<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021</id><updated>2012-03-16T10:36:54.432-04:00</updated><category term='Reviews'/><category term='Cell Phones'/><category term='Lighting'/><category term='TV'/><category term='FiOS'/><category term='Cats'/><category term='ECM'/><category term='Food'/><category term='GPS'/><category term='Weather'/><category term='Software'/><category term='Hardware'/><category term='Vacation'/><category term='Automation'/><category term='Web'/><category term='Books'/><title type='text'>ginigma's enigmas</title><subtitle type='html'>Welcome to my little piece of the Internet.  Here you will find my ramblings on Home Automation, Hardware, Software and perhaps life in general.  I decided to start this blog so I didn't have to keep updating my website.  Please leave me a comment and let me know what you want to read about.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>39</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-7591345187270351950</id><published>2012-03-03T16:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-03-03T16:12:28.292-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><title type='text'>Makoto Restaurant Review</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xiaowaifood.com/SystemFiles/SlideShow/Japanese/177506457_6da382ee6d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="133" src="http://www.xiaowaifood.com/SystemFiles/SlideShow/Japanese/177506457_6da382ee6d.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Very good place to go.&amp;nbsp; For my main review of this restaurant, mainly for sushi, check my &lt;a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/makoto-avenel#hrid:ICJa6SBF8uNhYYyOk1r7JQ" target="_blank"&gt;Yelp review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-7591345187270351950?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/7591345187270351950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2012/03/makoto-restaurant-review.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/7591345187270351950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/7591345187270351950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2012/03/makoto-restaurant-review.html' title='Makoto Restaurant Review'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Avenel, NJ 07001, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.5827122 -74.2707509</georss:point><georss:box>40.565479200000006 -74.29592389999999 40.5999452 -74.2455779</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-3326572624348945602</id><published>2012-02-27T20:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-27T20:11:34.471-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ECM'/><title type='text'>AIIM's Healthcare Section</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0BewHWaH9No/T0woxq_JH1I/AAAAAAAABPc/g7CH-0PtZFk/s1600/aiim-gsc_logo2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0BewHWaH9No/T0woxq_JH1I/AAAAAAAABPc/g7CH-0PtZFk/s1600/aiim-gsc_logo2.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AIIM has a &lt;b&gt;HealthCare&lt;/b&gt; section (&lt;a href="http://www.aiim.org/healthcare" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.aiim.org/&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;healthcare&lt;/a&gt;)  that has Case Studies/White Papers, News &amp;amp; Info and Industry  Research.&amp;nbsp; With Electronic Health Records Management becoming more  important, does anyone make use of that section?&amp;nbsp; Personally, today was the first time I  found it, and it seems like some of the material is “dated.”&amp;nbsp; Are  people interested in this aspect of document management, document  imaging, content management?&amp;nbsp; The local chapter has been working on ideas for meetings and events later this year, and the  &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_health_record" target="_blank"&gt;EHR/EMR&lt;/a&gt; topic came up, and I was wondering if there is a need for any  education on that topic?&amp;nbsp; Please post your thoughts in the comments  below.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-3326572624348945602?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/3326572624348945602/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2012/02/aiims-healthcare-section.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/3326572624348945602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/3326572624348945602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2012/02/aiims-healthcare-section.html' title='AIIM&apos;s Healthcare Section'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0BewHWaH9No/T0woxq_JH1I/AAAAAAAABPc/g7CH-0PtZFk/s72-c/aiim-gsc_logo2.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-3511748937331560136</id><published>2011-11-09T21:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T21:31:46.230-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Web'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spamprimer.com/spheader.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="88" src="http://www.spamprimer.com/spheader.gif" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spamprimer.com/" target="_blank"&gt;The Spam Primer&lt;/a&gt; started in 1996 as a way to help people deal with a new problem: spam. Even then, author Randy Cassingham realized spam would become a huge problem for everyone who depends on e-mail (and it has: it's estimated that about 90 percent of all e-mail traffic is spam, which makes it difficult for legitimate e-mail to get through, and to find it among all the garbage!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Please do your share in preventing spam.&amp;nbsp; Take 15 minutes to read through this site!&amp;nbsp; Thanks. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-3511748937331560136?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/3511748937331560136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2011/11/spam-primer-started-in-1996-as-way-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/3511748937331560136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/3511748937331560136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2011/11/spam-primer-started-in-1996-as-way-to.html' title=''/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-4749304412697710372</id><published>2011-11-01T22:59:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T23:00:54.265-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ECM'/><title type='text'>Attending AIIM GSC Cloud Computing Event</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;Cloud Computing - Hype or the Real Deal&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ckTvLqHX6ao/TrCxWdGOFMI/AAAAAAAAAxs/rJMgwnAlNW4/s1600/aiim-gsc_logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ckTvLqHX6ao/TrCxWdGOFMI/AAAAAAAAAxs/rJMgwnAlNW4/s1600/aiim-gsc_logo.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Presented by &lt;a href="http://www.aiim.org/Chapters/ChapterHome.aspx?ChapterID=15" target="_blank"&gt;AIIM Garden State Chapter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday, November 15, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't miss this second event as we continue our seminars on cloud computing with a focus on using cloud based solutions and how they differ from traditional solutions. The seminar will cover:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;* Recap of cloud computing&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;* Applications for content management, analytics, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;* Selected case study from finance, health care, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;* Vendors&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;* Best practices&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;* Issues&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The seminar will give you an opportunity to hear from an expert in this technology, ask questions, and interact with fellow professionals. This is the second session in a series of seminars on cloud computing. At a later date we will explore topics governance and risk management, security, project managing cloud based solutions, and new trends and directions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meeting Agenda:&lt;br /&gt;Registration, hors d'oeuvres &amp;amp; networking 5:30-6:30 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;Presentation 6:30-8:00 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;Dessert &amp;amp; Networking 8:00-8:30 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meeting Fees:&lt;br /&gt;AIIM Members $30&lt;br /&gt;Non-members $35&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where&lt;br /&gt;Woodbridge Hilton, Woodbridge, NJ 08830&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Direct link to registration page:&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.aiimgsc.org/regform.htm"&gt;http://www.aiimgsc.org/regform.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-4749304412697710372?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/4749304412697710372/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2011/11/attending-aiim-gsc-cloud-computing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4749304412697710372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4749304412697710372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2011/11/attending-aiim-gsc-cloud-computing.html' title='Attending AIIM GSC Cloud Computing Event'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ckTvLqHX6ao/TrCxWdGOFMI/AAAAAAAAAxs/rJMgwnAlNW4/s72-c/aiim-gsc_logo.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Iselin, NJ 08830, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.5693929 -74.3176876</georss:point><georss:box>40.5530239 -74.3398506 40.585761899999994 -74.2955246</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-1446140280529678635</id><published>2011-08-09T21:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-09T21:48:20.565-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Web'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Software'/><title type='text'>Five Ways to Migrate Applications to the Cloud</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3 class="groups" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;When your boss says "Let's move our apps to the Cloud!" do you start shaking?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class="groups"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"&gt;According to Gartner, Inc. "...no alternative offers a silver bullet:  All require architects to understand application migration from multiple  perspectives and criteria, such as IT staff skills, the value of  existing investments, and application architecture.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"&gt; For an overly simplified look at this, &lt;a href="http://www.datacenter-edge.com/content/five-ways-migrate-applications-cloud?slide=1"&gt;check the link&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-1446140280529678635?