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The more things change…

James — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:29:36 +0000

This is will the last post on this blog, as it is proving to difficult to move everything over to the new web host and new URL for our family blog. So, we have decided to retire this version to make room for the continuation of our Family Blog at a new Web Address and new web host.

You can find the new blog at http://www.ashtonblog.com/. So, please update your bookmarks!!

Thanks for reading our old blog, and we hope to see you at the new blog very soon!

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Which side of the brain do you think with?

James — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:40:43 +0000

Are you right-brained or left-brained? Look at the picture of the dancer.

According to the Australian Herald Sun, if she seems to be spinning counter-clockwise you’re left-brained. Clockwise is right-brained.

[Via The Life of Leo and the Australian Herald Sun]

Student Tazed Remix

James — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:48:28 +0000

It’s hard not to crack a smile at this hilarious remix of the Florida college student getting tazed video.

Here is the link the original video of the student. [[Link]]

One journalist standing up against Paris Hilton in the News

James — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:51:03 +0000

I really don’t have anything against Paris Hilton, but I am kind of inclined to agree with this journalist, and say that there is MUCH more important news than Paris getting out of jail. Boo Hoo!

Two videos for the Microsoft Surface Table

James — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:02:50 +0000

Microsoft has come out with a pretty cool table that can replace the normal computer that is in your living room. They have come out with a whole new way to interact with the table and not use a keyboard or mouse.

Here is a link to the Microsoft site for the table.

A quick video

and of course a parody video, just for fun. Warning – slightly adult language in a few parts of the video.

Approve sites your kid visits with Glubble

James — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:42:01 +0000

If you need another reason to be using Firefox, and you are a parent of children under 12, here it is. There is a new extension for Firefox that lets you create and/or approve websites that your children right in the browser. It also allows you to give the children their own username and password to allow different sites for different children.

My daughter is 4 years, and has already fallen in love with getting on the Internet with my wife and I. As she gets older, this will be an excellent tool to help us if we walk away for a few minutes.

Featured Firefox Extension: Approve sites your kid visits with Glubble – Lifehacker

Glubble – A new online experience for the entire family

Being careful at Free Wireless Hotspots

James — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:48:06 +0000

This is a pretty alarming video of someone sitting in a hotel lobby where there is Free Wireless Internet for their customers, and a “Hacker” or “Hustler” as they are called in England is capturing all of their information. After capturing the information the Hustler uses it to make purchase large ticket items on the Internet.

CBS exec: Watch Jericho live if you want it to live

James — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:39:26 +0000

I can not believe the attitude of TV Executives. If you do not stop your lives, and sit down when they want you to then to hell with what you will watch on TV. They are basically saying that if you want this show brought back, then do not record or Tivo the show, sit there when we tell you to, and watch the show live. Then, you have no way of not watching the commercials.

What would be the difference when people taped the show on VHS? All this shows the public is that you all are a bunch of greedy SOB’s!

CBS exec: Watch Jericho live if you want it to live – TV Squad

Now for the disclaimer: I have not watched this show yet, as I have been caught up with others that I have been watching longer. But, any time that I see this type of bullying, it drives me crazy. I had planned on watch the show on DVD and catching up that way. Now only time will tell…

Another quote I found at Zatz Not Funny!

While I’m pleased to see the show renewed for at least 7 more episodes, I think CBS is a bit misguided on this point. If they need a larger audience, they can help themselves by not scheduling directly opposite American Idol and taking a 2+ month mid-season hiatus. Prior to the nuttiness, I would have also suggested advertising – but they’ve gotten a ton… 25 tons to be exact. And it wouldn’t hurt to figure out how to track time-shifted viewing. DVRs aren’t going away. Quite the opposite: Their penetration and usage will continue to increase.

Discovery Stores Close Everywhere, Geeks Weep

James — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:00:42 +0000

There was only one of these stores, but it was really neat to walk around them and check out all of the geeky stuff.

Discovery Store Closing – Wired News

I have also learned that CompUSA has quietly closed the store near us as well. I would now have to drive 70 or miles to visit a store.

‘Jericho’ fans assail CBS with 25 tons of peanuts – CNN.com

James — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:10:47 +0000

I haven’t watched this show yet, but I must give it a try. This is incredible, and luckily the network has donated all of the “Protest Peanuts” to charity.

‘Jericho’ fans assail CBS with 25 tons of peanuts – CNN.com

First Personal Genome Map Created

James — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:27:38 +0000

I think that this really neat. I had also seen on “I Want That!“, I believe, that you could get wall art of your DNA. You sent it in to a company that would take it from a swab that you rubbed on the inside of your cheek. Thay would make a full size poster and mail it back to you. It was very colorful, but expensive.

The Nobel Prize-winning scientist who helped discover the molecular structure of DNA has become the first person to receive his own personal genome map.

Discovery News – First Personal Genome Map Created

DNA Wall Art

Sanjaya is finally gone!!!!!

James — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:22:43 +0000

I can not say enough about what happened tonight. There must have a telephone troubles last night or all of the 8-12 year old girls had used up all of their text messages and could not vote for Sanjaya. But whatever the reason, it was a good one, he is gone.

This was a video from the idiot that started all of this non-sense in the first place on Late Night with David Letterman.

Blogs keep ‘Idol’s’ Sanjaya center stage – CNN.com

James — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:24:32 +0000

Blogs keep ‘Idol’s’ Sanjaya center stage – CNN.com

I do not intend for this to become a “Anti-Sanjaya” blog, but I ran across this other article about this idiot, and found the last paragraph to be of particular interest.

“The result, thus far, is that Sanjaya has kept his spot on the show despite serious flack from the judges. Simon Cowell told “Extra” he would quit the show if Sanjaya won and Randy Jackson called one of his performances “unlistenable.”…”