Fantasy Football
By chris | August 7, 2008
My favorite site as I prepare for my own drafts is Footballguys.com. They are a first rate service, and have greatly enabled me to consistently make winning picks.
Where to buy the miracle fruit
By chris | August 6, 2008
Wikipedia says:
Miracle fruit is available as freeze dried granules or in tablets - this form has a longer shelf life than fresh fruit. Tablets are made from compressed freeze dried fruit which causes the texture to be clearly visible even in tablet form.
The effect of Miracle fruit is made possible by contact with the tongue, not through digestion. For this reason, tablets must be allowed to dissolve in the mouth. The most pronounced effect can be achieved by coating the entire tongue in a paste of Miracle fruit for up to 30 seconds.
The tablets are currently very difficult to get outside of Asia, where they are popular among diabetics and dieters.[4][5] However, in many countries they can be purchased on the Internet.
I am now on the hunt for some dried miracle fruit!
Check out these links:
http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/miraclefruit.html
http://www.notcot.com/archives/2008/02/miracle_fruit_review.php
http://www.miracleconnect.com/
http://www.bennadel.com/blog/780-The-Miracle-Fruit-Miraculous-Berry-Turns-Sour-To-Sweet.htm
Flock Develops Browser Version to Attract Feminine and Fashion Audience
By chris | August 5, 2008
Flock Announces New Fashion and Entertainment
Edition of Award Winning Social Web Browser
“Gloss” Edition Browser Features Content From Top Entertainment, Fashion and Beauty Web Sites Such as Popsugar, InStyle.com and Glam.com
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Flock (www.flock.com), the innovative social Web browser that helps its users connect, share and discover the best of the modern Web, today announced the availability of the Gloss Edition, the world’s first and only fashion and entertainment browser. The Gloss Edition is based on the latest version of the award winning Flock browser, and comes pre-populated with best of breed news, photos, videos and feeds from more than 35 fashion and entertainment content partners across the Web.
Flock’s Gloss Edition is designed to deliver the latest fashion interviews, red carpet events and the hottest style trends to users allowing them to easily share content and information with friends. Flock’s Media Streams, News Feeds and Favorites features have been pre-programmed with content recommended from today’s leading lifestyle sources like Popsugar, InStyle.com, Glam.com, ThisNext.com, Ecorazzi.com, DesignerApparel.com and other leading style and entertainment brands.
“Flock makes the organization and presentation of this content intuitive and helps users easily discover and share media, feeds and information with their social network profiles, family and friends,” said Shawn Hardin, CEO of Flock. “The Gloss Edition, together with the recently released Eco-Edition, demonstrates the power of Flock’s platform to serve diverse groups who are deeply passionate about a variety of interests.”
“Glam Media is excited to be a part of Flock’s Gloss edition,” said Ryan Roslansky, Vice President, Products & Content, Glam Media. “With integration at the browser level, we’ll be able to reach new audiences while providing an easy way for consumers to access content from our more than 500 popular lifestyle publishers in the Glam Network.”
Additionally, Popsugar and InStyle fans will have the option to download special Popsugar and InStyle versions of the Gloss Edition browser. The content of the two versions will remain with the same great fashion and entertainment features, but will include default homepages featuring the respective partner sites.
The Flock Gloss Edition Browser is available as a free software download for Mac, PC and Linux at http://www.flock.com/gloss.
About Flock
Flock is the first and only social Web browser that helps users connect, share and discover the best of the modern Web. Flock delivers a more personal Web experience, where users are in control and more connected to what they value. In 2008, Flock received the Webby Award for social networking, the SXSW Community Award and was listed #6 in PC World’s 100 Best Products of 2008. Built on Mozilla’s constantly improving Firefox architecture (http://www.flock.com/mozilla) Flock is free to download and use at http://www.flock.com. Founded in 2005, Flock is based in Redwood City, Calif. and has an office in Victoria, British Columbia.
Done with Graduate School
By chris | August 5, 2008
I completed the requirements for my Masters of Public Administration. I have to say I am really happy not to be in school any more. I feel the pull of wanting to take classes in much the same way someone with Stockholm Syndrome probably feels about his captors. I’m really super happy and can’t wait to further reap the benefits that this course of education has given to me.
morgan freeman in car accident
By chris | August 4, 2008
I *really* hope he’s OK. He’s one of my more favorite actors. He used to be on children’s television.
