Introducing Project Me...

So, I'll let you know what project me is in a minute... I just wanted to start off by saying that it was snowing when I got here... and it is snowing now that I am about to leave.

It is 24 degrees outside, and just a few hours ago there was no snow on the ground.  Now, it looks like we have at least an inch, maybe two.  Plus, to make things more interesting, the snow does not seem to be slowing down at all.

So, that being said, I think I will actually introduce project me.

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A sort of neat idea I have to make an animated GIF image of me growing up over the years... so far I am missing 10 pictures to make the sequence complete, but today I just scanned in 14 of the 15 pictures I need... plus a couple extra of when I was young... a family portrate from less than a year of my birth, and some other stuff too.

I really think the whole thing will be cool once I get everything up to par.

anyway... for now I'm waiting until I get back to Seattle, where I will be able to look through a few more pictures I have laying around... and I guess my real goal is just to show my face.  anyway... until next time...

Later,

     SteveO

No more snow, but lots of wind...

So, the snow all melted. we have had above freezing temperatures, wind, and rain. Actually, I have to say it feels a lot more like Seattle than Linden outside. So, I have found a more permanent home for my webcam to sit until Wednesday. I have a lot to get done in the next couple of days. I was hoping to get Sally's computer fixed, but she has not brought it over for me to look at it... I assume her computer is in just as bad shape as mom's was. I have only seen the essential friends, which is nice, but I would like to see some of the regulars that I always visit when I come back. I think today I'm going to go over to my sister's house and try to get her TV working correctly. She just got a digital conversion box, but she doesn't pick up any channels.

Other than that, Jaani has been happy, I've been happy.

I am currently copying all the files from mom's old computer to her new external hard drive. With my webcam running that seems to have slowed down to 950KB/sec. Then I will copy her sewing stuff onto her old computer, where she can use her 3.5" floppys with her super-duper sewing machine. At least until I convince her that she just needs to get the USB conversion kit.


Anyway, that is neither here nor there. I should get going, and get something to eat while I'm at it.

Later,
SteveO

Christmas is over now...

The holiday season is just about over. And at that note so is the year... So at least I got a good picture of almost my whole family. I have everyone except my brother... so that's actually pretty good considering. He decided to skip out before I had a chance to take the picture... oh well, maybe I will have another chance to get everyone in one picture... I hope. I usually only get one chance at that every year, but who knows.

Just to give an update on the weather, today is a crazy day... definately Michigan weather... we had freezing rain last night, it was about 30 degrees this morning, and iGoogle tells me that it is 56 degrees out right now. It's a really nice temperature to go out without a coat or sweater, but all the snow is melting (which is flooding everything...) and it makes it hard to keep the dogs clean. So, I have to try and keep them from going on the grass... ha... yea right.

I got some cool stuff for Christmas. I got: Gloves, 2 hats, a frying pan, a beard trimming kit, 16GB USB memory stick, 2GB memory card for my camera, 2 programming books, a book called The China Study, Socks, a 2009 Michigan calendar, a calendar with pictures of my family, a box if cliff bars, a coffee mug, and more stuff... pretty much everything I asked for and then some.

It was a lot of fun to see the whole family again, and then last night I went down to Troy to hang out with some friends. I figure I've spent the past week hanging around with my family, now this week I'll spend time hanging around with my friends.

So, I'll call that a quick update, and I'll post again soon.

Later,
SteveO

Poor Weather on Christmas Eve!

So, no picture for this post... but it is raining and 41 degrees outside. So, all the snow is melting and additional water is building up in the puddles. I guess I'm happy a brought my rain coat with me.. anyway, the really bad thing about the rain is that tomorrow's forecast calls for a hight of 27 degrees and a chance of snow. What that translates to is an ice storm. Once the rain falls it will melt the snow on the road... then as night fall, the water (which has no way to run off the road) freezes (and runs you off the road).

So, I need to be extra careful as to what I do today, and I need to be quick about it too.

I will call that a quick update.

Later,

SteveO

Family Christmas Party

To, today we had the family Christmas party and it was a fun night.  Unfortunately we were short 10 local family members and 2 extended local family members members due to a combination of poor weather and sickness... plus we missed our beloved 5 long distance family members... However, I am pleased to announce that some pictures are online and I have a time-lapse video of everything that should have been on the webcam.

Here are the pictures...


Speaking of the webcam...  I was having this issue that kept throwing a wrench in the Internet connection... You see, we have a home router, laptop computer, desktop computer, copy machine, fax machine, and huge christmas tree all on one circuit... There is also one more plug on the circuit that we normally don't use and it is in the perfect place to plug in a space heater in the basement... The certain smokers at the party (that don't go out to the garage to smoke) kept going into the basement, cracking the door-wall, and turning on the space heater to keep warm;  that kept blowing the circuit.  As a result, the Internet connection would go down... thus the webcam didn't work very well.  However, for those of you who were disappointed by the webcam not working correctly, I have this time-lapse video of everything you could have seen. I even added some random song as a soundtrack!


I used the song because it was provided by YouTube as this new soundtrack replacement feature... I kinda like it.

So, the party went well, everyone had a good time, and it brings us all 1 day closer to the real christmas, which is just as good as the party, but for different reasons that what makes the party so totally awesome!

That's it for now.

Later,
     SteveO

Special webcam page!

I created a special page for the day that updates the webcam every 10 seconds!

http://imthefrizzlefry.googlepages.com/webcam

On a lighter note...

There is plenty of snow in Seattle... enough to go snowboarding down queen ann hill (just north of downtown...)

Just a quick update... BTW, if you search YouTube you can find all kinds of videos from the snow they had in Seattle the past couple of days... cars spinning down hills... people snow-shoeing around town... snowboarding down hills... and just about anything you could think of. It's just crazy.

Later,
SteveO