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Falls Creek Fallout

We got back from Falls Creek yesterday. Wow. For those that don't know, Falls Creek is the largest youth camp in the world. Falls Creek is located in Davis, Oklahoma, and runs for eight weeks, and has an average attendance of five thousand children per week. Last year, over forty-four thousand children visited Falls Creek, and over five thousand made public decisions for Jesus Christ....

Published 06-19-2007 12:44 AM by Scott

Filed under: Falls Creek, God, Church, Youth, Camp

NewEgg Customer Service

I know a couple of you buy things from NewEgg from time to time. I've been a customer of theirs for years, and I'd like to share an experience I had that will keep me a customer for years to come. I bought three memory cards from them about two weeks...

Published 02-04-2007 07:55 PM by Scott

Filed under: cards, flash, customer service, memory, newegg

Installed Community Server

Well, I installed Community Server instead of Dot Net Nuke. Dot Net Nuke was great for ease of use and adding content, but it was not well suited for the type of community that I wanted to build and foster. It wasn't really made for collaborative...

Published 01-23-2007 03:40 AM by Scott

Filed under: software, Community Server, Dot Net Nuke

Dreaming of (a) Malibu

So today while we were running errands out in Bixby (we went to Conrad Farms Market ) I stopped in at WestLake Ace Hardware to get another key cut for our new (old) '06 Malibu. Turns out that despite the small key size, and the car salesman's...

Published 05-04-2008 07:28 PM by Scott

Filed under: car, Adelaide, Baby, Home Security, Farmers Market, Key, eBay, Registry, Colors

Doctor's Appointment

We went and saw the doctor today, but before we saw the doctor we were scheduled for an ultrasound. First the ultrasound... we got to see Addie move her feet, and wiggle around and be generally babyish. They measured her and then estimated her weight...

Published 07-25-2008 10:36 PM by Scott

Filed under: Adelaide, Baby, Ultrasound

Backup Strategies

OK, so I've figured for a while that "prayer backup 1.0" was probably not a good backup strategy. We don't do that for our DVR - it has failover drives - and we shouldn't be doing that for the laptop or the desktop. I had thrown an old drive into a usb enclosure, but really it wasn't big enough to do a meaningful backup, and it had to be plugged in at a certain time of the day on each machine or it didn't back up. Guess how often it was plugged in at the right time?

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Published 02-18-2009 06:05 PM by Scott

Filed under: software, True Image, Backup, Vista, Acronis

The Art of Construction

No updates for a while... so I'll put one up before work today. We've got a bit of Addie's room done. There's a base coat of primer up on all the walls, although we have another coat of primer to go before we can put on a coat of color...

Published 07-08-2008 11:18 AM by Scott

Filed under: Adelaide, air conditioner, independance day, bluetooth, mythtv, paint

Green, But Not With Envy!

Well, we finally got a little bit further with Addies room, so I thought it warranted an update. First of all, we got both coats of primer on the wall, and it really did make quite a difference. The walls were actually white again, and so any color we...

Published 07-20-2008 03:54 PM by Scott

Filed under: blessed, Adelaide, Room, paint, Bargain, Dresser

Jealousy, I have known thee

Everyone knows I love my Victorinox Swiss Champ. I've carried it by my side for about ten years now. In fact, it is so useful that I have two of them... just in case! But tonight, I saw the mother of them all. Jealousy, have I known thee, and thy...

Published 05-18-2008 03:38 AM by Scott

Filed under: XAVT, Victorinox, Swiss Champ

More Mouse Mishaps (Madness!)

This is almost getting to the point that this is a mouse review site or something... seriously, I must have tainted hands, because my MS mouse died again! So I sided with the unholy maker again because of a very tempting $30 mail in rebate. I ordered...

Published 06-15-2008 03:37 AM by Scott

Filed under: customer service, newegg, logitech, Falls Creek, rebates, open box

Dale Dug a Hole...

Well, the hole from the plumbing is finally filled in. I have three shiny new cleanouts just barely peeking their tops over the soil level. Once the rain settles the soil in a bit more I'll trim them to be just beneath the soil level... we had a Bobcat...

Published 05-06-2008 04:10 AM by Scott

Things That Go Bump...

Exciting stuff... just this week I got to feel Adelaide kick for the first time. We've found she's quite contrary, she will kick a few times to get Shannon's attention, but the moment that Shannon tells me that Adelaide is being active, she...

Published 05-15-2008 01:48 AM by Scott

Filed under: Adelaide, Baby, Colors, Kick, Lowe's, Room

Again with the laptop...

My laptop has stuck out AGAIN! Second time in under a month that pushing the power button to turn it on has no effect at all. The power light indicates the thing is fully charged, and the built-in DVD player still works. But it straight out refuses to...

Published 05-16-2008 03:19 AM by Scott

Filed under: laptop, dead, coupon, dell, inspiron

Laptop Hunting

I started a laptop fund with my birthday money, and with a small bonus that I got from work for completing a project. I'll add to it the money that I'll get for selling my existing laptop (the stand-alone built in DVD player still works, making...

Published 05-20-2008 02:06 AM by Scott

Filed under: laptop, Consulting, Projects

A Little Resurrection?

Last night my Averatec 6235-EE laptop decided to give up the ghost. It didn't power on at all. The built-in DVD player feature was still working, but nothing else would. I removed and reseated both the memory, and the hard disk drive... to no avail...

Published 05-09-2008 03:09 AM by Scott

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