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Athlete of the year: Scott

We had the chance to attend a banquet a few weeks ago held at All American Gymnastics, which Scott and Toby attend. Part of the evening was an award presentation to gymnasts who had impressed the coaches. Both Kristy and I were amazed to discover that Scott was awarded with the ‘Beau Bailey Award’, named [...]

Tis the season!

So it is Christmas, yet again, and what better way to greet this season than to listen to the radio station that plays the same old Christmas songs over and over again! I decided to start listening to them early to help me ‘get in the mood’ of this special time of year. Prior years [...]

Thank You WalMart!

Driving home with all the kids in the car, I didn’t fully come to a stop at a stop sign and caught sight of a police car in wait. WalMart was the next turn in, which I quickly took. Looking back I saw the police car was moving to intercept, so I pulled into an [...]

Arduino Fun – Science Experiment #1

The Arduino Duemilanove board is such a fun little thing to play with. Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. Both Scott and Toby helped out in creating a visual and audible light detector. We used: 8 Light Emitting Diodes 9 resistors 1 photo resistor 1 piezo speaker [...]

GeoCaching Milestone

Today, Scott and myself went GeoCaching around the east side of Utah lake. We were in search of “travel bugs” and “GeoCoins” but came up empty handed! We raced to the last cache in the hopes of finding something grand, but couldn’t even find the cache! But the good news is that Scott was able [...]

BlackBerry Splat

I worked on a video sequence for a presentation to other Bankruptcy staff nationwide. Part of that video included some BlackBerry destruction! Take a look at what we came up with:

Are Baby Boomers forcing us to Socialism?

Put yourself in the shoes of someone who has just entered retirement. Someone who has suffered a considerable cut in their retirement money (if they have any left at all) and faced with another 20 – 30 years of longevity. Faced with a lack of substantial income, increasing health costs, living expenses & with a [...]

Oddfellows Building – New Camera Alert!

Was asked to setup a different camera angle to capture the building as it reaches it’s final destination. There is a road in between where the building is now and this view. I wish I could capture the road, but this is the best I can get. Have installed a Logitech USB QuickPro 9000 USB [...]

GPS ‘Saves the Day’, over & over again!

Our recent family trip to San Diego California, wouldn’t have been a great success without our Mobile TomTom GPS unit.Not only did we find it incredibly useful for navigation but also for safety. One night we were driving back to Ramona, on a twisty mountain road, and behind me was a very aggressive driver. There [...]

Take the bus!

It’s been 18 years since I’ve been able to get to work just by bus! Well, today I can stop counting the years. I only have to walk about 1/4 mile to catch a bus which dropped me off right outside my office, 1 hour and 40 miles later! Now that is sweet I could [...]

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