Shocked there is no aquarium management app for the iPhone.
Best Typefaces of 2008 ← Nice review of some of the best fonts introduced in 2008.
Got three AirTunes setups in the house with independent amps and speakers. This is really great. Will do a more thorough blog post on it later.
AeroGarden getting started.
Sitting down to watch The Real Dirt on Farmer John.
Starting acclimation for starfish, Pygmy angel, cleaner shrimp and some coral frags in my micro-reef. They look really good. The starfish is a clear winner!
Off to what I expect will be a memorable meal at the Bayport Cookery (archive.org).
Settled in for the night in Jamestown, ND. Finish the drive tomorrow morning. We’ll be on the road and going pretty early.
Very nice Christmas day with the big family in Lignite, ND.
2:57 pm: Leaving Olson’s and driving to Bismarck today. North Dakota bound!
11:30 pm: Longest drive to Bismarck - EVER. In hotel. Mazie asleep. Chase is very anxious.
Merb merging into Rails 3 ← Big news!
Christmas Tree pancake for Mazie this morning!
Finished pancake with chocolate chip ornaments and maple syrup garland.
YakTrax
I’ve been taking the dogs out on walks every morning, provided the temperature is about 0 °F. Now that we’ve had a bunch of snow I’ve found the morning to be a bit slippery, especially on the one hill. And the fresh snow doesn’t give much traction. Feels a lot like walking in sand.
I was reading Robert Craig’s blog and saw his post about his YakTrax and how well they worked. This seemed like a great addition to my morning activities. Santa Claus visited our house early last night (we are traveling this Christmas) and left some YakTrax for me, as well as winter gear for the dogs.
The YakTrax are easy to get on. They slip on the bottom of your shoe without much hassle. I have the YakTrax Walkers. The dogs and I went out for an hour today and the YakTrax made a huge difference. I didn’t slip at all, and had as much traction for walking as I’d ever want to have.
Tammy said that some people online were complaining that they had broken on them, sometimes on the first use. I’ve only wore them once so I can’t speak to how well they will last. I can see how if you put them on wrong, or had one of the bands crimped badly, it could cause a problem. We’ll see.
In the meantime, if you walk reasonable distances in the snow, I’d highly recommend buying a pair of YakTrax.
Chase in the Snow
I was shoveling the driveway for what seems like the 20th time already. For some reason I haven’t pulled the snow blower out yet. It’s been fun getting out there with the shovel, and Chase in particular has fun running around in the snow. He was having a blast today, and took a break in some pretty deep powder.
After watching Young@Heart, Coldplay’s ‘Fix You’ seems like a different song. Good movie. Highly recommended. (but sad).
Fluid.app makes Pandora into a standalone app pretty well!
Subscribing to Pandora (after lapsing) due to Airfoil’s magic. Will use Pandora 100x more than before. Wish Pandora had a standalone app tho
AppleTV units could benefit from a /sbin/reboot in the crontab at 4:00 am. Wonder if I could add that via ssh.
If you have a LaserJet 2605dtn and are using Leopard - you need to get firmware 20071108. It will make you much happier.
Mosaic installation on the fireplace is starting. Pretty cool.