ScanGaugeII - Scan Tool + Digital Gauges + Trip Computers

Amy's Passat has a great trip computer that provides a lot of information like fuel consumption (average and current), average speed, driving time, driving distance and distance left with current fuel amount. One thing I learned recently is that most cars made since 1996 provide all of this information (and more) to a port located within a few inches of the steering column. To access it, all you need is something like the ScanGaugeII - Scan Tool + Digital Gauges + Trip Computers which sells for $169

"The ScanGaugeII is an extremely compact automotive computer designed to read and display information about your vehicle in real time.

Simply connect the ScanGaugeII to your vehicle through it's OBDII port using the included cable, turn the ignition key and the ScanGaugeII automatically connects to your cars internal computer - it's that simple."

Movie Tavern is here!

Movie Taverns consist of two concepts: the "Original" style locations that provide counter-service in the lobby and the "Premier" locations that provide full wait-staff service in each theatre. Both style of Movie Taverns combine first-run movies with a casual dining menu offering a wide range of choices that include half-pound burgers, homemade pizzas, chicken sandwiches, wings and fries, appetizers, beer, wine, and margaritas. Of course, you can always get traditional concession items, such as soft drinks, candy, and fresh-popped popcorn as well.

We've been waiting for a replacement for our beloved Alamo Drafthouse since we left Austin. Hopefully this will be it. We hope to check out next weekend to see Iron Man. This chain exists in Houston where Alamo also exists, so we have some hope that it will be 50% as good as Alamo.

An Engineer s Guide to Cats

Maybe the coolest carport in Oakhurst...

Ryan Perrilloux calls Nick Saban

This is the actual news:Dismissed LSU QB Perrilloux failed drug test - College Football

This conversation might have occurred. If it did, I assume that it happened soon after.

Ryan Perrilloux: Coach Saban?
Nick Saban: Yes?
Ryan Perrilloux: This is Ryan Perrilloux.
Nick Saban: From LSU ?
Ryan Perrilloux: Yes, sir. It seems that I was cut from the LSU Tigers for failing a drug test.
Nick Saban: Ouch! They still do those ?
Ryan Perrilloux: Yep. Anyway, I though that you might have a need for a QB.
Nick Saban: Always. Have you done any jailtime?
Ryan Perrilloux: Not yet. But Coach, I'm willing to do whatever it takes.

The Chargers of Edgewood...

Today, on Edgewood Ave, I saw about 10 customized Dodge Chargers. This was by far the best example.

States I was in from Monday to Friday

1. Kentucky
2. Ohio
3. Indiana
4. Tenessee
5. Georgia
6. Alabama

That's 12% of the United States!

Best Seats in the House

Amy and I are in Lexington Kentucky visting Marybeth and John. bought
us tickets to the Applebee's Park. We're sitting in the second row
behind home plate. The Lexington Legends are playing the Lakewood
Blueclaws. This is awesome!

Hummer HT

When you just don't care about the environment (or basic human decency)!!

Frequent Automotive Mispronunciations

Kelley Blue Book - Frequent Automotive Mispronounciations

I was right on all of them except Jaguar which I pronounce the way all educated Americans do. Apparently, though, I pronounce Volvo incorrectly, which I don't understand because:

• It has five letters (and only three different ones!)
  
• It has two syllables (and one of them rhymes wirh "O")
  
• My mother-in-law drives one (and I think she pronounces it wrong too)
  

See how you do...

Yet another Verizon complaint

For a long time, I've been live blogging stuff from my phone. These are pictures that I take and then submit to Blogger with text that posts right to my blog. For the past couple of months, it's been very slow, sometimes taking hours to post. I didn't complain. The past few I've sent adds the following text. This is nothing but an ad for Verizon Wireless (a company I despise, in spite of being their customer for several years). I tonight called to have this disabled and the polite Customer Service Representative explained that this was a new feature.

I explained that I didn't want to put advertising on my blog without a fee being paid by Verizon Wireless. She explained that this text is only added when sending to an email address. I explained that's the only way I would ever send a picture. I asked if she would cancel my contract without penalty, since I am no longer receiving the service I chose and have paid for. She said that she wouldn't because I can still send the message. I asked if I could speak to a manager and she said that "No, we are running a skeleton crew today" and I should call back tomorrow. This is what their advertisement says (I have changed the Verizon Wireless link to point somewhere else, since they aren't paying me to provide a link to their site.

