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Sam's officially one year old
November 28, 1999 by Adam in Family
Sam's officially one year old. Not only that, but he just started walking. The house hasn't been the same since.
On other exciting news, we finally got rid of Jamie's old t.v. and bought something made in this decade. It's a bit on the huge side. I've got to get used to the fact that we're a "big t.v." family now. Weird.
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Well, I'm a bachelor for the next couple days
November 23, 1999 by Adam in Family
Well, I'm a bachelor for the next couple days. I'm off work today and Jamie and Sam are up in Portland visiting Judy. I've become super-productive man. This morning I baked a cheesecake, made apple pie, spread massive amounts of wood chips over our garden, started a load of laundry, and all on only two cups of coffee!
The rest of the day involves shopping, getting Christmas presents ready, cleaning the house, dinner with family tonight, and a few miscellaneous projects. I'm hoping I don't collapse from exhaustion.
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I finished up Darkstone and wiped it off my h...
November 23, 1999 by Adam in Adam's Games
I finished up Darkstone and wiped it off my hard drive. I also uninstalled a bunch of miscellaneous games that I've been playing. This is all in preparation for Ultima IX and Planescape, and I now have 3.6 GB of defragged space ready to go. Ultima's coming out tomorrow, and I've reserved the afternoon for some concentrated gameplay. It's been five years since the last one. I still remember playing Ultima III when I was a freshman in high school.
I tried flashing my BIOS the other day, so I could upgrade my CPU. No luck. It appears that I'll be running at 300 Mhz for a few more months. Around Summer of next year, I'll probably build my own system. I'm leaning towards fast and cheap, though there are a few items that are going on my extra list. The big items are CPU, memory, and video card. I'm hoping I can keep all those under $1500 or so. That way I can throw in some extras like DVD. Great fun.
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My annual cook-till-ya-drop fest has begun
November 23, 1999 by Adam in Adam's Projects
My annual cook-till-ya-drop fest has begun. I started with pumpkin cheesecake and apple pie. Later today is Sam's spice cake and stuffing. I'm also going to whip up various bread items tomorrow for Thanksgiving and Sam's birthday. I can tell this is going to be ongoing, as we have the two events so close to each other.
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I decided to break down this page into the ma...
November 13, 1999 by Adam in Adam
I decided to break down this page into the main page, the game page, and the projects page.
We had an e-mail at work from someone who felt she should see a doctor immediately. After some frantic phone calls, we got in touch with an emergency room physician and got it straightened out. It was almost as good as the e-mail from the "Chinese Magic Company" selling lumbago cures.
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A couple computer games have gone gold and sh...
November 13, 1999 by Adam in Adam's Games
A couple computer games have gone gold and should be released soon: Ultima Ascension and Planescape. Both are fantasy RPGs and should be out before Thanksgiving. Fortunately, I'm taking some time off, so I'll hopefully have some time to play.
Played Magic with the guys at work yesterday. We played Rainbow, where everyone played a particular color. I lost both times, but had a lot of fun.
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Jamie's dad is coming over today
November 13, 1999 by Adam in Adam's Projects
Jamie's dad is coming over today. Hopefully we'll get a chance to put in the bushes he brought last week. We moved all of the roses from the front to the back. I'm hoping they survive the transition. There's tons of yardwork to do these days. I'm hoping we get a chance to actually do some.
The soap still needs to be cut, then wrapped and readied for presents. No big surprise what everyone is getting for Christmas. :)
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We got a clip of Sam, a juice box, and a stra...
November 13, 1999 by Adam in Sam
We got a clip of Sam, a juice box, and a straw on video tape that we're going to send to America's Funniest Home Videos. It's a classic.
Sam's been walking a lot more these days. It's usually only a few steps, but he's getting better at it. Every day, he just gets cuter.
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Crazy day today
November 09, 1999 by Adam in Adam
Crazy day today. I was so exhausted watching Sam yesterday with Jamie gone, I went to bed at about 7:30. Unfortunately, I woke up the next morning at 3:30. The worst part is that I thought it was 5:30, so I drug myself out of bed, had a shower, and then found out the actual time. Sigh.
Sam's first birthday is coming up soon. As I type, he's playing with a piece of chewed up card, dropping it repeatedly as a type of game. Funny boy.
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Sam's been saying so many words, we gave him ...
November 09, 1999 by Adam in Sam
Sam's been saying so many words, we gave him his own page.
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More big changes
November 05, 1999 by Adam in Family
More big changes. Jamie actually typed on her page today. We also put up our Christmas wish lists - you can see them on each page.
You'll also find the family tree completely redone. I've put up a more extensive tree and linked it to the photo album so that you can see pictures of the people. There's still a lot of scanning to do, but I think the basic structure is pretty close to done.
It's also a Friday. Jamie's mom is coming to town, so we'll be able to run around a bit. I think we may actually see a movie this weekend, for the first time in months. Jamie's brothers are also hosting wine night, so we're looking forward to that.
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I guess the photo album is a big hit
November 04, 1999 by Adam in Family
I guess the photo album is a big hit. Our hits doubled in a couple days. Woo hoo - 34!
I scanned a couple more photos and put a link on the navigation bar. Also, there's some more Sam news.
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Sam took several steps last night
November 04, 1999 by Adam in Sam
Sam took several steps last night. I was watching him play with a box by the couch. He pulled himself, turned around and stood by himself a moment. He walked towards to box, kicked it a couple times and finally fell down after making it across his play mat. Good job Sam!
I can tell he'll be walking for real soon. He enjoys holding on to our hands, walking around the house, and kicking any object he can. His two big words these days are "ball" and "cracker" (sounding like ka-grr).
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I've been waking up at 4:45 or so each mornin...
November 02, 1999 by Adam in Family
I've been waking up at 4:45 or so each morning due to the time change. No fun at all! Still sick from a cold too.
On the bright side, I've been building a database to organize my scanned images and convert them to HTML pages for our site. You can take a look at the latest demo. Comments are welcome!
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