The boys both received new bikes for Christmas, so we thought we’d go for a family ride somewhere new. Anytime we drive to Orlando via State Road 50, we always notice the Little Econ Greenway bridge, so we thought we’d give it a try. The greenway is a surprisingly wooded ride through East Orlando. It extends from Forsyth Road to Alafaya Trail. For most of the trail it follows the Little Econ river. It passes three parks, all of which are easily accessible. There are various parking areas and water fountains along the trail.
I’ve Accomplished The Impossible (for me at least)
It happened….tonight….I’ve nailed the “Triple Lindy” of Geekdom….No unread posts in Google Reader. It’s Miller Time. From your 242 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 16,759 items, starred 7 items, shared 30 items, and emailed 5 items. – My Google Reader Trends
My Theory: Try it…Once
I've always been a hands on kind of person, learning about things by experiencing them. So when it comes to doing things that I don't know how to do, or know anything about, my theory is always "do/try it once". Yesterday's lesson was replacing an AC compressor in our van. Air conditioning components, along with transmissions are the parts of a car that I try to stay away from. They both have little room for error. I'm currently in the market for a new car to replace our van, so I don't want to invest another $1000 in it having someone replace the AC compressor. So I decided to make this one of those "try it once" experiences. I did all of the research I could, picked up the parts and tackled it yesterday. It was a huge pain in the ass, but it was also a great learning experience …keep reading …
Above and Beyond: Sports Authority
I’ve been wakeboarding since I was a teenager. I first learned on a Skurfer, then I bought a wakeboard around 1995 from Sams Club (which I bought on store credit, because I was broke and unemployed at the time). That board has long since been out dated. Since then, I’ve used a loaner from a friend. This year, for my brithday, I decided to break down and buy a “REAL” wakeboard. So I went to my local Sports Authority and bought an O’brien System 140 package. As an added benefit, they had all of their watersports equipment 40% off! [more] The next weekend, we took it out and I rode it four times and loved it, then my 135lb nephew rode it a few times then SNAP…broken. Less than ten rides total and the whole end just broke. A few days later I called O’brien to ask what to do, and they said …keep reading …
Organizing your Desktop with an Wallpaper Image
While digging around on my normal blog sites, I came across an interesting method of using a specially built image as your wallpaper to organize your desktop. The concept is to section off your screen to store and group your icons. For instance for mine I created the following areas. [more] Open Desktop – blank area for general Windows applications. Active Documents/Projects – Duh! Provides quick access to your current projects. Temporary Use Files – I always save stuff on my desktop as I’m working on it. Especially quick save things when they are part of a multi-step process. Icons here get cleaned out at least once a week. Archive Storage – Here I store folders that contain data that I need accessible enough to not want to dig for it. Examples PDF books, MP3s, etc. Management Tools – As a developer and server administer, there are various tools I …keep reading …