July 2006 - Posts
Today the Baumann & DeGroot HVAC team made my day! Josh from B&DG came out around 10:00am this morning, and had our AC running in about 20 minutes. The problem: the capacitor. A quick swap with a new cap' and the condensor was purring like a kitten.
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So, here is the forecast for the next several days: Naturally, on a Saturday, the beginning of a local heat wave, in the ninth month of my wife's pregnancy, our house AC breaks. We got home tonight to a house at 79 degrees, and it continued to rise until
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This video shows some sweet stuff for geeks, especially photo geeks like me. It also includes that super trendy music that everyone is using now, so non-geeks can appreciate it. Oh yeah, and this embedded video thing is totally new to me, so if it is
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First ... I have never been a drinker. There is no deep rooted religious reason for it, I just can't stand the taste of alcohol. The thing is, I could care less if my friends drink, I am comfortable at a bar. But, for some reason, when you don't drink,
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I think I will be ending my 4 year absence from any movie theater; and the movie that will bring this lost sheep back... Love the suspense... Talladega Nights - The ballad of Ricky Bobby I am a moderate fan of Will Ferrell. I still watch SNL episodes
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Friday night we went to Nina's favorite restaurant: Olive Garden. It was a wonderful evening, mid 70's and partly cloudy, so we waited for our table outside. Since Nina is 7 months pregnant, I was wandering around chasing after Eva. So, Nina was sitting
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Well, I have posted some more pics in the gallery. This time they are from the VK Birthday Party/Reunion . I really enjoy taking fireworks pictures, almost as much as putting the show together, and lighting them off. I have always wanted to take lightning
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So, I am finally getting some time to post more pics. And, of course Eva is the main subject, but this batch includes quite a few others. Head on over HERE for pics of the VK family Independence Day Bash. Also, the hard drive project is complete. I had
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I just ordered this new HD for the SMP photoshop computer. I have become quite the storage addict since Selena has 'gone digital' with her photography. This is the next step in that process! This will take the 'Photoshop Computer' to 760GB! It also means
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My day job is as an electrical engineer. The thing is, as an engineer, I tend to remember a lot of technical information. This means that I sometimes have answers to random questions that people have. Once you have answered a couple of questions, like:
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