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Project New Me: Week #1 or The Weight Loss Begins #newme

January 11, 2010 TechyDad Health, Project New Me, Weight Loss

Weight: 201 lbs (down 6 lbs)

Average Hours of Sleep: 7.14 hours

Total Workout Time: 0 minutes

This first week of Project New Me has brought about many upheavals. First of all, simply needing to track my points again was something to get used to. I couldn’t just toss a ton of snacks in my lunch bag and eat as many of them as I felt I needed during the day. I had to think more about what was going in my mouth. This is a good thing. When you mindlessly shove food into your mouth, you forget about the calories you’re ingesting and you are more likely to gain weight. » Read more

This week in Tweets

July 19, 2009 TechyDad This Week in Tweets

Swedish Performing Rights Society Demands Cash From Companies That Let Employees Listen To Music http://is.gd/1x7ym <= This is insane. #
RT @mike_elgan: Profanity helps you relieve pain. F*ck! http://bit.ly/klGBs <= I must be quite pain filled as I don’t curse at all. #
So exhausted. Couldn’t fall asleep last night. Was almost asleep & JSL fussed. Then he came into our bed a few hrs later. Can I nap now? #
Trying to figure out how long before the employee potluck meal I should head to the cafeteria to get them to reheat my Quinoa pilaf. #
Hate places that don’t update their website. Looking for Pick Your Own orchards. 1 talking about Summer of 2008. Update, people, update!!! #
Employee Potluck lunch at work was amazing. So many people brought in so many diff foods. Bringing my leftover Quinoa & 5 corn on cobs home. #
Eyes killing me. That bright shiny thing in the sky hurt my eyes. (Been cloudy/rainy here recently.) Turning office lights off may help. #
Condo goes into foreclosure. Wells Fargo (1st mortgage), sues other lien holders incl 2nd mortgage holder Wells Fargo http://is.gd/1xp87 #
Wells Fargo has even hired a lawyer to defend themselves against Wells Fargo’s charges. What the…..?!!!! #
Sitting in the dark with the brightness on my monitors turned way down hoping it’ll help my eyes stop hurting. #
It is times like this that I wish I could pop my eyeballs out to relieve some pressure. Though I guess putting them back in would be tricky. #
My Disney World tie is barely 2 months old and it’s already starting to fray! Where’s the Disney Quality?! #
Lugged Portable AC unit upstairs & assembled it. Can’t run it because window is too large. Need to cut piece of wood first. #
I can run it on fan mode, though to circulate air while I dump tons of photos off of filled memory cards to sort later. #
Was going to work out, but I think lugging the AC unit upstairs is going to count as my workout tonight. #
Last memory card almost done. Then I can head downstairs & get something to eat. (Was feeling sick earlier & didn’t eat dinner.) #
Memory card photos all offloaded. All 1,721 of them occupying 4.59 GB. Have I mentioned that I’ll be sorting photos for the next year? #
Trying to get JQuery UI Sortables to work. Once this is done, the rest of my newest web app should be a breeze. #
It’s late and I’m tired. I’ll sort out this jQuery UI Sortables code tomorrow. #
RT @TheAngelForever Character photo crusade at Six Flags http://is.gd/1yvmt <= On way home, NHL called Pepe Le Pew “Stinky Le PU” 😉 #
Told to reduce my 22GB of network drive files. Removed old/outdated/unneeded files & now it’s under 6.8GB. #
If only house cleaning was that easy. I’ll drag this pile here. Click Delete there. House all cleaned up! #
Wow. I just realized that I haven’t made a blog post in almost 3 weeks! Been so busy lately. #
Why oh why must my laptop freeze as I try to do important work?!! Come on laptop. Work with me here!!! #
Wow, my one year blog-o-versary is in less than 2 months. What to do to mark the special occasion? #
