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My mom and my uncle Doug

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:42:20 -0500

My mom and my uncle Doug

A Walk in the Park

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:47 -0500

Amy and Cameron took advantage of the nice weather today and met up with some other moms/kids to walk the trails at a nearby park.

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Makin' a Pizza Pie

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:08:19 -0500

The baby-sitters daughter was selling these Little Caesars pizza kits for a school fund raiser, so Amy was nice and bought one. Cameron really wanted to help make the pizza, so Amy agreed. It turns out that Cameron’s idea of helping mostly consisted of eating the cheese while Amy did everything and he watched tv.

It tasted about like you’d expect a fund-raiser pizza kit to taste, but it was fun to make and it helped raise money for the kids/school/whatever…

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Halloween Recap

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:33:32 -0500

We had a really great Halloween this year.

It’s amazing how much better it is when you live in a house, versus an apartment. Tons of people were out in the neighborhood. Everywhere you looked there were parents out walking around, trick-or-treating and having a lot of fun. Our street in particular seemed to be a pretty happening place. There was a haunted house, a pot-luck, and a barbeque.

Chris and Kim came over to hang out with us, and so did our friends Paul and Larisa with their baby girl. We spent the entire evening hanging out on the porch, having a few drinks and chatting it up. I don’t think we made it inside until nearly 2am.

I think Cameron had a lot of fun. He and his Uncle Chris were both dressed as Star Wars characters. I think he really like seeing all his friends from school out in the streets. The laughed and played and compared costumes.

We voted on our favorite costume that evening, and it was unanimous. My neighbor Sheldon, who’s from India, was dressed as a Native American with a big feather headdress. When I saw him, I just laughed. He said, “I’m an Indian, LITERALLY!!!”

To top it all off, the weather couldn’t have been any better. It was in the low 70’s, and there were no bugs out that night, so it was a perfect evening to hang out outside.

I’m definitely looking forward to next year.

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Hangin’ with Kim while Amy and her brother take Cameron...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:07:35 -0400

Hangin’ with Kim while Amy and her brother take Cameron out trick-or-treating…

My green grass

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:07:46 -0400

My green grass

IE7's Accept Header And Rails respond_to Bug

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:28:54 -0400

IE7's Accept Header And Rails respond_to Bug:

Earlier this afternoon, I was debugging an ajax call that consistently resulted in an error, but only in IE. Checking the log file, I found this:

Processing ApplicationController#index (for...

Access Your Passenger App From Windows

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:39:28 -0400

Access Your Passenger App From Windows:

Eww, Windows?

Yeah, I said it. As we all know, there’s a million and one schmucks out there still rockin’ Internet Explorer as their default browser. That means if you want that…

Dillan's 1st birthday party

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:03:00 -0400

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Dillan’s birthday was last Tuesday, so we had a bunch of family and friends over to celebrate this weekend. I think everyone had a pretty good time.

We had a bunch of food, like crab dip, bacon-wrapped scallops, BBQ meatballs, pigs in a blanket, and a veggie tray. I mixed up some punch with blueberry vodka, sour mix, and sprite with frozen mixed berries. Chris and Kim were nice enough to bring over some devilled eggs and a variety of beers.

Oh, and I made Dillan a pickle cake. For those that don’t know, my Dad gave Dillan the nickname “Dillan Pickles” and it just kind of stuck. So now he’s often referred to as Pickle or Pickles. Cameron had a few friends over from the neighborhood and his school. They all played upstairs in the playroom.

Family showed up from all over, like my Mom from Vegas, Amy’s Dad from West Virginia, and more of her family from NoVa. By the end of the day I think nearly 30 people had shown up. Dillan ended up with a pile of gifts, all of which I’m sure he’ll enjoy. Thanks everybody!

Thanks to Regina, Kim, and my Mom for all the help. Also, thanks to everyone else for showing up and having a good time with us.

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Installed a soap dispencer

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:03:16 -0400

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The touchless electric soap dispencer that my parents got us for Christmas last year finally died, so I went to Lowe’s (again) and picked up this sink-mounted dispencer. The sink wasn’t predrilled so I got a 1” drill bit also. As it turns out, I should’ve gotten a 1 1/8” bit instead, but I just ended up using the Dremel to open it up a little bit. Anyway, it was easy to install and it looks a lot better than a big bottle of dish soap sitting on the counter.

Exciting stuff, I know…

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Photo

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:56:35 -0400

Hmm, yellow or yellow?

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:51:35 -0400

Hmm, yellow or yellow?

Playing around with AutoStitch for the iPhone

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:06:31 -0400

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There’s this really cool app for the iPhone called AutoStitch. Basically, you pick a bunch of photos that you’ve taken, and it stitches them all together to make one big image or panorama.

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Cleaning up the garage

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:01:43 -0400

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Our garage had become a huge mess, so I went to Lowe’s today and picked up a chrome floor-standing shelf to match the one we already had and a ceiling-mounted hanging shelf.

The hanging shelf went up much easier than I thought it would and it was nice to get all that stuff totally up and out of the way, so I think I may need to pick up another one.

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I saw this cool rock-crawler on the highway yesterday…

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:36:55 -0400

I saw this cool rock-crawler on the highway yesterday…

Spam Fried Rice

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:17:00 -0400

Who knew canned meat could taste so good? Thanks to Brendan for exposing us to this lovely dish.

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The Nissan Cube looks like one of those concept cars that...

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:49:09 -0400

The Nissan Cube looks like one of those concept cars that should’ve never made it to production

Cameron likes to vacuum…

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:53:36 -0400

Cameron likes to vacuum…

I’m all dirty again, but the backyard is done…

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:46:46 -0400

I’m all dirty again, but the backyard is done…

Look, I’m like Brendan, but dirtier…

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:57:04 -0400

Look, I’m like Brendan, but dirtier…