Digital Clocks in the Classroom

How will we explain "clockwise" when all the analog ones are gone?

Jeff's Donut

And coffee.

Jeff's Cupcake

Looks yummy.

Still Snowing

But that doesn't phase anyone here.

Buffalo Grove

Yes it was 4 after midnight local time. But we finally made it to the
hotel parking lot. That's Jeff and Curtis in the snow drift.

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Mmmm..... heating pads for a snowy day.



Each has to have their own.



I don't know which is worse.. my n800 camera or my Sidekick camera. I'm kind of liking the lo-fi crappiness of then n800 better.

Ugh!!!

Free Public WiFi!

Ever since I got the n800 I've been noticing these "Free Public WiFi" ad-hoc networks near any hotel, airport etc. They are totally useless.

I found a nice article at WLAN BOOK that explains it all:
http://www.wlanbook.com/2007/07/16/free-public-wifi-ssid/

Thank Microsoft (or stupid people or beer or George Bush if you'd rather) for the air pollution.

Not a Serena Libre

Barbar passed this one on to me from a book with a lot of Chilean goodies in it: The Serena Libre. (slight variation between Wikipedia and what we see here)



Well, for some reason I haven't been able to find plain papaya nectar at my local store. I know I can find some somewhere around here, I just haven't yet. So I used some papaya-pineapple nectar. So it's not a Serena Libre. I also used Peruvian pisco... so it's definitely not a Serena Libre since La Serena is in Chile.



I've probably violated both Chilean and Peruvian laws here. Then to top it off I put it in a tiki mug because... just because I wanted to.



Anyway.. it's not bad. I can tell that's it's just not what it's supposed to be because of the pineapple. The pineapple is just too prominent to let the subtle tastes of the pisco through. I have noticed int he meantime that the Chilean pisco has a little more flavor and aroma to it than the Peruvian pisco. Admittedly I've only tried one brand of each so far but I seem to prefer the Chilean. In any case they both rock when making a Pisco Sour with real limes.

The Tiki Bar is Open

Jeff got me this cool sign for my birthday yesterday. I decided to keep it here in the office until I have a home tiki bar.



It's pretty cool in that it looks like a neon sign but it's really using LED's for the lighting. They are all around the edges of the frame and light up the slightly raised graphics. This should have a pretty long life and use a lot less power than neon lighting (not to mention it does not give off much heat.)