RT @LanceUlanoff: Billy Mays Final Spot. http://bit.ly/P2AUI And of course, I totally want this product . I’m a sucker for this stuff. #
Just checked local farm’s Pick-Your-Own schedule. Was in PDF format. Fine. Open PDF & it’s unreadable. #FAIL #
Any #jQuery or #jQueryUI gurus out there? Is there a way to dynamically add items to a Sortable series of DIVs? Couldn’t get it to work. #
RT @HighTechDad Unruly Teen Charges $23 Quadrillion At Drugstore http://bit.ly/AXz1l <= Visa’s response: Add a $20 negative balance fee! #
To put $23 Quandrillion CVS charge in perspective, the World’s GDP is $65.61 trillion. So teen charged over 350 times the World GDP. #
Come Home Perry stuck in my head. “Gonna move to the prairie. Change my name to Larry!” “Larry?” “I ran out of rhymes, ok?!” #PhineasAndFerb #
Snacking on baby carrots & celery sticks dipped in buffalo wing sauce. Delish, but I think I need more water. Mouth’s on fire! #
Bad: I just realized I made a big typo in my wedding anniversary blog post 3 weeks ago. Possibly worse: My wife didn’t notice it at all! #
Think I might have found why #jQueryUI’s Sortable wasn’t working for me. My #JQuery script file was v1.2.6, not v1.3. Will try v1.3 later. #
Just hooked up our upstairs portable AC unit. Hanging around to make sure its working. So far room went from 91 to 84 pretty quickly. #
Tried #JQuery v1.3 but that didn’t fix my #JQueryUI Sortable bug. Can Sortable items be added dynamically? If so, how? #
Yay! Just got #jQueryUI Sortable working! One more small feature and my new web application will be ready. #
So tired this morning. When oh when will JSL sleep through the night & let us get a good night’s sleep?! #
I’ve noticed that when I’m tired during the day I snack more & crave worse-for-me foods. Wonder if any studies have researched this link. #
RT @elijahmanor 50+ Really Cool Twitter Mashups http://bit.ly/msT2v <=Twubble’s like a Twitter app I’m writing, but mine won’t need your pwd #
Told to drop everything & work on super-important project. I completed it within a half hour. Web Dev Win! #
Ok, so technically the project wasn’t hard. The code was already written. Just was adding DB entries. Still, I’ll take my wins where I can. #
NYT: Twitter Hack Raises Flags on Security http://is.gd/1Bafq Me: Title makes it sound like Twitter’s prob but story’s about pwd management. #
RT @zazzle: 10 random people who RT this in the next hour will receive a coupon for a free pack of @zazzle business cards! #
RT @BadAstronomer Already a goofball Apollo denier in the comments. They’re like a virus. http://tr.im/sEfO <= But more fun to play with 😉 #
Recipe for Tie Dye Cheesecake calls for 1 box of Red Velvet Cake Mix. Pour 1/2 into springform pan, discard rest. WTF? Why not make 2 cakes? #
Going to need some #EASActive folks to beta test a web application I made. Anyone interested? #
Shared #EASActive workout: A Quick Run http://bit.ly/yOYYd #
Shared #EASActive workout: Tennis Anyone? http://bit.ly/yOYYd #
Oops. Wrong link. Shared #EASActive workout: Tennis Anyone? http://bit.ly/13uDtB #
Shared #EASActive workout: Run Dance Box Skate http://bit.ly/LnNdm #
Do you like #EASActive and want to share some custom workouts you’ve made? Then try out my EASActive Workout site: http://is.gd/1CeVH #
Wow. Lights just went off and on. Power outage? (We have battery backup here.) #
RT @BadAstronomer Apollo landing sites imaged by LRO!!! Incredible images! http://tr.im/sOCn <= How long until the Moon hoaxers arrive? #
Do you have a favorite #EASActive custom workout? Share it with the world at http://is.gd/1CeVH (Please retweet) #
Do you workout with #EASActive? Do you want to find some custom workouts to try or have some to share? Stop by http://is.gd/1DOuY #
Anyone know how to do OpenID with classic ASP? Thinking of beefing up my Custom #EASActive Workout with #OpenID. #
Time to get some rest in before the inevitable JSL wakeup call at about 2-3am. #

