It’s Fathers Day.
You know what that means?
I own the remote control for the day!
My daughters, coolest kids on the planet, will have to survive for the day, as they “suffer” through Formula One racing, a taped episode or two off of the Discovery Channel and probably a few minutes of The Weather Channel.
Rah!
Just like being stuck behind a slow car when I’m in a hurry, right now I find myself working on an important assignment, and the tools I need are either down, causing me to get really frustrated.
I’m trying to look up some authority and ranking information for a variety of blogs, using Technorati, but no, it’s down.
How can a site this big and important have performance issues?
They recently re-did the site, with a streamlined and improved interface. Surely they spent some of that time working on the underlying architecture?
To the family members, friends and relatives of someone who has passed away while fighting for our country, may today, Memorial Day, be a day full of fond memories of those who have died in service to the United States.
thanks,
Chris
Tags: Blog, drivel, News & Politics
Have it both ways.
You adore and use Google as your primary search engine, but you’re a Communist and think that advertising is evil.
Here’s a solution.
Append the parameter “output=googleabout” to the Google Web Search URL and the search results page will not carry any AdSense ads that are otherwise seen on the top and right sections of the page.
Tags: News & Politics
Anyone remember the American Embassy takeover in Teheran, Iran? I was 12 when that went down. I remember reading news coverage, some time after the initial takeover, about six Americans being helped out of Iran by the Canadians. This article from Wired goes into the details on how those six were spirited out of the country. It’s a story straight out of Hollywood, literally.
Tags: News & Politics
JibJab recently released another fine clip.
This time they take on the news media and the changes wrought by 24 hour cable news, our short attention spans and, well, what was I saying?
Tags: Entertainment, News & Politics, The Web, Videos
I finally viewed this Will Ferrell video. Hilarious!
For the “oh my god, such a young child!” types that want to scream to social services, IT’S A MOVIE!
Tags: Entertainment, The Web, Videos
It’s Good Friday today.
My office is closed, so I’m home hanging out with the kids.
Our youngest (7 next month) just took a bath and is now getting herself ready. As parents, having your kids able to get themselves dressed, ready after bath, ready for bed, etc. is BLISS.
I remark to our youngest that I am proud of her for her being able to get herself ready. I told her how different it now is, from when she was a baby and mom and dad would bathe her and get her ready.
Her reply?
“I was a baby then, I’m six now…”
Of course.
Yes, I have written from time to time about why I have this blog - it’s my lame, little outlet on the web, for sharing my thoughts and opinions on anything and everything.
My dedicated group of readers, namely me, can count on me for old, outdated posts about next-to-nothing.
Well, it’s time I shaped up, and offered my readers (me!), more to read, so I have decided that I will blog every day, about the important, the mundane, and the inane.
April Fools
I will probably blog whenever the heck I feel like it, which means “whenever.”
cheers,
Chris
It’s time for another season of outdoor soccer. My daughters (third and first grade) both play. I am the assistant coach for the third grader team and the head coach, along with my lovely wife, for the first grade team.
I tell friends and family that I try hard not to be the Steve Martin parent from the movie Parenthood, but there are times when I get a bit wrapped up in both teams doing well.
The third graders began their season today.
Thee won by a score of 8-0.
Officially, scores and records are not kept, this is about having fun, learning the sport of soccer, developing skills and learning how to work together as a team.
Unofficially, parents and grandparents on the sideline was overjoyed to watch their daughters and granddaughters take it to the other team. The third graders dominated today. Within our humble, little league, today was a display of everything clicking, the girls passing the ball, of spacing, of a defense that allowed no shots on goal, of one very bored goalie.
Our oldest nailed two goals in the game. Granted, the other team couldn’t muster much of a defense, but I will chalk some of that to the team’s solid offense, keeping constant pressure on the other team, and most importantly, of playing unselfish soccer. The girls saw, very vividly, what working together can accomplish.
Yeah, yeah, I will mellow out. It’s just a game. I mean, what’s more important than the outcome?
Easy answer.
“Coach, what’s for snack?”