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/1446140280529678635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2011/08/five-ways-to-migrate-applications-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/1446140280529678635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/1446140280529678635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2011/08/five-ways-to-migrate-applications-to.html' title='Five Ways to Migrate Applications to the Cloud'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-4389293223898924038</id><published>2011-05-30T19:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-30T19:15:47.106-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Memorial Day Weekend Vacation</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3I7M0drOeSU/TeQk9Yhyj5I/AAAAAAAAAxo/6kmzNwdurnQ/s1600/2011-05-29_12-41-36_433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="179" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3I7M0drOeSU/TeQk9Yhyj5I/AAAAAAAAAxo/6kmzNwdurnQ/s320/2011-05-29_12-41-36_433.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;We took a short vacation to celebrate our anniversary weekend.&amp;nbsp; We went to &lt;a href="http://crystalgolfresort.com/"&gt;Crystal Springs &lt;/a&gt;and stayed at the &lt;a href="http://crystalgolfresort.com/Hotels/GrandCascadesLodge.aspx"&gt;Grand Cascades Lodge&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; It was great.&amp;nbsp; The grounds were beautiful, we had a few great meals (and some not so great -- Kites), the Biosphere (pool area) was excellent and overall had a great time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At Restaurant Latour (one of the great meals!), we had the opportunity to sample a bottle of $1000 wine.&amp;nbsp; I don't remember the name, but it did taste fantastic!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Julia and I each had a massage at Reflections Spa, which was very relaxing.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-4389293223898924038?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/4389293223898924038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2011/05/memorial-day-weekend-vacation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4389293223898924038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4389293223898924038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2011/05/memorial-day-weekend-vacation.html' title='Memorial Day Weekend Vacation'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3I7M0drOeSU/TeQk9Yhyj5I/AAAAAAAAAxo/6kmzNwdurnQ/s72-c/2011-05-29_12-41-36_433.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-6287140521177182557</id><published>2011-05-18T20:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-18T20:05:15.856-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ECM'/><title type='text'>IPS Announces Digital Workflow 3.0 Web-based Business Process Automation</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;h2 class="subtitle"&gt;Streamlines document processing in the cloud while interfacing with major ERP systems&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IPS today announced the availability of IPS Digital Workflow 3.0 third generation, web-based, modular workflow. The IPS cloud-based solution runs on state-of-the-art hardware and server technology, including latest Microsoft Server and SQL Server platforms, for maximum performance. The IPS private cloud provides all the benefits of public cloud solutions – no hardware or software installation necessary – with added security and reliability for mission critical document processing in regulated and non-regulated environments. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/5/prweb8386890.htm"&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-6287140521177182557?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/6287140521177182557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2011/05/ips-announces-digital-workflow-30-web.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/6287140521177182557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/6287140521177182557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2011/05/ips-announces-digital-workflow-30-web.html' title='IPS Announces Digital Workflow 3.0 Web-based Business Process Automation'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-2030855268138122073</id><published>2011-04-23T21:02:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T21:08:02.325-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ECM'/><title type='text'>Charles Goldstein speaking on panel at AIIM Garden State Chapter event</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.aiim.org/images/aiim-logo.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 195px; height: 66px;" src="http://www.aiim.org/images/aiim-logo.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Charles Goldstein, Director of Information Technology at &lt;a href="http://www.imageserv.com/"&gt;Image Processing Systems (IPS)&lt;/a&gt;, will be speaking at an AIIM Garden State Chapter event. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;It will be held on May 10 and feature a panel discussion on the topic "Creating a successful strategy for moving from a paper-based to an electronic document environment."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;The panel will discuss topics around capturing physical and electronic documents, how to store, share and control documents within an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system, focusing on going paperless. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Attendees will be provided with recommendations, best practices and challenges that businesses and organizations face when trying to move to a paperless environment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Charles has worked on a number of initiatives for reducing paper in the workplace and Business Process Automation through the use of workflow, which have been highly effective in lowering the “cost of doing business” and increasing the speed &amp;amp; efficiency of document processing.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He looks forward to sharing examples of these solutions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;The AIIM Garden State Chapter panel event will be on Tuesday, May 10 at the Woodbridge Hilton in Iselin, NJ. The event starts with a networking session at 5:30pm. Click &lt;a href="http://www.aiim.org/Chapters/ChapterEventView.aspx?ChapterID=15&amp;amp;EventID=4883"&gt;here &lt;/a&gt;to learn more or to register.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-2030855268138122073?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/2030855268138122073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2011/04/charles-goldstein-speaking-on-panel-at.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/2030855268138122073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/2030855268138122073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2011/04/charles-goldstein-speaking-on-panel-at.html' title='Charles Goldstein speaking on panel at AIIM Garden State Chapter event'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-2001109582188708991</id><published>2011-04-12T22:47:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-12T22:53:11.951-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Software'/><title type='text'>Document Imaging</title><content type='html'>Ok, time for a shameless plug for my company IPS (Image Processing Systems). &lt;br /&gt;For any document scanning, indexing, conversion, and archiving services for organizations large and small, contact &lt;a href="http://www.imageserv.com"&gt;Image Processing Systems&lt;/a&gt; (IPS). The also handle applications ranging from human resources and accounts payable to contracts and government records for all industries, including Financial Services/Banking, Media/Advertising, Hospitals/Medical, Insurance and Governments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IPS provides &lt;a href="http://www.imageserv.com/submain.php?category=applications&amp;amp;subnav=ap"&gt;Accounts Payable&lt;/a&gt; processing, a &lt;a href="http://www.imageserv.com/submain.php?category=services&amp;amp;subnav=mailroom"&gt;Digital Mailroom&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.imageserv.com/submain.php?category=services&amp;amp;subnav=workflow"&gt;Workflow&lt;/a&gt; solutions.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-2001109582188708991?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/2001109582188708991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2011/04/document-imaging.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/2001109582188708991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/2001109582188708991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2011/04/document-imaging.html' title='Document Imaging'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-8210608874475393696</id><published>2010-11-22T22:27:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-22T22:30:44.100-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Holy Cow, I haven't posted anything in over a year</title><content type='html'>Wow, I can't believe that I haven't posted anything in over a year.  Well, since my last post was about getting a Motorola Droid, I guess I can tell you that I now have a Droid 2, because the original Droid was a piece of crap and Verizon Wireless replaced it with a brand new Droid 2.  And then Julia decided to get one also!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll have to find the time to post more often.  I'll try....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-8210608874475393696?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/8210608874475393696/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2010/11/holy-cow-i-havent-posted-anything-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/8210608874475393696'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/8210608874475393696'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2010/11/holy-cow-i-havent-posted-anything-in.html' title='Holy Cow, I haven&apos;t posted anything in over a year'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-757637167113985099</id><published>2009-11-08T20:58:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-08T21:10:06.637-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cell Phones'/><title type='text'>Got a Motorola Droid</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 377px; height: 351px;" src="http://phandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/motorola-droid-site3.jpg" alt="Motorola Droid" border=0&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got the new &lt;a href="http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/Motorola-DROID-US-EN"&gt;Motorola Droid&lt;/a&gt; smartphone last Friday and have been fooling around with it all weekend.  