Click here to view the embedded video. I found out after the install...
It’s been a long time since I last posted so I thought I would give an update as to what has happened since I last posted. Surprisingly, I think this is the longest post gap since starting this blo...
For you fans of the show The Big Bang Theory, you may have noticed some of the cool geek items in Leonard and Sheldon’s apartment. There are quite a few that I found really cool, like the Firestorm...
For you fans of the show The Big Bang Theory, you may have noticed some of the cool geek items in Leonard and Sheldon’s apartment. There are quite a few that I found really cool, like the Firestorm...
I’m going to try something new called CrossLoop that will assist me with connecting with people who need computer assistance, be it simple support on a home computer or server support for a small b...
I’ve been on this project for the past three years that involves getting rid of stuff to free up space. It first started out with selling my comic book collection. I had over 3000 comics in 14 long...
I bought a Studio Hybrid from Dell’s outlet section this week for less than $400. It was a deal I couldn’t pass up for a project that involved setting up a media center to play all my videos, music...
I don’t know if it’s just me or what but I’ve noticed a recent trend in Journey songs becoming really popular now in current TV commercials, TV shows and movies. Click here to view the embedded vid...
I found this over at Engadget taken from the SciFi channel and thought it worthy of posting. I found it amusing. You can find the Engadget post here.
Everyone has reacquired Trek madness with the new Star Trek movie coming out next month. Today I saw someone on Twitter I am following post this fun from the Cheez-It Star Trek promotion web site. ...
Well, this is it. I’ve kept quiet for long enough that I can’t keep it in any longer. This will be the first time I have revealed this secret to anyone. My family nor any of my friends have been in...
I’ve been reliving my childhood for quite sometime thanks to Netflix. For the past couple of years or so I’ve been renting 80’s shows like Miami Vice, The Greatest American Hero, and V: The Series....
There hasn’t been a whole lot going on lately with my life, so this will be a short one. I realized recently that I didn’t post about the new podcast that I participate in, and sometimes host, call...
So I finally updated. What prompted me to finally update was I decided to redesign my entire site with a new theme and other changes and thought that it was time to finally upgrade Wordpress to 2.7...
I got a late Christmas present in the mail yesterday; I’m pretty excited about this one. It’s a Dell 22” widescreen flat screen monitor for my computer. Dell had a deal on the monitor a week after ...
Microsoft’s Windows 7 beta was released to the public today. I posted a blog about it over at Technical Difficulties web site yesterday. Fortunately for me, I was able to get the .iso in advance ye...
The year of 2008 was one of the best years I have had in a long time. The reason I state that is because it has been, for the most part, full of excitement. I will admit that the first part of the ...
The year of 2008 was one of the best years I have had in a long time. The reason I state that is because it has been, for the most part, full of excitement. I will admit that the first part of the ...
Being the tech/computer geek (dork) that I am, I bought myself an early Christmas present…actually, I bought it for a new friend, my Dell Mini 9. Since it is winter time, I thought it about time th...
I don’t normally like to blog about work but what happened today shouldn’t go unmentioned. We all have been hearing about corporate layoffs around the country for the past month or so now; companie...
Seeing the Osborne Lights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios each year has become a holiday tradition for my household. Here is a video I recorded from last night’s visit using my fabulous Flip Mino. On...
As we all know, today is Thanksgiving. I want to wish everyone and their family a safe and Happy Thanksgiving. Unfortunately for me, I will be spending it in bed this year. I’ve been sick with a co...
I know it is a little overdue but I thought I would post a video I took of the shuttle launch from last Friday. I recorded this from my front yard using a Canon miniDV camcorder. On a night like th...
Tonight is my last night working for IBM at the Disney contract. I wasn’t happy with the job, nor enjoyed the 45 minute trek to the site, nor the night shift I was scheduled. So, I interviewed with...
I received the Dell Mini 9 one day earlier than expected. The original ship date was the 13th with an arrival date of the 14th, but, due to reasons unknown it was shipped earlier. I’m not complaini...
I received the Dell Mini 9 one day earlier than expected. The original ship date was the 13th with an arrival date of the 14th, but, due to reasons unknown it was shipped earlier. I’m not complaini...
I’ve been using OpenDNS on my home router for a long time but have never, until now, used the advanced features it has to offer. For those of you with children who are now surfing this new wave cal...
