Sunday, August 24, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
My friend Janowyn comes over to play
We had such a great time running up and down the hallway and playing with our ball machine. Thank you again to Jaiden for letting us borrow it!
Girls Night Out
What an amazing show!! Thanks for coming girls and thank you to Dean for an amazing show and awesome time. We look forward to seeing your musical in NYC.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Our Tahoe Weekend
Last weekend, we were supposed to go to Tahoe for the weekend with Breaks and Emily. It was going to be our first time seeing their new house, which they've put a ton of work into, but it wasn't to be as we got rear-ended halfway there. Mom and Dad are still pretty sore, but the most important thing is that Chloe is fine. Our car was undriveable afterward, so we had to be towed back to SF. We're hoping to go to Tahoe/Reno another weekend sometime soon.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Auntie Sharon's Birthday Celebration!
Auntie Sharon came to visit over her birthday. The day started with amazing weather, a celebratory bike ride around Marin, a strawberry filled cupcake, then off to the Haight for a little shoe shopping (Chloe got to sit in a giant shoe), stopping off at the park, where Chloe and Auntie played with daisies. Thanks for spending your birthday with us Auntie!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
Thank You Auntie Tanya!
A huge thank you for taking care of me Auntie Tanya! I had such a great time with you and Mom & Dad didn't worry at all while they were away. They knew I was in great hands. Thanks for my super cute new clothes and shoes too!
Weekend away in Calistoga!
Mom and Dad spent the weekend away in Calistoga for some R&R. A great time was had lounging by the pool, dips in the hot tub, yummy meals, wine tasting, and a mud slide spa treatment...mmmm, what a weekend!
Jeanine's Birthday!
I had a wonderful birthday with Sharon and Chloe in the Colorado mountains. We drove to the top where it rained and hit a whopping 42 degrees...a big difference from the 98 degree sunny weather in Denver! We got a kick out of the "See for Miles" sign when it was so socked in!Another Technology Update
While I like Vuze a lot and still plan to upload videos there, two problems emerged with that site: it requires a download of files that can be quite large (not good for small hard drives) and it doesn't allow the full video to embed on the blog.
So after more research, I settled on using ExposureRoom, which is the best of both worlds -- it is capable of hosting high resolution videos and can be embedded on the blog. The post below utilizes this service.
ExposureRoom takes a video and allows three viewing options: Low, Medium and HD. The video posted on the blog is the Low version and is pretty small, but with high resolution. The Medium and HD versions can be viewed by clicking on "View in HD" below the video. That will take you to ExposureRoom.com where you can watch the bigger videos.
If you have an older computer and/or slow internet connection -- or if you don't care about any of this -- Low or Medium are best. None of three viewing options requires you to download the file, it streams just like on YouTube.
With all three options, it makes most sense to press play, then pause and allow the video to stream for a few minutes before watching so there won't be delays. Because these are much better quality videos than YouTube, it generally takes a bit longer for them to stream, espcially in HD. If you want to watch in full screen mode, click on the button in the lower right hand corner of the video, although that is only recommnended for Medium and HD versions.
Let me know if this doesn't work well.
--Tech Nerd
So after more research, I settled on using ExposureRoom, which is the best of both worlds -- it is capable of hosting high resolution videos and can be embedded on the blog. The post below utilizes this service.
ExposureRoom takes a video and allows three viewing options: Low, Medium and HD. The video posted on the blog is the Low version and is pretty small, but with high resolution. The Medium and HD versions can be viewed by clicking on "View in HD" below the video. That will take you to ExposureRoom.com where you can watch the bigger videos.
If you have an older computer and/or slow internet connection -- or if you don't care about any of this -- Low or Medium are best. None of three viewing options requires you to download the file, it streams just like on YouTube.
With all three options, it makes most sense to press play, then pause and allow the video to stream for a few minutes before watching so there won't be delays. Because these are much better quality videos than YouTube, it generally takes a bit longer for them to stream, espcially in HD. If you want to watch in full screen mode, click on the button in the lower right hand corner of the video, although that is only recommnended for Medium and HD versions.
Let me know if this doesn't work well.
--Tech Nerd
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