T-minus 5 minutes and counting...
Saturday, July 24, 2004
Friday, July 23, 2004
Well, tomorrow's the day folks. Bright and early (well kind of -- around 10:00) we're off to Taconnet for four weeks. It'll be lots of fun, with swimming, boating, tubing, skiing, ping-ponging, tennis-ing, s'more-ing, eating, sleeping, walking, running, breathing, canoeing, drawing, writing, and more!
For the first time ever, we'll actually have a laptop there, which means I might have a chance to update this while we're up there. Wish me luck! And now...
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Random Rosie Comment of the Day:
Rosie is by now too big to fit properly in her kennel, and thus is forced into a "submissive position" whenever's she's sitting in there, with her head lowered. If she lies down, she doesn't have that particular problem, but instead she's long enough that she has to sort of drape her front paws over the front of the crate. It's very cute. :-)
Web Site Update:
Sadly, I won't be able to get any work done on my site for the next four weeks, though I will have two weeks after we get back (and before school starts) to work on it. (I had previously thought I only had one week afterwards -- oops! Pleasant surprise!) Anyway, I'm almost done with the Reviews section now. I still have a whole lot of work left to do, though, and there's little-to-no chance of me finishing before Winter Break. Oh well.
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T-minus 9:45 and counting...
For the first time ever, we'll actually have a laptop there, which means I might have a chance to update this while we're up there. Wish me luck! And now...
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Random Rosie Comment of the Day:
Rosie is by now too big to fit properly in her kennel, and thus is forced into a "submissive position" whenever's she's sitting in there, with her head lowered. If she lies down, she doesn't have that particular problem, but instead she's long enough that she has to sort of drape her front paws over the front of the crate. It's very cute. :-)
Web Site Update:
Sadly, I won't be able to get any work done on my site for the next four weeks, though I will have two weeks after we get back (and before school starts) to work on it. (I had previously thought I only had one week afterwards -- oops! Pleasant surprise!) Anyway, I'm almost done with the Reviews section now. I still have a whole lot of work left to do, though, and there's little-to-no chance of me finishing before Winter Break. Oh well.
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T-minus 9:45 and counting...
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Well, there's another birthday today -- my mom's! I made her a card that accidentally said "Happy Mother's Day..." oops....
Now, you remember what to do! What? You don't know what I'm talking about? Check the archives for one year ago today, then come back.
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Ok, back now? Good! Now sing!
Happy birthday to you..................
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In other news, today we overloaded the circuits in our basement with the computer, the laptop, the TV, Xbox, and dehumidifier. Is that how you spell it? I think so...
Well, that's all for now! Adios!
Now, you remember what to do! What? You don't know what I'm talking about? Check the archives for one year ago today, then come back.
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Ok, back now? Good! Now sing!
Happy birthday to you..................
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In other news, today we overloaded the circuits in our basement with the computer, the laptop, the TV, Xbox, and dehumidifier. Is that how you spell it? I think so...
Well, that's all for now! Adios!
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Happy birthday to this
Happy birthday to this
Happy birthday dear blog
Happy birthday to this!
Yup folks, it's the one-year anniversary of this blog! Wowsers... it feels like just yesterday when I started this! I'm so proud -- 93 posts and counting! :-)
One day, when I'm old and gray, I'll look back on this and think "Wow. I remember this." Or perhaps I'll think back and think "Wow. My memory's gone. I have no idea what this is." Or something like that. But I think that one day I should create a giant book full of all this stuff -- English journals, personal journals, word documents, emails, instant message conversations, blog entries -- showing all the events of my life. I think that'd be pretty interesting! Of course, it would also take forever to create... still, it could be a neat little "Story of my Life" thingy.
I think that's part of the reason I like blogging. It lets me create a record that I could look back on one day and say "Hey, what day was this? What happened this day?" and so on. I love keeping records. For example, just today we got rid of our old red Ford Ranger named Hank and got a new black Toyota Rav4 (we're still thinking of a name). I took over 50 pictures of Hank so that I would remember just what he looked like. Yikes. It's a good thing they're all digital, and thus free!
Digital pictures... they're wonderful for the same reason this blog is. They let me remember things I would otherwise forget. Like what Rosie looked like when she was only 2 months old, or what that snowstorm was like back in February 2003. It's for that reason that I have about 2,000 photos on this computer. :-)
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In Other News
Work continues on my web site. I had a link crisis earlier today, where I had to fix these same four broken links on every single page manually -- and then I made a formatting mistake when fixing them, so I had to do them all over again. Ugh. Now I'm mainly working on the Fun & Games, Reviews, and Star Wars sections. Wish me luck.
