Archive for January, 2008

well, maybe not completely.  I have a lot of catch up blogging to do.  Pinewood derby being the main one, but I just could not pass up this You Tube video.  It is about four minutes long, and pretty amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRS9cpOMYv0

By Matt, January 29, 2008, 9:22 o'clock

Sunday after church we went to the maul to look at casual work clothes for me.  JC Penney was having a 75% off close out of their winter clothes.  Well, winter is not over yet.  We spent a moderate amount of time, including pitstops for the kids, and ended up buying 5 new shirts for […]

By Matt, January 28, 2008, 1:06 o'clock

Well, Fred Thompson has officially dropped out of the Presidential race. Despite being a Senator, he was more of a political outsider. I liked that. I think he would have done a good job. He finished third in South Carolina and that was his sign to admit defeat. He has […]

By Matt, January 23, 2008, 8:28 o'clock

Okay, Here are my scores. I am not a dork:

By Matt, January 20, 2008, 10:27 o'clock

I now have the first official mileage results from the new Honda Fit.  I went 303 miles on 9.1 gallons of petrol.  That is 33.296 mpg.  That is mainly city driving with very short highway spurts, so sort of combined.  33 in the city is good.  I will follow up with open road driving if […]

By Matt, January 11, 2008, 10:59 o'clock

Well, the server is up and running. I had one issue with one cooling fan, but that has been solved. I have learned that MS WHS and Norton Internet Security do not play well together. I have opened the correct ports on Norton, even installed the correct allowable app (it said it […]

By Matt, January 4, 2008, 10:58 o'clock

Last night I cam home from work and was greeted by two new boxes, along with wife and kids greeting me too. They were the final parts to my new MS Windows Home Server. I received the DVD drive a couple days back. All parts came in fine, and the build went […]

By Matt, January 3, 2008, 12:51 o'clock