This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!

To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.

To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime� 6.5 or higher is required. Visit www.apple.com/quicktime/download to download the free player or upgrade your existing QuickTime� Player. Note: During the download process when asked to choose an installation type (Minimum, Recommended or Custom), select Minimum for faster download.

Oakhurst Skate Park...

This is the skate park within the city park adjacent to our house. BMX bikes, skateboards and inline skates are allowed. There are ramps, quarter pipes and rails.

April 20, 2008

Today was the day that Amy turned up the radio. When it was playing a Kiss song. Twice. And sang along. At the top of her lungs.

Hybrid Center

A cool site about hybrids. I'm thinking about one. It's from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Check it out!Hybrid Center: Hybrid Cars, Trucks, and Suvs

Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery

Woohoo! According to their website, we may be getting Tilted Kilt Pub in Atlanta! (see the bottom right corner of the screen)

AJC Auto Show

We're gonna go to the AJC Auto Show again this year. Last year, we had a great time but we weren't looking for anything in particular. Amy had bought her car a couple of months before. This year, I'll be looking at several things. I plan to purchase a vehicle in about a year. At that point my truck will be seven years old and will have about 90,000 miles.

Canvas prints from photos

Canvas Prints For Less looks like a pretty good service. Prices start at $40. Once I take a suitable picture, I may order one.

Half Price Wine ?!?!

Amy and I went to Little Azio in Decatur tonight. Some of my mosr loyal readers have dined there with us (Hey, John and Sara) or at the chain's other restaurants (Hey, Jeff). The Decatur location (at least) has half-priced bottles of wine on Saturday nights. Amy had pasta and I had a chicken salad and we split a bottle of Chianti and our total bill was $25.57. What a great price on a wonderful meal.

Competing Media Players

Adobe Media Player is available and there's some content available like MTV Cribs. It might have trouble catching Hulu, where you can view all three seasons of Arrested Development.

Stranger Photos Have Happened

So, I'm trolling the blogs I read regularly and I see a link to The Plug - Stranger Photos Have Happened. This guy had a neat idea: He tied a disposable camera to a bench and taped a note that said:

Good afternoon,
I attached this camera to the bench so you could take pictures. Seriously. So have fun. I'll be back later this evening to pick it up.
Love, Jay / The Plug

So, I thought that was a pretty neat idea, so I checked out the photos and none are fabulous, but some are interesting. Then I noticed on Photo 14 that I know the location of the bench. It's at the corner of Virginia and Highland. You may remember that the first place we lived in Atlanta was in Virginia Highlands (named for it's proximity to those two rtreets). This is one of our favorite areas to hang out.

Our Japanese Red Maple.

Look Ma!

Shot on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Slightly modified Pedestrian Crossing sign.

New schedule

My new schedule allows me to leave work on Fridays at 13:20. The Fry's sale starts each Friday. Coincidence?

Well, actually, it is just a coincidence.

Pollen count is high...

This is part of the hood of my truck. The green spots are pollen. They're there because yesterday, the pollen count in Decatur was over 1000.

LiveBlackCrowes.com

If you're a fan, you owe it to yourself to register at LiveBlackCrowes.com. You can download their new album, Warpaint for $9.95 (MP3) or $12.95 (lossless).

The first 10,000 fans to register at LiveBlackCrowes.com will receive a free MP3 download of "One Night Only," a two hour compilation from the band's recent club gigs.

Solo Row Across the Atlantic

I had no idea that anyone had ever rowed across an ocean by themselves. According to Wikipedia, ocean rowing is a sport. Sam Williams is the guy in the video; if you want more information, check out his blog.

Jesus Saves

That's the sign near the top of the steeple. Shot out of the sunroof on Auburn Ave last week.

Lenny's Bar

Lenny's Bar is located (apparently) at 486 Decatur St SE. This is just a few hundred feet from where a tornado caused significant damage to the Stacks Lofts.

They wanted to be sure that we knew that they are still open for business.

