Welcome to my blog. This is where I spill out my thoughts on....anything. Forgive me, I sometimes go longer than I should between posts. I'm getting better though. Thanks for looking!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Vikings waive Randy Moss less than one month after trade from Patriots - USA Today
Well looky here...http://usat.ly/a1G4QO
VLC for iPhone and iPad soon to disappear thanks to GPL complaints - Engadget
This one's a heads-up for my iPhone people out there...get it while it lasts - http://bit.ly/b3gSyp
Friday, October 22, 2010
Houston, We’ve Had A Check-In: NASA Astronaut Just Used Foursquare From Space
There it is...the internets have gone galactic! http://tcrn.ch/9JfSZX
10 geek sins that will get your geek card revoked! | TechRepublic
For all my geek peeps out there...a must read - http://bit.ly/buBKHj
Winamp Beta for Android - Lifehacker
The geeks from back in the day will smile at this one... http://bit.ly/bOqxnZ
Friday, October 8, 2010
Google Cuts The Cord On Its Free 411 Service - Techcrunch
First Wave, now Goog-411...is somebody streamlining? Google Cuts The Cord On Its Free 411 Service
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Skype for Android breaks free of Verizon exclusivity | Android Central
Alright all of you Androids...you can now get your Skype on... http://bit.ly/95eFjj
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Segway: Is it safe to ride? - CSMonitor.com
Yes, it's safe to ride...don't jump it off a cliff. Most things aren't safe when taken off a cliff! Segway: Is it safe to ride? - CSMonitor.com
Monday, September 27, 2010
Southwest to buy AirTran (CNN Money)
Good news for those who aren't currently served by SWA...Southwest to buy AirTran - Sep. 27, 2010 (CNN Money)
Segway Inc. owner rides over cliff to his death -- Engadget
Dude....jump off BEFORE the cliff!!! Crazy!!! Segway Inc. owner rides over cliff to his death -- Engadget
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Goats walking on a dam...this is crazy! (youtube)
http://bit.ly/bP76hx (youtube) watch in amazement...
RIM may launch its Black Pad tablet Monday | Smartphones | TechRepublic.com
Let's see where this goes...RIM is finally waking from a slumber? RIM may launch its Black Pad tablet Monday | Smartphones | TechRepublic.com
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Buzz Kill : LOL: The Life of Leo
Leo Laporte has a Social media/Micro blogging epiphany...wow! Buzz Kill : LOL: The Life of Leo
Friday, August 13, 2010
Droid 2 R2-D2 edition coming September 30 -- Engadget
Seriously...I must have this! This IS the droid you're looking for! Droid 2 R2-D2 edition coming September 30 -- Engadget
Glass-Bottomed Hot Air Balloon Is a Terrifying Experience - Gizmodo
Let me just say that I am NOT doing this! Glass-Bottomed Hot Air Balloon Is a Terrifying Experience
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Google Axes Wave - PCWorld
This makes me sad. Hopefully they roll the functionality into GMail! Google Axes Wave - PCWorld
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Microsoft Windows BSOD Caused Deepwater Horizon Disaster | Techrights
OMG!!! The Windows BSOD went and did it this time...Darth Gates is gonna be furious!!! http://bit.ly/dcelBd (techrights blog link)
Huge asteroid on possible collision course with Earth (172 years from now) - CSMonitor.com
Not really sure how this is relevant given the fact that NONE of us will be here after 2012!!!;) http://bit.ly/dDhI20 (csmonitor link)
Lawsuit Says iPad Overheats, is 'Unusable' in Direct Sunlight | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
Is it beat-up on Apple month or what?!... http://bit.ly/ces4qr (pcmag link)
Porsche kicks off 918 Spyder hybrid production | TG Daily
Yes please!... http://bit.ly/cP0DOP (TG Daily link)
Monday, July 26, 2010
Fluid - Free Site Specific Browser for Mac OS X Leopard
This is a must have for you MAC users out there...it lets you create webapp/site launcher shorcuts on the desktop or dock... Fluid - Free Site Specific Browser for Mac OS X Leopard
Friday, July 23, 2010
Microsoft becomes official ARM licensee... -- Engadget
Interesting Friday news...custom silicon for Win phone7 maybe? Hmmm... http://bit.ly/b0fDyr(Engadget link)
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Little-Known S.C. Candidate Makes First Speech : NPR
Uh-oh...time to get those Alvin Greene bobbleheads ready?! http://n.pr/9PUfOv (NPR link)
Thursday, July 15, 2010
John Daly Turns Heads With a 66 at the British Open - NYTimes.com
Go "Big John"! I'd love to see him take it...http://nyti.ms/ah22bN (NYTimes.com link)
Is Apple Announcing an iPhone 4 Recall Friday? | Valleywag
This sounds to me like it's getting serious...btw...last Friday I predicted that this would happen. http://bit.ly/audO47 (Valleywag link)
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
AP reports death of George Steinbrenner | USA Today
Big news Yankee fans...wow! http://bit.ly/c92leO (USA Today link)
Apple Censors Threads On Negative Consumer Reports' iPhone 4 Test | Gizmodo
Oh boy...Apple needs to step up on this one! http://bit.ly/bgvYt0 How did this flaw in design get past the engineering stage? It's scary...and will prove to be very expensive for Apple...
