Posted by: Bret Hammond in Life on
Jun 26, 2008
At least two or three times a week I find myself with my laptop in a very public place. Usually it’s a coffee shop or restaurant that has free wifi and I can get a little work done there. Coffee shops—being what they are—sell a lot of coffee. Me—being who I am—drink a lot of coffee and before you know it, it’s time to go make a sissy.
Yep. That’s an actual term.
I’m always a little apprehensive about leaving my laptop out, but what a pain it would be to pack it up every time I needed a bathroom break. The places I visit aren’t normally known for theft, but still—it’s a laptop. It’s worth a bit of money and it’s got all my stuff on there! I’d hate to lose it.
Posted by: Bret Hammond in Life on
Jun 23, 2008
Ok, I'm warning you, this is long and is mostly a rant. I'm going to do my best to make it interesting, but if it isn't...well...go over to Neatorama . They always have fun stuff there.
Back in December, 2007 I decided to give my family the gift of two brand new PC's for Christmas. Yep, I'm a great guy. Just about everyone in the family who wants a computer for work, homework, research or...say....mindless games and YouTube videos now has access to them. Yaaaayyy, Dad.
The computers were a couple Compaq desktops (as you know, Compaq is now owned by HP). I bought identical models from Staples and they came with $50.00 rebates. Cool! Dad gets $100.00 back for bein' a good guy! Yaaaayyy, Dad.
Posted by: Bret Hammond in Geocaching on
Jun 16, 2008
You can see the log here.
And it's not actually Photoshop, it's Paint Shop Pro. It's far cheaper than Photoshop and has many of the same abilities. Purists don't care for it but, hey, I like what it does.
Posted by: Bret Hammond in Life on
Jun 11, 2008
Last night I stayed up until 2:00 am watching the movie "Sideways." You're probably wondering why. Well, my son fell asleep right after he got home from the sitter yesterday afternoon and finally woke up around 9:00 pm. that means we had to play for several hours before Daddy could drug him and get him to go back to sleep. That finally happened around 2:00 am.
Anyway, to pass the time I watched Sideways on Hulu (great website, by the way). The movie was...well...boring. I should have found something else to watch. I know a lot of people really loved it and it was up for some awards but it's basically about two guys who go on this wine tasting thing and...well...taste a lot of wine. Their lives suck and they whine a lot. So it's wine and whine.
In fact, you know it's a bad movie when the only thing that really catches your eye is the gas prices.
