If day two was long, day three seemed infinitely longer. We left Twin Falls, Idaho early, heading.northwest. We had lunch on Memorial Day in Ontario, Oregon, right across the border. The Italian place we stopped at was fancier inside than it looked from the outside. Lunch for the four of us was just over $30. After lunch we had dessert… read entire post

I could probably sum up today’s post with “we drove all day,” but I’ll try to write more than that. We left Denver this morning a little after 9am. The weather was absolutely gorgeous there. Both kids suggested that sometime we should just take a vacation to Denver. From Denver we drove north — and drove, and drove. We drove… read entire post

We hit the road yesterday morning, en route for Alaska. (We’re not driving to Alaska; we’re driving to Seattle and taking a cruise from there to Alaska.) We had planned to hit the road by 6am, but by the time we were fully packed and ready to go, it was 9am. Then we had breakfast. 10 minutes after we hit… read entire post

In 2009, I posted that I had visited 38 of our 50 states, although about a month after posting that I updated the number to 40 after returning from New York City. Saturday I’m leaving on a trip that, by the time I get back home, will have added five more states to my bed post: Utah, Alaska, North Dakota,… read entire post

A few months ago, Google announced that they would begin cross referencing data across all their applications. This meant that Gmail could now see what videos you watch on YouTube, and both of them could see what you have stored in your Google Drive. The point of it is that by cross-referencing your usage, Google can serve you better ads… read entire post

A couple of weeks ago, Mason’s school had a “Land Run Day.” It’s something we do here in Oklahoma. I guess for a fundraiser, the school had a photographer on hand taking pictures throughout the day. When I went to pick Mason up from school last week, all the pictures were posted in the hallway and you could purchase them.… read entire post

By 10pm tonight, robohara.com and all the other websites I host (podcast.robohara.com, review-o-matic.com, and lovethyshelf.com) had been down for almost 24 hours. The last time my web server was down for 24 hours was in June of 2009, when I built the current server I’m using and converted my physical web server into a virtual one. For the fourth time… read entire post

I upgraded my iPhone last week from a 3GS to a 4S. I did this mainly because I wanted a better camera phone for our upcoming vacation — the 3GS has a 3 megapixel camera; the camera on the 4S is 8 megapixels. I’ll be taking my Pentax DSLR of course, but I’m sure I’ll be snapping lots of camera… read entire post

Saturday was Tuttle’s 21st annual Ice Cream Festival. Somehow we managed to miss the first twenty; this is the first one we’ve ever gone to. There was a parade at 10am. We missed it. We were going for two reasons: lunch, and dessert. For lunch, they had the same food trucks that they have at every similar festival of this… read entire post

Over at the Retroist, I’ve started a new video series titled “Looking Back with Flack”. In sticking with the site’s retro theme, in these videos I’ll be reviewing retro “things” — toys, video games, movies, shows, or whatever else I can come up with. Here’s the first episode: I hope to post 2 or 3 “Looking Back with Flack” videos… read entire post