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 ...
As an IBMer I’ve become involved in the greaterIBM business social network for alumni and current IBMers and their work in using SL to build the community. I attended my first meeting in SL in the IBM Almaden Island and found the experience to be quite enjoyable and fascinating. A while back greaterIBM hosted a Read More …
itsredagain.com Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. I’m in the office today for a client meeting, but it got canceled. Well, this allowed me to attend a team meeting for another group that I work with. Sometimes we all gather in the boardroom for the meeting but today, even though several of us are here in Read More …
Geocaching Friends Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. I’ve got these guy sitting on the corner of my desk at the “home office” in the basement. The yellow guy, whom I’ve named “Medora Man” started off the collection when I picked him up from a geocache in Medora ND, while I was there on a mountain Read More …
I came across the term “third place” while reading a blog today, and got inquisitive. I’d never heard this one before so a few searches later and I turn up this article. USATODAY.com – Working out of a ‘third place’ An estimated 30 million Americans, or roughly one-fifth of the nation’s workforce, are part of Read More …
Sanding the front room Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. Things are really moving along on Eric & Dez’s house renovation project. Lots of drywall finishing and painting happened during the week. This weekend I finished all of the wiring with the exception of some ceiling lights and some outlets etc. in the basement that are Read More …
OK, this is awesome, funny, very clever, well produced, and exceptional church stuff.
Some impressive use of technology and social networking is taking place over at the United Church’s wondercafe.ca. I’ve had a brief look around and while it’s bound to be controversial, I think it will promote a lot of conversations, which is a good thing. I gave the church locater a spin and had a look Read More …
I first started hearing about Second Life on the Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code podcast but really didn’t pay too much attention to it. But, then I started to see more and more information about IBMers getting involved in SL. And now I’m reading about how Sam Palmisano is participating in SL. I guess it’;s Read More …
This summer I rode by bicycle to work 2-3 times a week when I went into the office downtown. With the colder and snowier weather and being a bit lazy for some reason I’ve reverted to taking the van and driving to work. However, the last could of days I’ve found the traffic just totally Read More …
I was keeping up with a friend’s blog, which put me on to this post and I’m glad I followed some of the links and arrived here. The whole post had a lot to think about, but the one line that really grabbed my heart was “we stand with him on level ground before the Read More …