I know most of you that read my blog could care less about this but I am getting excited. I updated my site to the right (for LiveJournal readers, the counter is on my main site - see link above) t...
I’m pumped. It’s autumn. My favorite time of the year. Now that it’s autumn, that means cooler weather is getting closer and Halloween is almost here. Screw Christmas. Halloween is my favorite holi...
As most of you know, Dell announced the Inspiron Mini 9 sub-notebook this past week. This has been a much anticipated laptop from Dell for a few months now. I honestly didn’t find out about it unti...
So I finally upgraded to OS 10.5 Leopard on my Macbook, even though I stated when it came out last year that I would not upgrade. I had every intention to only use Leopard if I decided to buy a iMa...
Well, I started my new job today. I am working a Windows Systems Management Specialist contract position for IBM out at Walt Disney World. Today was nothing exciting as it was, mostly, orientation ...
We had another fun, productive day on Thursday. We attempted another entrance to the Empire State Building but decided against because of time restraints; Chelby wanted more time spent at the Museu...
Today wasn’t really a productive day in New York, but we still had fun. As soon as we got into Manhattan around noon, we immediately went to the Empire State Building to go up to the observatory at...
I’m flying up to New York again tomorrow for a few days. This trip is mostly for Chelby’s sake. She wasn’t able to go with me back in July as her approved vacation wasn’t until this month. So, sinc...
This post is a test. I found a iPhone application for my iPhone that allows me to post entries remotely from my iPhone. I’m not sure how often I will use this but it’s still cool.
It’s 5:00 in the morning now as I type this having been awake for the past two hours. I have these phases quite often so it’s nothing new to me. Sometimes I go back to sleep, and sometimes I don’t....
I may be one of the few people who liked Cloverfield, despite some of its flaws. As I understand it, the majority of the viewers did not like Cloverfield. Maybe if that majority saw this version, t...
At the spur of the moment, my cousin and I went to Washington D.C. today. I honestly did not realize how close our nations capital was from Richmond. He doesn’t live in Richmond, just west of it, s...
I’m taking a trip for the second time this month. Today I fly off for Richmond, Virgina to visit my cousin, who lives in a “military” town outside of Richmond, for a few days. This will be the seco...
Even though the buzz has come close to sizzling out, I finally got around to editing the video, I recorded of the show, of just my scenes. I wish I could post the entire play but it would be kind o...
A short video showing just how geeky I am. http://www.vimeo.com/1353636 iPhone 2.0 upgrade, iTunes App Store and a useless iPhone application.
This is a pretty cool video found on Vimeo. http://www.vimeo.com/749804 If you click on the link to the video you can see some other cool digital animated movies from the University of Hertfordsh...
Little Jimmy Craft, from the play, posted a trailer of Witch Prison he created. He did an incredible job. Beware, mortals, there be profanity in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9lPd7Vz...
I just completed an upgrade of Wordpress on this site to 2.5.1. There was a problem with the Contact Form plugin after the upgrade so I had to find a different version. If you find any issues with ...
As I type this, I sit at La Guardia airport waiting for my return home to Orlando. What an exciting and wonderful trip to The Big Apple this time around. I met many wonderful new people during this...
The play yesterday was another wonderful success. We had a early showing of 4:00 p.m. so that the cast, and audience, could enjoy the fireworks and such after the play ended its two hour run. One o...
A friend of Simon’s took some photos from opening night. Here is a shot of myself in one of the scenes. It was another good night. This time I didn’t drop any lines. In fact, I don’t think anyone ...
Due to still having a buzz from the excitement of opening night, I couldn’t fall asleep until after 2 in the morning. I took a sleeping pill and was able to get a restful sleep until noon today. Si...
I just got back from eating out at a diner in Manhattan called Westway Diner on 9th Avenue between 43rd and 44th Avenue. It was around the corner from the theatre so we decided to go there for a bi...
Sitting in the internet cafe today while indulging many a caffeinated beverage, Simon discovered the posting in the New York Times of Witch Prison. Pretty impressive and exciting.
It’s close to 4:30 a.m. and I’m fully awake. My alarm went off at 3:30 a.m. with one snooze button selection but I was able to get up to start my Monday at 3:40 a.m. Right now I am drinking my coff...
It’s close to 4:30 a.m. and I’m fully awake. My alarm went off at 3:30 a.m. with one snooze button selection but I was able to get up to start my Monday at 3:40 a.m. Right now I am drinking my coff...