It looks pretty good, but coming from a "dumb phone" it doesn't have some of the features from that phone, but I think it makes up for them in many other ways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More to come on this topic, but some forums I have found indispensable are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://androidforums.com/"&gt;Android Forums&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.androlib.com/"&gt;AndroLib&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=533"&gt;HowardForums: Android VZW Smartphones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-757637167113985099?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/757637167113985099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/11/got-motorola-droid.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/757637167113985099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/757637167113985099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/11/got-motorola-droid.html' title='Got a Motorola Droid'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-7033590757862080365</id><published>2009-11-02T13:45:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T14:11:15.802-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FiOS'/><title type='text'>Getting FiOS</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 300px; height: 279px;" src="http://www.electronichouse.com/images/uploads/verizon_fios_need.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The little green boxes were put in the grass last winter and now I see Verizon trucks in the neighborhood, so I go to &lt;a href="http://www22.verizon.com/residential/fiosinternet/"&gt;Verizon's FiOS website&lt;/a&gt; to see if I can finally get &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_FiOS"&gt;FiOS&lt;/a&gt;.  Yes!  It looks like I can finally order it.  While I'm pricing it out (I really only want TV and Internet, I'm thinking of dropping the landline), I get the "live chat" window.  Well, well, well.  Mabel wants to "help" me.  The only question I really have for her is how much the "taxes and fees" are.  She tells me she can't answer that because it's different based on where you live.  I tell her I'm in NJ.  She again tells me that it's a computer automated thing and she doesn't know.  I ask if it's in the $20 range or $50.  No answer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So she goes on to make me an offer only good while I'm online with her NOW!!!!!  She'll waive the DVR fee for three months.  And, she will waive all the activation and installation charges.  Big deal.  The website already does that.  I told her I would think about it.  She seemed disappointed that I wouldn't be signing up NOW!!!!! with her.  Oh well, I'm sure she will get over it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over the next few days/weeks (and I really hope not months!), I will chronicle my FiOS exploits and let you know how things are going.  Stay tuned....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-7033590757862080365?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/7033590757862080365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/11/getting-fios.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/7033590757862080365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/7033590757862080365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/11/getting-fios.html' title='Getting FiOS'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-4841650709703821392</id><published>2009-10-26T13:10:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T14:52:37.636-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Web'/><title type='text'>Security for Online Banking</title><content type='html'>Check this post on the &lt;a href="http://blog.toppcsupport.com/2009/10/use-a-live-cd-for-banking/"&gt;Top PC Support Blog&lt;/a&gt; about using a Live CD for online banking, especially for business accounts.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-4841650709703821392?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/4841650709703821392/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/10/security-for-online-banking.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4841650709703821392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4841650709703821392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/10/security-for-online-banking.html' title='Security for Online Banking'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-8346251867291021688</id><published>2009-09-13T17:27:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T17:30:40.604-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Web'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hardware'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Software'/><title type='text'>Get Affordable Help With Your Computer</title><content type='html'>I'm available as an expert to help you with any computer related problem you may have.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.crossloop.com/TopPCSupport?src=badge_300_250_green" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" id="badge_300_250_green" align="middle" height="250" width="300"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="false"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.crossloop.com/widgets/badge_300_250_green.swf?scn=TopPCSupport"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="exactfit"&gt;&lt;param name="scn" value="TopPCSupport"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.crossloop.com/widgets/badge_300_250_green.swf?scn=TopPCSupport" quality="high" scale="exactfit" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="badge_300_250_green" allowscriptaccess="always" scn="TopPCSupport" allowfullscreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="250" width="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-8346251867291021688?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/8346251867291021688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/09/get-affordable-help-with-your-computer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/8346251867291021688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/8346251867291021688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/09/get-affordable-help-with-your-computer.html' title='Get Affordable Help With Your Computer'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-4162099276663996754</id><published>2009-08-22T18:20:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-24T14:32:29.605-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Web'/><title type='text'>Biznik</title><content type='html'>I was reading an article at &lt;a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Entrepreneur&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; about &lt;a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/savingscenter/article200142.html"&gt;8 Sites to Help You Network&lt;/a&gt; (8 niche social networks deliver the introductions business owners need).  I joined Biznik.com which allows  people to join a local business community to connect and collaborate with nearby entrepreneurs, and find out about local seminars and events.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://biznik.com/members/charles-goldstein"&gt;&lt;img src="http://biznik.com/images/dingbats/biznik/view_my_biznik_profile.gif" alt="Biznik - Business Networking" border="0" height="25" width="158" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-4162099276663996754?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/4162099276663996754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-was-reading-article-at-entrepreneur.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4162099276663996754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4162099276663996754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-was-reading-article-at-entrepreneur.html' title='Biznik'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-4966106783650467070</id><published>2009-08-14T14:38:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-14T14:48:45.354-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Web'/><title type='text'>Cool Desktop Wallpaper</title><content type='html'>&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.vladstudio.com/latest_wallpaper_title_js.php?size=200&amp;order=&amp;bgcolor=FFFFFF&amp;bordercolor=CACACA&amp;textcolor=000000"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vladstudio.com/"&gt;Vladstudio&lt;/a&gt; is the project of Russian digital artist Vlad Gerasimov.  He has created some amazing desktop backgrounds (or wallpapers), in all resolutions from 128x128 (for mobile phones) to 2650x1600 (for wide screen monitors).  He even has backgrounds that span across multiple monitors.  Low quality versions are available for free download, but you can get a subscription to the site for as low as $8.99 (a one time charge).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-4966106783650467070?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/4966106783650467070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/08/cool-desktop-wallpaper.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4966106783650467070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4966106783650467070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/08/cool-desktop-wallpaper.html' title='Cool Desktop Wallpaper'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-4039052469937285464</id><published>2009-08-06T16:39:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T19:52:36.103-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Web'/><title type='text'>Just say NO to IE6</title><content type='html'>If you are still using IE6 (or another older web browser), please consider upgrading.  The latest browsers are more secure and in most cases faster than the older version.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;!--[if lt IE 7]&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div style="'border:"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div style="'position:"&gt;&lt;a href="'#'" onclick="'javascript:this.parentNode.parentNode.style.display="&gt;&lt;img src="'http://www.ie6nomore.com/files/theme/ie6nomore-cornerx.jpg'" style="'border:" alt="'Close" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div style="'width:"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;div style="'width:"&gt;&lt;img src="'http://www.ie6nomore.com/files/theme/ie6nomore-warning.jpg'" alt="'Warning!'/" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;div style="'width:"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;div style="'font-size:"&gt;You are using an outdated browser&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;div style="'font-size:"&gt;For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;div style="'width:"&gt;&lt;a href="'http://www.firefox.com'" target="'_blank'"&gt;&lt;img src="'http://www.ie6nomore.com/files/theme/ie6nomore-firefox.jpg'" style="'border:" alt="'Get" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;div style="'width:"&gt;&lt;a href="'http://www.browserforthebetter.com/download.html'" target="'_blank'"&gt;&lt;img src="'http://www.ie6nomore.com/files/theme/ie6nomore-ie8.jpg'" style="'border:" alt="'Get" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;div style="'width:"&gt;&lt;a href="'http://www.apple.com/safari/download/'" target="'_blank'"&gt;&lt;img src="'http://www.ie6nomore.com/files/theme/ie6nomore-safari.jpg'" style="'border:" alt="'Get" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;div style="'float:"&gt;&lt;a href="'http://www.google.com/chrome'" target="'_blank'"&gt;&lt;img src="'http://www.ie6nomore.com/files/theme/ie6nomore-chrome.jpg'" style="'border:" alt="'Get" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you need assistance with this, head on over to &lt;a href="http://toppcsupport.com/"&gt;Top PC Support&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-4039052469937285464?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/4039052469937285464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/08/just-say-no-to-ie6.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4039052469937285464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4039052469937285464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/08/just-say-no-to-ie6.html' title='Just say NO to IE6'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-228001458620306464</id><published>2009-08-04T16:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T16:29:41.190-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Web'/><title type='text'>Oxt weekend?  Will this catch on?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Explaining a future date can be downright confusing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People often use the phrase “next weekend” to describe the future weekend, but this can lead to confusion. While some interpret “next weekend” to mean this coming weekend, others interpret it as the weekend after, hence the use of the awkward, overly wordy, “not this weekend but the weekend after.” Oxt weekend is a new phrase you can use instead of saying “not this weekend but the weekend after.”  Check it out &lt;a href="http://oxtweekend.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-228001458620306464?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/228001458620306464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/08/oxt-weekend-will-this-catch-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/228001458620306464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/228001458620306464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/08/oxt-weekend-will-this-catch-on.html' title='Oxt weekend?  Will this catch on?'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-7923048433452619941</id><published>2009-08-03T14:31:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T14:33:20.438-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Software'/><title type='text'>Thinking about Win 7 ?</title><content type='html'>Thinking of upgrading your PC to Windows 7 when it arrives in October?  You may want to test your PC to check if you will get the most out of Windows 7.  Check out the &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx"&gt;Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Advise&lt;/a&gt;r.  For more assistance, head on over to &lt;a href="http://toppcsupport.com"&gt;Top PC Support&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-7923048433452619941?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/7923048433452619941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/08/thinking-about-win-7.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/7923048433452619941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/7923048433452619941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/08/thinking-about-win-7.html' title='Thinking about Win 7 ?'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-7796893549936874442</id><published>2009-07-31T15:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-31T15:03:28.711-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Software'/><title type='text'>Anti-Virus</title><content type='html'>Please be sure your anti-virus and anti-spyware software is up to date.  Most vendors update their virus definition files daily, so you should have the "auto check" feature turned on for that software.  If you're not sure about this, or have any questions, head on over to &lt;a href="http://toppcsupport.com/"&gt;Top PC Support&lt;/a&gt; for assistance!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-7796893549936874442?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/7796893549936874442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/07/anti-virus.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/7796893549936874442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/7796893549936874442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/07/anti-virus.html' title='Anti-Virus'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-3711600995227623646</id><published>2009-04-26T21:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-26T19:44:19.597-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><title type='text'>Book List</title><content type='html'>Edit 4/26/09:  I'm now reading &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tami_hoag"&gt;Tami Hoag&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Prior-Bad-Acts-Tami-Hoag/dp/055358359X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1240789362&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prior Bad Acts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sandford_%28novelist%29"&gt;John Sanford&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Moon-John-Sandford/dp/0425224139/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1240789415&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dark of the Moon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is on deck!&lt;br /&gt;Edit 4/21/09:  I just finished reading Ed Park's &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Personal-Days-Novel-Ed-Park/dp/0812978579/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1240446343&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Personal Days&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and am now reading &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Patterson"&gt;James Patterson&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mary-James-Patterson/dp/B001E3G25Y/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1240446434&amp;amp;sr=1-10"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mary Mary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Edit 4/12/09:  I just finished &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Cornwell"&gt;Patricia Cornwell&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Scarpetta-Kay-Patricia-Cornwell/dp/0399155163/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1239546829&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Scapetta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;br /&gt;Edit 3/23/09: I recently finished &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tess_Gerritsen"&gt;Tess Gerritsen&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sinner-Jane-Rizzoli-Book/dp/0345458923/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1237844617&amp;amp;sr=1-2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Sinner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and am now reading &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Keepsake-Novel-Tess-Gerritsen/dp/0345497627/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1237844617&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Keepsake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edit 3/15/09:  Recently I finished &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tami_Hoag"&gt;Tami Hoag&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Messenger-Tami-Hoag/dp/073944493X/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1237160877&amp;amp;sr=1-5"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kill the Messenger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Cussler"&gt;Clive Cussler&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/White-Death-Files-Clive-Cussler/dp/0425195457/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1237160966&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;White Death&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edit 1/27/09:  I am just about finished with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King"&gt;Stephen King&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Just-After-Sunset-Stephen-King/dp/1416584080/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1233105881&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;Just After Sunset&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edit 1/13/09:  I didn't have a chance to read &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bones &lt;/span&gt;before it was due back, so I will read that once I have time.  New books are &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Patterson"&gt;James Patterson&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cross-Country-Alex-Novels/dp/0316018724/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1231966935&amp;amp;sr=8-1"&gt;Cross Country&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bach_%28author%29"&gt;David Bach&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Start-Late-Finish-Rich-Achieving/dp/0767919475/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1231966739&amp;amp;sr=8-1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Start Late, Finish Rich: A No-Fail Plan for Achieving Financial Freedom at Any Age&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edit 12/30/08:  I haven't even had time to finish those two (below) and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Schroeder"&gt;Alice Schroeder&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Snowball-Warren-Buffett-Business-Life/dp/0553805096/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1230694598&amp;amp;sr=8-1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Kellerman"&gt;Jonathan Kellerman&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bones-Alex-Delaware-No-23/dp/0345495136/ref=ed_oe_h"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bones&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; are ready at the library for me.  I had them reserved, so I can't tell them when I want them.  