If all goes well, I will have some wedding photos up here soon enough.  Hopefully they go better than these.  I'm not sure which I like more.  This one or this one.

Survey's gone!  Links are going to start opening in a new window/tab for you.  I'm glad we got through this together.  Have a soda.  The radio should also be working as it was before.  I had a lot of trouble with the newest version of VLC so I went back to the old one.

Today started a little sticky but then we hit some rain followed by some bright, hot sun.  It was 85 degrees and 90% humidity.  Sticky.

I've been hooked on Dragon Quest 9 this past week.  It may be the best traditional RPG I have ever played and definitely the best game released on the DS in quite some time.

I'll be checking it through the day.  Let me know if you have any problems.  You have to log in if you don't have the link bookmarked.

I updated the software that I use to stream the radio station.  It now doesn't work.  The priority has been bumped down in the recent list of things to do.  I'll get to it soon.

Also, the archive wasn't displaying correctly.  That has been fixed.

I have a question for you.  Registered user or not.  Bot or not. Lurker or not.  There are different ways for a URL (link) to open in a web browser.  I want to know what you prefer.  It is as easy as flipping a switch.  Would you prefer your links to continue in this current browser window or open up a new window or tab?  (Hint: Click on those to see what I'm talking about.)

Personally, I prefer a new tab but have been using the "old" same window way for as long as the site has been up.  When I learned about this stuff, tabs didn't exist and opening up a new window was a "pop-up" and a no-no.  Now they act as tabs depending on your browser.

What do you like?  The poll will sit at the top of the home page and at top of each post for a  little while.  I'm curious what you guys think.  If you have any better ideas, drop them in the comments to this post.

Check out this screenshot from the most recent episode of Futurama.  Horse-copter is what I call it.  The horse was not credited in this episode.  He's not even strapped in.  Look at this horse.  This horse is amazing!

Today is one of those awesome days that happens to be lucky enough to fall on a weekend.  I spent a few hours downtown today at the Troy Pig Out.  I had two pulled pork sandwiches, two ears of corn, some corn bread, a churro and a big strawberry lemonade.  Everything was great.  The bacon that was on my pulled pork sandwich from Jacked Up BBQ from Fork River, NJ was the best bacon I have ever had in my whole life.  It was thick and crispy and had that perfect balance of salt and pepper with a hickory taste.  They called it "pig candy".  With live Muddy Waters playing in the background, it almost brought a tear to my eye.

County fairs are coming back.  It is my favorite time of year.  The most delicious unhealthy food surrounded by rides built by the people who weren't trustworthy enough to serve you said food.  "Wonder" products and cheap knock-offs.  Some of the things you can't cheap-out on are the animals and the talent.  I love watching the unusual shows.  At the Los Angeles County Fair, there was always a glass blower tucked away in some corner.  Probably because he was using a stove that was a million degrees.

I always thought that the glass blower was one of the more talented guys/girls at the fair.  This guy does something called glass microbiology.  He makes glass microbe models.  They are really cool looking.  There is a slide show at the top of the page.  Scroll through some of those and then check out the video.  Do you think he's make me a tiny penguin for two dollars?

It's raining this morning but the temperature is very pleasant.  I will have an opportunity to do some chores around the house.

Make pleasant music with pulsate.  This sounds like a sad movie ending.

Some rockers age well.  Most of them do not.  Here they are.

I guess you can't have it all.  We had three awesome days last weekend and tomorrow it looks like we're going to get some rain.  It's not all bad.  Dragon Quest 9 is going to be out this weekend and there are only a few weeks left until I'm married.

Meowmania is something that I've linked to before from here but it was a long time ago.  It's worth a Friday night revisit.  Turn up the volume and scare the dogs.

We have the final head count for the wedding.  Thanks to everybody who can make it and no hard feelings toward those who can't.  It's far and expensive.  I understand.

I'm almost done with No More Heroes 2.  I might finish it tonight.  I love mature-rated video games.  Thanks Al!

I had a pretty gross link of snakes eating things but I did the right thing and left it out of this posting.  Now to the crap I felt suitable!

We spent some of our 2010 Independence Day at the Adirondack Animal Land.  It is very small for a zoo and there are only a few types of animals but we had almost the whole place to ourselves.  We had a good time.  Pictures and video inside!

Today is that special day of the year.  One of the best days of the year.  Mid summer, hot weather, barbeques, fireworks, ice cream, lemonade…what else could be better?  Maybe the beach?

Well we celebrate today to buy paint, help dealerships who bought too much inventory, and buy mattresses from places that won't be undersold.

Joking aside, don't forget why you're here.

Weather is great.  This will be fast.

It's warm.  Almost hot.  We're expecting 90's tomorrow and Monday.  I ate a soft serve ice cream cone and a big chipwich.  I think we're going to go watch the fireworks downtown tomorrow night.

By now, everybody has read all of the "studies" and laws about sending a text message while driving.  I just saw an ad on a web page for a system that allows you to listen to your text messages get translated to voice from your cell phone via a Bluetooth headset and then respond with your voice which is translated to text and sent off.  Is this not what a phone is for?  We send text messages during meetings or at work for quick "see you there" messages but for a conversation, we use our phone as a phone.  Right?

We get free "mobile to mobile" calls and free calls to in-network users.  If you're going to buy a Bluetooth headset, just make the dang phone call.  If you have to communicate with a land line, you aren't going to be sending text messages anyway.  I'll bet the cell phone service companies just love this.  $.10 per message when a kid goes over the limit is just what they want.

I send tons of text and photo messages.  I love text messaging but this is just stupid.

I've also recently read that kids are better (safer) than adults at text messaging and driving at the same time.  This doesn't surprise me.  Adults are much better drivers in general but kids use phones like second nature.