When I first broke my phone, I did a search for replacement parts for my phone and found that the screen was only between $40 and $50 to buy. This gave me hope that it wouldn’t be to expensive to get fixed. Of course when I contact local places to do the repairs I was presented with …
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Windows Wednesday: A Bridge to the future
I upgraded to Windows 8 the first moment I could, with the low upgrade cost and new UI it was a no brainier. I like where Microsoft is going with windows. Sure I have some concerns but I think Windows 8 provides a better experience even on a desktop, then windows 7. So today I’m starting a …
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Geek night out
Tonight I headed out to GTA PHP User Group Meetup, there was a presentation about the Laravel framework. It was great to get out and be around programmers. I’m hoping to make it out to the meetups regularly. I’m sure if I will be able to make it work every month, but I’m going to try. …
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Mobile Monday: Cracked up
A couple of weeks ago I had a tragic accident with my phone. It slipped from my pocket at the pool and landed on the hard ceramic floor, cracking the screen. It was a tragic event, specially considering the phone is less than a year old and that kind of damage isn’t covered. I tried …
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POD: new Wii
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today while Visiting Melissa’s dad Jacob got a huge surprise. I should start by saying that my 5-year-old Wii has recently started showing its age, crashing when ever Jacob tried to play his games. So while we were visiting with Melissa’s dad he surprised Jacob by getting him a new …
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POD: Choosing a Game
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today while Violet and Melissa were at ballet rehearsal Jacob and I headed to square one, where Jacob picked out a game. Jacob was thrilled to use the EB Games gift card he got for his birthday to pick up Mario Party 8 for the Wii.
POD: The Wrong Ice Cream Sandwich
From Pictures of the Day 2012 When we went shopping this weekend we picked up a box of Ice Cream Sandwiches. I wanted to celebrate the release of Ice Cream Sandwich for my HTC Amaze, which I expected today. The kids thought this was a great idea and were looking forward to have them all …
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POD: Jacob’s laptop
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today we have a picture of Jacob working away on ‘his’ laptop. It was his Nana and Papa’s but as its aged they have upgraded and gave it to him to use. I’ve setup Ubuntu on it, it runs better than windows, and sence he mostly surfs the web, …
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POD: Is that I Giant IPhone?
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today while heading to a clients I saw the new Next Vehicle information screen at Donlands station and all I could think of was that it looked like a giant iPhone app. How ever it looks I do love having access to the information when I’m waiting for a …
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POD: Dinner with my Boy
Today Jacob and I headed out for a dinner adventure. Instead of heading out to a local restaurant, we decided to go further a field and head up to Montana’s. I tried to capture the entire eventing, but only a few turned out. Emjopy.