About a week ago, they nailed a sheet of plywood to a telephone pole with 'Lenny's Bar Open' with an arrow. That was removed at some point last week.

Now, the signage has escalated. This is the retaining wall at the strip center that houses Lenny's. You can't really tell in the picture, but this is a 6 foot high wall. I saw it yesterday and assume that it will be gone soon, so I stopped on the way home and shot this picture.

I'll bet you $20 that Squiggy doesn't even know about the sign.

Oakhurst Fire Station

This is the Oakhurst Fire Station. It's not every day that all of their truck are outside all at once. This place is two city blocks from our house, so if we need them, it's nice to know that they're there.

Finally: My day in court...

About six weeks ago, I got a ticket in my truck for expired registration. The cop asked if I had the sticker on me and I said "No, but I have it at home". When he gave me the ticket, he said that all I needed to do was appear in court on my scheduled date with my receipt for my registration (dated before the ticket) and the charge would be dismissed.

Today, was my court date. I've never contested a ticket before, so I didn't know what to expect. I got there at 2:30 for a 3:00pm docket. I checked in with someone and explained my situation. I then filled out a form with my plea (Guilty, Not Guilty, or Nolo Contendre (No Contest)). I decided to plead Not Guilty. The prosecutor called me up and I discussed the situation with him and he said that he would move to dismiss the charges.

At about 3:10, the Judge entered the courtroom and we all had to rise (just to sit back down). She called everyone with a last name up to M and had them stand in a line, while she dealt with their charges and pleas. Almost all plead guilty, which didn't make much sense to me, because if you're gonna pay the ticket, you can do that by mail. I noticed that every time someone plead Not Guilty, the judge asked if they wanted to be represented by a lawyer at a hearing (which would be rescheduled at some later date).

I was starting to get concerned because I didn't want to waste another bunch of time on another day. So, then the people who have a last name beginning with a letter greater than the letter M were asked to stand in line.

Then it was my turn. I stood at the podium and was about to state "Not Guilty, Your Honor", when the prosecutor sidled up beside me and said "Your Honor, I've reviewed the documents and move that we dismiss all charges". The judge said "OK. Dismissed." and I left.

Robbed of that opportunity, I would just like to emphatically state "Not Guilty, Your Honor"!

Honey I shrunk the Passat

Today I drove Amy's Passat to the dealer for her 20,000 mile service and the airbag snsor had gone bad and that item needs to be special ordered. Since one shouldn't be driving with a bad airbag sensor, VW furnished a lovely Jetta with 2,000 miles.

A little early...

Yesterday, on our way to Alabama, we saw a woman being given a field sobriety test at 8:45AM.

Tenants, Landlords and Homeowners

Today, we are all three. On Sunday, we will cease to be Tenants. With any luck, we will cease to be landlords a couple of weeks later and then we will just be homeowners...

Old Gas Pump...

It predates gasoline that costs more than $0.99 per gallon.

Downtown Atlanta - Tornado

tornado1, originally uploaded by kenbruger.

A tornado came through downtown Atlanta last night. You may be aware that until a couple of weeks ago, we lived in downtown (actually, Midtown). We're OK, there wasn't any problem in Decatur (that we're aware of).

Last night, we walked to a couple of bars in the area and when we left the second bar at 9:45, it was pouring down. We ran to a convenience store and bought garbage bags to use for raincoats. We went to bed soon after we got home.

We were aware through the night that the storm was continuing. This morning when I turned on the TV, I learned just how bad it was last night.

Thanks to Ken for the great picture. Be sure and check out his flckr account to see his additional photos.

Jury Duty Recap

• 06:30 Arrived at East Lake MARTA station in Decatur
• 06:40 Arrived via train at Five Points MARTA Station in downtown Atlanta
• 07:00 Arrived at court location to find out the building doesn't open until 7:30
• 07:05 Walked around downtown until I found a place to get breakfast
• 07:35 Arrived at court location
• 07:45 Reported for 8:00 summons
• 08:30 Watched a video about how the courtroom experience will be.
• 09:30 First state jurors called
• 09:45 Started dozing off every five minutes or so
• 10:15 Unable to post to my blog, not sure why. Messaging application is hanging and I've rebooted my phone three times already.
• 10:30 First Superior court jurors report to courtroom 5b. This is my group, but I wasn't lucky enough to have my name butchered by the loud lady at the podium
• 11:25 More state jurors called. (They think they're so fancy with their red badges!)
• 11:30 A woman's stomach growled so loud that 3 ceiling tiles fell out
• 11:35 I decide to let y'all know that the last entry was entirely fabricated. None of it was true.
• 12:00 I was released. My service is complete.
• 12:15 Finally got gold teeth story posted on my blog.
• 12:30 Arrived back at East Lake station.
• 12:32 Headed to work. I guess I'll eat in the cafeteria.