Monday, July 12, 2010
Fashionable Duct tape wallets - Craftynest
You know you want one...now get out there and start crafting! http://bit.ly/9bxck5
Build-Your-Own-Apps for Android - PCWorld
I'll be checking this out for sure...all you wanna-be app devs should give it a try. Android Gets a Build-Your-Own-App App - PCWorld
Friday, July 9, 2010
Facebook Will Shut Down Virtual Gift Shop | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
Wow...the world will surely miss this! Virtual gifts are almost as important as spending actual money on a Farmville sheep... Facebook Will Shut Down Virtual Gift Shop | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
Cat amputee fitted with 'bionic' feet - CNN.com
This story is too cool! Not the whole "getting it's feet cut off by a combine" thing but the bionic feet part...Cat amputee fitted with 'bionic' feet - CNN.com
Check it out on Youtube...
Thursday, July 8, 2010
The LeBron James Surreality Show - NYTimes.com
Is this seriously what the NBA has become? A 60 minute ego trip...now I recall why I stopped caring years ago!!! http://nyti.ms/aCEAaF (NYTimes.com link)
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
MGM kills James Bond -- It's official the world is doomed!!!
Mark this day on your calendar. More than 2 years before the Mayan calendar predicts our downfall, MGM jumped the gun and killed 007...the unthinkable is now reality!!! A moment of silence for the human race...MGM kills James Bond
Android 2.2 : A Deep, Delicious Dive Into Froyo - HotHardware
For all you 'Droid heads out there. I figured you would enjoy the read...http://bit.ly/bHEriQ (hot hardware link)
First Look at the Improved and Redesigned Firefox 4 (lifehacker)
This is pretty cool. All of us Mozilla users will understand. For those of you IE users...make the change to Firefox peeps! http://bit.ly/bBRhBp (lifehacker link)
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Grand Opening: The Apple Store, Haywood Mall. July 10 @ 10:00 am
This is awesome news...I'll be there! http://bit.ly/9ikBla (Apple.com link)
Best Buy employee fired for mocking iPhone fans | TG Daily
Read this over the weekend...sad...http://bit.ly/aqS6M5 (TGDaily link)
George Michael's Driving And Legal Difficulties: A History (MTV.Com)
What's up with George? C'mon babe...ya gotta have faith!...http://bit.ly/a47nTo (MTV link)
Reading on Paper is Faster than iBooks on the iPad
Heresy I tell you...heresy! http://bit.ly/9sZWdg (PC World link)
New York, Northeast Baking Under Dangerous Heat Through Week
Stay safe up there in the Northeast everybody...I'm sure there'll a run on air conditioners...http://bit.ly/9EYbSK
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Nurse being kissed in iconic wartime picture dies, aged 91 | World news | The Guardian
Nurse being kissed in iconic wartime picture dies, aged 91 | World news | The Guardian...This is a downer. Fyi...there's a statue of this very image in downtown Sarasota, FL. Google it.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
New blog host and layout.
It seems as though Google is everywhere I want to be :) I already use docs, buzz, gmail, iGoogle and calendar so it seemed like a natural progression to move my blog over to Blogger. It's much more extensible than Flatpress with excellent tools and good pre-built layouts. I hope to be more active in my entries so you all know what's going on with me and if you happen to see an ad that catches your fancy, click-through!
Stay cool out there!
-P
Stay cool out there!
-P
Things are heating up!
