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 ...
I’ve always thought of YouTube as an amateur video sharing service, but I think this is an interesting twist. IBM is using YouTube as a part of a marketing campaign to promote SOA. What are your thoughts on this kind of use? SOA is like building blocks Some of the other videos…SOA is like musical Read More …
This entry from Business Week made it to the IBM w3 internal home page in the “In the News” section. Interesting examples of “Crowdsourcing” are given, with some cautions as well. Crowdsourcing Companies have been outsourcing to India and China for years. Now they are taking it to another level by using social networks such Read More …
I think everyone is very ready to be home now. We’re driving from Billings to Winnipeg, a 12 hour drive, if you don’t stop for anything. Well, we’re stopping for a few things, rest stops, gas, lunch and any Starbucks we come across. One of the may joys of traveling in a group is making Read More …
Driver side axle seal Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. This is the $6 part that caused all the aggravation on our trip to Salt Lake City. According to the dealer who did the repair in SLC, the seal was damaged during installation. I wonder what the Royal Dodge service department will have to say about Read More …
The King of Beers Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. Budweiser, The King of Beers, out in the middle of no where on I-15 in Montana is this huge ad. Pretty much a blight on the otherwise gorgeous landscape. The hills behind were dusted with snow while we were in Salt Lake City and are looking Read More …
We’re heading out from Salt Lake City for Billings tonight and Winnipeg tomorrow. So far the transmission is working fine and if there is any leakage, it’s quite small. So far, we’ve only added 1/2 a quart as we left SLC and the level is holding. As we head up I-15 to Butte I’m noticing Read More …
That’s right, snow in Salt Lake City – Sept. 16th Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. Today is the last day of the USANA 2006 International Convention and we woke up to a light dusting of snow! Last Wednesday after the sessions I was laying around the pool at the hotel and it was about 29C, Read More …
I’m sitting in a session where they are explaining and demonstrating the new Presentation Pro tool that allows USANA Associates to create easy to use multi-media presentations to grow your USANA business. The room is packed out! People are sitting all over the place on the floor, and this room must hold 1,500 – 2,000 Read More …
TenX Blast – New USANA Product Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. This morning at the General Session USANA announced a new product, TenX Blast. This new all natural fruit bar has 10 time more antioxidants that he best fruit juices or red wine according to independent Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity analysis. This is a great Read More …
Well it’s been quite and up and down day. The first phone call from the SLC dealer indicates that yes indeed the axle seal is leaking but the problem is deeper. A bearing in the transmission is allowing “excessive” axle movement which may have damaged the seal causing the leak and their solution is a Read More …