Seems like a good deal...

I think most of us would be better served by a more subtle one or two gold teeth. Maybe this is a family special. If you're in Atlanta, I can give you directions to this place.

Jury Duty

Today I drove about a mile to the East Lake MARTA station and took the train downtown to Five Point Station. I walked about 4 blocks and am now waiting (having already been summoned).

I am in a room with about 60 people witing to hear whether we can go home or not. I'm an alternate, but I've actually been looking forward to this. Work is crazy and this gives me a bit of a break.

Goodbye Jeff

March 2, 2008

Guitarist and bandleader Jeff Healey dies in Toronto hospital

Following a lengthy struggle with cancer, Healey passes away on the eve of the release of a new blues rock album

Jeff Healey, arguably one of the most distinctive guitar players of our time, died today (Sunday March 2) in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Toronto. He was 41, and leaves his wife, Cristie, daughter Rachel (13) and son Derek (three), as well as his father and step-mother, Bud and Rose Healey, and sisters Laura and Linda. Funeral and memorial arrangements are pending. Robbed of his sight as a baby due to a rare form of cancer, retino blastoma, and he started to play guitar when he was three, holding the instrument unconventionally across his lap.

Our new neighborhood

Oakhurst Neighborhood Association

Great screen cleaner

This is probably the easiest way to clean your monitor (Ir even worked on my laptop).

Swedish Fish

Swedish Fish are neither Swedish nor Fish...

It's ours!

Front of the house, originally uploaded by eschulz.

We closed today and this is our new house. We will move in on Saturday!

5GB of free online storage

Windows Live SkyDrive Team Blog: Welcome to the bigger, better, faster SkyDrive!
With a Hotmail, Passport account or Windows Live account, sign up for 5GB of storage space which can have public or private folders. It is also no longer in Beta.

You've made two things clear since our first release: You want more space; and you want SkyDrive where you are. Today we're giving you both. You now have five times the space you had before — that’s 5GB of free online storage for your favorite documents, pictures, and other files.

Toshiba says to quit HD DVD

Toshiba says to quit HD DVD | CNET News.com

Last month, my father-in-law bought one after I emailed him the following:

In the last couple of weeks, it appears that Blue-Ray might win out over HD-DVD eventually. Because of that, there are some great deals on HD-DVD players. Here's a Toshiba HD-A3 720p/1080i HD DVD Player for just $134.98 Shipped Free! Get 5 Free HD DVDs after Mail-in rebate!

Eventually equals 35 days...

Server 2008 Evaluation Download

Evaluate the Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate today

Rejected Valentines Cards from Shoebox

Grammy Winners 2008

GRAMMY winners from 2008. Wow. Amy Winehouse cleaned up!

Car PC

navisurfer II: a complete pc in your car’s dashboard on [technabob]. This is the coolest indash entertainment center I've seen. It doesn't seem overpriced, even though it would be hard for me to justify $500 for it.

A river runs through it.

This view is what awaits you after a short walk down the hill from the cabin.

Welcome to Rivertime

This is the cabin in Weaverville, NC, where we're spending the weekend. It's a cool place!

Weekend Getaway

Tomorrow, Amy and I are each working until about noon and then we're driving to Asheville, North Carolina for the weekend. We're going to stay in a cabin and we'll see an old friend from Austin, who moved there about the time we moved to Atlanta.

We haven't booked every minute of our time there, so check out the Official 2007 Visitor Guide to Asheville, NC and make a suggestion for something we should do!

