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 ...
Given that the van engine decide to have a little failure that caused it to be replaced for a whopping repair bill, perhap I should be looking at the Infinity, now billed as the most expensive CD ripper going. On second thought an iPod would do very nicely. Cars, can’t live without them, can’t live Read More …
Ice Breaker #4 Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. We were at the cottage on Lake of the Woods for part of the Easter weekend with Eric, Dez, Scott & Mandi when the four of them decided to do something new. Well, actually the guys invented this but the girls really got into it as well. Read More …
After being warned by Seth about Stumble, I did it anyway and look what I stumbled upon. It’s hard to imagine that these are just sidewalk drawings! they just take you to another place and cause you to do a double take and wonder if what you’re seeing can be real. Very impressive and so Read More …
Cycle CoupleOriginally uploaded by Big Dadoo Mandi & Scott looking very fashionable and getting ready for a ride. They’ve been gone for hours and it’s very dark now. I wonder where they are? They should have logged 50+ km by now. UPDATE: Part of the delay was caused by running into a truck!
OK, after scanning some blogs I like to read from time to time, I came across this one and just for fun, followed the link to the “pretty funny slogans”. LOL, especially the “Turn or Burn”, hmmmm, by aunt goes to a baptist church. Good thing most folks in the office have gone home for Read More …
… you think you might get hit with a Taser gun, you might want to pick up a couple of these t-shirts. You never know when they might come in handy. Polyester fabric neutralizes stun gun jolt | CNET News.com “If you are hit, the Taser gun won’t work,” said Greg Schultz, co-owner of G2 Read More …
Yesterday I went out for the first bike ride of the season with Eric. A coolish day at +5C with a strong north wind and the roads are starting to dry up a bit, but there are still lots of big puddles in places. Well the first 20km was pretty good and we were keeping Read More …
I’ve had this video bookmarked for a long time, and I finally got around to watching it, and its great stuff. Since I have not read the book yet, I think I’ll add it to my Amazon WishList in case anybody is interested :-). Mr. Friedman tells a great story about checking in to a Read More …
On the esteemed CBC Information Radio with Terry McLeod this morning I heard a term that caught my attention. It’s not anything I’ve ever heard before and not something I’d expect from the CBC, but then perhaps I’m just leading a sheltered life. Still, it had kind of a nice ring to it and the Read More …
After trying several blogging tools and programs, I think Performancing for Firefox will be the one for a while. Lots of great feature, free, and it posts to my IBM Internal blog as well. wBlogger was nice, but it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere and Rocket Post was just crashing all the time and Read More …