Here are some of my favorite movies where he has a role:
- The Dark Knight (2008) …. Lucius Fox
- Gone Baby Gone (2007) …. Jack Doyle
- Batman Begins (2005) (VG) (voice) …. Lucius Fox
- War of the Worlds (2005) (voice) …. Narration
- Batman Begins (2005) …. Lucius Fox
- Million Dollar Baby (2004) …. Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
- The Sum of All Fears (2002) …. DCI William Cabot
- Along Came a Spider (2001) …. Alex Cross
- Deep Impact (1998) …. President Tom Beck
- Amistad (1997) …. Theodore Joadson
- Kiss the Girls (1997) …. Dr. Alex Cross
- Moll Flanders (1996) …. Hibble
- Se7en (1995) …. Detective Lt. William Somerset
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) …. Ellis Boyd ‘Red’ Redding
- Unforgiven (1992) …. Ned Logan
- The Power of One (1992) …. Geel Piet
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) …. Azeem
- The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) …. Judge Leonard White
- Driving Miss Daisy (1989) …. Hoke Colburn
- Lean on Me (1989) …. Principal Joe Clark
Using the Flock 2.0 Beta
By chris | August 4, 2008
I’ve been using the Flock 2.0 Beta with great success on my Mac running Windows Vista, which has been doing very well. I’m no so sure I love the address bar to be a sort of virtual search- It is just one more way of finding the sites you’ve visited, so I can live with the visual distraction.
Another cool thing is the Bug Report Button. I think it should look more like a nasty roach than a harmless fly, but it is sort of whimsical and almost acknowledging that things are not perfect.
Links to Flock 2.0 Beta:
http://flock.com/beta/download
http://mashable.com/2008/06/16/flock-20-web-browser-beta/
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Flock-for-Windows.shtml
The Challenge of Natural Childbirth for Dads
By chris | August 1, 2008
My wife and I are committed to natural childbirth for our kid. We’re 19 weeks along and have been wading through the various processes to make this work in a hospital.
While there are many resources for people who want a home birth, I feel more comfortable in a hospital setting where the latest technology is available if interventions are really needed. My wife takes another view. and so as a partnership we’re trying to give ourselves the most natural childbirth outcome possible in a hospital setting.
This is going to take some work and a lot of talking to nurses and doctors. I’m reading some books and I’ve already had discussions with these parties.
RSS Subscription
By chris | June 30, 2008
Now my RSS feed list should work. So if any of you would rather read my little blogs in your own RSS reader, you can click the little RSS button up at the top and get my feed. Yay!
Personally, I like the flock browser, but there are may ways to get this done.
Automatic Radio Tuner
By chris | June 30, 2008
I’ve wanted to buy the LDG AT-897 Auto tuner for my Yaesu FT-897d for about a year now. Although I’ve had my technician class licenses for over two years now, I’ve barely done anything with the hobby because I’ve been so busy with grad school. Fortunately I’m finishing things up, and so I want to begin pursuing my outside interests before the baby come and my personal time drops considerably. Oh sure, I hope to pursue the work/life/self balanace, but you never know what may happen…
Why do you need an auto tuner? Well you don’t *have* to have one. However, it makes things a lot easier and protects my radio from getting damaged due to my ineptitude at making antennas. Power comes back into the system and can burn up sensitive parts within your radio.
The best price I’ve been able to find is at Gigaparts for $179. Don’t get into HAM radio unless you’re ready to shell out initially for expensive equipment. Hopefully, I’ll be able to contact several Spanish speaking countries. My bachelor’s degree was Spanish- it is one of my motivations for picking up the hobby. Once I get the autotuner, I hopefully wont have to buy anything else terribly expensive.
Pregnancy Week 14
By chris | June 28, 2008
This was a week with interesting events in babyland.
We met with the only nurse practitioner in our area who would possibly consider delivering at home. She was not very encouraging or enthusiastic about home birthing. This left Sara discouraged. However, if she was a candidate, the NP would do it. However, she was going to be gone one week during the last month of the pregnancy— not a good sign.
We heard the baby’s heartbeat - It was strong in the 160s– Sara says that means in the wives tales tradition that it is going to be a girl. I feigned disappointment. Obviously I want a boy, but a healthy girl would be great as well. They both have advantages and disadvantages. I just don’t want to be stuck in My Little Pony hell for the next decade. I would rather play matchboxes or Tonka Trunks. Of course tomboys happen all the time.
Another impediment to us using this NP is that her usual hospital is in Frankfort, which is quite a distance from our house. If things go wrong it basically means we’re using a different hospital, and possibly a different staff all together. These are some big impediments, so Sara decided to have the baby with a NP that practices at Saint Joseph East Hospital. They have an excellent womens’ facility there with birthing rooms, whirlpool tubs, and other amenities that make the birthing experience more geared toward less invasive procedures such as C-sections, episiotomies, epidurals, and a host of other controversial procedures. We’re no polyannas- If something needs to be done, then we will do it. But why risk the health of the mother and child if these things aren’t really necessary.
We left the Hospital with me feeling much better about things and Sara feeling somewhat disappointed.
However, I think we’re making the best decision we can under the circumstances.