Site Archives for June 2005


Berry picking....

Posted on June 27th

It was a very enjoyable summer weekend for our little family, including a trip today to pick raspberries (tons of fun, easy to pick...) and strawberries (very tasty... but much less enjoyable to be squatting down in the tiny little space between the rows trying to dig through the little bushes […]

Lacing your running shoes... via animated gifs

Posted on June 22nd

When my brother took me to buy running shoes a few years ago, he made a point of showing me a couple of ways to lace them up based on the fit I needed... but over time I forgot, and now I have new shoes... luckily for me, the web saves the day (like usual) and I found this on the new balance site: L […]

Article about the use of glucosamine and chondroitin for joint pain...

Posted on June 20th

I used to get knee pain all the time, just walking down stairs would cause quite an ache, but after I dropped some weight that went away... now it seems that pounding my legs onto the pavement over and over again is firing it back up again, and it is getting bad enough that I'm feeling reluctant to […]

Fake URLs in emails and web pages...

Posted on June 13th

Man, I'm getting sick of people's attempts to trick me... mostly because they are just pretty lame, and also because I feel sorry for the number of folks that are quite possibly being hit by these scams. One of the more recent tricks is sending me a notice about my "insert online service or bank […]

Remembering one of my favorite books from my youth...

Posted on June 11th

My wife commented tonight that my son (4) was going on at length about which planet was where in the solar system and how if you lived […]

The Spouse Acceptance Factor

Posted on June 7th

I'm not sure who invented this term, SAF, but it comes up often around folks who are into new technology for the home... "sure you might want to install a media center pc, but have you taken into account the spouse acceptance factor?" or the more common, "having to restart the cable modem sure reduc […]