Archive for August, 2006

Off to College!

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

Off to College!
Originally uploaded by aswitzer.

I think you can probably guess which of our kids is off to college this evening.
No, not the squinty, happy, I’m so happy I get to stay up late pair of eyes that belong to our three year old….
The beautiful eyes belonging to our eighteen year old, the ones that [...]

Great day for my sports heroes

Monday, August 21st, 2006

Tiger Woods – wins PGA Championship for 12th major. Tiger has replaced the immortal Michael Jordan as my current, favorite sports hero to watch and root for. I love his competitiveness, and the way he carries himself both on the golf course and off. My favorite comment during the weekend was – “His competitor’s are [...]

IHOWTO #2: Start your own Blog

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

Now that you know how to follow other people’s blogs, why not start one yourself?
I guarantee it’s easier than you think! I’m going to show you how, and it will take you less than 5 minutes to set up. That’s right – just 5 minutes!
Now some of you may be trying to decide if this [...]

IHOWTO #1: Following Blogs

Monday, August 7th, 2006

Your new internet word for the day is “RSS”, and is a key to this first Internet-HowTo – Following Blogs.Before we go further though, let’s make sure we are all on the same page – er, what is a Blog? Hey, it’s cool, it’s why you are here reading this, right? If you already are [...]

Week of IHOWTOs!

Monday, August 7th, 2006

This week, I will be writing one new IHOWTO (Internet How-To) each day.
Here are the topics:
Monday – “Following Blogs”
Tuesday – “Start your own Blog”
Wednesday – “Sharing your digital photos”
Thursday – “Adding pictures to a Blog”
Friday – “Create a desktop background from your photos”
Hope you enjoy them!

DecaTech Office Project

Saturday, August 5th, 2006

New Project
Originally uploaded by aswitzer.

Working in my office had become a catch-22. I spend a lot of time down there at night, and it seems like I’m always behind on projects these days, so I never quite felt like I could spare the time to organize it. So, the workspace had become… quite… unorganized. That’s [...]

New blog category – I(nternet)HOWTOs

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

Anyone that follows my blog know that I am a geek.
A refer to myself as a “geek” in a proud way – there is no negative connotation there in this day in age, in my opinion. A geek is someone who loves computers, software, the internet, electronic gadgets, and related subjects. I am as comfortable [...]