When they're ready for you, you pick them up or lose them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edit 12/19/08:  Next up is &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Baldacci"&gt;David Baldacci&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Truth-David-Baldacci/dp/B001E3QCBI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1229911455&amp;amp;sr=1-2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Whole Truth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Kellerman"&gt;Jonathan Kellerman&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Obsession-Alex-Delaware-No-21/dp/034545264X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1229911553&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Obsession&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  I will get back to the Hoag marathon after these!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edit 12/10/08:  I read &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Connelly"&gt;Michael Connelly&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Brass-Verdict-Novel-Michael-Connelly/dp/0316166294/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1228948062&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;The Brass Verdict&lt;/a&gt;.  Now I'm going on a Tami Hoag marathon!  I will start &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Horse-Tami-Hoag/dp/0553583573/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1228948138&amp;amp;sr=1-2"&gt;Dark Horse&lt;/a&gt; next and will continue reading all her novels up until her latest one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edit 11/27/08:  Happy Thanksgiving!  Now reading &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tami_hoag"&gt;Tami Hoag&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dust-Tami-Hoag/dp/0553582526/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1227763284&amp;amp;sr=8-1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dust to Dust&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edit 11/12/08:  Picked up &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_DeMille"&gt;Nelson DeMille's&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gate-House-Nelson-DeMille/dp/0446533424/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1226507535&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;The Gate House&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and will begin that immediately.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edit 10/28/08:  Picked up &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Baldacci"&gt;David Baldacci's&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Genius-David-Baldacci/dp/B001F0RAJS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1225239155&amp;amp;sr=1-4"&gt;Simple Genius&lt;/a&gt; and that is on deck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I started reading &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Palmer_%28novelist%29"&gt;Michael Palmer's&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Vial-Michael-Palmer/dp/0312937741/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1224730772&amp;amp;sr=1-2"&gt;The Fifth Vial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and also started reading &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Cook_%28novelist%29"&gt;Robin Cook's&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Foreign-Body-Robin-Cook/dp/0399155023/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1224731067&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;Foreign Body&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (because that was ready at the library for me).  I hardly ever read two books at the same time, so we'll see how this works out.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-3711600995227623646?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/3711600995227623646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/current-book.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/3711600995227623646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/3711600995227623646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/current-book.html' title='Book List'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-8114150588379878284</id><published>2009-04-13T21:55:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-13T21:58:59.599-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Virtual Garage Sale</title><content type='html'>I've created a virtual garage sale page for all the stuff I'm selling on &lt;a href="http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites"&gt;Craig's List&lt;/a&gt;.  You can find &lt;a href="http://www.wanaque8.com/garagesale/"&gt;my stuff for sale here&lt;/a&gt;.  My contact info is there as well, along with pictures of all the items.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-8114150588379878284?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/8114150588379878284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/04/virtual-garage-sale.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/8114150588379878284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/8114150588379878284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/04/virtual-garage-sale.html' title='Virtual Garage Sale'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-2045739762461638936</id><published>2009-01-10T15:14:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-10T15:19:56.666-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cats'/><title type='text'>We adopted kittens</title><content type='html'>We adopted two kittens from the &lt;a href="http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/sras.html"&gt;Somerset Regional Animal Shelter&lt;/a&gt;.  Rory is a 4 1/2 month old female and Chase is an 8 month old male.  Rory is black with a white underbelly and paws.  Chase is grey and white.  Rory is a real "lap cat" as she likes to sit with us and be petted.  Chase has been staying under the couch most of the time, but I'm sure he will warm up to us in a little while.  They've only been home with us for less than two days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SWkCflb7yMI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/cM7Ra6t_zPg/s1600-h/Rory.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SWkCflb7yMI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/cM7Ra6t_zPg/s320/Rory.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289761978971834562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SWkCfyAY44I/AAAAAAAAAFY/F0pE_jWISzI/s1600-h/Chase.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SWkCfyAY44I/AAAAAAAAAFY/F0pE_jWISzI/s320/Chase.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289761982345962370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-2045739762461638936?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/2045739762461638936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/01/we-adopted-kittens.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/2045739762461638936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/2045739762461638936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2009/01/we-adopted-kittens.html' title='We adopted kittens'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SWkCflb7yMI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/cM7Ra6t_zPg/s72-c/Rory.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-7547827914612575544</id><published>2008-12-21T21:21:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T21:25:33.339-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm an uncle</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SU76XFW4rNI/AAAAAAAAAFI/ZLH0soMzDX8/s1600-h/IMG_2150.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SU76XFW4rNI/AAAAAAAAAFI/ZLH0soMzDX8/s320/IMG_2150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282434687434271954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Jeff and Jordana finally had a baby.  Well, actually they had twins.  A boy and a girl.  Jonah Eli and Ariel Lily (at least that's the way I think they're spelled).  We went down to see them December 13 and they are adorable.  Mom and the babies are doing fine.  This picture is when they are less than a week old.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-7547827914612575544?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/7547827914612575544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/12/im-uncle.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/7547827914612575544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/7547827914612575544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/12/im-uncle.html' title='I&apos;m an uncle'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SU76XFW4rNI/AAAAAAAAAFI/ZLH0soMzDX8/s72-c/IMG_2150.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-1240944349392679461</id><published>2008-12-02T20:56:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-02T21:04:36.185-05:00</updated><title type='text'>World's Worst Banker?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sandy Weill, Chuck Prince, and Vikram Pandit of Citigroup nominated for World's Worst Banker!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a &lt;a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/171688/"&gt;Newsweek article&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;In an interview Monday, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman nominated the gang that ran Citigroup into the ground. But Citi was so big it took three CEOs—Sandy Weill, Chuck Prince, and Vikram Pandit—to bring it to the brink of disaster.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Don't worry, they were in very good company!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-1240944349392679461?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/1240944349392679461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/12/worlds-worst-banker.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/1240944349392679461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/1240944349392679461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/12/worlds-worst-banker.html' title='World&apos;s Worst Banker?'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-2033804171444367915</id><published>2008-12-02T00:24:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-14T16:04:11.110-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><title type='text'>ShamWow!</title><content type='html'>ShamWow!&lt;br /&gt;I decided to order the ShamWow because I use a lot of paper towels and hand towels in the kitchen wiping up water spills around the sink.  I ordered from the &lt;a href="http://www.shamwow.com/"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; after seeing it on a TV infomercial.  I read a few reviews online before ordering and most had good things to say.  It seems the main "bad" issue is that it doesn't fully dry surfaces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One issue I have is that shipping and handling is $7.95.  I think this is a bit of a rip-off, but at least I don't have to pay sales tax.  "Handling" should be built into the price, and shipping shouldn't be more than a couple bucks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-2033804171444367915?