GDGT

There was a new site to launch on the internet last week called GDGT. It's short for "Gadget". It's kind of like a social network for geeks. You create a profile and once you're signed in and going, you can add gadgets to your profile. There are three lists: have, had and want. Each gadget has it's on page, kind of a "gadget profile", where you can check the specs and read and participate in discussion about the gadget.

As with any good social network, you can follow other users and see when they do different things on the site. My profile is at http://user.gdgt.com/jpdubose. They also run gadget news, a podcast, and a few other features but the main focus really seems to be growing the discussion on gadget pages and growing the database of different gadgets. I don't really have anything that obscure, so I've not found an instance where I wasn't able to add something, but if you look for something and it's not in the database, you can contribute it to the site. You just fill out a form with the specs and it goes off for final approval by the site admins. After a day or two, it'll either be accepted and added to the public database or it'll be rejected. I tried submitting my TV, but someone beat me to it, so my contribution was rejected, but they were nice enough to include a link in the rejection notice so that I could add the TV to my have list.

All in all, a cool site. The only downside is that it's another social networking site to keep up with. Also, I would love to see a native iPhone/iPod app similar to the facebook app.

Have a good Thursday.

--Paul

One Of Those Days

It's one of those days where I don't really have anything to talk about so excuse me while I pull in something random.

Ah...At long last, I was finally able to squeeze in a chance to watch the last episode of "Dollhouse". I really didn't care too much for the show to start with but I stuck with it hoping that it would get better and boy did it ever. The last two episodes of the season were awesome. Hopefully the show can keep the momentum going into next season.

I'm starting to get excited about going to Panama City this weekend. Just a few more days and we'll be heading that way. Even Emma's getting to go on this trip. She's going to be so excited. I wish I knew of a dog-friendly beach. If anyone does know of one in or around PCB, then please let me know. We would love to see her reaction to the sand and water.

Well, I thought I could come up with one more topic, but I drew a blank. Sorry. Have a good Wednesday.

--Paul

Izzy, Hunter

This all happened last week but I couldn't find anywhere to work it in. Of course, if you read DeAnne's blog, you saw where a couple of weeks ago, our cat, Izzy, brought a lizard into the house. He hadn't actually killed the lizard yet and when he put it down, it ran off and we couldn't find it. DeAnne found it a few days later and you can read her post about it here.

So last week, I'm out walking Emma and she's taking one of her usual routes around the yard when I notice something underneath the apple tree next to the house. I got to looking and it was a mocking bird. Every year around spring and early summer we have a pretty good sized mocking bird population move in and they tend to harass the cats pretty much all the time. It's pretty funny watching them dive-bomb the cats and seeing the cats react. I guess one got a little too close though, and Izzy got a hold of it.

A few days later, DeAnne and I were leaving to go somewhere and Izzy had been outside. As we left, he moved to go in but I noticed something wasn't right about his mouth. I stopped him and he promptly dropped a mole on the ground. He's brought us several moles over the years and even got one inside one time, so it wasn't much of a surprise, but I'm glad this one didn't make it past the door step.

Sorry if I grossed anyone out. Izzy brings us stuff all along, but he's been on a rampage here lately and I thought it would make for a humorous post. Have a good Tuesday.

--Paul