Archive for March, 2009

Sleeping Girls

March 30, 2009 at 2:12 pm by Derek

After two nights of not much sleep, this was the scene in on our couch this afternoon.

I, of course, did not have the luxury of napping, as I’m now sitting in a conference call with Microsoft on their Office technology roadmap.
Photo notes: While I’m always partial to B&W, I liked this desaturated version. [...]

Maple Weekend

March 21, 2009 at 3:15 pm by Derek

It’s Maple Weekend, when you can venture out to my neck of the woods and tour some sugar shacks, sample maple products, attend pancake breakfasts, and of course purchase all the maple products you want! We ventured out to three establishments. First stop was Kirsch’s Sugar House.

This was actually the first time that [...]

Recognise Small Successes

March 19, 2009 at 10:30 am by Amanda

Everyone has ‘To Do’ lists, and for some of us they are necessity.  As a new Mom, I am finding that my ‘To Do’ list keeps getting longer and longer and very rarely has many items crossed off of it.  This leaves me feeling as if nothing ever gets done in the house, although I [...]

Grape Irony

March 18, 2009 at 7:25 pm by Derek

So, I got this email from Premier Wines/Prime Wines/Prestige Wines begging me to help it keep wine out of supermarkets with what has to be the weakest, most self-serving arguments ever:
Don’t let “Big Box Greed” endanger your friends and family.
• Wine in 16,000 more outlets means more traffic fatalities
• Five times more stores will be [...]

Ariella’s Solid Food Journey

March 18, 2009 at 2:21 pm by Amanda

So Ariella has been on solid food now for about 2+ months and is enjoying every minute of it!  If you take the food away, she cries, if you don’t feed her fast enough, she whines.  I figured it was about time to tell her solid food story, starting with when we began and why [...]

Ford developing HAL 9000 nav system

March 11, 2009 at 9:38 pm by Derek

Yes, it’s true. According to Autoblog…
In the near future, Ford vehicles may fire back a retort if you get cheesed off enough to yell at the car. According to the details of a patent filing, Ford is working on an Emotive Advisory System (EAS) that simulates emotions when interacting with occupants, and may also [...]

BarCamp Buffalo

March 6, 2009 at 12:03 pm by Derek

Earlier this week I attended and presented at BarCamp Buffalo. You can see a couple quick glimpses of me presenting in this nicely done clip by WNYMedia.net.
Watch Buffalo BarCamp  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com
It was a fun event, and while I was initially concerned that my presentation (on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007) [...]

Attention Time Warner Customers

March 1, 2009 at 8:32 pm by Derek

If you get an envelope that looks like this in the mail:

This is actually NOT junk mail, despite the fact that it doesn’t look like anything important. Your monthly bill is in there, right behind the full page ad for Home Phone, which interestingly enough has nothing to do with PhotoShowTV.
You’re welcome.