Author Archives: J.D. H.

Wonderful day full of picnicing and other activities

Yesterday was an absolutely splendid day. It was one of those days where it starts off great and just keeps on being wonderful. Most days are good, but this day was one to remember and to strive to repeat in new and exciting ways. The day started with some yoga. Samantha is quite adept at yoga, having taken a number of semesters of it at Drury. I am surprised I didn’t take yoga while I was at Drury, because from

Friends as Phones

A long time ago I wrote a blog entry entitled “Friends as Food” in which I anthropomorphised various foods to match my friends, or was it vice versa? Regardless, after watching the Cell Phone Reuninon video it made me think about friends and phones. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD8OcPGScRU[/youtube] (Thankfully my friends that have iPhones are nothing like the iPhone character in the video!) Sometime I would like to do a real Friends as Phones entry where I figure out what phones best match

Differences between the EX and LX Honda Elements

I’ve always wondered about the differences between the “EX” and “LX” Honda Element. Today I finally took the time to look it up. The EX is the more feature packed model, but the LX has some advantages too (if you prefer steel wheels over alloy wheels). Here’s a brief rundown* Audio: LX has no iPod/mp3 port, EX does Wheels: LX has steel rims, EX has alloy rims Speakers: LX has 4 speaker radio. EX has 6 + 1 speaker (the

Our Honda Element gets a makeover

Today our Honda Element got cleaned, detailed, and new tired. Tomorrow it gets full-serviced. It is looking nicely new, I feel like we have a new car :-). While all this was going on it gave me a chance to do some walking in Springfield, to and from various appointements. Then in the evening my mom met up with Samantha and me to have some tasty Pizza Hut on Sunshine Street. Top Search Terms:honda element makeover (4)element makeover (1)honda element

JO’s ultimate computer (Octo Core)

Type QTY Price Total Item Comments CPU 2 $835 $1,670 Xeon Clovertown Quad Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 19.2 GHz Motherboard 1 $499 $499 TYAN S5380G2NR Dual Socket 771 Intel 5000P SSI 6 high speed USB ports on back of the computer, 2 more in the front of the case. Let me know if you want more. Memory 4 $180 $720 1GB FBDIMM ECC memory chips 4GB RAM Primary Hard Drive 1 $225 $225 Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM

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