DIY: 200 Dollar PC

DIY: 200 Dollar PC - PaulStamatiou.com

Looking for a small and affordable computer to add to your collection of boxen? I’m not talking about the Everex gPC, OLPC or the Asus Eee PC. I’m talking about building your own mini-ITX form factor computer. For around $200 you can have a computer with the following specs: 1.2GHz Intel Celeron 220 processor, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 250GB SATA hard drive and a small 90W power supply - more than enough juice to run your favorite Linux distro.

Important Chart

AMC Entertainment - Best Picture Showcase

Last year, we went to the AMC Entertainment - Best Picture Showcase. We plan to do it again. This year, we'll see the following movies:

• Michael Clayton - IMDB Rating 7.7
  
• There Will Be Blood - IMDB Rating 8.9
  
• Atonement - IMDB Rating8.0
• Juno - IMDB Rating 8.4
  
• No Country for Old Men - IMDB Rating 8.7

February 23, 2008 - Check it out and see if this is available in your area. If you love movies and you want to see all of the Best Picture nominees, be sure and attend.

• Five Nominated Films
• Free Large Popcorn
• Unlimited Refills All Day
• Collectible Pass
• All for only $30

If you are going to be in the Atlanta area and want to go with us, please contact Amy or I by phone in the next week or two.

Another priceless quote from American Idol

Randy Jackson: Hello. What's your name ?
Amy Catherine: I'm Amy Catherine. Amy. Amy Catherine. AC. Whatevs.

Orchestrated Deception on the Path to War

Iraq: The War Card - The Center for Public Integrity
Interesting Reading...

White person complaints...

Quote from American Idol

To get somewhere, you've gotta give up some stuff sometimes. So, I'm willin' to do it.

Drew Poppelreiter,
Saltillo, MS

Lights of the city

This is just a test of video upload from my phone.

Snow at our new house!!!

Our new home!

Yesterday, at 14:40, the following email arrived in my inbox.

Hi Amy & Eric,

I am very pleased to tell you that the seller did accept our last offer.
CONGRATS!

This is truly a beautiful home!

When you have a moment today, please give me a call and we can discuss next
steps.

Kind regards,
XXXXX

So, we will soon be homeowners again! If you didn't already see the pictures, Here they are! Our new House ? - a photoset on Flickr

Yes, please!

I'll get one when it's $199.

Our new House ?

Our new House ? - a photoset on Flickr
Tonight we put an offer in on this house! We're very excited about it.

Free iTunes Downloads

This is an awesome blog where they list free content on iTunes and it goes beyond songs; there are TV shows and short movies. There are some LOST recaps on there today in preparation for Season 4, which begins this month!

Not quite as catchy...

I can't drive five.

I got a buddy in Austin..

...who has one of these that's not quite this pimped out. Ewan, this one's for you!

Interesting link from Slashdot

Study holds new promise for patients recovering from spinal injuries / UCLA Newsroom

quattro

We strolled over to Quattro tonight for dinner. They make a great hummus. It was a nice evening on their patio. Amy had Rosemount Chiraz and I had Birra Moretti. I doubt that the next place we live will have so many restaurants within walking distance.

New experiences in 2008!

I've done a couple things this year that I haven't experienced before. I tried Muenster cheese and today I had a dog pee on me.

Yep, you read that right...Muenster. Oh, you meant the other thing...

OK, here goes. I'm walking down the hall of our apartment complex to the elevator, because I have stuff to take down to the garbage. I hear a man and his dog walking behind me and so I stop to push the elevator button and the dog runs up in front of me, so I say "Nice dog" and start to pet him and the owner of the dog says "Move your foot!!". It is about three seconds until I realize that the dog has just peed all over my foot (and shoe). Luckily, I was wearing Crocs, so they washed out easily.

A tripod in every wallet

Available from their website:

The new credit card size compact tripod gadget. Always carry it folded up in your purse, wallet or handbag, ready to use anywhere, anytime. Get yourself in the shot. No more blurry night-time shots. Use it to watch movies with your Ipod Touch, PDA or media player

Panoramic 1

Panoramic 1, originally uploaded by eschulz.

This is the first panoramic photo I took with my Kodak Z812is camera. It's made up of three separate photos that the camera stitched together. The resolution of the photo is 4316 x 1664 pixels.

