Category Archives: General

Big Family Camping Tents

Posted on 2013-08-01 by frank

Big, inexpensive tents tend to be difficult to set up, take up a lot of space in the campground, and on top of it, they leak. We’ve had a Kelty Green River 6 family camping tent for several years now … Continue reading →

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Skype and Microsoft; match made in heaven

Posted on 2012-02-13 by frank

I always knew the MS acquisition of Skype would do great things for both of them. Check out this lovely user experience! Pressing Update just takes me to the Skype home page so I’d have to navigate to find the … Continue reading →

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Apps can be gorgeous? Really?

Posted on 2012-01-28 by frank

Before the era of Steve Jobs keynotes, did anyone ever use the terms ‘beautiful’ or ‘gorgeous’ to describe software or a user interface? This usage is now ubiquitous when people write or talk about apps. This struck me as I … Continue reading →

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Accidental Handyman

Posted on 2012-01-26 by frank

This weekend after filling our dogs’ water bowl using the sink in our half bath downstairs, as I was walking out of the room I heard dripping water. Turns out the faucet wasn’t leaking in to the basin, but down … Continue reading →

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Today I learned a little bit about clothes dryers

Posted on 2011-12-24 by frank

The bad news came this morning as we were cleaning the house in preparation for Christmas: the dryer wouldn’t start. Andrea and I both assumed that the belt must have worn out, and I made another assumption that cost me … Continue reading →

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