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/2033804171444367915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/12/shamwow.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/2033804171444367915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/2033804171444367915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/12/shamwow.html' title='ShamWow!'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-4461003786971439169</id><published>2008-11-21T16:09:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-02T00:14:01.802-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weather'/><title type='text'>Product Review: Air-O-Swiss 7135 Humidifier</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SShiL6GMGfI/AAAAAAAAAEo/GfpxoexApKs/s1600-h/AS-HU-7135-Best-500.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SShiL6GMGfI/AAAAAAAAAEo/GfpxoexApKs/s320/AS-HU-7135-Best-500.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271571320550463986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I purchased this &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidifier"&gt;humidifier&lt;/a&gt; today at &lt;a href="http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/"&gt;Bed Bath &amp;amp; Beyond&lt;/a&gt; because I was tired of waking up with a sore throat and "crusty things" in my nose.  Basically the dry air of winter isn't good.  I have a humidifier on the furnace for the downstairs, but nothing on the furnace for upstairs.  I figured a small, portable humidifier for the bedroom would be easier and less costly than installing a humidifier on the furnace in the attic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I selected the &lt;a href="http://www.airoswiss.net/info/ultrasonics/7135.aspx"&gt;Air-O-Swiss 7135&lt;/a&gt; based on some reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.allergybuyersclubshopping.com/airoswiss-7135-humidifiers.html"&gt;AllergyBuyersClub.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.allergyconsumerreview.com/humidifier-bemis-slantfin-hunter.html"&gt;Allergy Consumers Review&lt;/a&gt; and other sites.  I purchased from Bed Bath because of their 20% discount coupons that they always send me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First impressions:&lt;br /&gt;The demineralization cartridge needs to soak in water for 24 hours before use.  If you're using distilled water, or reverse osmosis water, you don't need to use the DMC.  I placed it on my night table on my side of the bed, with the nozzle pointing parallel to the side of the bed, into the room.  I'll see if that works well.&lt;br /&gt;The first time I turned it on, the red "clean" indicator came on and nothing else happened.  I reset it according to the instructions and it's working fine now.  I am using the heated mist function but really can't tell that the mist coming out is warm or not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I haven't had a chance to really use it, I will update this review over the next few days and months.  Let me know if you have any specific questions and I will attempt to answer them.  Good luck in your personal quest for better winter air!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edit 12/2/08:  After using the humidifier a few days, it is quiet.  I am very happy about that because I was afraid I would have problems falling asleep because it is right next to me.  The humidity sensor is not very accurate.  I have it set for 40% RH (relative humidity) and it hardly ever gets there to shut off by itself.  I think it is low by about 20 based on testing with a temperature/humidity data logger I have.  I let it run 24x7 for a couple days and the carpeting near the humidifier was damp, so I decided to only start it when I went to bed, and usually on the low speed.  This goes through about half a tank of water (I shut it off in the morning when I wake up).  I am using the preheat setting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have noticed a big difference in the mornings.  My sore throat is gone and I'm feeling better overall.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-4461003786971439169?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/4461003786971439169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/11/product-review-air-o-swiss-7135.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4461003786971439169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4461003786971439169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/11/product-review-air-o-swiss-7135.html' title='Product Review: Air-O-Swiss 7135 Humidifier'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SShiL6GMGfI/AAAAAAAAAEo/GfpxoexApKs/s72-c/AS-HU-7135-Best-500.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-9034739139361765920</id><published>2008-11-17T00:43:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-17T13:23:03.109-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Automation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lighting'/><title type='text'>My Keypad</title><content type='html'>Since I am using &lt;a href="http://www.smarthome.com/whatisinsteon.html"&gt;Insteon&lt;/a&gt; technology in my house, I have a few &lt;a href="http://www.smarthome.com/2486DWH8/KeypadLinc-Dimmer-INSTEON-8-Button-Scene-Control-Keypad-With-Dimmer-White/p.aspx"&gt;KeypadLinc's&lt;/a&gt; (Remote-Controllable Keypad Dimmer) throughout.   Here is my main keypad by the garage door, which we use as our main entry to the house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the original switch with the clear buttons.  Click each picture to see a high resolution picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SSEFoH71HII/AAAAAAAAAEY/sNuWXJFAh-M/s1600-h/KPL-before.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SSEFoH71HII/AAAAAAAAAEY/sNuWXJFAh-M/s320/KPL-before.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269499225883090050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is an updated picture of the keypad with the top four buttons replaced with laser engraved buttons.  They look much better, so once I have some extra money to spend on HA (Home Automation), I will upgrade the bottom buttons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SSEF9laKPpI/AAAAAAAAAEg/Iq-4h7AvqJQ/s1600-h/KPL-after.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SSEF9laKPpI/AAAAAAAAAEg/Iq-4h7AvqJQ/s320/KPL-after.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269499594572185234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me know which one you like best.  Other people have used colored buttons, such as red, blue, red, etc. to differentiate some buttons.  I don't think I will be doing that.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-9034739139361765920?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/9034739139361765920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-keypad.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/9034739139361765920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/9034739139361765920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-keypad.html' title='My Keypad'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SSEFoH71HII/AAAAAAAAAEY/sNuWXJFAh-M/s72-c/KPL-before.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-1051872587604958425</id><published>2008-11-14T21:48:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T14:56:29.142-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>Restaurant Review: 28 BBQ</title><content type='html'>The wife and I went to &lt;a href="http://www.28bbq.com/"&gt;28 BBQ&lt;/a&gt; tonight.  You don't want to go there for the ambiance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The restaurant seems new, but we saw other reviews going back to 2007.  It looks like there is a take-out part and a sit-down restaurant part, which is where we went.  The walls are a light green and all the tables are square wood tables for two.  Larger tables are created by putting multiple tables together.  The light is bright fluorescent and the floor is tile, so the place overall is very bright.  Since the place wasn't busy, the waitress told us to pick a table where we wanted to sit.  There was a TV hanging from the ceiling in a corner of the room playing a repeat of &lt;a href="http://www.nbc.com/Law_and_Order/"&gt;Law &amp;amp; Order&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the table were mustard and ketchup &lt;a href="http://www.midlandmfgco.com/kmbotle.htm"&gt;squeeze bottles&lt;/a&gt; (the yellow and red one's), a napkin dispenser and salt &amp;amp; pepper shakers.  The tables had paper place mats and settings with a fork and knife.  Remember, you're not there for the ambiance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I ordered the beef short ribs and the wife ordered the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paella"&gt;paella&lt;/a&gt;.  I got a salad included with mine and my wife ordered a separate one.  When they came, they were just lettuce, tomato and onion.  We weren't offered a choice of dressing and oil &amp;amp; vinegar was brought with the salads.  A bread basket with basic bread and butter was also brought to the table.  The place is BYOB so we brought a bottle of &lt;a href="http://www.markwestwines.com/"&gt;Mark West&lt;/a&gt; pinot noir wine, which I'm "testing" for Thanksgiving.  (Any errors in this post are attributable to the wine, since I ended up drinking almost the whole bottle.)  Julia was bummed because she was looking forward to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangria"&gt;sangria&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While we were eating the salads, which were fine, the waitress brought each of us a plate, which she put on the side of us.  This really could have been done once the salad plates were cleared, but then, you're not here for the ambiance.  When we were done with the salads, the plates were cleared promptly.  Then it was time for another glass of wine, at least for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The main courses were served and they were large portions.  The paella was a large silver bowl of yellow rice with half a lobster on top.  There were clams and mussels mixed in.  There was also supposed to be shrimp in there, but there was none to be found.  The mussels weren't open, so they were not edible.  We pointed this out to the waitress  and she brought the manager over.  He apologized and offered to re-make the dish, but Julia declined.  Ultimately the dish was removed from the bill.  The short ribs were good.  They were a little fatty near the bone, but that is to be expected.  They were cooked as ordered (medium) and were tasty.  There were a lot of "meat" items on the menu, so I think that is what you should be ordering if you go there.  The prices were reasonable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As far as beverages go, there were &lt;a href="http://www.coca-cola.com/"&gt;Coca Cola&lt;/a&gt; products in a cooler on display.  