Brookstone Charging Valet

Brookstone Charging Valet, originally uploaded by eschulz.

This was an awesome Christmas gift. It's a charging station for our devices. This has my new camera battery charger, our Bluetooth headsets and both of our phones and we still have room for other devices. If you have a geek in your life, especially one with a very organized wife, this will make a great gift. Thanks Sara!

New Poll - Christmas presents

It's located just over there on the right of the screen. Be honest...

Poll Results - Car Audio

Suprising!

Great recent posts from Lifehacker

Source: Lifehacker

• Feature: Breathe New Life into Your Old Gadgets
• Feature: Lifehacker's 2007 Guide to Free Software and Webapps
• Merry Christmahanukwanzaakkah: How to Set Up Your New Computer
• Open Source: Find Free, Open Apps at Open Source Living

SmallNetBuilder

SmallNetBuilder - Home
This is an awesome website for everything related to networking PC's. It features seven categories (Wireless, NAS, LANs and Routers, Multimedia, VoIP, Security and Everything Else). In each category, it features at least 5 information types (Reviews, News, HowTo's , Tutorials and Features). Additionally, it includes benchmark information for Wireless, NAS and LANs and Routers. This is an amazing resource.

Wine Still Life

We're at Wired and Fired and Amy is painting a bowl for a present. I didn't want to paint tonight, so I am enjoying the Beaujolais Nouveau. It's one of our favorites and it's only available for a short time each year. This bottle was a Christmas gift from my brother-in-law and his wife. We carried it over here in a neopreme wine carrier that was a gift from them as well.

New Server?

I have several PC's on the network here at home, but we really don't have the space for them. It's also not very energy efficient. I am considering getting a NAS system. NAS stands for Network Attached Storage. This works very much as a dedicated storage server.

The one that I'm most interested in is the LaCie Ethernet Disk mini, which is available from Newegg for $181.99. For less than $200, this is quite a piece of technology. It includes an SMB (Server Message Block) server, an iTunes server, an AFP server (great for Amy's Powerbook), an FTP Server and others. It contains an 500GB hard drive, which is sufficient to back up our notebooks and other PC's and contain a share iTunes library available to any PC on our network. This will contain every CD and our favorite DVD's. The great thing about this particular NAS device is that it is expandable. It has a USB2 port to which you can attach external USB drives (of which I have several) that will enable us to have a terabyte of data.

Horses

Horses, originally uploaded by eschulz.

Another picture I took with my new camera (which I left in Alabama...)

Merry Christmas 2007

Merry Christmas 2008, originally uploaded by eschulz.

Santa's exhausted...

I'm a published photographer!

So, they are making use of this picture, which you can see at their travel guide site

It's not one of my best, but it's nice to have the pictured honored like that.

The Last Man on Earth

Internet Archive: Details: The Last Man on Earth

Based on the chilling Richard Matheson science fiction Classic "I am Legend" and later remade as "The Omega Man" starring Charlton Heston, and also "I am Legend", starring Will Smith. This classic features Vincent Price as scientist Robert Morgan in a post apocalyptic nightmare world. The world has been consumed by a ravenous plague that has transformed humanity into a race of bloodthirsty vampires. Only Morgan proves immune, and becomes the solitary vampire slayer.

According to Wikipedia, this film is the most faithful of all three film adaptations and adheres fairly closely to the book.

Robot Guitar

Gibson calls it a Robot Guitar, but Automated Self-Tuning guitar is probably more accurate.

In case you get an iPod for Christmas...

• Feature: The 20 Best iPod Utilities
• Feature: The 23 Best iTunes Add-ons

Both of these are links to Lifehacker

New Camera

I got a great deal on a new camera. Since it was on sale, I got a bunch of accessories, including a couple of batteries and charger and a printer dock with ink and paper. It's gotten good reviews and I received it tonight. I can't wait to take some pics this weekend. It even shoots HD video and has a 12X zoom which should be great for shooting golf tournaments, piano recitals and beauty pageants, in case I ever have a need to take pictures at events like these.

