Apparently, fizzgig’s tumble down the stairs a few weeks back broke his speaker. He no longer beeps 🙁 Oh well, he still cleans very well. Its amazing how much dirt he picks up each week!
Author: Steve Riggins
New couch!
After searching seven stores, finally ordered a couch to replace my lazboy, which has broken and had cushion failure. So gone are the reclining and center console, but in are more elegance, much better construction, and cushions with springs in them, topped with down feathers! The pattern of the fabric looks like this:
Why Intel for Mac was good
Check out this video I just made running the latest copy of Parallels and our open source app, Sophie: Watch
The Mii Lebowski
Very clever use of Miis to do a scene from The Big Lebowski: Watch
Elizabeth and Zelda on the Wii
So yesterday Elizabeth starts a game of Zelda. I didn’t think she was into those types of games, but good on her! So I aided her where I could. She self-admittedly isn’t very good at the dexterity part, but she is excellent at the puzzles. My favorite Wii moment has to be the following. It… Continue reading Elizabeth and Zelda on the Wii
Congrats to Deceptionist!
My brother’s rogue in WoW just hit Champion PvP and is now in full rare PvP gear. Way to go!
Wii photo album
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Its XMAS!
So I went from going to Orycon to shopping on Fri night and Saturday, taking Elizabeth to a massage therapist as a gift for her writing a novel, to finding out I really wanted a Nintendo Wii and sitting in line at the local Fred Meyer for 8 hours to drop $409 on one, extra… Continue reading Its XMAS!
This guy likes his mac
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Fizzwig and the virtual wall
The iRobot virtual wall keeps a roomba inside of a room. Because Fizzgig took a tumble down the stairs, I decided to use the virtual wall to give it a better idea of where to stop. The virtual wall shoots an expanding IR beam across a distance of 3 to 9 feet depending on its… Continue reading Fizzwig and the virtual wall
Elizabeth’s NaNoWriMo gift came a day early
shhhh, don’t tell her. ok, she knows. I had to ask what she really wanted engraved on it. She is writing a 50,000 word novel in a month along with a lot of other people, and I’m damned proud of her, so I got her a motivational gift (its engraved with the event and her… Continue reading Elizabeth’s NaNoWriMo gift came a day early
Meet Fizzgig
Elizabeth named my roomba “Fizzgig” from The Dark Crystal 🙂
New roomba pics
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Roomba takes a tumble
hahah roomba just fell down the stairs, bin came out, and it said “oh oh” in beeps Guess the stair detector isn’t so hot. hmm
Roomba rocks!
So I charged the room, moved some chairs, unplugged my laptop and set roomba to work. It rocks! Ok its not a replacement for a full vac. But on a maintenance cleanup, it does a really good job. It runs around banging into things, going under chairs, etc. I moved most chairs into the kitchen… Continue reading Roomba rocks!
CNN Reviews the Zune, but likes the iPod Shuffle
A piece on the Zune ends with “but i love my new shuffle” and “Why doesn’t Microsoft get some decent design people” haha Watch
Damn Fed Ex!
I ordered a Roomba from woot.com and it was set to be delivered today. So I get up, check my tracking widget and it says delivered! Sure enough, they delivered it last night. I had not noticed because I was boot camping all night. They must have dropped it off while I was at PMUG.… Continue reading Damn Fed Ex!
My fun with Boot Camp
Boot Camp is Apple’s system for letting one install Windows XP onto a Intel based Mac. Boot Camp partitions your disk into two partitions, one for OS X and one for XP, creates a CD of drivers for XP and then installs XP. I have a copy of XP that came from the launch. It… Continue reading My fun with Boot Camp
Doug Morris says I’m a thief!
Yeah, that’s right. Doug Morris, one of the music industry’s enlightened ones, of Universal Music, says “These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and they all know it” Screw you, Mr. Morris. Screw Microsoft for caving into your licensing, too. What did Microsoft do, you ask? They agreed to pay Universal $1 for every… Continue reading Doug Morris says I’m a thief!
Best Buy sells Zune early, however its useless
Because the guy can’t install the software due to an “error” muaahahahah. Read