I just got the Flip Video Mino compact camcorder from Amazon and I have to say that I have really been impressed, so far, with the video quality and features of the device. You can get full details...
Today was the last day of my five year tenure at The Ginn Company a.k.a. Ginn Clubs and Resorts. Old Business Card As some of you know, back in March I was informed by management that my job (Syst...
I know that most of you that read my blog do not own a Mac, however I still wanted to post this if you decide to buy a Mac in the near future. But this can also be for the few Mac owners that may s...
I did it and I didn’t think I would ever do it. I just sold my Green Lantern modded PC today to my friend Todd. A lot of time, money and hard work was put into this amateur mod so I feeling a litt...
Found some unusual pictures from other blogs. Thought I would share since they made me laugh. From http://yourmonkeycalled.com From http://silhouettemasterpiecetheatre.com/ From http://adelgad...
Yet, again, a post about my neighborhood. I took this picture this morning as I was exiting my subdivision on my way to work. It’s kind of menacing. It’s something you think you would see in a post...
Change your passwords for all of your internet accounts as often as possible. A good practice is every 30 or 45 days, and with at least 8 characters mixed with upper and lowercase and numerals. The...
Even though I am a native Floridian, seeing thunderstorms in the distance never gets old. I took this picture of a lightning flash over my house with my little Canon SD450 point-and-shoot this even...
Vimeo is fast becoming my favorite video web site to replace what I now consider a trash site, You Tube. Check out this cool video I just found: http://www.vimeo.com/941386 Good job, Mike Benson ...
Hearing the enclosed audio you would think I live right in the middle of the swamp when, in fact, I am far from it. I live in a typical suburban community where HOA reins supreme. However, this is ...
Just an update to my last post. I got word from Simon today that he wants me to play a small role in the play. Needless to say I was totally shocked. Of course, I am excited. I’ve never been in a ...
I purchased my plane ticket to New York’s LaGuardia Airport today. I plan on staying a few days with my good friend, Simon, for a play he has written, produced and directing. The name of the play i...
Here is a video I created as a photo slideshow a couple of years ago. I found a pretty good site that will host it that seems to be better the You Tube. This video file I created was over 10MB, You...
Here is a video I created as a photo slideshow a couple of years ago. I found a pretty good site that will host it that seems to be better than You Tube. This video file I created was over 10MB, Yo...
You know the Florida stereotype, pink plastic flamingos in the front lawn. Well, I got home today to find two peacocks in my front lawn. So far, at my current residence, I have seen deer in my ba...
I’ve added a couple of embedded video streams on my front page; one from Stickam and one from Ustream. I don’t know how often I will have them running but they are there and will have me live in my...
I recently decided to buy a new phone. I bought a Samsung Blackjack this time last year through AT&T and it has been a bumpy road since then. Don’t get me wrong, the Blackjack was a decent phone a...
At 1:00 a.m. last night I woke up with chest pains, a familiar feeling I have experienced before. Immediately, I remembered I had fish for dinner. However, my past episodes of an allergic reaction ...
For my niece’s birthday, along with normal gifts, I decided to give her something unique that I am sure the grandparents or friends would not give her. A LED faucet light from ThinkGeek.com. It’s k...
I just found this video online. I haven’t seen this episode yet of the Family Guy. This is awesome! Thought I would share.
I am no longer a virgin…at golf. My brother-in-law and his dad took me out to play golf in St. Augustine yesterday, it was my first time playing. I didn’t really know what I was doing so having tho...
The year 2007 was a pretty good gaming year for me. It was the year that I finally owned a high end gaming computer and a Xbox 360. I bought a Dell XPS machine last spring that proved to be a good ...
The company I have been working for the past five years had a segment on NBC Nightly News last night. It was regarding our CEO working with the Audubon Society to help preserve an eagle’s nest in P...
I got pulled over by FHP on my way home from a friend’s house this evening. Due to the recent time change, the sun had not completely set yet but was dusk when I left. I had turned my parking light...
I was on my way in to work today and saw the funniest, natural thing I think I have ever seen. I believe a lot of it has to do with my imagination running away but it’s still funny. Check out th...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoyv-P4ynN4
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Remember: Jesus is the reason for the season. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to every one. [iTunes was playing “O Holy Night” by Nat King Cole while I was writing this.]