In More Other News
Today my friend came over for a couple hours and we played lots of Halo (with Willy, too). We were trying to have my friend, Willy and I all in a line with Willy in the middle and my friend and I facing each other. My friend and I were both supposed to shoot a rocket at each other (and thus Willy in the middle, too) at the exact same time Willy ducked to avoid the rocket. What was supposed to happen was that my friend and I would be killed by each other's rockets, and Willy would survive. (Who came up with this plan, anyway?) However, I... umm... "accidentally" ended up killing both my friend and Willy, while my friend's rocket just went right over my head. Hehe... oops. :-)
Speaking of Halo, yesterday I met a family who's just moved here from northern California. They have two kids -- one who's going into 9th grade (like me), and another who's going into 6th grade (one year below Willy Tucker). The older one has a Halo PC clan, which is what reminded me of this in the first place. Only 5 1/2 more weeks! I'm going to miss vacation... :-(
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Well, that's all. Tomorrow's my mom's birthday, and this Saturday we're off to Taconnet for four weeks, so it's an exciting time. But before we go, I have one more treat in store for you lucky readers... a picture!
Random Rosie Comment of the Day:
She loves jumping up on the kitchen table now. She's gotten even more spongs since I last mentioned this, and she's also gotten a good amount of food. While we're in Taconnet, Rosie will be staying in a kennel recommended to us by the local marina owners (who breed puppies themselves, including "Parker," a cute yellow lab who looks just like the puppy in the K9 Advantix ad). The kennel is only about 15 minutes from Taconnet, so we might actually get to visit Rosie!!! YIPPEE!!!
Happy birthday to this
Happy birthday dear blog
Happy birthday to this!
Yup folks, it's the one-year anniversary of this blog! Wowsers... it feels like just yesterday when I started this! I'm so proud -- 93 posts and counting! :-)
One day, when I'm old and gray, I'll look back on this and think "Wow. I remember this." Or perhaps I'll think back and think "Wow. My memory's gone. I have no idea what this is." Or something like that. But I think that one day I should create a giant book full of all this stuff -- English journals, personal journals, word documents, emails, instant message conversations, blog entries -- showing all the events of my life. I think that'd be pretty interesting! Of course, it would also take forever to create... still, it could be a neat little "Story of my Life" thingy.
I think that's part of the reason I like blogging. It lets me create a record that I could look back on one day and say "Hey, what day was this? What happened this day?" and so on. I love keeping records. For example, just today we got rid of our old red Ford Ranger named Hank and got a new black Toyota Rav4 (we're still thinking of a name). I took over 50 pictures of Hank so that I would remember just what he looked like. Yikes. It's a good thing they're all digital, and thus free!
Digital pictures... they're wonderful for the same reason this blog is. They let me remember things I would otherwise forget. Like what Rosie looked like when she was only 2 months old, or what that snowstorm was like back in February 2003. It's for that reason that I have about 2,000 photos on this computer. :-)
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In Other News
Work continues on my web site. I had a link crisis earlier today, where I had to fix these same four broken links on every single page manually -- and then I made a formatting mistake when fixing them, so I had to do them all over again. Ugh. Now I'm mainly working on the Fun & Games, Reviews, and Star Wars sections. Wish me luck.
In More Other News
Today my friend came over for a couple hours and we played lots of Halo (with Willy, too). We were trying to have my friend, Willy and I all in a line with Willy in the middle and my friend and I facing each other. My friend and I were both supposed to shoot a rocket at each other (and thus Willy in the middle, too) at the exact same time Willy ducked to avoid the rocket. What was supposed to happen was that my friend and I would be killed by each other's rockets, and Willy would survive. (Who came up with this plan, anyway?) However, I... umm... "accidentally" ended up killing both my friend and Willy, while my friend's rocket just went right over my head. Hehe... oops. :-)
Speaking of Halo, yesterday I met a family who's just moved here from northern California. They have two kids -- one who's going into 9th grade (like me), and another who's going into 6th grade (one year below Willy Tucker). The older one has a Halo PC clan, which is what reminded me of this in the first place. Only 5 1/2 more weeks! I'm going to miss vacation... :-(
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Well, that's all. Tomorrow's my mom's birthday, and this Saturday we're off to Taconnet for four weeks, so it's an exciting time. But before we go, I have one more treat in store for you lucky readers... a picture!
