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Rednecks and the Outdoors

Mar 18, 2012   //   by dietrichmd   //   Blog, humor, Personal News, random musings, rants  //  No Comments

People think that rednecks and the outdoors go together like peas in a pod.  While this may be true in day to day life, when it comes to a campout, they are like Kinte Kunte at a Merle Haggard concert. Read more >>

Happy Birthday Chloe

Feb 24, 2012   //   by dietrichmd   //   Blog, Personal News, random musings  //  No Comments

Happy Birthday Chloe

On this day, 1 year and about 4 hours ago, a little bug hatched into the world.  Take a look into her 3rd day of life here, and most of all, happy birthday, my sweet little Chloe.


Hunter’s 3rd Grade Recital

Feb 24, 2012   //   by dietrichmd   //   Blog, humor, performance, random musings, videos  //  No Comments

Last night, Hunter had his 3rd grade school recital.

He is in the front row, standing next to his girlfriend Abby.  I just wish he showed a little more showmanship here, but by and large, he did a good job.

UPS has a time machine!

Feb 22, 2012   //   by dietrichmd   //   Blog, humor, random musings  //  No Comments

So I purchased a new coat rack from Amazon not too long ago and when it was delivered, it was all sorts of broken.  So I sent it back via Amazon’s return instructions and forgot about it.  This morning, February 22, I checked the tracking on the return and found that it was delivered at NOON on February 22.  So either UPS has a time machine, or my sickness really messed with my head.

Click the image for the full size image and you can see my system time (the time I checked the site)

On the Road Again

Feb 20, 2012   //   by dietrichmd   //   Blog, humor, Personal News, random musings, Reviews  //  No Comments

On the road again, Just can’t wait to get on the road again — oh wait, yes I can.  Those were my thoughts as we departed Little Rock for the “big city”.

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Videos Updated, and my radio interview

Jan 27, 2012   //   by dietrichmd   //   Blog, Personal News, Site News  //  No Comments

After many complaints of long downloads and difficult viewing experiences, I replaced the long video with the YouTube version today.  Also, I posted episodic versions as well so you can break it up into segments if you wish.  I also added the radio interview from KUAR from the same day, so be sure to check it out as well.

 

Science Cafe Apperance

Jan 26, 2012   //   by dietrichmd   //   Blog, Personal News, Site News  //  No Comments

As you all should know, I was invited to be a panelist for the local Science Cafe.  Part of the process involved a radio interview and the second part was a 3 person panel discussing technology.  But that’s not what this post is about.  I have finally processed the raw video of the presentation and, for a limited time, the entire unedited copy will be available.  But do check it out soon as it will be replaced by an edited version in the coming days..

 

Hear Dietrich on the Radio

Jan 24, 2012   //   by dietrichmd   //   Blog, Personal News, tech  //  No Comments

Hear Dietrich on the radio as he is interviewed about the pros and cons of complex technologies, uses, and what the tech future might hold.

That’s right, at 6:06PM Central Standard Time, join me on KUAR 89.1 FM as I discuss complex technologies and their uses in every day life, as well as what the future is bringing.  For those of you out of town, or out of the listening area, feel free to visit kuar.org to listen live online.  Immediately following the radio interview, I will travel to the Afterthought on Kavanaugh road to join in a panel discussion on the same topics.  Joining me on the panel is:

I hope to see many of my readers there to support this project — this is my first on air gig and my first panel discussion.  If it goes well, I may participate again, or in a similar program.

Twitter friends, sorry for the spam

Jan 22, 2012   //   by dietrichmd   //   Blog, Site News  //  No Comments

Twitter friends: if you received spam recently, I’m sorry.

To my readers and friends on Twitter:  I apologize for all the spam you have received over the last few weeks as I have worked to reskin my website.  Seems the plugin I was using to post twitter updates has gone rogue and was posting every revision and update to every page and post on the site.

I have removed the offending plugin and replaced it with another, so hopefully the new plugin will work and you won’t be spammed every time I find a punctuation or spelling error somewhere on the site.

Thanks

Site back online!

Jan 16, 2012   //   by dietrichmd   //   Blog, Site News  //  No Comments

Hello everyone, as you can tell, the site is back up and running with a new skin and look.

Hopefully, this site will be easier to manage and maintain so more content should be released sooner.  I am not quite done tweeking this site, so I’m sure you will see some things change or maybe even disappear in the not to distant future.  In the mean time, sit back and enjoy my content.