Beach Day and Father’s Day

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Yesterday we went to the beach with the kids. The Upper Ferry Rd ferry was running so we were able to go over that. Aliza thought going on the “boat” was neat. We then visited a little beach in Nanticoke, MD down Nanticoke Rd. Its a great beach for other kids as the water is warm and shallow with small waves. By the end Aliza was laying in the wake and jumping all around. Here is a video of the day from my wifes blog:

Today is Father’s Day and it was just as good as yesterday but without the kids. Carla and I left the kids after church with the grandparents, went to lunch, took a nap at home (lol), went to the mall, and stopped for starbucks. ALl in all a great day with the wife. Looking forward to a great week this week.

Portal: Installed, finished, I <3

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So I finally installed Orange Box that I received for my birthday in March. If you don’t know what Orange Box is click on the amazon link on the right to check it out. I kept hearing everyone rant and rave over a game that comes with the package called Portal. All I have to say is WOW! This game is so awesome. I only intended to check it out and I ended up playing 19 levels. The puzzles were great and the song at the end was awesome. Now all I need to do is play all the Half Life Episodes and finally beat the original HL2. Oh fun 🙂

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-21

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  • Finally got the rain. Quad Venti White Mocha FTW! #
  • @JoshuaKendall want to move out to MD? we are looking for a decent programmer 🙂 #
  • @JoshuaKendall lol well ok…they say everyone comes back some day 😛 #
  • @JoshuaKendall I was just in Ridgely, MD today so I don’t blame you for not coming back heh…nothing out there #
  • how can someone get as many proposals and quotes I need to get out by tomorrow? guess someone will have to wait #

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Free Epson Stylus Photo 825 Printer

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I was cleaning out a drawer today to make room for all the crap that was on my desk and I found some unopened ink for my old Epson Stylus Photo 325 printer which is in the shed. The printer is perfectly find and I would still be using it if it wasn’t for the fact that 1) Carla won’t let me keep more than one photo printer downstairs 2) doesn’t want more than 3 printers in the house and 3) I bought an Epson Stylus Photo R2400 (see below) It has been collecting dust for the last 6 months or so and I hate to see it keep collecting dust!

Here is how to get this printer for free!
So the first person who posts in the comments below who is also a subscriber to my rss feed will get the printer for free. Pretty simple. You may ask what is the catch? Well you must come and get it 🙂 I’m not up for shipping it to any crazy places. If you on the Eastern Shore of Maryland I might meet you somewhere but otherwise you are out of luck, but feel free to plead your case in the comments if your feeling lucky. Printer includes brand new color and b/w ink still in box, pcmcia cards for direct printing, all original feeders, etc.

If you click on the link to the right you can find out the specs on it. It is a great little printer and if I wasn’t all gung-ho about printing 11x14s I would still be using it to print out 4×6 prints.



Twitter Updates for 2008-04-20

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  • @JoshuaKendall any reason you are using graffiti over other free asp.net cms’? #
  • @macomaniac where is your icon mac fan boy? #
  • @JoshuaKendall gotcha it looks nice so I was wondering if it had major adv over oss or free ones. I’m partial to drupal, but I like pain 🙂 #
  • I wish it would rain here. Way to much pollen #
  • @eatkittens I’ll join in….looks like it is close http://tinyurl.com/5zgebw #
  • Looks like rain. Smells like rain but no rain. :/ rain dance didn’t work #

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Integrity – being a success

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I love the NewLife radio show and book series so when I heard that Dr. Henry Cloud, one of the hosts, had written a new book I knew I had to get it. Fast forward to today, months after I got the book for Father’s Day of last year, I started reading the book. I’m only 19 pages into the first chapter, but I can already tell that this is a book for me. The core of this book is in explaining six essential qualities that define being a success. Starting out it explains how being a person of integrity does not in itself alone make you a successful person. Already I’ve learned some things on how to run my business, questions to ask future employee’s references, and much more. I highly recommend this book and I’ll continue posting tidbits I find as I continue my reading.


Earth Day at the Salisbury Zoo

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Chrissy recommended that Carla and I take the kids to the zoo yesterday because it was Earth Day. So we all went down to the zoo to check things out. My mom and dad were down for the weekend so they followed us. Matt and Chrissy met us there for the fun as well. Parking was crazy because the zoo was packed full, but we found a spot near the bridge and walked a ways to get there. It WAS packed yet we could get were we needed to go without to much hassle. We saw all the usual animals as well as alot of others that they brought for the day. My personal favorite was the baby screech owl. *read in Napoleon Dynamite voice* Matt said he saw a SWEET hawk before lunch that I missed. *end ND voice* We finally wrapped up a great day by visiting the Backstreet Grill around the corner on rt 12. I had an awesome bacon cheeseburger!

So check out another animoto video I made of our day.

And check out my pix on flickr:

You lookin at me, punk?

Look mom animals