Wednesday, my wife of eighteen years turned 40-years-old.
Tuesday evening I was sweating because I hadn’t ordered her big birthday present yet. I narrowed it down between two things she’s been talking about — a fancy DSLR camera and a new laptop — and had pretty much decided on the laptop, only I hadn’t ordered it yet, mostly because they… read entire post
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Google Mine is All Yours.
This weekend, details of a new Google service named “Mine” leaked. Using Google Mine, users will be able to inventory everything they own, share their collections online with others, and even mark items as “free” if they would like to give them away.
The rest of this article pretty much writes itself but I might as well go through the… read entire post
Cameo Appearance on The Retroist Podcast
On the latest episode of The Retroist’s podcast, I have a brief cameo doing another “Talking Tech” segment. This episode is about the 1981 Gary Coleman film “On the Right Track,” which takes place (mostly) in Chicago’s Union Station, with several scenes shot in an arcade that was there at the time. During my short segment, I talk about several… read entire post
States I’ve Visited: Updated!
I spent some time last night updating the list of states I’ve visited. There are 7 left that I haven’t stepped foot in, and a few more that I’ve only driven through.
Updates include Missouri, Illinois, Indianapolis, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Toronto (Ontario), and New Hampshire. New entries include Vermont and Maine. All of the updates to the list include… read entire post
Niagara Falls
One of the greatest things we saw last week on vacation was Niagara Falls. My Uncle Kenny (and several other people) recommended that we stay on the Canadian side of the falls, and I’m so glad we did. We stayed in the Hilton on the 49th floor, and the view was literally breathtaking.
There are, of course, two different falls.… read entire post
WordPress/Facebook/Twitter, Round 4
Before reading this post, you might want to read WordPress/Facebook/Twitter, Round 3.
Two years later, here we are again. For two years, things have been working as planned. When I post new posts on robohara.com, notifications get posted to Facebook (via the FacePress plugin) and Twitter (via WordTwit). When I need to update both Facebook and Twitter at the same… read entire post
YDKF Episode 136: Funspot Arcade
After a couple of weeks off, my podcast You Don’t Know Flack is back with a new episode dedicated to the Funspot Arcade. Funspot is the largest arcade in the world, and we recently visited Funspot during out vacation.
A few other notes: one, the voice mailbox number has changed. The new voice mailbox number for the podcast is 405-486-YDKF.… read entire post
Talking Back to the Future on the Adventure Club Podcast
Prolific podcaster Guy Hutchison recently asked me to join him on a bonus episode of the Adventure Club Podcast to discuss a favorite topic of the Adventure Club’s, Back to the Future. We were also joined by Paxton Holley (co-host of the Nerd Lunch Podcast and owner of the Cavalcade of Awesome) and Tim Lybarger (who has everything you ever… read entire post
NE Vacation: Day 8 (The End)
Day 8.
We started in Indianapolis, Indiana, and landed in Yukon, Oklahoma, 750 miles later.
Highlights of day eight: we ate White Castles and Krispy Kremes for National Donut Day. Then we got home. Then, we slept. Early estimates are that we covered about 3,700 miles in 8 days. I’ll have to figure out exactly which states we hit and… read entire post
NE Vacation: Days 5-7
Picking up where we left off…
Day Five: We made it to Funspot in Laconia, New Hampshire mid-afternoon. I and both kids each put $20 bills into the token dispensers and went to town dropping those tokens into machine after machine. Susan played a lot of Skee-ball, Morgan played ticket redemption games, and Mason spent his time between the ticket… read entire post