This is a pretty good article: Gates speaks up over Apple commercials I like what is written about four paragraphs down, it’s very true: “There is little truth to the claims made by the most zealou...
The weather for Christmas in Central Florida SUCKS! Year after year, since moving to Orlando, I find that it is very difficult to get into the Christmas spirit when it is constantly 80 degrees outs...
I just finished editing the video I made of my New York trip from a couple of weekends ago. I am such an amateur. Watching the video during the editing process almost made me sick from dizziness. I...
I just completed a major upgrade of the Wordpress software on this site. It’s been almost a year since I last completed an upgrade; I upgraded from 2.1.x to 2.3.1. As I understand it, there has bee...
I love Halloween. I attended the horror convention Screamfest held in Orlando this past weekend. It was the first time I had attended the convention. I had every intention of attending last year bu...
Well, I’m back from my 5 day vacation to Atlanta for our yearly visit to Dragon*Con. It’s a trip some old friends of mine have been doing for a few years now. It first started out as what we liked ...
I purchased a car today. It was something I desperately needed. For the past couple of weeks I have been having issues with losing coolant in my 1998 Isuzu Rodeo. It was the worst time to start bei...
When any parent or guardian sits down to have a talk with a child about not using drugs, it is examples like these that we should use to prove a point. Bobby Brown’s brains are fried I read this an...
For the upcoming The Simpsons movie, 7-Eleven decided to change a few stores around the country into a Kwik-E-Mart and sell items from the show. Items like: Buzz Cola, KrustyO’s, Squishees, and mor...
Why I will, probably, never buy a iPhone, despite it’s ridiculous price.Watch this GeekBrief episode
Believe it or not, I am so sick of hearing about the iPhone. Despite being a total Apple fanboy and a techie, I am still sick to death of hearing about it. It has been discussed so much for the pas...
I’ve been in a lot of pain the past couple of days; tomorrow, hopefully, the dentist will rectify it.A few months back my dentist told me that I needed a root canal on one of my rear molars. Well, ...
I’ve noticed the past year or so the accumulation of all things zombies. I’ve always loved zombie movies since the first time I saw Michael Jackson’s Thriller music video in the early 80’s and it o...
Here is one of the videos by WickedAwesomeFilms: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwjM6VxToas Check out the rest of their videos at http://www.wickedawesomefilms.com.
A funny thing happened to me while at work today that caused me to, eventually, leave for home early with a red face. My usual day at the office incorporates many bottles of water, which, in turns,...
I was in Panera Bread (probably my all time favorite restaurant) this evening and Pachelbel’s Canon in D came on over the speakers. When I heard this, for some reason, I was reminded of the video I...
It’s the latest upcoming technology with social networking in mind. It’s called ustream.tv. I heard about it on the TWiT podcast a couple of weeks ago and decided to sign up for an account this we...
There are some friends of mine who often ask what my best friend, Chelby, does at Walt Disney World. Well, she has worked at many areas throughout the resort. One of the most exciting roles she has...
It shocking to see the rise in price of the theme parks these days. I’ve lived in the City of Theme Parks for many years now and have watched the steady climb in admission to the parks. It wasn’t l...
It shocking to see the rise in price of the theme parks these days. I’ve lived in the City of Theme Parks for many years now and have watched the steady climb in admission to the parks. It wasn’t l...
Today was a very unusual day in Central Florida, weather wise. A cold front moved in so fast that is was extremely nasty and rainy in the morning then turned practically cloudless and beautiful by ...
This is my silliness but this novelty item cracked me up. My co-worker had this sitting at her desk. I’m not sure if it was there around Christmas time but I just recently noticed it and had to sho...
Well, kiddies, if you have been following along, you know that I auditioned for a play a couple of months back. If you don’t know the history, you can catch up here: Acting Yes, it’s true, I didn’t...
I’ve been hearing about this new free blogging service called Tumblr on different podcast that I listen to. Yesterday I decided to sign up just to see what the hub-bub is all about. You can find me...
I had a chance to be on The Tech Guy radio show today asking a question about using Front Row (in Mac OS 10) with an external hard drive. I also had a second question for him that I didn’t have ti...
Okay. I never thought I would say that there was something that I find annoying about Google and their wonderful Gmail, however, I did and I’ve been gripping about this for a long time. I am a litt...
