I finally found a new USB cable for my digital camera so I could get to my photos (over 250 waiting to be transfered!) Here are some of the photos from our recent trip to Busch Memorial Stadium to watch the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals.
The boys came prepared with their Cardinal red … complete with red-eye at times =)
My submission in the “Submit Your Desk” contest hosted at TheWonderfulNoise.com.
First off, camera phones don’t seem to take very good pictures in unfinished basements. That’s right, my office/desk is in an unfinished basement. Now, my desk itself doesn’t have much to it – a couple of computers, some monitors, a printer, some half-full St. Louis Cardinals cups, a few notepads, etc. BUT, how many people out there actually have their office in an all-concrete, unfinished basement with the water heater and furnace only 10 feet away?
If you haven’t caught on to this yet, you need to. I heard about Pandora maybe back in January-ish from a developer friend of mine while I was in Kansas City. It’s great. Feel free to check out my Pandora stations.
Here’s how it works:
That’s pretty much it. You then just sit back and enjoy the music. You’ll hear songs and artists you’ve never heard of before, and you’ll hear songs and artists that you really want to … but, you have to do your part in voting on the songs Pandora serves up.
I’ve got five different stations right now, only four that I really spend time in:
I started a station by seeding it with artists like Chris Tomlin, Charlie Hall, Hillsong, David Crowder, Rueben Morgan and Passion. It’s now learned (over a bit of time and voting), and now it’s serving up a ton of other artists in the same line of music (Vicky Beeching, Darlene Zschech, Geoff Moore, Decemberradio, Todd Agnew, Barlow Girl, Delirious, Telecast and even lesser-known artists like Josh Bates, Brandon Heath, Jesse Daniels and Sam Perry (2pts to whoever knows who Sam Perry is … awesome!). It’s even served up some Sister Hazel, Hootie and Better than Ezra.
I started my swing rock station by seeding Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. I’m now getting them plus O.C. Supertones, Five Iron Frenzy, MXPX, Relient K and more.
I started my Buddy Guy station with … well, Buddy Guy. I added B.B. King and Big Jack Johnson. I’ve got some great Blues and Jazz coming out of that station!
It’s great! Of course, I’m on the internet all day while I’m building web sites, so it’s easy for me to just hit it and go. I’m absolutely addicted to it. It’s great!
Try it out. Play around with it. You’ll get hooked.
Last weekend we started hearing this horrible grinding sound when we would press on the brakes of the van. All the other vehicles we’ve had would make a screeching sound when the brakes were ready to change, so I thought maybe there was something really wrong since there was no screeching sound but a grinding sound and feel.
I finally got around to changing the brakes this morning. WOW! This pad is from the front-right, and it had absolutely no pad left, and it actually looked like melted metal (yes, Rosie, metal and steel can get hot enough to melt. How do you think it’s formed to begin with?).
Anyway, now we’re back to being safe again.
