My Libby becomes a teen today!
My eldest daughter Libby becomes a teen today. Here's a photo tribute to her first 13 years. Happy birthday Libby!
My eldest daughter Libby becomes a teen today. Here's a photo tribute to her first 13 years. Happy birthday Libby!
Chloe just came into my office and asked me to write down these questions that she has for God...
Chloe’s questions for God
Why did Jesus have to die on the cross, not YOU?
Was Jesus actually ALL good when he was a boy?
Does Jesus have long hair?
Does Jesus have a mustache?
Is Jesus really tall or is he a normal sized person?
Chloe’s questions about heaven
Are there golden streets in heaven?
2How old will we be when we get to heaven?
Are there lots of kids?
Do you [God] have a unicorn with rainbow colors on it?
Are all of the animals nice?
Will there by any zoos?
Will there be really big houses for us or will we live in the same with everyone else in heaven?
Are there lots of other ‘Chloe’s’ in heaven?
Can I ride on an elephant in heaven?
How long is it to walk up a mountain?
Can you swim in the ocean [in heaven]?
How big is your palace?
Will my brother or sisters who died be waiting for me?
Do you wear robes in heaven?
Love,
Chloe
Libby, Molly, and I joined my parents at their ranch in Northern California. We spent the week fixing fence and, of course, the girls hunted for frogs! Here are a few photos...
Tiffany successfully completed her first half marathon this morning in 130mins (10 min/mile average). Here's a few photos to prove it!
Tiffany and I joined dminsfs grads and ABD students at Len Sweet's for the third annual FCTT Advance. Here's a few photos from the event. Loved it...and so appreciate the folk who joined us!
Here are a few photos from the event.
I purchased the Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System a couple years ago for my home office. As reflected in its high review ratings, this little system performs wonderfully for a PC multimedia home theater speaker system, especially for the expense. Though the manufacturer claims that it possess a 40 Hz - 20 kHz frequency response, it frankly begins to drop off at about 80-100 Hz. One would expect this given the fact that the Logitech sports a 5" down-firing subwoofer.
So, for my birthday, I purchased a Klipsch KW-100 10" Subwoofer to augment the system on sale with my birthday money. The set up was easy. All I needed was a 3.5mm splitter (see the Belkin 5-way splitter pictured below) and a 3.5mm & RCA audio cableto connect the sub directly to the mac audio outbook. The KW-100, of course, runs independently of the logitech, which means that I have to adjust the volume on both the Logitech and Klispch woofer if I don't use either the OS audio adjustments on my mac or on the music software (mog + google chrome).
After testing with Libby's help (yes, she got a crash course on sound), I determined that the logitech begins to really fall off at about 90 Hz. When I set my KW-100 low pass to about 90 Hz, the sound seemed to remain even throughout the bottom of the sound spectrum. Also, since the sub has significantly more power than the Logitech x-540, I set volume to about 3 of 10 to produce rich, deep base without overwhelming the mids/highs. This, of course, is a matter of preference to some extent.
In any case, once set up, this combination makes for spectacular sound. In short, Logitech X-540 + Klipsch KW-100 Sub = boom!
My wife's grandfather, Dorman Snyder (92) came over this morning to visit. The photoset below shows Libby and Wesely introducing Dorman to the wii. Dorman used to be an avid hunter (deer, elk). So, we loaded a hunting game, gave him the wii gun, and let him at it. The moral of the story: it is NEVER too late!
