April 11, 2010

Short Updates

Posted by Scott at 10:23 PM

Good morning! Welcome to the feast of Divine Mercy. This morning Michael and Daniel make their first Holy Communion. 6:35am

Back from Mass and breakfast. The twins seemed a bit anxious all the way up until receiving their first Communion, and then they were completely happy and relaxed afterwards. Four children down, one to go. Timothy receives his next spring. 11:02am

Timothy and I prep'd the tractor for another season of yard work. While we had the tools out we also tuned his bike up. I bought him some Reese's for being such a good helper. 5:52pm

Watching "Sherlock Holmes" with Michelle and Claire. 7:24pm

Bookmarks I made today:

Chocolate Cherry Brownies Recipe
Comment: My mom used to make a chocolate cherry cake that I loved when I was growing up. But brownies?! Sounds awesome! Must. Bribe. Claire.
Excerpt: I used just shy of a pound of Guitard 55% chocolate chips in this recipe. You could go darker if you like, and shave or chop the chocolate from bars, which is what I typically do. I used Dagoba unsweetened cocoa powder. ...

TiVo Premiere review -- Engadget
Comment: At a prompting from some friends, I decided to dig deeper and see what the reviews of the new TiVo have been. Over the past decade I've felt the old Series 2 user interface get "laggier" and it sounds like the new line is even more so. That's too bad. I may have to look into building my own DVR based on something like MythTV, XMBC, Boxee or similar.
Excerpt: TiVo's never had to really compete against anything except its own extremely popular products. That's a recipe for timid incremental change, which is exactly what the Premiere feels like -- TiVo says it's reinventing the DVR, but all it's really done from a consumer perspective is add some nice new ...

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