Computers... I love em...

You know... I don't know why I enjoy computers and technology so much. In my case it isn't a "productivity" issue. In fact if the truth actually be known, computers have caused me to be less productive in some aspects.

I'm that guy who can sit with my MacBook Pro and spend the whole day surfing the web and not realize that hours and hours have passed.

I have to try every new app I find on my iPhone...

I download and install software on my laptops or desktop then uninstall it the same day. It isn't so much what the software can do for me that I find fascinating, it is just that the way it works is cool. Once I've seen it, unless it is a gotta have application, I'm done.

Beth came by me one day and looked over my shoulder while I was working away on the desktop computer. I told her that I was installing different distos of Linux on virtual machines. She didn't get it. Not the virtual machine part, the part about why I'd want to do it in the first place. I don't know the answer to that one. I think it has something to do with innate geekness!

If you haven't tried it yet, it is way cool. Go download and install VirtualBox from Sun. Then install a bunch of virtual machines running whatever operating systems you can find. It's fun AND educational... That's the ticket! The educational angle...

Our Mini is gone... but the memories remain.

Larry and Beth have Gastric Bypass surgery...

Did I mention that we were thinking of having Gastric Bypass surgery?  I may have forgotten that little item.  Well, we were thinking about it... and on December 16th, 2008 we DID it...  Here is a little video we made while we were in the hospital.

Flying Fun (From Savannah to Tybee Island and back again...)

This summer my daughter Jodi and my Granddaughter Savannah came to see us from Lebanon, Missouri. They brought along some friends of theirs... The Muskrat family, that's right, Mandy Muskrat, Julianna Muskrat and Josiah Muskrat!!! Great folks. We loved having the whole crew here with us for a few days.

While they were here I took them all flying. In the video below Julianna is flying in the right seat and Jodi and Savannah are in the back. I let Julianna do some of the flying and she seems to be a natural. Savannah was snoozing in the back until we started doing some "Zero-G" didos!!!

Check out the smooth landing at the end...

Some flying video...

Beth and I flew our plane (N1537J) up to Charleston, South Caroline for lunch on my birthday in 2007. Beth was capturing the action on a little Kodak digital camera, and I think she did an exceptional job. This video is the flight home to Savannah, Georgia, late in the afternoon, as you will be able to tell by the glare of the sun!

Oh, by the way, the music is Delbert McClinton singing "Everytime I roll the dice..."