Today, the remnants of hurricane Katrina are supposed to pass by: we’re hoping for a bit of rain to water the plants. I’m hoping that I didn’t drive the car for nothing – if it was going to be this nice, why not have the bike instead? Of course, radar imaging shows no rain anywhere [...]
Filed under: Life News on August 31st, 2005 | 1 Comment »
This year, there will be no officially sanctioned “Dive Turkey”. Next year, however, will be time enough to get ready for our trip to Curaçao. By next year, there will be a Continental flight to Curaçao which will make getting there much easier for most of the parties involved. I suppose it’s a good thing: [...]
Filed under: Life News, Scuba on August 29th, 2005 | No Comments »
One of my difficulties dealing with obtaining a new phone [not that I'm yet ready to do this, but I usually keep track of what is available for when the time comes] is that I DON’T want a camera in my phone. There are many reasons why I don’t want one [such as: 1) they [...]
Filed under: Life News, Technology on August 25th, 2005 | 3 Comments »
For those of you who don’t know yet, I have recently purchased a new mode of transportation: a motorcycle. I have long desired to own one for myself instead of just borrowing my dad’s and now that dream is a reality. It was not the “dream bike” BMW K1200S that I had planned on, but [...]
Filed under: Life News on August 22nd, 2005 | No Comments »
It’s nice to have the web site back under my control so I can post updates on a daily, or even hourly, basis. Laura and I have been working on the look and feel of the new Gallery and have finally found something we like. The speed isn’t quite up to par, but I’m hoping [...]
Filed under: Photography, Site News on August 20th, 2005 | No Comments »
I’m now finally on my own broadband fiber connection. I do have to say that even though the install took a long time, the service provided by the technician was excellent. I’m now using full bandwidth! 15mbps up and 2mbps down. [did some speed tests on that and it validates it!!!] Let me begin this [...]
Filed under: Site News on August 17th, 2005 | 3 Comments »
We will soon be back up with more bandwidth than ever before. On August 17th, we are scheduled to have our new line installed so we’ll be back up then. But this just isn’t any old broadband connection. Oh no. This is Verizon FiOS [Verizon's version of FTTP - fiber to the premesis]. What this [...]
Filed under: Life News, Site News on August 9th, 2005 | No Comments »