It looked like there were pieces of cake and other desserts in a cooler next to that one.  We did not order dessert, so I don't know how those tasted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overall it was just "Ok."  My dinner was good but Julia's was not.  The ambiance was nothing to speak of.  I think the place does a good take-out business because the parking lot was full, but there weren't many people in the restaurant part.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-1051872587604958425?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/1051872587604958425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/11/restaurant-review-28-bbq.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/1051872587604958425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/1051872587604958425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/11/restaurant-review-28-bbq.html' title='Restaurant Review: 28 BBQ'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-1147903079077445363</id><published>2008-11-08T21:26:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-08T22:05:38.883-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Web'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='TV'/><title type='text'>My Pathetic ISP Speed</title><content type='html'>I am using &lt;a href="http://www22.verizon.com/Content/ConsumerDSL/"&gt;Verizon DSL&lt;/a&gt; service and I've noticed it's getting progressively worse when it comes to download speeds.  I really can't wait until &lt;a href="http://www22.verizon.com/Content/ConsumerFiOS/"&gt;FiOS&lt;/a&gt; comes to my neighborhood.  I don't want to get &lt;a href="http://www.optimum.com/online/index.jsp"&gt;Optimum Online&lt;/a&gt; from Cablevision because I'm not happy with their cable TV service. Since the concert at the &lt;a href="http://www.watchungarts.org/"&gt;Watchung Arts Center&lt;/a&gt; tonight was canceled, we decided to stay in, so we started watching the first season of &lt;a href="http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/"&gt;Heroes&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://www.netflix.com/"&gt;Netflix&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.netflix.com/HowItWorks"&gt;watch instantly&lt;/a&gt;).  However, the speed was awful.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.speedtest.net/result/352738007.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/352738007.png" border="1" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The video was a little "jerky" but Julia didn't really notice that (at least she didn't say anything about it) but the show paused and buffered too many times.  It was really annoying and unwatchable.  Looks like I will have to call Verizon and see if they can fix it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-1147903079077445363?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/1147903079077445363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-pathetic-isp-speed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/1147903079077445363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/1147903079077445363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-pathetic-isp-speed.html' title='My Pathetic ISP Speed'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-937557490194968776</id><published>2008-11-04T15:00:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T14:44:19.195-05:00</updated><title type='text'>CraigsList</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;I like using &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://newjersey.craigslist.org/"&gt;Craigslist (will take you to Northern NJ)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt; to sell stuff.  I also like reading the "Best Of's."  Anyway, here are some things I am trying to sell right now.  No reasonable offer refused!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:60%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://newjersey.craigslist.org/hsh/892509796.html"&gt;Houdini Corkscrew Set  - $20&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:60%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://newjersey.craigslist.org/ele/892508456.html"&gt;Polk Audio Center Channel Speaker - $40&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:60%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://newjersey.craigslist.org/fuo/892506790.html"&gt;Set of four (4) Bridge Chairs - $25&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:60%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://newjersey.craigslist.org/sys/892505627.html"&gt;Verbatim 91204 5.25 Magneto Optical 2.6GB ReWritable Disk (4X)  - $200&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:60%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://newjersey.craigslist.org/fuo/892504488.html"&gt;Coffee Table - $84&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:60%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://newjersey.craigslist.org/sys/892503101.html"&gt;Hitachi SuperScan Elite 802 21 inch CRT Monitor  - $100&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:60%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://newjersey.craigslist.org/fuo/892501466.html"&gt;BDI Aspect 9760 TV Stand - $250&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:60%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://newjersey.craigslist.org/ele/892500118.html"&gt;RCA DirecTV Receivers - $25&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;There are some real bargains there!  If the links don't work, or any other questions, please leave me a comment and I will get back to you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-937557490194968776?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/937557490194968776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/11/craigslist.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/937557490194968776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/937557490194968776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/11/craigslist.html' title='CraigsList'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-4576395111188125566</id><published>2008-10-31T15:23:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T15:26:21.018-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Vote</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youthempowerment.com/genvote/images/GetOutTheVote.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 472px; height: 266px;" src="http://www.youthempowerment.com/genvote/images/GetOutTheVote.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;center style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Don't forget to vote on November 4th!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-4576395111188125566?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/4576395111188125566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/vote.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4576395111188125566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4576395111188125566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/vote.html' title='Vote'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-4218156335238415757</id><published>2008-10-31T01:08:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T14:39:27.730-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Halloween!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ursispaltenstein.ch/blog/images/uploads_img/game_halloween_pumpkin_carver_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 384px;" src="http://ursispaltenstein.ch/blog/images/uploads_img/game_halloween_pumpkin_carver_2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Happy Halloween everyone.  We usually get a lot of trick-or-treaters.  Last year I wore a mask (sometimes) when I answered the door and I scared a little kid once.  Bummer!  I got two of the big bags of candy from &lt;a href="http://www.costco.com/"&gt;Costco&lt;/a&gt; (a total of 300 pieces of chocolate candies).  Hopefully I don't go through them too quick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SQtQUtU_CcI/AAAAAAAAADw/62O7--K7u3g/s1600-h/Halloween.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SQtQUtU_CcI/AAAAAAAAADw/62O7--K7u3g/s200/Halloween.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263388906207775170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Edit (10/31/08):  I decided to get a couple more bags (regular size) of candy.  I also got some non-chocolate candy so if anyone asks for that, I'm ready.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-4218156335238415757?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/4218156335238415757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-halloween.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4218156335238415757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/4218156335238415757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-halloween.html' title='Happy Halloween!'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SQtQUtU_CcI/AAAAAAAAADw/62O7--K7u3g/s72-c/Halloween.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-9178233794401723277</id><published>2008-10-29T17:23:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-30T15:05:27.131-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Automation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lighting'/><title type='text'>CFLs Suck</title><content type='html'>There, I said it.  Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs suck.  I'm trying to be energy efficient so I bought a couple &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp"&gt;CFL&lt;/a&gt; reflector bulbs to replace some reflector flood lights in my ceiling cans (ceiling-recessed downlights).  Specifically I got one &lt;a href="http://www.gelighting.com/na/"&gt;GE&lt;/a&gt; 21710 (720 lumens, 6000 hours) and one GE 47478 (750 lumens, 10000 hours).  Both are 15W CFLs equivalent to 65W incandescent.  The 21710 package specifically indicated it was dimmable.  The 47478 package didn't specify either way.  Most of the CFLs are non dimmable.  Anyway, neither is instant start.  The delay was very noticeable.  The 47478 did not dim with my Insteon &lt;a href="http://www.smarthome.com/2476D/INSTEON-SwitchLinc-Dimmer-White/p.aspx"&gt;SwitchLinc&lt;/a&gt; dimmer switch.  The 21710 did not have enough "steps" or levels in dimming, and only went down to about 25% before turning off.  I will now go to halogen bulbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A good paper on Reflector Light Bulbs and Lighting Controls as it pertains to the Energy Act of 2007 (Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007)) can be found &lt;a href="http://www.homelightingcontrol.org/learning/whitepapers/2008_reflector_lamps.php"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  The &lt;a href="http://www.homelightingcontrol.org/learning/whitepapers/2008_dimmingCFLs.php"&gt;Compact Fluorescent Dimming: Buyer Beware&lt;/a&gt; paper is another good source of information.