This week in Tweets

May 24, 2009 TechyDad This Week in Tweets

My EA Sports Active shipped early for some reason & arrived while we were away at Disney World. Wasn’t supposed to ship until tomorrow. #
Luckily, our neighbor took it in for us so I can begin working off post-Disney weight gain (6 lbs) soon. #
RT @BadAstronomer Anyone in tweetland a mix of Caucasian and Asian? You may be able to save a man’s life! Please read/RT: http://tr.im/lFOJ #
Offline for a week thanks to Disney World trip. Didn’t miss Internet much. Not surprising considering how much there is to do at Disney. #
I’d go offline for another week if I could go back tomorrow. Just too bad I can’t earn a living visiting Disney World every day. 😉 #
Of course, if Disney wants to pay me an annual salary to visit their parks/hotels/etc, ride their rides, and take photos, I’m all ears. 😉 #
One of NHL’s fav rides at Disney World is going to become a Nintendo Wii game. http://bit.ly/27v1Kj We may just have to buy this one. #
Toy Story 3 is on the way: “Woody, Buzz & the rest of their toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after Andy, departs for college” #
(Plot Synopsis from IMDB) #
This is cool. Kari Byron from #Mythbusters busts Pregnancy myths: http://www.pregnancy360.com/kari-byron #
Great article (long, but a must read) Why Does the Vaccine/Autism Controversy Live On? http://bit.ly/N5V1c #
Throat hurting this morning. Hoping it’s just dry or something & I’m not getting sick. #
This is a cool recipe search engine: http://www.supercook.com/ Searching by ingredients that you have at home. #
RT @TheAngelForever: New blog post: Up up and away…finally on our way (to Disney) –> http://www.theangelforever.com/?p=1225 #
Too tired to do much tonight. Think I’ll turn in early. “Early” for me being before midnight. #
Second day waking up w/ sore throat. Could still be allergies. Going to get some tea to help soothe it. #
RT @wiifitgirl Bra increases woman’s cleavage when aroused http://bit.ly/Juw3E <= “Honey, why did your boobs grow when that guy walked by?” #
Got EA Sports Active. Need to start working out. This week is recovery from Disney World (process photos, etc). I’ll start on Sunday. #
RT @wired: Experiment: Let’s clock how fast a tweet can travel round the world. RT this with your time zone and #tweetspeed. [EST] #
Ran the numbers. I took 2,600 photos while at Disney. Over 7 days, averaging 10 hrs/day, that means I took 1 photo every 1.6 minutes. 😉 #
Lack of sleep last night + Not feeling good = low motivation for getting work done. #
I decide to be productive & our e-mail system goes down. Again! Seriously, do I need to print out my e-mails so I can work uninterrupted? #
Disney Photo Pass lets you upload your own photos, apply their borders, & put those on your PhotoCD…. #
…What’s to stop someone from uploading an all-white “photo” & using the resulting image as a template in a photo editor program? #
I wouldn’t do that, mind you, but I do wonder what protections are in place for these types of occurences. #
Uploading two photos to Disney PhotoPass (no, not white images like my previous musings – actual photos) to see what borders are available. #
Looks like 2 General Disney borders, 6 Character Design borders, 7 Disneyland borders, 4 Disney World borders, and 3 Mouse Ears borders. #
Since we went to Disney World, not Disneyland, we’d only be interested in 15 of the borders. #
Also, the Character Design 1s look cheesy & the Disney World 1s are useless (“Disney World” on a colored bg), so only 5 that interest me. #
