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Wii are family!

Family humor

Ok… I have to confess something.  When the wii first came out, i thought it was a stupid idea.  I WAS WRONG!  My grandmother bought my uncle a wii for his birthday last week.  I went over to visit not knowing this and imagine my surprise to see my grandmother playing a contemporary gaming console!  There she was in her pajamas standing in front of the TV, wii remote in hand, swinging her arms and bending down to bowl.  🙂

That was awesome to see!  But then on top of that to see my daughter Mia (6 yrs old) playing and having the time of her life, that was priceless.  Finally a gaming system for the whole family!  So my grandmother and mom went in together and got me one for my birthday and gave it to me early.  So I brought it home for the true test!  My Wife, who has always made fun of me and given me a hard time about my passion for games!   She played a little bit last night with me with not much to say.  But today on iChat she messages me and says I just threw a pitch 98 mph.  Also I bowled a 156, which beat my score I did this morning before leaving for work.  She was excited!

I love Wii!

We are now a “Wii Family”

Do you live in 2007?

Funny

This is an email I got that I thought was blog-worthy!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2007 when…
> >
> >1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
> >
> >2. You haven’t played solitaire with real cards in years.
> >
> >3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
> >
> >4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
> >
> >5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that
> >they
> >don’t have e-mail addresses.
> >
> >6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if
> >anyone
> >is home to help you carry in the groceries.
> >
> >7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the
> >screen.
> >
> >8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn’t have the
> >first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you
> >turn around to go and
> >get it.
> >
> >10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.
> >
> >11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )
> >
> >12 You’re reading this and nodding and laughing.
> >
> >13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this
> >message.
> >
> >14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
> >
> >15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn’t a #9 on this
> >list
> >
> >AND NOW YOU ARE LAUGHING at yourself.

Great tip to keep your Mac fast!

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This is from an article in Macworld. You can find the rest of the article here

Reduce desktop clutter

The desktop can be a great place to drop stuff, but because of the way OSXhandles desktop icons, putting stuff there can also slow your system down. The operating system treats each desktop icon just like a full-size Finder window—the icon takes up a chunk of memory, and the system has to track its position and size at all times. Drop enough files and folders on your desktop, and you may start to notice side effects (such as spinning beach balls) when you’re trying to do something as simple as open a new Finder window. Here’s one simple way to cut down on the clutter (and system drag) without losing that handy storage place: create a folder or two on your desktop (call them Need To Look At and Things To Do, for example), and then move all the items from your desktop into the new folders.

Cool zoom on Tiger

Funny

I went over to JR and Joe’s place tonight for a Halo party (wow it’s been a long time).  Anyway my friend Matt was in from Texas.  He used to live here but now works at a church called watermark in Texas.  That was the reason for the Halo party.

Anyways, while watching JR show us some funny videos on youtube(and here) I saw him do a cool trick that I had never seen before.  I pride myself on knowing tons of apple shortcuts, but I had never seen this one.

Hold down ctrl while scrolling your mighty mouse or touchpad and your screen will zoom in. You can then use your scroll to move around the screen while zoomed in.

Anybody used this one before?  Maybe I’m an idiot and just missed this one somehow.  Leave some comments and let me know.