according to computerworld readers, microsoft bob is the biggest tech flop of all time.

its pretty funny when it came out i thought it was exactly what my grandma needed to help her out with using her computer. it was supposed to have a fun and pratical user interface. it had a layout like your house where there was a desk with a calendar on it if you clicked the calendar your calendar program would open if you opened the drawer there was a calculator in which it would launch calc. the type writer opened your word processor and so forth.

according to wikipedia bill gates wife (Melinda French), before she was mrs. gates, lead the project but she left microsoft shortly afterwards.

Bob included various office suite programs such as a finance application, and a funny word processor. The user interface was designed to be helpful to novice computer users, but many saw its methods of assistance as too cute and involved. Each action, such as creating a new text document, featured the step-by-step tutorials no matter how many times the user had been through the process; some users considered this to be condescending. Users were assisted by cartoon characters whose appearance was usually vaguely related to the task.

today we are doing absolutely nothing but laying on the couch channel surfing. firewall was on cinemax so we decided to watch it. it was actually really good, at times it reminded me of the fugitive but all in all we enjoyed it. now watching the lakers, "kwami, kwami, kwami" lol. phil jackson is a comedian.

last night after heather having such a terrible day i took her to game 3 of the lakers playoff vs phoenix, where the lakers were down 0-2. we had 6 row tickets at half court and as you can see by the pictures we were freaken close. the game was incredible after the first quarter i thought for sure they were done with but after kwami brown got hurt he came right back to score 4 quick dunks and then kobe just was on fire. it was a great game all the way thru. check out all the pictures here.

ferry corsten ruled last night... here are the pics i will write about it later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_koan

Victory
A student was playing a handheld video game during a class.
The teacher called on the student and asked him what he was doing.
The student replied that he was trying to master the game.
The teacher said, "There exists a state in which you will not attempt to master the game, and the game will not attempt to master you."
The student asked, "What is this state?"
The teacher said, "Give me your video game, and I will show you."
The student gave him the game, and the teacher threw it to the ground, breaking it into pieces. The student was enlightened.

this is the fist year cameron has played in competive baseball. every year before they have never kept score, the kids all got to play and they played every position. either the coach would pitch or they had a machine. anyways, this year is the first year of "real" baseball. the kids pitch to eachother and it is very competitive.

cameron's team is in first place and cameron has been playing well but the last few games he has struggled at the plate striking out not swinging at the pitches. that all changed last night, his first at bat he struck out but atleast he was swinging at good pitches. his second at bat he hit a pop fly over the first baseman's head and eventually scored. his last at bat came in the last inning where there were two outs and the tying runner on second base. cameron swung on and missed his first pitch. the second pitch he connected for a double driving in the tying score!

the next batter grounded out but the team was able to hold off and the game ended in a tie. cameron was super excited as was his team which i think boosted his confidence. very very exciting. the picture above is of cameron unfortunetly i didn't have my camera so this is a pic of a game from last year.

this weekend we are going to see one of my favorite dj's, ferry corsten. i haven't seen him in over a year, we missed him in miami, which was a bummer but hopefully we will make up for it this weekend :) ya!

ferry's top track's for april:

This is the Top 5 with my favourite tracks for April 2007:

1. Breakfast - The Sunlight
2. Forerunners - Lifecycle
3. Ron van den Beuken - Alcatrazz
4. Coldplay - Fix You (AJW Mix)
5. Jose Gonzalez - Crosses

friday night we joined the cubscout pack at camp pendelton of all places, yes there is a camp site on the marine base. we got out pitched tent and then went for a hike. you can see all my random comments on my twitter account or on the right hand side of my blog under twitter. pretty funny stuff, lol. we had a good time.

i went to bed early so i could get up and come to work. we built a new room for a servers so we had to shut down everything and get them moved over. after about 8 hours of straight physical work (even with my finger messed up) finally everything was back up and running properly. now i have the task of getting all the wires situated so it doesn't look like a bunch of spagetti, lol

well back to work, check out the rest of the pictures.

i just went thru one of the most painful experiences of my life. i smashed my finger last weekend went to the doctor on tuesday and said to take antibiotics which i have for the past week but the swelling and subsequent infection got worse. everyday people would freak out so i finally went back to the doctor today. big mistake!

i go to the same doctor as my kids so in a sense i am seeing a pediatrician. they scheduled me for their last appointment so i wouldn't freak out any of the kids with the amount of screaming and blood that was about to come out of me.

