American Thinker

I added "American Thinker" to the blog list, and here is a link to a fun story about a woman going to church for the first time -- on Christmas Eve.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/12/power_to_the_conservative_peop.html

2009 Year in Review

Should You Buy an iPod Touch Today?

Gizmodo says wait!

Blog Updates

Updated the blog a bit.  Added links to Picassa photos among others.  The new version also allows followers, so you can stay up to date whenever we blog.

Larry asked for a list of blogs to follow for non MSM news.  I added a lot of links to the BlogList.  Larry, start with Instapundit on a daily basis.  Glen Reynolds is a law professor at University of Tennessee and mostly links to interesting stories on the web.  Drudge Report is a popular news aggregate.  Don Surber is a West Virginia columnist that is always worth a look.

Great Customer Service

Received this e-mail from Blinds.com who we used for our front pleated shades.  The blinds are great, and so is the company who sold them to us:


A Blinds.com coupon and a question . . .

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CEO@blinds.com	Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 4:07 PM
To: xx@xx.com
David, we SINCERELY appreciate your purchase 30 days ago.  First a question . . . if there was one thing about our products or service (or whatever) you could change, what would that be? I'd appreciate your input and WILL read your email reply. Also, did you know that you can rate your blinds on the Blinds.com website? Use the link(s) below to help someone else with their buying decision by posting photos, reviews, and tips. Large National Name Brand: Close-Out Cellular Shades - Light Filtering Also, please do me a favor and tell your friends and neighbors about us.  Forward this email now (or mention us on Facebook or Twitter) and they can use the coupon below. Thanks again! Warm Regards, Jay Jay Steinfeld, CEO CEO@Blinds.com P.S. Forward this email with the coupon now (it expires in 30 days), before you forget! :) Use this coupon code REF733862-21 to take $10 off your next order of $150 or more. One per person, one per household, and must be presented at time of purchase. Minimum purchase of $150. Cannot be combined with any other offer. No limit on the number of people you refer. Offer expires 30 days from the date of this letter. P.P.S. Visit this page anytime to see special offers and find out what's on sale each month. Click here to remove your name from my address book.

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PopSci: Best 100 Innovations of 2009

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-12/looking-back-100-best-innovations-2009

I like the power roller, and the home heat loss analyzer.

Christmas 2009

We had a fantastic Christmas weekend with the Lundeen and Brown families coming to Winter Park.

Christmas pictures are here



Santa brought a very nice photo printer that includes an easy to use scanner.  David is starting to look at the baskets of old photos.  The first few are posted here

And well worth looking at!

Oldy But A Goody - Merry Christmas

To all my Liberal Democrat friends:

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2010, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wish.

To all my Conservative Republican and Independent friends:

Merry Christmas

And, Happy New Year!

Free Remote Control of PC

http://www.showmypc.com/

Great for remote troubleshooting and it's free. End-User simply downloads " Show My PC to Remote User v3010 " and shares the created password with the person troubleshooting remotely. The trouble-shooter then can grab control of the end-users machine to help with installations, driver support, or to show how to use a program.

Very powerful tool that we are using at work.