Archive for the 'General' Category

Talk to a person, not a machine!

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

Are you as tired as I am with a machine answering your phone call? Want to bypass all that “Press One For English, Press Two For Customer Service” crap?
Welcome to the GetHuman project.
The gethuman project is a consumer movement to improve the quality of phone support in the US. This free website is run by […]

Happy New Year 2007!

Monday, January 1st, 2007

We made it…barely.

A strange thing happened during the upgrade

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

I got this prompt:

Thanks to Archie. 

Upgraded to WordPress 2.0.5

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

Some scary moments, but I finally got almost everything back online. Lost a post and a comment that I know of, but the other posts and comments made the trip.
Let me know if there are any problems on your end … assuming that somebody still looks at this from time to time.
Oh, yeah. I miss […]

Black Friday Ads

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

For those of you who are willing to brave the crowds on the Friday after Thanksgiving, you can peek at a preview of many of the store ads here:
BlackFriday.info
Black Friday 2006
BlackFriday-Gottadeal.com

Happy Halloween!

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Thought you had seen everything, all those old movies and television shows two or three times even? Well you probably haven’t experienced old time radio!
This media is so old, it is refreshingly “brand new” to many of us. Here, we present 100 of our favorite horror theme stories, from shows like Witch’s Tale, Lights […]

The only thing constant is change.

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

If I have learned anything in my life, it is that change is inevitable. The older we get, the more we resist change. Some changes are forced upon us. Others we create for ourselves.
When we moved to Green Valley almost five years ago I announced that I was never moving again. I have since learned […]

Council Bluffs, IA - Omaha, NE Bridge

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Tucson has decided not to go forward with what I thought would be major attraction to their city. A spectacular bridge which I posted about here.
Perhaps not as grand, and only for pedistrians and bicyclists, work has been commenced on a new bridge spanning the Missouri River, and connecting the cities of Omaha and Council […]

Thermostats

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

If you live in Green Valley, you probably have a service contract with Green Valley Heating and Cooling. Labor is free; parts are not.
Thermostats eventually quit functioning. If you buy a new one from Green Valley H & C, expect to pay around $200. On the other hand, Home Depot sells several under $100, […]

Work continues on the ramada

Friday, July 28th, 2006

More photos from Max.