June 1, 2010
Well…Summer’s here or at least it’s on it’s way. One of the reasons I like living in the south is that the summers are beautiful and the winters are never too cold. My mother has been here visiting. She comes every spring and usually stays for a month. We love having her and Whelan ( our dog) is infatuated with “grammy”. Work has been pretty busy for both Chris and I. We’ll be having our annual summer party soon. That is always an excellent time to just hang out and have good food and drinks with great friends. The guitars inevitably get pulled out later in the evening and played out on the patio…sorry neighbors! Chris is planning a vacation in the Outer Banks of N.C. sometime in August. We really need a break from all of the day-to-day grind that each of us know too well.
As always, keep your head’s up and don’t let life pass you by. ‘Til next time!
-P
Errr….Happy Holidays?
January 12, 2010
Well…the holidays are over and a new year is upon us. Hopefully 2010 will mark the beginning of the end for the slump that the economy has been in since 2008. The holidays, as usual, came and went too quickly! December 30th marked the 10 year anniversary of marriage for Chris and I….my best friend and love of my life! She is my biggest supporter and confidant and for that I am eternally grateful. Work is keeping me busy and Chris is enjoying her new job as well. It’s been cold down here in the South. I believe it’s getting colder every winter since we moved to South Carolina. So much for global warming I guess. Global cooling or climate change anyone? I hope everybody had a great holiday season and found you and yours in good health and spirits! Stay positive and keep your head up!!!
-P
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
November 27, 2009
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and that you were able to spend it with friends and family. We stayed in town this year as our gathering in Raleigh was shifted to Long Island for a combo birthday/thanksgiving party. Luckily for my wife and I, we have some great neighbors in Patrick and Carlin. They heard we were staying home and invited us to spend Thanksgiving with them at Patrick’s family in Columbia. As usual everybody ate too much and the food comas’ were coming on strong! :) We had a great time! Patrick’s father and stepmother are wonderful people and treated us as extended members of the family. That is the spirit of the holiday…giving thanks for this GREAT country and being with people you love!!! Again, a huge thanks to Patrick and Carlin. Stay healthy and happy and have a wonderful holiday season!!!!
-P
Whew…it’s been a while!
October 14, 2009
Hey all. I’ve been on the road enough that I haven’t updated the blog. Sorry. The new product roll-out is going spectacular! We have not had a new product get this kind of traction ever, I’m told. Everything is good with the wife and the animals. It’s starting to cool off down here in the south. So beautiful this time of year. I need to get out and mow the lawn. It’s starting to look like a mini jungle out there! Halloween is coming up soon so keep those little trick or treaters safe and have a good time! Getting all dressed up in those costumes was always so cool. You kind of miss the simple things when you get older it’s nice to reflect on the “old days” That is all for know people. Don’t forget…”keep one foot in the gutter and one fist on the gold!”
-P
Been traveling a bit lately.
August 19, 2009
It’s been since right before we went on vacation that I added an entry. The Mon. we got back I headed straight to Raleigh for a few days and tonight I just got back from a couple of days in Indianapolis. It was my first trip to the Midwest and Indy is a nice city. We went to a great steakhouse in the suburb of Fishers. Excellent Bleu cheese crusted Filet! Work is keeping me pretty busy these days as we ramp up the new products. That is all for now…
-P
It’s been since right before we went on vacation that I added an entry. The Mon. we got back I headed straight to Raleigh for a few days and tonight I just got back from a couple of days in Indianapolis. It was my first trip to the Midwest and Indy is a nice city. We went to a great steakhouse in the suburb of Fishers. Excellent Bleu cheese crusted Filet! Work is keeping me pretty busy these days as we ramp up the new products. That is all for now…
-P
Vacation coming up!
July 30, 2009
Heading out to Fripp Island on Sat. morning for vacation. We’re renting a six bedroom house right across from the beach with a bunch of my wife’s family. It’s going to be a packed shack and I’m anticipating a great week relaxing and drinking a few cold ones with Johnny Cac and the rest of the clan! I’ve been pretty busy at work with my new position and ramping up the new product from a sales engineering and product management standpoint. Alot of conference calls and sales meetings with the Regional VP’s and sales team. It’s exciting to see this start rolling. I’ll update the blog when we return from vacation and regale you with the stories! Live long and prosper!
-P
Man am I bad at golf!
