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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, Facebook, or IM, you may have noticed something interesting. Since I've been getting ...

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 an Atari nor an Intellivision, so I didn't get to play those cool Activision ...

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 to pick it up (and check email before a movie with the wife), it was *completely ...

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 Shuffle (and his brothers, especially my oldest, are jealous). He's got the ...

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 Zunes (including the Zune 30) will have a new, redesigned interface and feature ...

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 sensitive eraser, and your choice of color (Black/White/Silver/Blue), so for the extra $20 it ...

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 the package via the Fedex website. Then one day, it stopped moving. I figured it had ...

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 find out soon enough if anything was saved. This time we were a little better prepared ...

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 J. Alejandro, but that's close enough). I have a feeling that as a Cal ...

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 bug (again), it has been pretty easy to look at those recent photos and tell the story. ...