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This past week, I took a couple days off (plus the weekend) to attend the Fall Men's Conference with some guys from my church up at Hume Lake . I took quite a few pictures and had a great time and will blog about that soon. But if you follow me on Twitter
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Recently, someone pointed me to this video on YouTube and it got me thinking about my gaming history... In my early years, I was never a big arcade game player. My parents just didn't believe it was a worthwhile way to spend my time. (Sadly, we had neither
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While on the topic of Apple gadgets, I had a pretty big scare just last night. Just before dinner I was watching a Seinfeld episode on my iPhone. And so when Linda called, I set it down, assuming all would be well. But after dinner, when we I went back
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Last Friday was my son Noah's 8th birthday. Since his uncle is a generous gadget freak, he asked me if any of the boys had iPods, but particularly Noah. It didn't take a genius to see where this was headed... So, now Noah is the proud owner of an iPod
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Today was the day for Zune announcements, and while I'm a huge fan of my iPod, it appears that the Zune (and Microsoft) isn't going down without a fight. While there's a full list of information here and here , the biggest deal for me was this item: All
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A couple weeks ago, while reading Engadget , I ran across a post about a new set of tablets by Wacom , called Bamboo and Bamboo Fun . Being a fun guy, I decided to purchase the latter. Actually, the Fun version comes with a mouse, software, a pressure
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So, I know I've mentioned the iPhone a couple of times :), but I haven't talked about the drama surrounding how I finally got my hands on it. After winning the hackathon , Delia shot me a note that it had shipped from Apple. All excited, I started tracking
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Well, it happened again. But unlike last time , this time the power was out for only about four hours and the temperature outside was in the high 60s, not 110+. I had just started to replay the Halo 3 single player campaign on Legendary. I guess I'll
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Earlier this month, my brother and his wife had their second child. This time around, they had a son and named him Christian Alexander. It's funny that both our second children are named after their father with Alexander in the middle. (My second is actually
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While I'd like to take full credit for my recent blogging run, the credit really belongs to my iPhone. Since it's got a decent built-in camera, I've had the opportunity to take quite a few pictures during recent activities. So, when I got bit by the blogging
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As I recently mentioned , my XBOX 360 died almost immediately after finishing the single player campaign of Halo 3. I think it was mainly the DVD drive, but either way, nothing I did worked. I tried multiple game discs, movies, unplugged it completely,
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It's been a long time coming, but in a league that doesn't officially keep score (while all the boys/parents do), the Blue Thunder got it's first victory today! The boys played great, passed the ball more than ever, and finally took some shots. I've told
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Just over three weeks ago, I was on a conference call with Ben, David, and Scott. My home phone line rang, but I ignored it. I heard someone leave a message, but I figured I'd listen soon enough. Then my iPhone started to ring. It was the wife, but I
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The other night on woot! I saw an offer for an older model Roomba . If you haven't heard of the Roomba, it's essentially a small automated vaccuum cleaner from iRobot . So, while I decided not to purchase ($150) I did spend some time looking around the
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Similar to my *super recent* post about the three words every Halo 3 online purchaser was dying to see, I just saw the *two words* no XBOX 360 owner wants to read (Unplayable Disc), and then proceeded to blurt out the *one word* I shouldn't use at home.
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