Random Rosie Comment of the Day:
She loves jumping up on the kitchen table now. She's gotten even more spongs since I last mentioned this, and she's also gotten a good amount of food. While we're in Taconnet, Rosie will be staying in a kennel recommended to us by the local marina owners (who breed puppies themselves, including "Parker," a cute yellow lab who looks just like the puppy in the K9 Advantix ad). The kennel is only about 15 minutes from Taconnet, so we might actually get to visit Rosie!!! YIPPEE!!!
Monday, July 19, 2004
Work on version 4.0 of Tophtucker.com is going quite well. The home pages for every primary section are done. I've just about finished the Family section, the Fun & Games section and the Multimedia section already have several pages, and the new About the Site page is done.
I still have to fix plenty of links, though, and there's still a ton of image work to be done. Nevertheless, the overall structure is complete, and I think it's all coming along rather nicely.
I still have to fix plenty of links, though, and there's still a ton of image work to be done. Nevertheless, the overall structure is complete, and I think it's all coming along rather nicely.
Saturday, July 17, 2004
Sku! Just saw I, Robot. It was great! Yubnub! :-) Doesn't exactly make me feel too optimistic about robots, though.
Anyway, about the tophtucker.com beta...
On the site, you can currently preview the entire new family sections, one "flavor" of the new home page, and one totally new photo album. In addition, you can read over the outline that describes virtually every new feature of 4.0. (It reminds me of the NS-4s in I, Robot...) This winter (or so), the whole thing will go online. To see all this for yourself, head on over -- click here.
Following the primary updates to Tophtucker.com will be updates to the TuckLyne section, including updates to the Athena and TuckLyne Studios sub-sections. The new TLS site will include short video clips from our movies, and there'll be a whole new sub-section -- the TLO ("TuckLyne OnLyne" -- hehe, get it?) Store. There you can find simple instructions on how to order... well... anything! :-)
That part will come later on -- due to the school vacation schedule, probably sometime around Spring Break or even possibly later. Yut ehda... yeha!
Anyway, about the tophtucker.com beta...
On the site, you can currently preview the entire new family sections, one "flavor" of the new home page, and one totally new photo album. In addition, you can read over the outline that describes virtually every new feature of 4.0. (It reminds me of the NS-4s in I, Robot...) This winter (or so), the whole thing will go online. To see all this for yourself, head on over -- click here.
Following the primary updates to Tophtucker.com will be updates to the TuckLyne section, including updates to the Athena and TuckLyne Studios sub-sections. The new TLS site will include short video clips from our movies, and there'll be a whole new sub-section -- the TLO ("TuckLyne OnLyne" -- hehe, get it?) Store. There you can find simple instructions on how to order... well... anything! :-)
That part will come later on -- due to the school vacation schedule, probably sometime around Spring Break or even possibly later. Yut ehda... yeha!
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Just now I uploaded the beta version of tophtucker.com version 4.0 -- check it out here! I also uploaded small updates to the School and Lessons sections and a bigger update to the Star Wars section. Check it out, and be sure to send me any feedback!
More on the beta tomorrow... or another day.... g'night!
More on the beta tomorrow... or another day.... g'night!
Monday, July 12, 2004
I'm typing this from our new Dell laptop (they must love us right now), and I'm doing it wirelessly over our WiFi network! I've been having fun assigning the touch pad to do all sorts of fancy stuff, like launching a web site by tapping the upper-right or opening up Windows Media Player with the upper-left. Fun fun fun!
Random Rosie Comment of the Day:
She learned to swim yesterday! Well, she could already swim -- she had gone in once at Taconnet -- but yesterday was the first time she really went in, retrieved stuff, etc.
Random Rosie Comment of the Day:
She learned to swim yesterday! Well, she could already swim -- she had gone in once at Taconnet -- but yesterday was the first time she really went in, retrieved stuff, etc.
Friday, July 09, 2004
Just finished the document announcing all the exciting changes in store for tophtucker.com version 4.0! Actually, even it doesn't touch on some of the other longer-term things I've been working on...
I'm starting to distribute the document to select individuals for review. Then, in just a few days(maybe more, maybe less), I'll post it online along with the Beta section going up at tophtucker.com/beta so that everyone can take a look!
I'm starting to distribute the document to select individuals for review. Then, in just a few days(maybe more, maybe less), I'll post it online along with the Beta section going up at tophtucker.com/beta so that everyone can take a look!
Thursday, July 08, 2004
I'm writing this from our relativity new downstairs computer, which has a newer motherboard and an even newer hard drive.