Subtract the Orange Mouse Ears border (we’re not orange fans) & that leaves 4. Makes me wonder whether it is worth it to upload our photos. #
However, the Disney Stock Photos look cool. Photos of Disney World that we normally couldn’t take pics of that we can add to our PhotoCD. #
There are at least 130 that we would want to add and another 77 that we’d include just because they’re free to add in. #
Ate lunch, still feeling shaky. Not good. I really need to get myself tested for blood sugar levels. #
Adding all the Disney Stock Photos to our PhotoCD, along with our 170 Photos (w/ & w/o borders), gives us 377 photos for $99 or $0.26/photo. #
Played around with Disney’s PhotoPass a bit more. Turns out you can only order prints of the stock photos. Too bad. #
Also you can’t add your uploaded photos to the PhotoCD order whether or not you add borders. (That answers my “White Photo” question.) #
Def won’t bother weeding through our photos to upload to Disney’s Photo Pass now. They charge $0.19 for a 4×6 print. WinkFlash is only $0.08 #
Checked WinkFlash to find current print price. Found out they have a Flat Rate photo book sale. 100 page photo book for $20? Cool! #
Might order 2. One for us and one for in-laws. #
RT @TheAngelForever: Mother’s Day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios –> http://www.theangelforever.com/?p=1232 #
Disney’s PhotoPass turned out to be a bit deceptive. 3 ways I’d improve it: 1) Make all of the rides photo-pass enabled. #
Way #2 I’d improve Disney’s Photo Pass: Allow stock photos on CD #
Way #3 I’d improve Disney’s Photo Pass: allow edited uploaded photos on CD. #
Not shaky anymore thanks to lunch & tootsie rolls. Getting shaky when eating late is prob not a good sign since Diabetes runs in my family. #
Just told the “mustard” story to someone. It’s the only story guaranteed to make me nauseaus. Why did I leave myself open to telling it? #
Is it 4:30 yet? *looks at clock* A whole hour to go. Come on clock. Move it! #
Not feeling like making dinner tonight. Wonder if @TheAngelForever would feel like Chinese food. #
Called WinkFlash. Flat rate photobook sale ends tomorrow at midnight. They run this about every 2 months. We’ll order our books next time. #
Yay! @TheAngelForever thought Chinese food was a good idea because it’s 80 out. Veggie dumplings & eggplant w/ black bean sauce for dinner! #
RT @Jentifa: #tds The Green Effect SunChips® Giveaway: SunChips® http://tinyurl.com/pzlz6w #
RT @HighTechDad: 40 Ways to Download FREE Music Legally – An Ultimate Guide http://bit.ly/3Mrqnk <= Glad to see that @AmieStreet is #19 #
Feeling downright icky. 🙁 #
This morning I heard the boys playing & NHL began singing “It’s a small world after all…” I think Disney World affected his brain! 😉 #
Deciding which Disney photos to show my co-workers while I get work done. (Multitasking) At 281 photos so far w/ 1,145 to look through still #
I propose a new Twitter tag (inspired by @BadAstronomy): #TSIB. Short for “The Stupid, It Burns!” Use when encountering monumental stupidity #
e.g. Chairman of the Texas State Board of Ed, Don McLeroy, declares: “Someone has to stand up to the experts.” http://bit.ly/f8FO8 #TSIB #
Just estimated that our desktop PC upstairs (used as a file/print server) uses about $180 per year in electricity. Looking at an alternative #
My alternative (PogoPlug+USB HD+USB Print Server) would cost ~$250 to set up. We’d pay up front but would save about $145/yr in energy costs #