It’s been a long time, but I’ve finally started running my webcam again. Look to the left panel for My MacBook Webcam for my online/webcam status. That is all.
I broke down and bought a Samsung Blackjack through Cingular on Friday. I had the Motorola Black Razr and I thought it was time for a new phone. There were quite a few things I didn’t like about th...
Since I started blogging, I have been searching for a nice client based application that will allow me to write a blog without having to log into my blog web site and type everything in the WordPre...
I just got back from my callback audition for Glengarry Glen Ross. I don’t know what to think other than I don’t feel positive that I have a part. When I arrived at the theatre, I checked in, sat d...
After, actively, using Twitter for a few days now, I have to say that I am getting a little annoyed at it’s slow motion loading. Browsing this site during the day is completely unbearable, especial...
I just finished upgrading WordPress on the site from 2.0.6 to 2.1.2, which is actually a pretty big jump. For some reason, as of today, I was getting some MySQL errors (see below) when I attempted ...
I joined the Twitter community and have become addicted. I’ve been hearing about Twitter in podcast, mainly on MacBreak Weekly, since the beginning of the year and had always wondered what the poin...
Now I am currently typing from within Windows Live Writer. Already I see that I prefer this interface to Office 2007. Windows Live Writer (WLW) seems to be a much thinner client with all the tools ...
Due to the influence of some friends, I have decided to turn commenting on my blog. This is probably asking for trouble, but, why not. So, any of my blog post the you feel like commenting on, go ri...
I don’t know what has happened to me but recently I got into the mood to attempt writing again. I finally finished a short story that I had been working on for the past year and now I am working on...
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I watched the Academy Awards Sunday night, which is the only awards show I watch and enjoy, and was happy to see that Ennio Morricone finally received a tribute from the Academy. I’ve been a fan of...
Click images I finally decided on two prints (see above), with a little help from family and friends. I chose black and white prints because it looks better. I’ve always thought black and white ha...
Click image Last weekend, September 29th, my Dad turned 60 years young. My Mom, Sister, and I planned a surprise birthday party, it was mainly my Mom and Sister’s idea and planning so the credit i...
Click image Some co-workers and I went to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Orlando last night, it was a blast. Even though it was extremely busy with 90 degree temperature and 100% hum...
I’m getting excited. Thursday morning I fly out to The Big Apple to visit my friend Simon in Brooklyn again for a few days. He’s been gracious enough to open his flat to me and show me New York at ...
There’s too much to write about, regarding my trip to New York this past weekend, in a blog post. The best thing I can state is that I will be living there someday.
I did it. I got it. I finally bought my Macbook. As you know from a previous post, I sacrificed my comic book collection, almost 15 years worth, just to buy a Macbook. Unfortunately circumstances a...
Click image Well, I did it, I sold my Mac Mini on eBay. My first ever Mac that I owned for only 7 months. I had to sell. With the purchase of the new black Macbook, there was no need to keep it ar...
So, Windows Vista is out and everyone is going crazy over it. I honestly don’t remember there being such a huge deal over Windows XP when it came out. I’ve seen blogs, tech news site and even telev...
As most of you know, if you pay attention to technology news, Netflix has recently started rolling out their Watch Now feature that allows you to instantly watch a movie, or television show, on you...
For the first time ever, I had a photo shoot with a local photographer for a headshot to take with me for my up coming audition. The shoot was pretty easy; choosing two photographs from over 150 sh...
The Christmas holiday is over and I’m broke, yet again, from all the giving of…money, but not from buying so much for friends and relatives, this time it’s different. Last Wednesday, just a two day...
Out of no where the pain comes. Around 2:00 yesterday I started feeling a very familiar pain in my esophagus due to acid reflux. It’s not often that I feel this pain but it is a very sharp, throbbi...
Sadness. Regret. Happy. Excited. Depressed. Relief. Nostalgic. These are just a few of the feelings and emotions I am going through right now after saying “goodbye” to an old friend. It was tough, ...
I know this is a late entry but I just now got the blog site up and running. Last week (almost two weeks now), I flew to The Bahamas on the company plane to our property on Grand Bahama Island at t...
Why DO we blog? I don’t know if there really should be a “we” when a “we” would generally include me. I don’t blog, at least I haven’t until now. It’s the new hip thing and I want to be hip. It’s a...
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