Qty. Description Unit Price Extended Price
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 KODAK EASYSHARE Z812 IS Zoom $237.96 $237.96
Digital Camera, discount applied

1 KODAK EASYSHARE G610 Printer Dock, $67.96 $67.96
discount applied

1 KODAK Li-Ion Universal Battery $29.71 $29.71
Charger K7600-C, discount applied

2 KODAK Li-Ion Rechargeable Digital $25.46 $50.92
Camera Battery KLIC-8000, discount
applied

1 KODAK Photo Paper Kit / G-50, $21.24 $21.24
discount applied

1 KODAK SD Card / 2GB, discount $0.00 $0.00
applied

1 Order Discount -$100.00 -$100.00


Shipping & Handling: $16.50
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Sub-Total: $324.29
Tax*: $24.61
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This amount will be billed to your credit card Total: $348.90

Are these news stories related ?

Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney's Sister, Is Pregnant - News Story(For those of you who don't know, this is Britney Spears' 16 year-old sister.)

Lynne Spears' Parenting Book Put On Indefinite Hold - News Story(For those of you who don't know, this is Britney and Jamie Lynn's mother)

You're right. It's probably just a coincidence.

gOS

Hack Attack: Turn Your Old PC into a Webapp Monster with gOS
I plan on trying this on an old PC sometime.

OPENhulu

OPENhulu - Watch TV Shows for FREE! This is the new TV-Links! Watch Hulu Videos without an invite!
This is a pretty awesome way to watch some TV shows.

2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

• Leonard Cohen
• The Dave Clark Five (Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson, Rick Huxley, Denny Payton and Mike Smith)
• Madonna
• John Mellencamp
• The Ventures (Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards, Gerry McGee, Mel Taylor, Don Wilson)

OMG! MY POPS STOLE MY BOYFRIEND

OMG! MY POPS STOLE MY BOYFRIEND, originally uploaded by eschulz.

Spotted at Pride Festival in Atlanta. Check out the bottom right corner of the cover.

Virgin Islands

Cruise 2007 181, originally uploaded by eschulz.

Taken from Paradise Point, St. Thomas, US Virgin Island. In the lower right hand corner, you can see the only two cruise ships I've ever been on. I think this is one of my better pictures ever.

The 50 Worst Cars of All Time - TIME

Complete List - The 50 Worst Cars of All Time - TIME
Obviously, General Motors vehicles are well represented, fully 20% of the list.

Petrino was never up to the job

Jeff Schultz: Petrino was never up to the job | Sports Columnists | ajc.com
Ouch! Arkansas will miss Houston Nutt.

Things you should know about your nerd

Rands In Repose: The Nerd Handbook

Rollup of Interesting links from the last month or so

From the MAKE: Blog:

• The stunning temples secretly carved out below ground by 'paranormal' eccentric

From Techbargains:

• Free: DriveImage XML - HD Backup/Restore/Copy

From FreewareGenius:

• iTunes Art Importer
  

From ZDNet:

• The $363 19-inch dual-core all-in-one LCD PC

From Lifehacker:

• Hack Attack: Six Ways to Catch Your Favorite TV Show

• Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Ways to Sleep Smarter and Better

• Featured Windows Mobile Download: Add Tabs To IE Mobile With Web Viewer

• Step By Step: Share Your Mac's Printer with Windows Without Samba

• Hack Attack: The Power Traveler's Checklist, Part One: Pre-Flight

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How to use a Bluetooth GPS with a Motorola Q

buyGPSnow.com Community - Setting up Bluetooth GPS with Motorola Q

Bluetooth GPS's have gotten inexpensive recently. I bought a GlobalSat BT-328, but was initially unable to use it with my Verizon Motorola Q, because of Verizon disabling the Bluetooth Serial Port Profile. These instructions worked to get past that problem.

The GPS receiver is about the size of a Zippo lighter. Since it's Bluetooth, it requires no cable to the Q. Now when I use Google Maps Mobile and ask for directions, I can use my current location as the starting point. This should be very helpful as we start looking at houses to purchase.

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We are celebrating Thanksgiving at relatives and this is a tiny portion of the view from their back porch.

Table at airport

This is the edge of a table at Hobby Airport. If you look closely, you should be able to see that it has regular power outlets for charging you laptop and USB power outlets for charging cell phones and MP3 players. I've never seen this before in a public place.