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-9178233794401723277?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/9178233794401723277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/cfls-suck.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/9178233794401723277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/9178233794401723277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/cfls-suck.html' title='CFLs Suck'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-1343644984771677281</id><published>2008-10-28T13:16:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T15:09:58.770-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weather'/><title type='text'>Let it snow!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SQdMi7vSRXI/AAAAAAAAADQ/VhYv3GY1k9M/s1600-h/snow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SQdMi7vSRXI/AAAAAAAAADQ/VhYv3GY1k9M/s400/snow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262258852640998770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Even though it was only 38° F when I looked at the temperature, the snow was coming down in big, fluffy flakes and was covering the grass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I doubt it will last, but it was nice to see snow so early in the season, especially since it's not winter yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.nj.com/"&gt;Star Ledger&lt;/a&gt; newspaper is calling it a "freak fall snowstorm."  The last time we had snow in October was in 2002.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-1343644984771677281?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/1343644984771677281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/let-it-snow.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/1343644984771677281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/1343644984771677281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/let-it-snow.html' title='Let it snow!'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VwJ0g0mvs6w/SQdMi7vSRXI/AAAAAAAAADQ/VhYv3GY1k9M/s72-c/snow.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-8946593788368445307</id><published>2008-10-27T21:06:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T21:10:55.783-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='TV'/><title type='text'>SNL Weekend Update</title><content type='html'>Although I stopped watching Saturday Night Live long ago because I just don't think it's as funny as it was years ago, I still like the Weekend Update feature.  This one with Fred Armison shows off his interactive map and Oscar Rogers still wants someone to FIX IT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&amp;amp;videoid=45169897"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;object width="480px" height="386px"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://player.hulu.com/embed/myspace_viral_player.swf?pid=TBq9ZObu5nAFwRZnlZBTGWZot0mgxBFH&amp;amp;embed=true&amp;amp;videoID=45169897"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://player.hulu.com/embed/myspace_viral_player.swf?pid=TBq9ZObu5nAFwRZnlZBTGWZot0mgxBFH&amp;amp;embed=true&amp;amp;videoID=45169897" width="480" height="386" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-8946593788368445307?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/8946593788368445307/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/snl-weekend-update.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/8946593788368445307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/8946593788368445307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/snl-weekend-update.html' title='SNL Weekend Update'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-7708724644730650130</id><published>2008-10-23T22:22:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T14:55:52.755-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hardware'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GPS'/><title type='text'>Magellan Roadmate 1412</title><content type='html'>Here's a mini review of the GPS.  There are plenty of reviews of the features and functionality all over the Web.  I guess my review will be about the things I don't like about it.  If I decide there are too many problems, I will take it back and get a different model.  I previously had a Garmin (250W, I think) but it took too long to lock onto satellites and map the route.  (At this point, I should probably say that the GPS is my wife's, but I use it too.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was happy with the features, which are more than the Garmin, such as speaking the road names of the turns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first gripe is that it couldn't find the nearest Kinko's.  The closest one it showed in a search was 6.5 miles away, but I knew of a closer one, and on the way to where I was going anyway.  It was 4.8 miles from where I was when I searched.  Even when I was in the parking lot when I got to the Kinko's I wanted to be at, the GPS didn't know about it.  The people said they have been there for six years, plenty of time to be in Magellan's (or whoever they use) map database.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A good thing is that it gives plenty of notice of an exit on the highway, e.g. 2 miles out, 1.1 miles, .4 miles and finally at the exit.  (I think the chime at the exit is Ok but my wife doesn't like it.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't like that once you arrive at your destination, you have to cancel the existing route before entering a new address.  Later today I used it to get home and I noticed that it went back to the main menu; I didn't have to cancel the existing route.  Perhaps you need to arrive at the exact location???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In general, it takes too many menu clicks to enter things.  (Getting Home takes 4 clicks:  Main Menu, Home button, Route, and finally the orange Route button.  It should be two at the most!)  Another issue is that when changing the volume, you have to click Save to move on.  After a few seconds, it should just go back to the previous screen.  And maybe I just want to raise the volume temporarily due to road noise.  It seems that I will always be changing the volume.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm sure I will continue to update this as time goes on....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edit (10/24/08):&lt;br /&gt;I mapped a route to 118 US-202 in Bernardsville and it brought me to a lake!!!  Luckily I knew where I was supposed to be.  When I got to the destination, the GPS indicated I was on Morristown Road, which could be the name of the small highway as it goes through town.  Many small highways have road names also.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The suction cup/mounting bracket is much better than the Garmin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Getting Home through my housing development takes a roundabout way which is not the shortest or fastest route.  Good thing I know how to get home in my development!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-7708724644730650130?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/7708724644730650130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/magellan-roadmate-1412.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/7708724644730650130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/7708724644730650130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/magellan-roadmate-1412.html' title='Magellan Roadmate 1412'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-3604117407332808716</id><published>2008-10-22T23:11:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T17:54:04.762-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Web'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Software'/><title type='text'>Photosynth</title><content type='html'>From &lt;a href="http://livelabs.com/"&gt;Microsoft Live Labs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://photosynth.net/"&gt;Photosynth &lt;/a&gt;is a new and very interesting technology.  From the website, "Imagine being able to share the places and things you love using the cinematic quality of a movie, the control of a video game, and the mind-blowing detail of the real world. With nothing more than a bunch of photos, Photosynth creates an amazing new experience."  You really need to take a look to understand it.  And even though you may not &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;understand &lt;/span&gt;it, it does look really cool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first attempt at creating a Synth wasn't all that successful, even though I used &lt;span&gt;51 photos.  It was only 33% synthy.  Since it was so bad, I won't bother posting a link, but you can search for it if you &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;really &lt;/span&gt;want to see it.  It was a fire truck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-3604117407332808716?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/3604117407332808716/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/photosynth.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/3604117407332808716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/3604117407332808716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/photosynth.html' title='Photosynth'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878130324647521021.post-8011400194313520733</id><published>2008-10-22T22:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T22:10:26.189-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Software'/><title type='text'>Snarfer</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;I've been using Snarfer for reading RSS feeds.  I'm pretty happy with it, except that it saves messages in a format that can't be indexed by Google Desktop Search.  Hopefully as Snarfer matures, the author (or perhaps someone else) will create a plug-in for GDS.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.snarfware.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.snarfware.com/images/logo.gif" alt="Snarfer - Free RSS Reader" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2878130324647521021-8011400194313520733?l=ginigma.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/feeds/8011400194313520733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/snarfer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/8011400194313520733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2878130324647521021/posts/default/8011400194313520733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ginigma.blogspot.com/2008/10/snarfer.html' title='Snarfer'/><author><name>ginigma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15887000112431670024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
