Monthly Archives: March 2012

Generational Music Differences

I have to say as Lex grows up the music issue will probably get to me. Him thinking that my favorite bands are terrible. Of course I will think all his music is derivative or noise. It’s the generational chasm that all of us eventually cross however. This is going to be the worst when

Music Metadata Meltdown

A little over a year ago I was almost done with getting my mp3 metadata into shape.  I had a few stragglers but the majority was complete and I would get to it eventually.   Over the last year my collection has grown a lot.  That small part that was probably under 10% of the

Cedar Point Memories – Part 8 – The Blue Streak

The Blue Streak taken by Andrew Borgen The Blue Streak was built in 1964.  I wouldn’t rate it as being one of my favorite roller coasters.   It is however a classic.   The Blue Streak (followed by the Mean Streak) taught me that I’m not the largest fan of wooden roller coasters.   The ride

Cedar Point Memories – Part 7 – Railroads and Mills

Rail Road Station taken by Andrew Borgen I originally said I was going to write about the Sky Wheel, but I had it confused with the other Cedar Point ferris wheel.   I don’t remember the Sky Wheel at all.   Moving on. In 1963 the Cedar Point and Lake Erie Railroad was opened.  The

Cedar Point Memories – Part 6 – Terror In the Sky

The Sky Ride taken by Andrew Borgen In theory, unless you are afraid of heights, there is no terror in the sky.   It is however a catchy title.   In the last post I said I would cover the Sky Ride and Star Voyager.   This is the post you have anxiously been waiting

Roku and Me, Initial Reactions

Earlier this week we ordered a Roku device from Amazon. We purchased the complete bells and whistles XS model. The main reason for this was I wanted a wired connection for the device instead of a wireless one. I knew a couple of people that owned the devices and loved them. I thought I would

Lemurs and Stroller Theft

For the second half of the Lex birthday weekend we took him to the Cleveland Zoo on Monday.   We arrived around 1:30 since we knew it was going to be a short day.   Lex wanted to ride in the stroller for a change and we stuffed his winter jacket in the bottom pocket.