Dogs make funny noises when they sleep

by Nick on June 22, 2009

My dog makes some really funny noises when she sleeps, but often it’s when I’m in bed sleeping (and she scares the crap out of me!) or when I don’t have a camera on me! But alas, I finally caught her on camera!

I’ll try to catch her when she’s trying to catch something in her sleep, her paws movings all over is quite funny.  Anyone else have videos of their pets making weird noises in their sleep?

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Iran: Social Media and Democracy

Iran Social Media

by Nick on June 21, 2009

From time to time in our history, there events that capture the world and transforms everything in the country of conflict, and the Iranian election protests of 2009 are no different. There’s something inspiring and captivating about large scale peaceful demonstrations, regardless of the cause. Despite the fact that many have said that the reformist candidate, Mir-Hossein Mousavi is not much different than the current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, (as far as US-Iran relations, Nuclear Ambitions) the very fact that the Iranian people are being denied their right to vote is an important step in the reformist movement there. Most Iranians know that even with Mousavi in office, large sweeping changes are unlikely.  Reformist President Mohammad Khatami, who served 8 years in office, was never able to deliver the reform changes that he had promised during his presidency, mostly due to the fact that the President of Iran is always playing second fiddle to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who is the ultimate decider on all important matters.

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Review: Toshiba Dynadock U

Toshiba Dyandock U Universal Docking Station

by Nick on June 15, 2009

About a month ago, I bought a Toshiba Dynadock U with Displaylink Technology support built into it. For years, I’ve wanted the ability to have multiple monitor support with a laptop, but products that existed until just recently were sub par in performance and didn’t justify the high cost to purchase them.

How it works

Displaylink, from what I can tell, is doing a great job in partnering with third party vendors such as EVGA, HP, Samsung, LG and Toshiba to name a few to make some pretty neat products that allow you to run multiple monitors on either a desktop or laptop. Now I’ve had the ability to run multiple monitors on my desktop – easy, just install a video card that will support it. But I’ve always wanted to have multiple monitors on my laptop, or my Mac Mini back in the day. The new Mac Mini’s do have built in dual monitor support now, but with Displaylink technology and hardware, you could run up to 7 monitors or more!

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Triple Monitor Fun

Mac Triple Display

by Nick on May 15, 2009

Setup my triple monitor display with some new DisplayLink technology. A review to come soon.

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Spring time!

Traverse City Springtime

by Nick on May 7, 2009

Starting to look a bit like spring in Traverse City. One of my favorite times of the year. I love drinking green tea and watching the sun come up in my office. After the long (really long) winter, looking forward to this summer. What are your plans for this summer?

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Historic Day

Barack Obama

by Nick on January 20, 2009

I ended up watching the inauguration of Barack Obama in my office at work today thanks to Hulu. I had planned on watching it on cnn.com, but they were maxed out. Funny, since they had advertised that they were partnering up with Facebook to bring you the stream. Oh well, Hulu did the job, even if it was broadcast by Fox News (shrug).

Regardless of your political affiliation or beliefs, it was hard not to get caught up in the moment of it all. Surely a historical moment to remember.

Is change coming? I sure hope so. I still have high hopes for this country, regardless of our leader. One man or woman can only bring about so much change.

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Back from Oregon

by Nick on August 25, 2008

Went to Eugene Oregon for a week. What a beautiful place. Here’s a photo of my view out my window as we were about to land.

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Dog Sitting

by Nick on July 15, 2008

Nan and I watched Ivy over the fourth of July and gave Stella a buddy to play with.

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More pictures here.

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Nan & Bridgett’s First Tri!

July 15, 2008

Nan and Bridgett swam/biked/ran their first Tri in Interlochen this past Sunday. Great job girls!

More pictures here.

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Wow. Crazy acrobatic Asians!

July 15, 2008

Thanks to Hongfei for this:

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