This week in Tweets

May 24, 2009 TechyDad This Week in Tweets

My EA Sports Active shipped early for some reason & arrived while we were away at Disney World. Wasn’t supposed to ship until tomorrow. #
Luckily, our neighbor took it in for us so I can begin working off post-Disney weight gain (6 lbs) soon. #
RT @BadAstronomer Anyone in tweetland a mix of Caucasian and Asian? You may be able to save a man’s life! Please read/RT: http://tr.im/lFOJ #
Offline for a week thanks to Disney World trip. Didn’t miss Internet much. Not surprising considering how much there is to do at Disney. #
I’d go offline for another week if I could go back tomorrow. Just too bad I can’t earn a living visiting Disney World every day. 😉 #
Of course, if Disney wants to pay me an annual salary to visit their parks/hotels/etc, ride their rides, and take photos, I’m all ears. 😉 #
One of NHL’s fav rides at Disney World is going to become a Nintendo Wii game. http://bit.ly/27v1Kj We may just have to buy this one. #
Toy Story 3 is on the way: “Woody, Buzz & the rest of their toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after Andy, departs for college” #
(Plot Synopsis from IMDB) #
This is cool. Kari Byron from #Mythbusters busts Pregnancy myths: http://www.pregnancy360.com/kari-byron #
Great article (long, but a must read) Why Does the Vaccine/Autism Controversy Live On? http://bit.ly/N5V1c #
Throat hurting this morning. Hoping it’s just dry or something & I’m not getting sick. #
This is a cool recipe search engine: http://www.supercook.com/ Searching by ingredients that you have at home. #
RT @TheAngelForever: New blog post: Up up and away…finally on our way (to Disney) –> http://www.theangelforever.com/?p=1225 #
Too tired to do much tonight. Think I’ll turn in early. “Early” for me being before midnight. #
Second day waking up w/ sore throat. Could still be allergies. Going to get some tea to help soothe it. #
RT @wiifitgirl Bra increases woman’s cleavage when aroused http://bit.ly/Juw3E <= “Honey, why did your boobs grow when that guy walked by?” #
Got EA Sports Active. Need to start working out. This week is recovery from Disney World (process photos, etc). I’ll start on Sunday. #
RT @wired: Experiment: Let’s clock how fast a tweet can travel round the world. RT this with your time zone and #tweetspeed. [EST] #
Ran the numbers. I took 2,600 photos while at Disney. Over 7 days, averaging 10 hrs/day, that means I took 1 photo every 1.6 minutes. 😉 #
Lack of sleep last night + Not feeling good = low motivation for getting work done. #
I decide to be productive & our e-mail system goes down. Again! Seriously, do I need to print out my e-mails so I can work uninterrupted? #
Disney Photo Pass lets you upload your own photos, apply their borders, & put those on your PhotoCD…. #
…What’s to stop someone from uploading an all-white “photo” & using the resulting image as a template in a photo editor program? #
I wouldn’t do that, mind you, but I do wonder what protections are in place for these types of occurences. #
Uploading two photos to Disney PhotoPass (no, not white images like my previous musings – actual photos) to see what borders are available. #
Looks like 2 General Disney borders, 6 Character Design borders, 7 Disneyland borders, 4 Disney World borders, and 3 Mouse Ears borders. #
Since we went to Disney World, not Disneyland, we’d only be interested in 15 of the borders. #
Also, the Character Design 1s look cheesy & the Disney World 1s are useless (“Disney World” on a colored bg), so only 5 that interest me. #