first they wiped it down with iodine and alcohol then sprayed something on it that was "supposed" to numb the area, all it did was make it cold. then he took my finger and proceeded to stick a hole in it 20 different times where the infection was. that hurt but was ok. then he squeezed my finger has hard as he could like it was some pimple. the nurse was freaking out... i guess its not everyday the pediatrician gets to perform surgery, lol. well the swelling is gone but i am in much worse pain. it has taken me 20 minutes to type this because i can't use my middle finger at all.

oh well now i get to go camping with the cubscouts at camp pendelton. this prescription of codeine should come in handy.

are there so many E's, D's and C's in so many words? im in so much freakin pain its not even funny :( why oh why am i so clumsy? going to the doctor tomorrow where i am sure he will want to drain the blood. im sure its going to hurt like hell too, man, im not happy!, and im not like "most children", lol.

Sometimes blood collects under the nail -- what we call a subungual hematoma. When handled properly, this does not increase or decrease the odds of the nail healing well. If enough blood is trapped to cause painful throbbing, the nail should be evaluated.

Often the physician will pierce the nail to relieve the pressure. The physician might use a red-hot paper clip, an 18-gauge needle, or an electrocautery machine. While the procedure sounds gruesome (and looks dramatic when the blood starts to spurt from the hole), most children feel great relief and no discomfort. The hot tool glides through the nail like butter.

via drgreene.com

update: well i went to the doc yesterday. he didn't relieve any pressure and now its swollen even more and hurting just as bad. what he did do was give me antibotics which has a side effect of DEATH. yes thats right death. wonderful, well atleast my life insurance is paid up.

no i didn't paint my finger nail black. last night i was getting out a pan to hard boil the eggs and somehow all the pans decided fall on my middle finger. at first it was just a little blue but hurt like hell. well 24 hours later it still hurts but my entire nail is filled with blood and throbbing. you have no idea how many times you need to use your middle finger to type. ouch, ouch, OUCH. i think i broke something, im probably going to loose my nail. this just sux bad. going to try to go to the doc tomorrow where he will most likely want to drain the blood from underneath my nail, now that sounds like fun doesn't it?

these pics are from easter morning, next year we need to let joey start vicky and cameron always find the obvious ones leaving joey to find the more difficult ones. here are the rest of the pictures

here are the pictures of the kids coloring their easter eggs

happy easter all. the kids made this for us. its been a great day i will post the pictures soon.

well after 6 months of pulling fiber 8 miles to our office we finally got our DS3. let me tell you it was worth the wait!

looking through some old pictures i found this one of cameron on his graduation from kindergarden, isn't he cute?? just had to share. man time flies this seems like yesterday. i never thought i would say this but i am getting old dammit!

heather, if you are reading this, lol. thinkgeek.com had this up as an april fools joke but apparently they got so many requests they are going to make it, sweet!

Hey! You! Quit emailing us to make this for REAL already ;) We promise, we'll make it. In fact we are already working on it. You've just forced our hand! Click the 'email me when available' link above to get notified! Thanks! I guess the joke is on us this year :p

oh, btw, if anybody else is reading this and would like to get me something. here is my wishlist :)

joey fell asleep with his ipod.

they just raised the 91express lanes another $1.00, if you want to travel eastbound to corona, to $9.50 from 4-5 on friday's. who the hell can afford that? i guess a lot of people its always jammed packed. crazy i tell ya. via ocregister:

Increased rates during some hours -- which begin Tuesday -- for eastbound commuters are:

$8.50 from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays

$5.45 from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays

$4.95 from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays

$4.95 from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursdays

$9.50 from 4 to 5 p.m. Fridays

$8 from 5 to 6 p.m. Fridays.

i hate spam!! i spent the better half of last night cleaning out all the spam that we had in our database. over 300,000 viagra, gay sex, cialis, etc. ads. i guess our sites are pretty popular, huh? haha

i am not doing that again, so for now i have closed the comments until i can develop a spam blocker. if you would like to leave a comment you can email me, my email address is on the right side in the navigation nugget.

last night our entire family got together at mastro's in costa mesa to celebrate my gramma's 80th birthday. the night was fantastic and even though my gramma hates surprises i think she had a great time. here are all the pictures of the night:

gramma's 80th birthday