Budget file updated

A few years ago I made a post on a blog about a budget file I created in excel. That post once got picked up by Yahoo and saw my site get flooded with traffic. I took the post down when I switched servers but I still see people looking for it every day. So [...]

What did you do on St. Patty’s?

Arcade Fire, that is all.

Edited: Fishin’ with dad

Went fishing south of Montgomery today with Dad. It’s something we haven’t done in ages, so that was great. Managed to catch a few, nothing of any merit though. The funniest part came at the end of the day from a text message. (I have been informed my recollection of the text is incorrect, edited [...]

You suck at Photoshop #9

Donnie Hoyle is freaking brilliant.

Great music you never knew existed on Pandora

Stuck at work with your ITunes on another computer? IPod dead? Need music for a party and nobody has a good CD? Try using Pandora. It’s a site that streams music based on your tastes, both from bands you know and bands the site thinks you might like. Fan of The Killers? Subscribe to their [...]

Yes, please, Apple offer unlimited ITunes downloads

In a sign of what’s surely to come sooner or later Apple is angling to offer up unlimited downloads via ITunes. My answer? Yes, please, as soon as possible.

Update: Flight status

Houston to Birmingham – Scheduled departure: 7:35 Actual departure: 9:30 Scheduled arrival: 9:14 Actual arrival: 10:46 Arrived at O’Hare Airport at 10:55 a.m., left Birmingham airport at 11:00 p.m. Thanks Continental Express.

Continental made me late, miss my flight, worked with me, thanks.

Half complaint, half praise. Story: I spent an extended weekend in Chicago but needed to be in Montgomery by 6:30 on Monday evening for a banquet. I booked a 12:10 flight out of Chicago, landing in Houston at 2:50 with a connection to Montgomery scheduled to leave at 3:35, landing at 5:15.

The Birmingham ‘International’ Airport

For all it’s drawbacks…long lines, poor parking, awful location, inadequate flight schedule, cramped terminals and lack of food/entertainment. The airport does have one very redeeming quality. Free Wi-Fi. It makes a three-hour wait for a flight not all that bad. It’s funny sitting here though as I’m right near the end of the s