My wife and I had a rare day to ourselves on Monday, so we decided to have a “date day.” We went clothes shopping 1, had a nice lunch, and then took in an afternoon showing of Pixar’s Inside Out. When it was over I turned to my wife and said, “When it’s out, we…
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Mapping thoughts with Scapple
When I was in college, I was finally able to break free from the “make sure you use proper outlining form for your notes if you want full credit” mind-set and find my own way to process class information. The result was a note-taking method which was unique to me, but looked the way my…
Contested Boundaries – wonderfully complex history
Last Summer I picked up [Contested Boundaries: Itinerancy and the Reshaping of the Colonial American Religious World](Itinerancy and the Reshaping of the Colonial American Religious World) at the Williamsburg bookstore. I typically save one of my purchases to read at the beginning of the following Summer, and this was the work which fell to the…
Exploring cloud backup with Pogoplug
This past year I’ve been working to wean myself off of 3rd cloud storage in favor of cloud storage I actually own. There’s something good about having physical access to the places where my data is kept. Still, I have been in the market for cloud-based backup service which is not free. Gobs and gobs…
Oceanhorn, action RPG for iOS and Steam
Today I finished up Oceanhorn a Zelda-style adventure came available on iOS and Steam. I’ve been eyeing it since it arrived on the iOS app store a while back, and when a sale hit, I jumped on the opportunity to download and play it. To say the game is “Zelda-like” is an understatement, Oceanhorn feels…
Hanging out with Chuck
I’ve recently begun watching through the series Chuck on Netflix. I always thought the show was an interesting premise when it was on the air, but didn’t really have time to follow it. I’ve just begun season three and I continue to enjoy the story of an “ordinary guy” who unwittingly becomes a Spy while…
