The Flip Mino - I Have To Get This.

Posted by Matt | Posted in , , | Posted on 8:15 PM

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One of the blogs that I read is Jason Graham-Nye over at g-Diapers. I met Jason when he came to speak in an MBA class I was in. Jason and I have yet to connect but we have many items in common and one is an affinity for gadgets. Jason has a new Flip video camera he just picked up. This is something I need to have not necessarily for me but my wife will love this and use it to death. She currently takes video of our kids on the old digital camera but it has really poor quality. We have a nice hard drive video camera but she won't use it because it is to hard.(?) The Flip is amazing because it is inexpensive, small, and very easy to use. The video quality seems good - especially considering you will probably watch it on your computer and not a hi def tv. You can see an example on Jason's blog and another over on Gizmodo. The one on Gizmodo is the new Mino which is smaller and has a rechargable battery. I'm not sure what model Jason got but it is probably the Ultra because the Mino just came out last week. The only bad thing it seems about the Mino is that the batter takes forever to charge. This will be a purchase in the near future.

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Hi Def is the Best Thing to Happen to the NHL in Years

Posted by Matt | Posted in , , | Posted on 6:34 PM

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Hi Def is an amazing invention for all sports - the grass is greener for football, the players look like you are in the front row for the NBA, and you can actually see the puck for the NHL. Not many people are big fans of the NHL in the US - Canada is another story.



If you have ever been to a NHL game in person there is nothing like sitting on the glass. The action is nonstop and hard hitting. But if you have ever tried to watch it on tv it is awful. The NHL Finals are in progress and if you have HD you can see an amazing difference. You can actually see the puck and all the glory that comes with all other sports in HD. I don't know if HD will give any more fans but it might stop people who are flipping channels for 5 minutes.



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Sunray Premium Playground Install Sucess

Posted by Matt | Posted in , , | Posted on 9:54 PM

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Over the weekend my Dad and I installed the Sunray Premium Playground we bought at Costco.  In came in six boxes and I thought I was giving up most of my yard.  While it did take up some of the yard it seemed to complete it.  My wife and grandma did not think we would be done in 3 days but there was more than enough time to do the building and the yard work.

I was impressed with the engineering and ease of construction of the swing set/clubhouse.  I really wanted to make this post to show off the pictures and say thank you to Sunray for making such a quality product.  It looks great, the instructions were clear, and the quality is fantastic.  My girls love it and it is hard to keep them inside.  It is a great addition to our backyard.  Thanks Grandpa and Grandma for everything on this!


The finished product.

A set of custom stairs on the back.  We have a two year old that is too little for the set as designed.  We had to find a better way for her to get into the clubhouse.  She has a four year old sister that she is going to follow.  We wanted to make that possible and safe.

The factory ladder - not two year old friendly.

The steering wheel and scope.




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I'm back! Did you miss me?

Posted by Matt | Posted in , , | Posted on 8:50 PM

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I'm back - not that any of you missed me but anyways...

I am in the process in finishing up my MBA and I have switched jobs. I have never been consistent about writing in this because of not enough time to commit. Hopefully I have some time to write and enjoy this and another blog that I write. I was looking back at these posts and it has been a while. I bought an iPhone in December and the new one is slated to come out next month. Needless to say a lot has happened since I last was active on this. More to come soon - Blazers & the NBA draft and the iPhone.

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The Beauty of Buying Single Songs

Posted by Matt | | Posted on 10:58 PM

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I have accumulated so much music it won't fit on my 30 gig iPod. So I am going through my music slowly and rating it all on the 5 star system provided by iTunes. There is an upside to the digital way to purchase music. You can buy individual songs which is great because in my review of my old CD's there is a lot of crap stuck around the few good songs. There are exceptions for some great complete CD's but that is not the rule.

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Windows Mobile 6 is here for HTC 8525

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I have been looking for this and have missed it for the last week but the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for my Cingular 8525 is available. You can find it on HTC's support page for the 8525. It took forever to download and I got some huge help from a friend but 4 hours later it is downloaded. My friend went out and got a tool called Fresh Downloads that would get 8 streams of download at one time and keep it in one file. That sped up the download and would let us resume where we left off when the server for HTC crapped out. Finally it is downloaded and it installed successfully in about 15 minutes. This should keep me interested in this phone for another 6 months.

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Maybe everyone already knows this and I am the one who missed it? I came across a article in a magazine that talked about haveing and ICE phone number in your cell phone. ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. This would allow a hospital to search for your emergency contact number in your cell phone vs. digging through your wallet and hoping to find something. For Example - ICE-DAD. That would call your dad in an emergency. As I looked into this Irealized this is an old idea - but I have never heard of it so there you go.

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