BACKUP!!!!
Do I have to shout!? In the last month or so I have had four friends have some sort of computer crash. One was a smartphone, the other three were computers. In two of those situations, backups were being made. In the other two situations, there were not backing up anything.
My Top 10 iPhone Apps
A friend of mine is considering getting an iPhone and asked me last night what my top 10 productivity and time management apps would be for iPhone. It really did not take long for me to decide what apps would be on the list. I just ran through my app pages finding the apps that I use most (besides the basic email, Safari and Messaging apps). My list for the iPad would be very similar as most of the apps are for both the iPhone and iPad. I think one or two of them do have separate apps for each, but I think it was well worth the money spent on them.
So here we go:
Reinstall Nightmares
What started as a simple hard drive failure, which is not usually simple in itself, has turned into a 2 day ordeal and I am not even done with that yet.
Blogs and Sushi
Now that the blog has been moved over to my own “server”, I figure it would be a good time to make an update post. My last post(s) were about the remodel and a lot has happened since then. Well maybe not a lot, but safe to say some things have changed.
State of the Summer
Taking an idea from my little sister’s blog, I decided to do a “State of the Summer” blog to give an overview of our summer plans. We are glad to have gotten the remodel out of the way and now we can get on some of the other smaller projects we have in mind. Laura will be teaching both Summer I and Summer II, but she only has a “face to face” class during Summer I. She’ll be staying really busy with that along with the little things around the house. I’ve started my walking back up again, I did not intend to take a break, but with all the things going on around the house, I just didn’t have the time to stick to my normal routine of walking everyday, I am glad to have started back up, mainly at the park right now, but I’ll be hitting the treadmill soon as well. It is rather hot outside.
State of the Remodel – Final Episode
It is finally complete. They finished most of the work up on Saturday morning of last week. Then the painter had to come in and do some stuff on Monday and Tuesday. Laura spent a lot of her last week off organizing, putting stuff back in it’s place, cleaning, dusting, and planning new projects.
State of the Remodel – Episode III
Work is still moving along. Maybe a bit slower than we would hope or would have anticipated, but it is moving along. We did have a few setbacks that slowed things down.
State of the Remodel – Episode II
Another week has past, and a lot has been done, but nothing has been finished. I’ll start of with the smaller things. We were going to have the front door re-finished, but that turned out to be more than we bargained for, so we decided on just getting a new door instead. Which will also help out with the lack of “seal” around our current door as they will be replacing the door frame as well. I’ll put up some pictures when the door is actually in.
State of the Remodel
The house is alive with hammering, sanding, and whatever else sounds there are when people are tearing things down and putting things up. The house is a mess, but it is moving along nicely. Laura has been wanting to do some changes around the house for awhile and we finally decided to make the move. What are we doing you ask? Well let me see if I can explain it.
Walking in the Digital Age
Starting late in life, I decided it was time to start walking and get my health in order. I’ve been diagnosed with early stage COPD (Emphysema) due to all my years of smoking. I was actually diagnosed 15 or so years ago, but it was mild back then and I stupidly continued to smoke until August 2009. Anyway, after doing some research, I figured out that the best thing I could do was to exercise so that I can keep my body health so the progression of the disease is slowed down. I figured walking would be the best bet.