From the monthly archives: August 2004

xbox envy

By On August 29, 2004 · Leave a Comment

I spent the weekend helping my friend mod his xbox. I say help, but all I really did was sit there and ooh and ahh as he showed me each piece that he’d downloaded. It was really cool to see him streaming movies, audio and pictures off of the hard drive of his main computer. [...]

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The commute

By On August 26, 2004 · Leave a Comment

I’ve started the core class in Medical Informatics at the U of U. The class starts at 7:30 am in the morning (I’m not stupid, I just love when people say that). Initially I planned on taking the bus up there every day. Unfortunately that would have involved getting up at [...]

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This pot isn’t boiling

By On August 24, 2004 · Leave a Comment

I’ve done two of the “free” product websites. And I’ve had a 50/50 success rate with my adventures in getting free stuff. The first try was through the free green xbox web site. I completed three of the offers and got the certificate of completion, but I got nothing. My friend did the same offers [...]

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Another week has gone by

By On August 23, 2004 · Leave a Comment

Well another week has gone by, and we have figured out the ward, and the area a little better. It is actually really cool to be in a new area, and both missionaries, brand new to the area. We are both really excited about the work, so it it really cool to see. We are [...]

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Beautiful Pictures

By On August 19, 2004 · Leave a Comment

The internet (note: I’m following Wired’s lead and not capitalizing the word internet. Am I cutting edge or what?! ) is such a huge source of information. And with more and more people getting broadband these days, it is really becoming integrated into our daily lives. I’m amazed at how many times I [...]

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Pets

By On August 18, 2004 · Leave a Comment

Tammy is an animal person. In fact, she graduated from BYU in Animal Science. The first year of our marriage she worked as Vetrinary Technician for Payson Family Pet Hospital and then as a Vet Tech/Teacher’s Assistant for BYU’s Animal Science Department. I think all this experience and training with animals has given [...]

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Auto Updating Photo Album

By On August 17, 2004 · Leave a Comment

Digital cameras are becoming more and more common. But creating new pages for every single picture that you take can be time consuming to say the least. Here’s how you can make a simple photo album that automatically scans and displays all of the pictures in a specified folder.

Note: The idea for this came [...]

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Off to the Zoo

By On August 17, 2004 · Leave a Comment

Yesterday we made a family trip to the Hogle Zoo. I had an interview with the head of the Informatics department at the University of Utah. He wanted to tell me that I would be expected to participate in the class and take it for credit. It’s unfortunate that enough people [...]

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The last comic stands

By On August 12, 2004 · Leave a Comment

It’s over. The votes have been tallied up and there is a new last comic. I got caught up in the show when a friend of mine, Duane Day, mentioned that he’d been watching the first season and thought that it was really funny. So when I saw the previews for this new [...]

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Camera Phones

By On August 8, 2004 · Leave a Comment

Until recently I’ve never really understood the appeal of a camera phone. I mean, they took bad pictures and they didn’t have any of the features found in a digital camera. Well that has changed. Recently we signed up for a new cell phone through AT&T. It’s the Sony Ericsson T637 [...]

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