The Cottage story … a work in progress. The family cottage on beautiful Lake of the Woods was the brain child of my dad.
Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
Just a fun loving guy who’s interested in technology, passionate about family, and a follower of Christ. The blog started a long time ago when we were family camping and I had an experience with one of my sons that made me realize how fast time is going by, hence the title, Tempus Fugit. I Read More ...
Hey! Welcome to the bigDadoo website. You’ve landed here for some mysterious reason only know to you but, thanks for dropping by. Most likely, perhaps, you were looking for my original blog? Well, you are there. If you were looking for my Journey blog, well that’s over here. If you are interested in some of Read More ...
In addition to this blog I have a presence on several other online services for some of my various interests. Photography. The bulk of my online photography is over on Flickr. For the family, there are a couple of special albums that are dedicated to the grandkids. Parker Easton Dane Clark Other album collections are Read More ...
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Garry riding in Icebike X Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo Sunday, after church, Shirley and I headed down to the Forks and picked up my race number and got ready for the start. This year was only 12km vs. the usual 20km, so it was a much faster race. My fingers froze for the first Read More …
Yikes! It’s tomorrow! Ice Bike 2008 Actually, I though I might have missed it already, but when I checked this morning, there it was, and I still had time to register. Well, motivation is a little low as it’s -25, but very sunny, so I went over to Woodcock and signed up. Apparently, I was Read More …
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Garbage Mosaic Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo Garbage Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo While listening to a podcast this morning I noticed that the “Album Art” in iTunes was a mosaic of a photo that I was quite familiar with, which inspired this effort, my first photo mosaic. After a very quick search I randomly Read More …
BandIt Physiotherapy! What kind of therapy were you thinking? After several visits to my MD, with no results for my self-induced weight lifting “Tennis Elbow” injury I called up my physiotherapist Chris and got an appointment. Of course after he heard my story he wanted to know why I waited so long to come and Read More …
I’m a fan of the Blue Man Group, so after viewing this from a Facebook link, I had to give it a post.
This year I think I’ll take more photographs. One reason is that I’d just like to improve my skills and capture more of life and the other is the sweet new Olympus 790SW that I received for my birthday. Most days, as I leave the house, I’ll slip the camera in my pocket. It’s just Read More …
I’m a fan of using mind mapping techniques in brainstorming sessions and for lots of other tasks. I’ve purchased MindManager from Mindjet after seeing a demonstration at a conference. While it has a lot of capability, it’s not inexpensive either. For a lot of the more basic mind mapping activities bubbl.us is very impressive and Read More …
Cutting Curves Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo Actually, more like cutting curves with my new toy tool that I received as a Christmas present. With Scott & I taking up cross country skiing I decided we needed a ski waxing bench. With a little searching I located this simple design and the new jig saw Read More …