Even after we got the motherboard replaced (to fix a faulty Ethernet adapter), we were having plenty of problems. Just yesterday a guy contracted by Dell to replace our hard drive came by and did so. Everything seems to be running smoothly -- so far.
Random Rosie Comment of the Day:
The day before yesterday (Tuesday), she managed to snag the singing little hamster we have in our kitchen. Yesterday, she did it again -- and I got pictures! Those pictures will be on my site in a matter of days, as part of the coming preview of version 4.0.
Also the day before yesterday, Rosie had a brief encounter with the neighborhood killer cat, Max, who catches and eats all sorts of animals. (We love him, though!) Max was sitting on a chair and Rosie came by and kind of sniffed him. I grabbed her by the collar, and Max hissed and basically ran off.
Finally, Rosie got her stitches out today. Yay!
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I'm off to watch Waiting for Guffman, a great movie that I highly recommend. Adios!
Even after we got the motherboard replaced (to fix a faulty Ethernet adapter), we were having plenty of problems. Just yesterday a guy contracted by Dell to replace our hard drive came by and did so. Everything seems to be running smoothly -- so far.
Random Rosie Comment of the Day:
The day before yesterday (Tuesday), she managed to snag the singing little hamster we have in our kitchen. Yesterday, she did it again -- and I got pictures! Those pictures will be on my site in a matter of days, as part of the coming preview of version 4.0.
Also the day before yesterday, Rosie had a brief encounter with the neighborhood killer cat, Max, who catches and eats all sorts of animals. (We love him, though!) Max was sitting on a chair and Rosie came by and kind of sniffed him. I grabbed her by the collar, and Max hissed and basically ran off.
Finally, Rosie got her stitches out today. Yay!
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I'm off to watch Waiting for Guffman, a great movie that I highly recommend. Adios!
Saturday, July 03, 2004
This past Thursday, June 1, we went to Spider-Man 2. It was really good. :-) Funny, action-packed, et cetera. Yesterday, as you know, we watched 2001: A Space Odyssey. Wow -- quite a difference there.
Also yesterday, we got the Spider-Man 2 videogame for Xbox. Willy and I have been playing it pretty much non-stop ever since. :-) This time around, you can swing, walk or jump literally anywhere on Manhattan Island. Jump on a car and ride it around. Catch little kids' balloons and get "hero points." Save the city. And so on. All in all, a great game.
Today -- just now, in fact -- we went to see "The Terminal." It's very funny. Tom Hanks plays an immigrant from the fictional country of Krakozhia who gets stuck in JFK International Airport when a coup in his home country renders his passport and visa worthless. For more information, check out the official web site.
Adios, amigos!
Also yesterday, we got the Spider-Man 2 videogame for Xbox. Willy and I have been playing it pretty much non-stop ever since. :-) This time around, you can swing, walk or jump literally anywhere on Manhattan Island. Jump on a car and ride it around. Catch little kids' balloons and get "hero points." Save the city. And so on. All in all, a great game.
Today -- just now, in fact -- we went to see "The Terminal." It's very funny. Tom Hanks plays an immigrant from the fictional country of Krakozhia who gets stuck in JFK International Airport when a coup in his home country renders his passport and visa worthless. For more information, check out the official web site.
Adios, amigos!
Thursday, July 01, 2004
Currently, going to tophtucker.com displays version 3.2. That's basically the most-updated version. The original plan - though you might not have known it - said that there would be a version 3.3 before the jump was made to 4.0. However, in the interest of time that is no longer true. Rest in peace, version 3.3.
This basically means that, while there will be little updates here and there (a picture or two, a page update) between now and version 4.0 (scheduled for a winter release), nothing major is planned. That, in turn, means I have more time to work on 4.0, which means that it'll come sooner. Yay!
Note that no functionality is lost -- only a worthless interim site version is. ;-)
Very soon, a complete overview of plans for version 4.0 will be distributed to select individuals. Soon thereafter, a copy will be placed online, complete with a couple examples of the new site. Comments are welcome. :-)
Stay tuned!
This basically means that, while there will be little updates here and there (a picture or two, a page update) between now and version 4.0 (scheduled for a winter release), nothing major is planned. That, in turn, means I have more time to work on 4.0, which means that it'll come sooner. Yay!
Note that no functionality is lost -- only a worthless interim site version is. ;-)
Very soon, a complete overview of plans for version 4.0 will be distributed to select individuals. Soon thereafter, a copy will be placed online, complete with a couple examples of the new site. Comments are welcome. :-)
Stay tuned!
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