June 17, 2009
So I played golf for the first time since March and it was not pretty. I really need to take some lessons. Part of the problem is a lack of practice which means my medically held together back gets tired before I finish 9 holes. I started off hitting my tee shots etc. decently but as my back tired and got stiff, all went downhill! The ball was literally flying all over the place. Big John and I managed to have a great time in spite of this(as we always do) but my lack of golf ability gets me frustrated and sloppy. I definitely need to give the instructor a call….SOON!!!!!!! As always, keep your heads up and eyes straight forward!
-P
Summer is on it’s way. I love it!
June 11, 2009
Don’t you just love summer? I do. If I could wear shorts everyday of my life that would make me a happy man. Remember the days as a kid when school was out of session? Riding around on your bike with your friends without a care in the world. Ahhh the good ole days. That’s it for now. Everyone have a great summer!
-P
Well…I’m 36 today. I feel good though.
June 3, 2009
Yes folks, today is the day of my birth. On this day in 1973 Yonkers, NY you were all gifted with my presence(just kidding!) Thanks to everybody for the kind words and abundance of e-cards. Isn’t the web a wonderful thing. It thinks for us…yeah! Lunch was on Bobby today and I ate a bit too much at Macaroni Grill. Sorry to Halle for the lunch invite foul-up. Mom goes back to VT in the morning. We had a great time. Tina and I will miss her alot. We always have such a great time hangin’ with Mom! Thanks again and don’t forget, we are all part owners of GM now so we have that going for us!
-P
Happy Memorial Day!
May 26, 2009
Memorial Day is a day for us to honor and remember those who have fought and died for the freedom that all Americans enjoy. This is probably lost on alot of people these days. We seem to have forgotten the sacrifice that so many have made for this great country without even knowing who we are. So keep these thoughts in your hearts on this day and do what you can to honor the men and women of our armed forces.
-P
Memorial Day is a day for us to honor and remember those who have fought and died for the freedom that all Americans enjoy. This is probably lost on alot of people these days. We seem to have forgotten the sacrifice that so many have made for this great country without even knowing who we are. So keep these thoughts in your hearts on this day and do what you can to honor the men and women of our armed forces.
-P
So yeah, “herpes in the workplace”…just kidding!
May 19, 2009
I have a lot of fun at my job. There are a number of great people that I interact with everyday. I wish that for everyone in this world. We spend most of our lives sleeping and the rest is basically spent either at work or traveling to and from. If you don’t love what you do, life can be quite miserable! A few of us were talking about my blog today and I was trying to figure out what to write about and I just blurted out “herpes in the workplace!” So now you know. And remember, “love what you do and at the very least do everything to the best of your ability” At the end of the day all we have left is the legacy we leave…
-P
OMG!!! Brett Favre watch has me on the edge of suicide…j/k. But c’mon is it necessary?
May 14, 2009
I love the NFL Network. I really do. But this whole Favre watch is too much for me. Let’s just update everyone when he finally signs with someone. If we don’t hear anything else we’ll assume he hasn’t and go about our day. Any thoughts? Any cander? Let me know….
-P
I love the NFL Network. I really do. But this whole Favre watch is too much for me. Let’s just update everyone when he finally signs with someone. If we don’t hear anything else we’ll assume he hasn’t and go about our day. Any thoughts? Any cander? Let me know….
-P
I am really digging this guy’s stuff right now!
May 13, 2009
I happened to see Raphael Saadiq on “Dancing with the Stars” last night and was blown away. Whatever happened to “performers” like this? We’re so deprived by dime - a - dozen music acts today be it rap, rock, r&b, etc. This is very refreshing. I hope you all dig it like I do. Check it out.
I happened to see Raphael Saadiq on “Dancing with the Stars” last night and was blown away. Whatever happened to “performers” like this? We’re so deprived by dime - a - dozen music acts today be it rap, rock, r&b, etc. This is very refreshing. I hope you all dig it like I do. Check it out.
-Pat
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Errr....Happy Holidays?
Well...the holidays are over and a new year is upon us. Hopefully 2010 will mark the beginning of the end for the slump that the economy has been in since 2008. The holidays, as usual, came and went too quickly! December 30th marked the 10 year anniversary of marriage for Chris and I....my best friend and love of my life! She is my biggest supporter and confidant and for that I am eternally grateful. Work is keeping me busy and Chris is enjoying her new job as well. It's been cold down here in the South. I believe it's getting colder every winter since we moved to South Carolina. So much for global warming I guess. Global cooling or climate change anyone? I hope everybody had a great holiday season and found you and yours in good health and spirits! Stay positive and keep your head up!!!
-P
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