Thoughts & Experiences from the Mile High City
Let’s remember today all those soldiers who gave their lives today, the 63rd Anniversary of D-Day.
They gave their lives protecting our country on foreign soil.
Let’s also remember all those soldiers who are serving in all-parts of the world today protecting our freedoms. There service is not unnoticed and appreciated.
Like many of the baseball fans out there, I have heard of Lefty O’Doul before. But I didn’t know what he really did for baseball until I listened to a podcast on Sparkletack, Lefty O’Doul – the man in the green suit.
O’Doul grew up in San Francisco and went on to bigger and better things, but never forgetting his hometown by the bay.
He started his career as a pitcher for the San Francisco Seals before being drafted by the New York Yankees. But he didn’t do much there as a pitcher and was sold to the Boston Red Sox’s, but after four years his career as a pitcher was done. But he made a good friend on the Yankees that he kept for a lifetime, Babe Ruth. Continue reading “Lefty O’Doul for the Baseball Hall of Fame”
This is one of the most innovative commercials that I have ever seen. It is great and they are getting some great views on YouTube.
Let me know what you think of this commercial.
You got to love the web and the commercials that are out there.
The Denver Post – Apple cranks up iPhone blitz
In a story published by Newsday and carried by the Denver Post, the discuss they discuss how Apple is turning up the heat on advertising for the iPhone.
Apple was pretty quiet about the launch of this campaign, especially the date of release, June 29. Continue reading “Apple cranks up iPhone blitz”
I use Traffic.com sparingly to get notified of traffic problems on my way to or from work.
The reason I use it sparingly is that it doesn’t really tell me where the problem is. It only shows that there are “incidents” and what the delay in the drive time will be. That is it. (see screen shot to the left.)
It would be so much more helpful if they would show what the incidents are, where they are, and when they will be cleared up. Continue reading “Traffic.com Not Really User Friendly”
I don’t know why it is so difficult to have WordPress gather email that I send to a specific email address. This function seems that it would be easy. Send an email and have it captured in my blog.
For those of you who don’t know what is going on, you can read my experiences with this functionality in my tumblelog, Mile High Soapbox Light.
Why the WordPress software can’t seem to grab the email without stripping the body from the email, I just don’t know. Continue reading “WordPress Email Post Problems”
Apple is now running commercials promoting the new iPhone and it is set to launch on June 29th.
It looks pretty cool. Let’s just hope that it holds up to expectations, the cost may be a limiting factor for many.
I won’t be getting one right away, but will definitely be interested once my current cell phone contract comes up for renewal.
Read the Newsday article, “Apple starts promoting its iPhone“.
I am trying to figure out problems with email posts and WordPress.
Apparently the mail.php file is not working correctly and it is
stripping the body of the email prior to posting.
So all you get is a title and no body.
Well I am trying a new plug-in to see if that works now until WordPress
gets it working in 2.4.
It would be nice to get this working sooner, but I guess I will have to
live.
Peter
In an article published in the Sunday edition of the Washington Post written by Annie Gowen takes a deep look at three families living in suburban Washington, DC.
“Breaking Free of Suburbia’s Stranglehold,” takes a critical look at what suburbia is doing to the lives of these three families and what they are doing about it to help their families live a good and quality life.
Continue reading “Living in Suburbia – Washington Post Takes a Deep Look”
I like good beer, especially IPA’s, and when I stopped for lunch on Friday at the Breckenridge Brewery & Pub in Breckenridge, Colorado, I had to try the 471 Double IPA. The 471 Double IPA is part of the Breckenridge Brewery’s Small Batch Series.
You know you are in trouble when they tell you that they only serve the draft in 10-ounce servings because it is 9.2% alcohol by volume. This is quite a bit for a beer when most hover around the 6 to 7 percent range.
Continue reading “471 Double IPA From Breckenridge Brewery is a Great Beer”
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