My niece was down visiting so we decided to do some local activities. We went to Six Flags one day. We went to a Fort Worth Cats game another day. One day we decided to go to the Zoo. We saw an add for Dinoroars.…
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We went to a midnight showing of Superman Returns and really enjoyed it. The movie might have been a bit long but it sure packed a lot of action and story into the time. The movie was an excellent balance of new information and story with references to the first two movies.…
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last matinee on a very hot Friday. I had only seen one review prior to going to see this movie. It definitely delivered.
Although the story line was familiar to anyone who has seen Michael J. Fox’s Doc Hollywood, the Pixar version is a real treat.…
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My daughter and I went down to the pond this evening to try the fishing. The sun was just setting and the full moon was about to rise. All we had for tackle was an old simple cast reel and a hook that should be too big.…
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After much deliberation we decided to go looking for a new car to save some money each month on both the car payment and the fuel costs. We found both in a new 2006 Ford Freestyle.
We looked at the Honda Odyssey first.…
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I travelled to Nashville for the Alliance Conference. The timing could not be worse because of a big project at work. The information I got at the conference was very good. I spent nearly the entire conference inside the hotel.
The hotel is 58-acres under one roof.…
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I’m getting ready to release my new software version testing it here, first.
I have been hosting web sites in ASP for about 11 years now. I have a large investment in time and code in ASP. There are some tools that I want to work on in Java or PHP. I had those projects hosted on an old Blue & White G3 but the performance was never really there.…
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One of my favorite episodes of one of my favorite 80’s TV shows was the “Living Legend” on Battlestar Galactica. This was a two part episode starting Lloyd Bridges as Commander Cain. It was a great episode because it pit Lloyd Bridges’ Cain against Loren Green’s Adama.…
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I found this link on a SlashDot link. It is a good example of two things. Once it shows a cool thing you can do with SOAP a.k.a Web Services. This link ia available with many other SOAP services on xmethods.com.…
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I decided to give a couple of new shows a chance because their promos looked interesting and the started a week before everything else.
Supernatural on WB
Bones on Fox
I watched Supernatural off the DVR while working on other stuff.…
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I’ve always enjoyed astronomy, of the backyard variety at least. I was born after the first Apollo moon landing. I’ve watched as many of the Space Shuttle launches as possible even after moving to Texas.
My first time to see the Milky Way was in 1986 while crossing over the mountains north of Málaga.…
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I watched the Steve-Note address yesterday. I had anticipated the release of a new iPod. The iPod nano is beautiful. I have already talked to my mother about getting one but I am concerned about its interface. It only seems to support USB.…
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