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Archive for 2004/10


Halloween capers

Halloween was on a Sunday this year, so all the trick or treating was done on Saturday, which turned out the be the best day for it anyway!. Sunday was snowing pretty much all evening and into the night, so Saturday was a really good day. Scott and Toby were both Spidermen, Alyson was a [...]

Charity Time

We’ve just had our Federal CFC event (Giving to Charity through your paycheck). It’s a great program and I’m happy to contribute to the charities that I think need it most. Of course, my charites of choice are close to my heart right now – especially those who try to make the life of Children [...]

New Music Favorites

I was listening to Yahoo’s LauchCast service the other day and I felt chils go down my spine!!! It made me go upto Virgin records and buy the Album! The artist is Ian Van Dahl and the album is called “Lost and Found”. Gone are the days of the Pet Shop Boys – I’m tired [...]

Honesty

Wow – What can I say – Be honest guys! especially to your wife. If you want a committed relationship it is the only way to go. It’s easy to get carried away in small talk with your spouse, you come home, eat and chit chat about your day. But when was the last time [...]

Suse Linux 9.1 Pro

I’ve been playing around with SUSE Linux 9.1 Professional on an Athlon64 CPU system at work and I have to say I’m very impressed. SUSE usually costs about $80, but I was able to acquire it for $20 (thanks to ebay). It installs very nice and I think Novell have placed themselves very well for [...]

Screenweaver

Screenweaver This is a way to install a flash creation onto the desktop. Looks pretty cool – need to check it out.

Open Laszlo

Open Laszlo Need to check into this. Just become opensource in Oct 2004

Fire Safety FHE

Our Family Home Evening today was focused on fire safety. Our Local fire department had given Scott a paper for him to define the escape routes in our home. Scott is 5 and the paper said to draw a floor plan – So I did – took me about an hour and didn’t finish it [...]

Family Picture time

We ventured upto Sqaw Peak (an overlook over Utah County) for our latest family picture, which turned out B E A utiful. The Girls wore Pink and the boys wore Blue. The weather was perfect for taking pictures and the hike was just long enough to drain the energy from the boys. The Uinta Forest [...]

Antelope Island

We ventured to 1 of Utah’s 10 islands today, Antelope Island is the biggest of them all. It costs $8 per vehicle and is a host to a multitude of Brine Shrimp! I’ve never seen them so BIG before! I was going to take some home for my fish to eat! but I think the [...]

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