November 2008
57 posts
2 days, 2 teacher conferences with our youngest son’s teachers. Apparently, our daughter isn’t the only troublemaker. Fatherhood fail #2.
Kids are sorting their haul for the night. Biggest difference between me & them: my bucket was gone within a day or 2. Theirs last months.
Stress season continues: 1st- back to school, etc.; 2nd- fall family birthdays; 3rd- Halloween, etc.; 4th- Thanksgiving; 5th- Christmas.
October 2008
58 posts
WHAT
Yeah. I need to find a way to tag my imported Twitter feeds as ‘twitter’ in my tumblr blog.
Sorry for the confusion.
sweettangerine:
no as in “Twitter”…
fascinatingryan:
twit as in…this week in tech?
captkevman:
So, fellow local twits who were in attendance, was the Obama rally as energizing in person at Harbor Park as it was on the Ustream feed?
So, fellow local twits who were in attendance, was the Obama rally as energizing in person at Harbor Park as it was on the Ustream feed?
Political differences + Family = FAIL
Came home to a new furry little family member: we saved a ferret from an otherwise uncertain future at the SPCA or pound. Cute li’l girl!
EDIT: Thanks to sweettangerine for the tip/recommendation! ;)
New work week starts in about 30 mins.
Just wound down the Halloween party. I’m stunned — she actually pulled it off.
Wife waltzed in the door around 12:30 - hauling groceries. Unloaded my worry on her, but I was really just glad she was home and safe.
…oh, and the house is nowhere near ready for a party. With 5.5 hours to go.
My wife planned a kids’ halloween party for 5:00 p.m. today, and she is nowhere to be found, without her cell phone. GAH!
http://tr.im/k18 <— My position on this year’s election, for whoever cares.
Oh, and AWESOME, twitter-integrated URL shortening service —> http://tr.im/
http://tr.im/k19 <— and another, shorter election rant. That should do it for this year. Responses to http://captkevman.swurl.com , please
Why I am Voting for Barack Obama
Believe it or not, I am a registered Republican. Despite a rather left-leaning voting record, I registered in 2000 to vote in the Republican primaries for John McCain, because I did not trust George W. Bush. (Fat lot of good that did.)
And while I did vote for Clinton/Gore in 1992 and 1996, I was more a fan of Gore and his public service and environmental record than I was of Clinton....
One-issue voting
I don’t pretend to know the reasons people vote the way they do. Some people have agreements on many things a candidate stands for, some people agree with their candidate on only one issue, and that’s enough for them.
I do have a suspicion that many conservative voters who vote traditionally Republican do so based on one issue alone: abortion. That issue alone is a hot potato, and...
So, after a morning meeting with the school principal, counselor, and resource teacher, we find out our daughter is infamous at eight.
Unscheduled morning meeting with our...
Counselor: Come on in, please have a seat.
My Wife: Thanks. We wanted to talk about our daughter, Emily. Do you know her?
Counselor: Oh yes, absolutely. You can't work at this school and NOT know who Emily is.
Looking forward to a couple (sorta) days off.
WatchElection ‘08 - Presidential Dance-Off
Yikes! I forgot that it’s the iPod’s 7th Birthday! →
[Seven years and seven things we love about iPod | ars technica]
WatchRon Howard’s Call To Action from Ron Howard and Henry Winkler
That last tweet last week about the Battle of the Bus? Hasn’t been going so well since then….
Muslim McCain Fans Confront Intolerance At Rally... →
Get a Mac - Bean Counter →
BOOM!
Wordle: Create polished word clouds →
If the link isn’t working, keep trying — it’s worth it.
I’ll be posting a few samples to follow.
A note about product links on ckmblr
From time to time, I will post links to great deals (like daily Amazon MP3 deals) or other products (like droolworthy gear) in this blog. When I do so, it’s because I’ve either purchased it myself, or I would if I could afford it. I’m not trying to sell anyone anything.
I do, however, have an Amazon affiliate account, and if I ever do link to something that will directly benefit me (via affiliate...
Re-grouping after this morning’s Battle For The Bus.
y’know… One of the features of the iPhone is the ability to check traffic before hitting the road. I didn’t do that today. D’OH!
Preparing to leave for Richmond to pick up #1 son.
Opus the Penguin Waddles Off Into the Sunset... →
I haven’t read Breathed in quite some time, but I sure do miss the glory days of Bloom County.
Farewell, my old, awkward friend. :^(
[Farewell Opus; Hello Pete, The Perfectly Practical Pig : NPR]
New 'Weird Al' Yankovic single on iTunes Store! →
It’s called ‘Whatever You Like’ - based on the T.I. single of the same name.
It’s very funny (and unusually harsh), and very topical.
i need help understanding my little girl.
“Now hold on there buddy. This is the Internet, please just leave some random,...”
– An anonymous commenter, replying to a previous comment, in a discussion thread about yet another Apple rumor.
[The ‘Brick’ is… | 9 to 5 Mac]
Lexar offers FREE Image Rescue 3 software →
Not sure how good this software is, but it’s free (well, in exchange for your email address), so I figured I’d mention it, in case you ever need to recover accidentally deleted files from a memory card.
(via DealNews)
Hunter Hughes yanked from Bob-FM; no reason to... →
One of the very few reasons I have looked forward to listening to local radio is now gone. There has been a Sunrise on Sundays show dating back to The Coast (which was the last good radio station in Hampton Roads) in the early 90’s.
Part of the joy of listening to Sunrise was hearing Hunter interview the guest artists who were brought in to perform live. His genuine, gentle tone will be...