I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!
Natural history museums are cool. Called "the dead zoo" by a friend, these taxidermic havens are filled with the preserved bodies of all sorts of creatures. While not explicitly designed to scare…
Year: 2007
Clever: brush & rinse
Every once in a while, when I'm rinsing a spoon, I manage to put it in the flow of the tap just right and spray myself. What a pain. What if, however,…
Nikkor 105mm micro – 2 months in
Back in May when Paula and I were state-side for her graduation we picked up a couple of presents for ourselves: a Nikon D40X for Paula and a Nikon 105mm macro lens…
Where does Reeves work?
I gave you a rough idea of what I do... but here's a little information about where I do it. A week back I went searching for a picture of my MS…
I’m talking to you… you little girly-dog
What type of dog is this? Nope. No, not that either. Want to call a friend? This is a picture of Wendy, she's a whippet so I'm sure she can run faster…
Windows Home Server RTMs
I'm really excited about this product. I've been needing to update my home backup solution for a while now and have been holding out for the release of this product. I just…
Some fashion advice for men
As we age, men slowly gain an understanding of what and what not to wear but some never get it. As someone who's figured out some of the dos and don'ts in…
One year gone
It's July 14th... hard to believe we've been in Ireland for a year already. My official first day at work was the 17th (a Monday) but Paula and I arrived the Friday…
It’s time for a change
Paula and I were chatting about getting change (for money) this morning and it reminded me of the old SNL skit for the Citiwide First Bank of Change... I had to, of…
You will buy an iPhone!
Reading Trina's story of how she went out and bought an iPhone, a product she originally dismissed, got me thinking again about how much of a marketing and branding genius Steve Jobs…
So… who decided that?
This is the type of really, really important stuff I spend time thinking about... As I was hanging our new shower curtain I wondered... who decided there should be 12 holes in…
Warranty goodness from Microsoft
After seeing the same hardware failure bite me, several friends an cause heaps of discontent on the net I'm super-pleased to see us (Microsoft) step up and fix the problem by extending the…
Turning lemons into lemonade
The web, the ultimate tool for the generation and dissemination of irony, hasn't lost it's touch. A recent post by a Google employee intended to illustrate how advertising can be used for…
Are you a geek? Here’s a simple test…
Is this cool? I showed this video of a "singing Tesla coil" to Paula and she just kind of shrugged. It's a solid-state Tesla coil owned by an EE student at U of…
Medieval Helpdesk
My computer career started in IT support... I didn't realize how long the role had been around. Video: The first help desk ever (Thanks for the video mom!)
Mashuptown – more mash-up music than you can shake a stick at
A couple years ago I got hooked on music mash-ups when a coworker pointed me to the work of Party Ben, a DJ who, until recently, had a mash-up show on San Francisco's…