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Getting tough on my software

11:19 AM, Posted by Chad Therrien, No Comment

Children should have this option somewhere..

At least now I know why I'm having issues getting this program to do what I want. I'm going to "GET SERIOUS!" now and straighten this program's attitude out! Hehe.. :O)


"Web Tech Guy and Angry Staff Person"

7:57 AM, Posted by Chad Therrien, One Comment

This is worth watching

http://smithsonian20.typepad.com/blog/2009/03/web-t.html

From the Smithsonian Institution, a dialog regarding library resources online.

This is an awareness test.. TRY THIS!

1:24 PM, Posted by Chad Therrien, No Comment

I found this on another cycling-fanatic's blog. Very interesting and a little scary, too.


Marketing Genius

7:17 AM, Posted by Chad Therrien, One Comment

How to offer money that no one will take

The image below is the lid from my yogurt breakfast. I love my morning creamy (fat-free!!) yumminess, but when I pull off the lid, I'm like a person handling nuclear waste with my bare hands. I can't get it into the trash soon enough.





Based on that, it is absolute marketing GENIUS to put a coupon (which I've dubbed a 'goopon') on the inside of the lid. Am I supposed to lick the lid clean, risking the unsightly yogurt-beard? Or maybe I should just let it dry and and take its grim, moldy, uckiness back to the store so they can try to scan the bar code through the hardened ooze? No, I'll just toss it. And I bet all but the most fervent coupon redeemers would do the same.

The day after the great snowfall we had in the Triad I had to stop by the local grocery store to pick up some frozen pizza (thats our staple food..). On the way to the frozen aisle, I stopped to check out the bread, eggs and milk. Sure enough, they were all but cleaned out on all three. My son says that the snow makes people crave French Toast.

Assembling the Saturn 1B Rocket

8:11 AM, Posted by Chad Therrien, No Comment

Semroc 1/70 Scale Model Rocket

One of our hobbies that we've re-discovered lately is model rocketry. The images in this video are from the Semroc 1/70 Saturn 1B booster assembly. We're hoping to have this completed and flown in March. When we do, we'll post video of it!




The real Saturn 1B on the pad for its first flight.

The Marin LIVES AGAIN!

8:28 AM, Posted by Chad Therrien, No Comment

I've really missed riding this bike!

After two years in a box and three months "on the operating table", my super-sweet Marin "Wolf Ridge" mountain bike is back in action. Yes, I'm a little excited!


I've been riding a hard-tail and an inferior Iron Horse double squish lately, so getting this baby back in the muck is very awesome.


I took it out on Big Loop and Owl's Roost last weekend and.. oh, so nice..


Flying Rockets on the Weekend

4:10 PM, Posted by Chad Therrien, No Comment

We went flying our Estes Rubicon rocket that our son built on Saturday. It flew great but broke a few fins. Glue to the rescue!