Papers published in journals are important scientific milestones, and this weekend I received the official acceptance on a paper in review for the past few months. This copyright form is the last...
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New phones
As our practice post indicated the other evening we got new phones this week. I choose the LG enV (left) and Leandra got the LG vx8300 (right). Both have better cameras and (a little) better...
WRAL and our free antenna
This post is to thank WRAL, the CBS affiliate in the RTP area, for our free antenna. I learned about their giveaway promotion in February, and after finding out that it was a legitamate offer,...
Don’t steal music?
Quite frankly, this warning is crap. Leandra recently bought a refurbished iPod and the sticker to the left was attached. I find it mildly insulting. Stealing what music, and from whom? The biggest...
A new PC
I received my new Dell XPS 410 today, and I've been busy uninstalling unwanted software and updating Windows. The photo to the left shows why that takes a while... and there were an additional 16...
Review of the Creative Zen Vision W
Background: Prior to our recent S.Africa / London trip we decided to get some sort of mp3/video player as a way to pass the long flight times. I looked at three main options, all with 30 Gb of...
Christmas lights on the house
I actually put the lights up just before Thanksgiving this year, so this photo is a little late. You can click on the photo for a large version. Note that 1) our hanging ferns are still alive and 2)...
Dish TV, pt.2
About a month and a half ago we had DishTV installed, and so far, we're quite happy with the results. The receiver only supports output to two TVs, but since we really only use two TVs it's been an...
Dish TV, pt.1
Today was the second Saturday that I spent waiting for the our new Dish receiver to be installed, and this one was successful. Proof below: 25 HD channels, including ESPN 1 & 2, Discover, Food, and...
If I had a million dollars…
I would give some serious consideration to this 103" plasma TV: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13798647/ that is some serious tech cool.
Our Itinerary
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Long Island, NY (July)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Puglia, Italy (Sept)
Matera, Italy (Oct)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Mosel Valley, Germany (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
London + Manchester, UK (Dec)
2023 Trips
San Diego (Jan)
Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)
2022 Trips
Florida (Feb)
NC Mountains (Apr)
Washington DC (Apr)
Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
Pacific NW (Jun)
Long Island (Jul)
Florida (Sept)
Chicago (Sept)
Poland (Sept)
NC Mountains (Nov)
Euro Xmas Markets (Dec)