Articles tagged with: JimPhelps
Posted in Life in Madison, random stuff on 20 June 2006
Two Green Thumbs Miniature Garden
This looks something fun to try. Two Green Thumbs has miniature garden supplies, decor and plants. Seems like a great garden hobby that would be easy to weed on weekday afternoon.
Posted in Life in Madison, random stuff on 19 June 2006
Must have garden product from Uncommon Goods.
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Posted in Life in Madison, Lola, random stuff on 15 June 2006
Lola in car
Originally uploaded by jimphelps.
Today is Lola’s birthday. Our little girl puppy is now a 2 year old dog/puppy.
We are taking her out for a picnic dinner and swimming - which is her most favorite activity.
Happy Birthday Lola!
Hard to believe that you are now two.
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Posted in Ena, Life in Madison, random stuff on 13 April 2006
from the Spell with Flickr site
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Posted in Life in Madison on 20 February 2006
I just realized that 20 years ago I swore off McDonalds (and Burger King et al). It has now officially been 2 decades without a Big Mac or anything like that. I only stop at McDonalds to pee on road trips because you can go in the side door, take a left and [...]
Posted in Life in Madison, software on 19 February 2006
Just upgraded to Wordpress 2.0.X via Dreamhost’s one-click upgrade process. Worked beautifully. All of my plugins and themes came across with the upgrade. I didn’t have to do a thing.
Dreamhost - I <3 U
- Jim
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Posted in Work, software on 8 February 2006
Wire News has a story about Making a Living in Second Life. Second Life is a virtual world were you can live out the life of your avitar.
Within a month, Grinnell was making more in Second Life than in her real-world job as a dispatcher. And after three months she realized she could quit her [...]
Posted in Life in Madison, Lola on 18 January 2006
Sleepy = Good
Originally uploaded by jimphelps.
Lola after several days of hard play and fun. Sleepy dogs are good dogs.
Posted in IT Architecture, Work, calendar, software on 18 January 2006
My laptop and my palm both understand Time Zones. I understand Time Zones. Why don’t my calendar applications (Oracle’s Calendar and the Palm Calendar in the handheld) understand Time Zones. What I want:
(1) When I create an appointment I should be able to mark the Time Zone for the appointment. [...]
Posted in Life in Madison on 16 January 2006
Cory Doctorow has a new book out Someone Comes to Town
I really enjoyed his previous books: Eastern Standard Tribe and Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom.
Cory publishes his books as free eBooks and print books. As he said (can’t find the quote) - I’m selling more books because of the free [...]