Subtract the Orange Mouse Ears border (we’re not orange fans) & that leaves 4. Makes me wonder whether it is worth it to upload our photos. #
However, the Disney Stock Photos look cool. Photos of Disney World that we normally couldn’t take pics of that we can add to our PhotoCD. #
There are at least 130 that we would want to add and another 77 that we’d include just because they’re free to add in. #
Ate lunch, still feeling shaky. Not good. I really need to get myself tested for blood sugar levels. #
Adding all the Disney Stock Photos to our PhotoCD, along with our 170 Photos (w/ & w/o borders), gives us 377 photos for $99 or $0.26/photo. #
Played around with Disney’s PhotoPass a bit more. Turns out you can only order prints of the stock photos. Too bad. #
Also you can’t add your uploaded photos to the PhotoCD order whether or not you add borders. (That answers my “White Photo” question.) #
Def won’t bother weeding through our photos to upload to Disney’s Photo Pass now. They charge $0.19 for a 4×6 print. WinkFlash is only $0.08 #
Checked WinkFlash to find current print price. Found out they have a Flat Rate photo book sale. 100 page photo book for $20? Cool! #
Might order 2. One for us and one for in-laws. #
RT @TheAngelForever: Mother’s Day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios –> http://www.theangelforever.com/?p=1232 #
Disney’s PhotoPass turned out to be a bit deceptive. 3 ways I’d improve it: 1) Make all of the rides photo-pass enabled. #
Way #2 I’d improve Disney’s Photo Pass: Allow stock photos on CD #
Way #3 I’d improve Disney’s Photo Pass: allow edited uploaded photos on CD. #
Not shaky anymore thanks to lunch & tootsie rolls. Getting shaky when eating late is prob not a good sign since Diabetes runs in my family. #
Just told the “mustard” story to someone. It’s the only story guaranteed to make me nauseaus. Why did I leave myself open to telling it? #
Is it 4:30 yet? *looks at clock* A whole hour to go. Come on clock. Move it! #
Not feeling like making dinner tonight. Wonder if @TheAngelForever would feel like Chinese food. #
Called WinkFlash. Flat rate photobook sale ends tomorrow at midnight. They run this about every 2 months. We’ll order our books next time. #
Yay! @TheAngelForever thought Chinese food was a good idea because it’s 80 out. Veggie dumplings & eggplant w/ black bean sauce for dinner! #
RT @Jentifa: #tds The Green Effect SunChips® Giveaway: SunChips® http://tinyurl.com/pzlz6w #
RT @HighTechDad: 40 Ways to Download FREE Music Legally – An Ultimate Guide http://bit.ly/3Mrqnk <= Glad to see that @AmieStreet is #19 #
Feeling downright icky. 🙁 #
This morning I heard the boys playing & NHL began singing “It’s a small world after all…” I think Disney World affected his brain! 😉 #
Deciding which Disney photos to show my co-workers while I get work done. (Multitasking) At 281 photos so far w/ 1,145 to look through still #
I propose a new Twitter tag (inspired by @BadAstronomy): #TSIB. Short for “The Stupid, It Burns!” Use when encountering monumental stupidity #
e.g. Chairman of the Texas State Board of Ed, Don McLeroy, declares: “Someone has to stand up to the experts.” http://bit.ly/f8FO8 #TSIB #
Just estimated that our desktop PC upstairs (used as a file/print server) uses about $180 per year in electricity. Looking at an alternative #
My alternative (PogoPlug+USB HD+USB Print Server) would cost ~$250 to set up. We’d pay up front but would save about $145/yr in energy costs #

