Tulsa Zoo Pictures

8 June 2005 by Collin, Comments Off

A couple of weekends ago, we went to the Tulsa Zoo. The zoo was kind of lame but I think we had a good time and the day ended well with dinner at PF Chang’s. Here are some pictures. If you don’t have time to look at them all, the keeper is this one. //

Gmail Switch

30 May 2005 by Collin, Comments Off

I’ve gotten a new Gmail account and I’m considering switching to it as my main email account. I’ve been using my current permanent email account for almost 9 years. I’m afraid to switch away from it because I’ve subscribed to so much stuff over the years, I might not be able to login to something [...]

New Computer Specs

24 May 2005 by Collin, Comments Off

What do you think? //

Ewww….

24 May 2005 by Collin, Comments Off

Last week I was doing some training in St. Paul. One of the things we did was go on a few store walks to see how the stores have set up their displays. On one of these trips, the trainer pointed out a disturbing characteristic in almost every store we went to. In most grocery [...]

Tivo, Schmeevo

23 May 2005 by Collin, Comments Off

Recently, I’ve been working on converting my old desktop into a MythTV PVR. I’m using the KnoppMyth version of Knoppix Linux that has MythTV bundled with one installation CD so you can install both of them in one action. Or at least that’s the idea in theory. In practice I have been tinkering with the [...]

Minnesota Wildlife

19 May 2005 by Collin, Comments Off

So I’m doing some training in St. Paul, MN and I’m getting ready to turn to get to my hotel and what do I see on the lawn in front of it? A FREAKIN’ BEAR! (free registration or go to bugmenot.com to get a shared login). (I know I said I wouldn’t do any personal [...]

Blog Reboot

18 May 2005 by Collin, Comments Off

As you can see, the blog has been down for a while. I’m sorry I’ve been gone. I’ve been extremely busy with a new job and I’m also a slow, easily distracted writer. The next question that I had when decided to restart my blog is what should I write about? I have several friends [...]