Tales Of Brave Ulysses
Archive for February, 2008
02 29th, 2008
that house is cool
a bloody useful website
02 28th, 2008
02 28th, 2008
So we are both a bit sleepy these days. Lorelei is keeping us up at nights, hopefully she starts sleeping a bit longer. Right now she wakes up around 4:00-5:00 most mornings and doesn’t want to go back to sleep after feeding. Never would have thought that a girl who ain’t even ten pounds could wipe me out so thoroughly.
She went to the pediatrician for the first time yesterday. In three weeks, she has put on a whole pound, and almost three inches in length. Girl is growing like a weed.
02 27th, 2008
interesting point about how outsourcing seems like a shortsighted gain for our economy; will we come to regret letting skills atrophy when shipping things from china becomes prohibitively expensive.
another merger in the island’s telecom industry
just yesterday i complained about gasoline hitting a new high – now power rates are going up 14% this weekend – oh yeah, bruce best is a friend of mine, and he has a really cool place in ordot.
02 26th, 2008
great. now the gas is going up again and the electricity went through the roof two months ago. i’m having trouble keeping up with inflation.
my long distance and cellular company just got bought by a smaller competitor. go figure. heard rumors for ages that it&e was looking to sell out though.
02 26th, 2008
Gas is over $4.00 a gallon now. Power rates jumped 65% for me in the last two months. My water bill was through the roof last month.
I’m walking to work today.
02 25th, 2008
02 24th, 2008
02 24th, 2008
One thing I’ve discovered while feeding the baby in the early morning hours; television sucks at 4:00 am. No surprise there. An endless succession of infomercials and bad reruns populates the cable netherworld at those hours.
Which is why I was pleasantly surprised to discover something that I never really thought about before. Seems like the major networks are putting their programs up on the web these days. And not just clips or highlights – entire episodes are available to watch, commercial free. And some even sport entire seasons and even multiple seasons. I guess it’s time to finally watch Lost. And Heroes. I’m currently working through a show I’d never even heard about until last week. It’s a post apocalyptic show called Jericho, sort of in the vein of The Day After miniseries. A town in Kansas survives a nuclear attack and the troubles that appear afterwards, from disease and fire to out of control armed government contractors (a la Blackwater). I find it amazing the lengths networks will go to in their efforts to keep stuff off Youtube. Hats off to them though, it’s perfect for a geek with broadband and sporadic television watching habits.
02 24th, 2008
I got a couple people from off island asking me if I saw the B-2 bomber crash yesterday. Sorry, didn’t see it, didn’t even know about it until they asked me this morning. I was at a birthday party on the beach yesterday and nobody mentioned it there either. Or if they did it wasn’t with me. Folks mostly want to talk about babies with me and Taliea right now for some reason.
Andersen AFB is about 10 miles north of where I live and work. I rarely get up to the northern end of Guam in my daily life, though I do see the military aircraft on approach over Tumon and Tamuning all the time.
With the new baby I am not exactly staying on top of all the news feeds these days. I spend my down time napping mostly.
02 22nd, 2008
02 21st, 2008
02 21st, 2008
02 20th, 2008
02 19th, 2008
02 18th, 2008
been waiting for this feed for years
A Lunar Eclipse for mainland USA. We had one here on Guam last year that was pretty cool.
I still don’t think it’s going to happen.
02 18th, 2008
Okay, she’s awake in this one. Just took this video clip this afternoon, shortly before lunch (and shortly before a massive poop on her part).
02 18th, 2008
Here are a couple little videos of Lorelei I took on my camera phone last week.
This first one is in her car seat after visiting the doctor on Wednesday.
And this one is from Sunday morning, while she was sleeping in her bassinet.
02 17th, 2008
say goodbye to the oceans
02 16th, 2008
My Visitors
- Ivory and tuna top wildlife talks
- Apollo men decry Obama Moon plans
- Coffee car
- What happened next? Zebra puts head in hippo's mouth
- Powering up
- Climate linked to smaller birds
- Siberian tigers die at China zoo
- Decapitated group 'were Vikings'
- Thalidomide effect mystery solved
- The brain scan that can 'see people's memories'
- E-Readers Will Survive the Onslaught of Tablets
- Research Reveals Early Signs of Autism in Some Kids
- FBI Hoaxes Boost Online Fraud
- McLaren Cribs From Planes, Flutes to Build Faster F1 Cars
- Big Earthquakes Cause Premature Births
- Dual-Screen E-Reader Makes a Half-Assed Debut
- A Cooperative Approach to Advance Electric Racing
- NetFlix Cancels Recommendation Contest After Privacy Lawsuit
- Watch Streaming Video on Your Mobile
- Video: Cold, Little Comet Is No Match for Big, Hot Sun
- Police Search for 2 DYA Escapees
- Obama Delays Trip To Guam To Focus On Health Care Legislation
- Navy & Air Force Will Take Shots At Farallon Next Week; Training South of Guam Too
- Sentor Frank Aguon Jr. Says Townhall Meeting With President Obama is Possible
- Taiwan to Guam Charters Filled To Near Capacity During Chinese New Year Flights
- Ethics Panel Spent $19,000 During Its Investigation of Complaints Against Former Senator Rector
- Acting Governor Cruz Signs 17 Bills Into Law
- Guam Airport Gets $7.7 Million In Federal Grants
- GCC Open House Tomorrow
- Cruz Signing Bill That Provides Supplemental Funds to GovGuam Agencies
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