This week in Tweets

May 10, 2009 TechyDad This Week in Tweets

Swine flu confirmed in Orlando. Teen from Mexico & visited Disney. http://bit.ly/18z2VY We go to Disney in 5 days. Not giving into flu hype. #
Got an “employment offer” from some fabrics company that I never contacted for employment. Can you say Scam? I knew you could. #
The “job”: I cash checks for them, keep some & wire rest to them. What really happens: I cash checks, wire money, checks bounce, I’m out $$$ #
Just saw last Pushing Daisies (that aired here so far). So many loose threads left open. My response to the ep ending: Oh, HELL NO! #
Never thought I’d say it, but #PHP is letting me down. Don’t really blame it though. I’m asking it to process over 88MB worth of string data #
5 days until Disney. We’re in the home stretch. #
Everyone’s doing the same pun today. I refuse to say “May the Fourth Be With You.” Wait a sec….. #
We’re going to get weather-shock when we go to Disney. Forecasted temp for here on Sat: 67 (& that’s the day’s high) Temp in Orlando: 90’s! #
Great article on WebMD: Putting Swine Flu in Perspective http://bit.ly/18qU39 #
Only 226 people in the US have had confirmed cases of Swine Flu in 10 days. That’s only 23 people/day. Not a huge outbreak. #
Also, all those people (save 1 toddler visiting from Mexico) have recovered from Swine Flu. Too many people are panicking needlessly. #
RT @HighTechDad Testing powers of social networking. Can someone get this blog post in front of Honda Motors execs? http://bit.ly/1ed8a Thx! #
Video conversion is running long. Hoping this works. Need to convert a MOV to AVI or MPG. #
Pretty slow day so far. I did most of what I needed to get done last week. This week should mainly be cleanup before I head to Disney World. #
Got a handsfree set from my parents. Cellphone doesn’t see it via Bluetooth. What’s the best way to ID & find out if my phone supports it? #
Looks like the handsfree set is a Motorola HS850. #
Got the bluetooth headset set up. Will need to see if my wife likes it. She’s been headset-less since her last wired one broke. #
Watching http://bit.ly/xaE5G (thanks @BadAstronomer) Lots of ignorance from antivaxxers. Not vaccinating puts your kids & others at risk. #
Walter Wagner thinks that something that will either happen or not has a probability of 50-50. So I have a 50-50 shot of winning the lotto! #
“All it takes is a dollar and a dream and a complete lack of knowledge of how probability is determined!” #
Wow. The end of the day snuck up on me. 4:30 already? Time to go home. #
Just saw one of the Dancing With the Stars’ skimpy outfits. Just wondering: At what point will Dancing With the Stars become porn? #
4 days until Disney now. NHL’s getting excited now. Of course, so am I. 😉 #
Ok, time for me to wake up. I just tried to do a search in Seesmic Desktop by typing in the “post a tweet” box. lol #
Pre-Disney to dos: Backup laptops & desktop to external HDD. Move HDD off-site. Get another http://bit.ly/Axj3P from Radio Shack. #
Also need to remember to pull (and delete photos from) the 2GB SD card in our digital photo frame. That’s 2GB more photos to take at Disney. #
Count Till Ten Tuesday http://www.techydad.com/?p=546 <= Includes a video of JSL counting to 10. Very cute! #
My wife’s computer blue-screened. She tried to reboot and more blue screen. Looks like I’ll be debugging that tonight. #
Wife’s computer not good. All attempts at booting give blue screen. Found my BartPE Boot CD & am running chkdsk now. #
My laptop froze up while sitting next to my wife’s. She joked “it’s the Swine virus.” The Swine flu has jumped from humans to computers!! #
3 out of the 5 chkdsk steps complete. Fourth step is at 94% and going slowly. Hope I won’t need to let this run overnight. #
My wife just realized that she’s wearing Barney colors! (Purple shirt/green shorts) Clearly lack of Internet access is affecting her sanity. #
She just told me to note that those were workout clothes, not going-out-in-public clothes. #
Chkdsk completed & fixed a whole bunch of problems. Running it one more time just to be sure & then I’ll try booting my wife’s laptop again. #
Really getting tired. Going to step away from the computer for a few secs. A watched pot never boils & a watched chkdsk never reaches 100%. #
So tired…. chkdsk is at 95% (step 4 of 5)… c’mon computer, check that disk quicker. #
Fell asleep last night before chkdsk finished. Wife’s computer is booting now. So far, so good. Looks like it’s all fixed. #
Wife’s computer boots fine now but no start menu (it’s resized on the bot of the screen & I can’t re-resize it) & can’t drag/drop anything. #
Got my wife’s laptop beside me here. Boots up now, but can’t drag/drop or copy/paste. Task bar is resized small (can’t drag/drop to fix it). #
