The home theater is starting

The home theater is starting to move along. The projector, a Sharp XV-Z12000, is anxiously waiting being put to use. The mounting bracket and extension pole ordered from Audio Encounters should be in today or tomorrow (pricy items at almost $500). I’ve settled on a DVD player, the Samsung DVD-HD931, and ordered it from Amazon. Read More …

Game Night Skittles

This week I set up forums on this site. Yesterday was the first day they were really up and running with users besides me. One innocent little post about skittles ended up derailing our normal game night and turning it into a search for Skittles so we could learn thier hidden secrets. The Skittle Project.

Omaha Steaks = Fun with Dry Ice!

So, last week I ordered some Omaha Steaks to try out. They came today and were packed in Dry Ice. A free toy! Natually I couldn’t NOT play with it…. My head! Its just so much fun to watch it spill out on the floor…

Product Reviews

I have noticed recently that finding good product reviews is increasingly difficult to do on the net. It used to be extremely simple; just type in the product name and “review” and hit search on any search engine. Now all I get are sites trying to sell the product and review is keyed to reviews Read More …

The Ventilation Project

A lot of people modify their personal computers to better dissipate heat. My problem lies with the room the computers are in. I have 9 computers in my home office and it can get pretty warm. I have a dedicated air conditioner for this room that can run all winter long but it’s loud and Read More …

Kings Island

It’s been 3 years since I’ve been to Kings Island. We went down on Saturday which was part of the GE Aircraft Engines weekend. The last time I went, 3 years ago, it was the same weekend and just as crowded as any other Saturday. This time around though, crowded was the last word I’d Read More …

Think Geek order Item Review

My order came on Thursday but something was missing, the Airzooka Air Gun. The shipping invoice said it had been shipped. The email notification from ThinkGeek said it had been shipped. But it did not arrive. The email notification with tracking number for Airborne Express listed 1 package at 11 lbs. I received 2 packages, Read More …

The Ocean is a Heat Sponge

Part of this article is interesting, the discovery that the “doom and gloom” forecast by the planet warming crowd will at least take a different form since the oceans are absorbing the heat. But the part that really amazes is me, is the entire notion of “the Earth in energy imbalance”. What is this based Read More …