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My Brother’s Wedding
Well, my brother, Eric, and Lisa are officially married!!! The weekend went well minus the craptacular service from the hotel (I’ll post about that later). We got there Friday afternoon and got ready for the rehearsal. I’m kind of convinced that they try to make you less nervous during the actual ceremony [...]
My Best Man Speech and Prayer
Here is a copy of the speech that I made for my brother’s toast at the reception:
I’ve been rather nervous about this speech. Since there’s family here, I didn’t want to offend anyone by talking in too much detail about Eric’s wild past. So, I edited out anything that might upset anyone present. [...]
What People Don’t Know About Champaign
Everybody knows that Champaign is infamous for its ultra-cold winters. Those freezing temperatures and then that wind just kicks you while you’re down. But what fewer people realize is that the summer can be absolutely scorching. Today we had a heat index of 114 degrees! Check out the screenshot from weather.com.
Links for 2006-07-24 to 2006-07-30
( Cool Sites )
Presentation Tips for Computer Science Grad Students
(del.icio.us tags: powerpoint research tips)
Problematic extensions – MozillaZine Knowledge Base
(del.icio.us tags: extension firefox lists)
Cheatsheets and Reference
A list of various sites that have technical cheatsheets on various topics.
(del.icio.us tags: code directory lists)
The Vi/Ex Editor
Tutorials on the vi editor.
(del.icio.us tags: linux reference tutorial)
Hosting Zoom
Recommended hosting service.
(del.icio.us tags: hosting web)
Happy One Year Blog Birthday to Us!
Bring out the cake and confetti…it was exactly one year ago today that the first post was made on mattandleighann.com. It was a quote by Bjarne Stroustrup on technology. Followed shortly thereafter with praises for Arrested Development, which was cancelled months ago (though, Microsoft is going to stream old episodes for free online).
Man, [...]
The Joys of Video Editing (Or Lack Thereof)
Goal: Take an hour of camcorder footage, digitize it, splice out the best clips, and burn it to a DVD.
Why does this process have to be so freakin’ hard? This details my adventure. First, there’s the matter of getting the film from my friend’s camcorder, which only has composite outputs, to a digital [...]
Kodak Moment
( Photos )
We are having some tornadic weather in Illinois tonight (like usual), but this thunderstorm has particularly cool lightening. Matt didn’t think I could do it, but I managed to get a picture of the lightening! Check it out…
PHinisheD Photos
To celebrate me being PHinisheD (get it…PHD), Leigh Ann did a photo shoot for me around campus and I put it up in an album. Evidently, my idea of celebration involves making funny faces.
Also, Leigh Ann and I took some pics around our apartment last weekend (the 2006_07_SundayAfternoon* photos). Pay no attention to [...]
Links for 2006-07-17 to 2006-07-23
( Cool Sites )
Ed. Note: The best link is the Baby Name Generator. It is an app that graphs how the popularity of a name has changed over the past 130 years. So, you can see if you were named during a “trendy” period for your name or estimate how popular a name will be in the future [...]
A Tribute Video to Will and Valerie
Will and Valerie Smith are off to Ohio to begin the next phase of their lives. We wish them the best of luck. Leigh Ann put together this video for them to highlight our time together (particularly those times after we bought a digital camera). She usedWindows Movie Maker which comes with Windows XP. It [...]
Words of Wisdom
( Matt's Posts )
I wanted to share some words of wisdom I received from my baby brother, Jared. During a recent email exchange I was telling him about several disappointing situations that have happened recently and how it seems that when it rains it pours. I ended by asking “when will the rain end?” Here [...]
All Our Random Quotes in One Place
( Matt's Posts )
Due to popular demand, we have put the entire database of all those random quotes you see on the side bar on one page. Enjoy!
Protected: Dinners for the Sleep Deprived New Parents
( Uncategorized )
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Links for 2006-07-10 to 2006-07-16
( Cool Sites )
Calculate shipping rates – Lifehacker
List of sites to calculate approximate shipping costs.
(del.icio.us tags: utilities)
EFF: Frequently Awkward Questions for the Entertainment Industry
A list of questions for MPAA/RIAA representatives.
(del.icio.us tags: business movies music p2p)
GIMPTalk.com – Ultimate gimp tutorials and community forum
(del.icio.us tags: design gimp tutorials)
The Big Religion Comparison Chart – ReligionFacts
(del.icio.us tags: lists reference religion)
Happy
( Our Life )
The past several months have been very stressful for Matt and I, to say the least. But when I really think about, we actually have so much to be thankful for every day. I hope you take the time today to think about a few things that make you smile each day. [...]
Links for 2006-07-03 to 2006-07-09
( Cool Sites )
athousandandone | the greatest photos of all-time
Aims to collect some of the most popular photos from history.
(del.icio.us tags: database photos)
Coupon Codes, Promotional Codes and Discounts at CurrentCodes.com
Database of promo codes that can be used.
(del.icio.us tags: database deals)
Don’t Call Me a “Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey”
Man, if you missed the World Cup final, you’ve gotta check out this video of Zidane getting a red card for headbutting an Italian player:
If you’re going to get ejected from the game, that’s the way to do it. Evidently Zidane didn’t get the memo about the French not liking fights.
Our South Carolina Trip
We took a trip down to South Carolina this past weekend to celebrate the Fourth with Leigh Ann’s family. We were fortunate to be joined by some of our friends from Champaign, Will and Valerie Smith. They’re getting all the travel out of them before Will starts his new job next month. [...]
Bring Out the Gimp
I played around a little with GIMP this past week. It is the open source equivalent of Photoshop. I like it better in Linux (haven’t tried the Windows port) because it’s much faster than Photoshop Elements in Windows on our computer. If anyone knows of some simple Photoshop or GIMP techniques that [...]
Democratic Target #1: Joe Lieberman?
The Democrats have a golden opportunity in this year’s elections based on the polls that show a discontent with the Republican president and Congress. So you you’d think they’d be dedicating their efforts towards defeating Republican incumbents. Instead, their number one target at the moment appears to be Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman based [...]