“A quick call to Cox might fix this,” I’d think to myself. Before ever picking up the phone, I’d check the connections, just to be sure. Nobody wants to call tech support only to be asked the infamous Question #0: “Are you sure it’s plugged in?” “Of course it’s plugged in! I’m not an idiot!!”

Somehow the connection would come back to life before I ever dialed the phone.

After another episode tonight, something made me pause and look just a bit longer at the cable running down the back of the desk. “Surely you can’t be serious,” I thought. Leslie Nielsen jokes notwithstanding, I followed the cable to the wall outlet. Even though I haven’t touched the stupid thing in months, the connection was indeed loose. A quick twist and all the blinky lights are green with Interweb goodness.

Stupid outlet. Stupid cable. Stupid me.

Check out some of the photos:

I spent about an hour and a half walking through the site, thinking about that fateful day. While walking in front of the field of empty chairs, all of the feelings of that day came rushing back. The chaos of the morning trying to make it home from the city, the anxious waiting to see who was pulled alive from the wreckage, and the sorrow for those who lost loved ones.

Yet, in that place among the beautiful trees, there was a sense of serenity and peace. I’m sure that what the designers had in mind, but it was an amazing experience nonetheless.

The book arrived via UPS in standard book packaging.

I ordered an 8 in x 10 in landscape hardback with dust jacket. You can see that this is a decent size, but perhaps a bit on the small side for a coffee table book. To show off photos you’re particularly proud of, you might want to order the next size up.

I was particularly pleased with the printing quality. It’s every bit as good as book you’d buy in any large bookstore. The paper is nice and heavy. The large, full-bleed photos look fantastic. Some of the smaller images appeared a bit grainy, but not overly noticeable and still attractive.

The binding appeared to be of very good quality. I’m not a bookbinder, but according to Blurb, they use library binding.

Overall, I am very pleased with my new book. The free software provided by Blurb to design the book was very easy to use and the printed book looks exactly the way they appear in the preview mode in the software.

I went out on a limb and created a book, but it won’t be here for a week or two. I hope it looks good. I’ll post some pictures of the finished product when it gets here.

Amazing operated car by means of remote control.

Car in the spectacular design of car of race in the shades of black with aglow labels with operational journey are amazing.

The car turns a full turn ( 360 degrees ), strong and fast, with battery is claimed 6v. Connection to the short film of demonstration of operational the car:

timmyandjimmy.com/video/40

Turns out the toy car in question isn’t being manufactured anymore and the only information this Israeli toy reseller could find was my website. Go figure. It has generated a whopping two hits so far this month. Maybe I should ask for royalties.

Bob, you will be missed.

I was very pleased with some of the pictures. The Flickr slideshow should be playing below, but if you can’t see it, you can view it on my Flickr page.

Last Saturday we launched an assault on Flattop Mountain.

Ranging in age from 9 to 38, all nine of us reached the top after a couple of hours.

Although this is the most-climbed mountain in Alaska and the vast majority summit the 3510 foot peak, it still gave us a sense of accomplishment to stand on top and look down on the city of Anchorage on one side and up at the Chugach Mountains on the other side.

 Downtown Anchorage from the summit of Flattop.

 The Ptarmigan peaks appear over the summit of Flattop.

Alex, Steve, Eli, and Ryan.

See all of the photos from our climb.