Running a System File Checker on it. Thinking that the Big Crash might have messed up some system files. #
If this doesn’t work, might have to reinstall XP. #
System File Checker didn’t fix the problem. Multitasking now. Working on the XP Reinstall now while doing work-work and eating breakfast. #
XP reinstall’s a bust. It blue screened on the CD boot. Safe Mode restore is a bust also. Not sure what to do next. Running out of options. #
There’s always the Dell Restore Partition, but I want to avoid that if at all possible. #
1st American Swine Flu death. But the woman lived close to Mexico, was severly overweight, just gave birth, & recently had pneumonia. #
IOW, she had health complications that would make pretty much any flu life threatening. http://bit.ly/172Ilo #
Running memtest on my wife’s laptop now. Hoping it isn’t a hardware issue. #
My inbox to-do items are down to 2. Of course, that doesn’t count stuff that needs to wait until we come back from Disney World. #
Memtest turned up no errors. Looks like OS is corrupt. Only option left is the Dell Recovery Partition. This’ll mean data loss though. #
3 Days to go until we leave for Disney World. #
With my wife’s computer woes (& Disney packing/planning), I didn’t finish my Twitter App like I thought I would. #
Guess it’ll have to wait till I get back. #
Remembered to backup my wife’s bookmarks jsut before I started Dell System Restore. Now I’m restoring her laptop. Hope this does the trick. #
If not, we might need to shop for a new laptop. Don’t know if we can afford it though. #
That went quickly. Only took 3 minutes to complete. Time to boot into Windows now. *crosses fingers* #
Windows booting went fine. Installed all Windows Updates, Service Packs, and FireFox. Rest of the setup and data restore to be done tonight. #
Just 2 days to go until Disney World! In less than 48 hours, my kids (and my wife, in-laws and me) will be partying with Mickey. 🙂 #
Thinking of making a lunchtime run to Radio Shack. #
45 more hours until we leave for Disney World. Not that I’m counting or anything. 😉 #
Radio Shack clerk: Need help? Me: Looking for memory card case. Him: Don’t think we have it. Me: It showed In Stock on website & there it is #
Signed up for Disney Photo Pass for the $99 CD. It let me register, but I don’t see where I can lock in the $99 price. What gives? #
Just pre-ordered our #Disney PhotoPass PhotoCD. Very cool that Express Shipping is included in the (discounted) price! #
Laptops backed up. Desktop computer backing up. Letting it run overnight. Hopefully it’ll be done by morn so I can move the backups offsite. #
1 day to go until Disney World! Tomorrow at this time we’ll be in the air. Woo Hoo!!!! #
My desktop computer backup took too long last night. Still wasn’t done by the morning so I couldn’t take the HD into work. Had to let it run #
Will explore different offsite options. Hopefully it is done when I get home. #
Had considered texting from Disney World. Pro: I’d be able to tweet. Con: Couldn’t see replies. Oh yeah, & it’d cost me $0.25 per tweet. #
To do list down to 9 items. Inbox down to 2 items. Shooting for 5 items total by end of day. #
RT @TheAngelForever: Magical vacation memories –> http://www.theangelforever.com/?p=1212 Includes photos with our Mouse Ears on. #
Wow. It’s only 10:45. Day is dragging on. 22 hours until we leave for Disney World. #
Friend’s relative in congestive heart failure & possible organ failure. Not good. & he’s only 30! Definitely makes me value my health more. #
Yuck. Apparently NHL was in class working on a project with Epson Salt and decided to taste it. #
On the way to school today NHL said boys are tough & girls aren’t. I told him that lots of girls are tough. He said no, only boys are… #
… So I told him that his mommy is tough. She’s done lots of tough things in her life. When he asked what, I answered “giving birth.” #
Told him (in 5 yr old terms) that childbirth can be tough & mommy did it really well because she’s tough. Don’t think I’d be able to. #
Bought new razor heads last night. Installed them today. They don’t work. Just spent $33 on nothing & might not have a razor for Disney. #
Feeling awful now. Because I made a bad search for replacement parts, we bought the wrong heads for my razor. Wasted $33+. ARGH! #
Luckily, @TheAngelForever was able to fish my old ones out of the trash and put them back in. They seem to be working. #
Just pre-ordered EA SPORTS Active. Can’t wait to try it out. #
19 more hours until we leave for Disney. (Who’s counting? 😉 ) #
Finishing up work stuff before I head out for our weeklong Disney World vacation. Almost everything is done now! 🙂 #
Inbox all cleaned out. I love the smell of a clean inbox! 🙂 #

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