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Archive for 2005/08


Alyson gets a cast

They say a picture speaks a thousand words… so here you go…

Scott embarks on Grades

Scott started 1st grade today. He’s excited but somewhat nervous to meet his soon to be friends. He’s a social butterfly so he’ll have no problem at all. It’s been nice that I’ve been able to take him to school and pick him up (since I’m off this week to help out with our new [...]

Fiona Clair McMurray

We’d like to announce the birth of our new daughter ‘Fiona Clair McMurray’. Born Aug 19th 2005 @ 7:52pm MST in Orem Utah. She weighed in at 7 pounds 4 ounces and is 18 inches long. She scored a 9.9 on the apgar test and has red hair. She’s opened her eyes and is eating [...]

Princess takes a break.

Alyson broke her arm today! A 2 year old with a broken right arm!! She was sitting on a see-saw (teeter tooter) when one of her nephews went over and thought she’d like it to bounce up and down. Alyson tried to get off but it was moving too fast. Momentum took over and she [...]

VOIP (Voice over the internet) basically

Asterisk has given us the ability to provide a low cost solution to calls. For example, We can call the UK for 1.3 cents per minute (using IAX with VoipJet) via asterisk (linux PBX). VoipJet also charge 1.3 cents for local calls to anywhere in the USA (billed in 6 second increments). I purchased a [...]

Boycott Internet Explorer.

slashdot is running a story about a journalist who usually supports Windows products, yet for the new version of their Internet Explorer 7, he is suggesting people boycott the application. He goes on to say, ‘My advice here is simple: Boycott Internet Explorer. It is a cancer on the Web, and must be stopped. IE [...]

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