No kids in Oklahoma liquor stores
Interesting that here in Oklahoma, state law prohibits any minors from entering a liquor store EVER, even if accompanied by an adult.
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PixelPipe for Facebook and Flickr Photo Posts
Looking for a way to post multiple photos to either Facebook or Flickr from a mobile phone, like an iPhone? I am, in advance of our vacation next week. PixelPipe is a free application and web service that can do this. I have been working on getting it configured this morning. I actually opted to NOT update to Twitter and just have two targets: Flickr and Facebook. You can select a LOT of different post targets with PixelPipe.
I initially mobile blogged this with WordPress for iPhone. This was my first post to successfully auto-post to Facebook via PingPressFM! Woo hoo! I logged in on my laptop and added the links. Photos were mobile blogged too.
Watching FlipShare Videos
Shelly got her inherited iPhone configured yesterday to watch FlipShare videos. Who says technology is always an alienating influence in our lives?! This is a photo of the girls watching a birthday video of my nephew at a local restaurant last night.
Offline Bible Versions
I love using the free YouVersion iPhone Bible application. I recently downloaded some offline translations so I can use the app when I do not have wifi or cell network connectivity. (That does happen sometimes, often in our church basement.) I was amazed that at a touch of the mouse, an entire copy of the Bible in my own language was suddenly in my hand after waiting about 60 seconds. Would Martin Luther ever ba amazed?!
Rachel explains LONG shadows
Couldn’t resist asking Rachel to provide an audio explanation for long shadows today at the park!
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Learning about Lincoln at Ford’s Theater
Alexander recorded this AudioBoo after we toured Ford’s Theater today in Washington DC.
My AudioBoo account is linked to Twitter so a link to this was automatically tweeted out, but when I posted this with WordPress for iPhone I was NOT able to copy/paste the actual embed code unfortunately. It would be great if AudioBoo would adapt their mobile interface to permit copying of the embed code on an iPhone.
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A few favorite photos from Washington DC today
Here are a few of my favorite photos I snapped today in Washington D.C. with Alexander. I added all of these to my NECC 2009 Flickr Set.
This is the first time I’ve seen a Tomahawk cruise missile up close.
We were able to not only see but also TOUCH several enormous meteorites today at the Smithsonian Natural History museum, including this one from Arizona:
The exhibit on the Mishin diaries and the light they shed on the Soviet moon landing plans was very interesting to me
This was the “designed but never used” Soviet cosmonaut moon suit:
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) exhibit was definitely the highlight of the day for me.
I incorrectly called these “unarmed aerial vehicles” near the end of the video sequence I recorded at the exhibit today. These are definitely NOT “unarmed.”
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Alexander on the Hubble Space Telescope
Alexander shared the following thoughts at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum today in Washington D.C.
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On the homepage of ISTEconnects
Alexander’s photo reading in bed with his iPod Touch was on the homepage of the ISTEconnects blog today and in this ISTEconnects post. 🙂
Full disclosure: I wrote the post! 🙂
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Build your own Lego characters
Alexander reports from Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City, at our new Lego Store that just opened Thursday.
Getting the Black Belt and Becoming a Ninja in Club Penguin
Rachel earned the “black belt” in Club Penguin today, and also earned the ninja mask. She recorded some thoughts about this today and shared them online via AudioBoo.
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Rachel is marketing karate!
Rachel is taking a gymnastics and karate class this summer, and was just featured in the gym’s email marketing advertisement for a new karate class, she hired this search engine optimisation agency to help her out with the marketing. Marketing can be tricky, but with the right internet marketing company, your job will get so much easier.
Students in an earlier class are featured on YouTube, breaking boards. Rachel hasn’t done this yet!
Travian sitting report
My week of “sitting” for Alexander’s Travian account is officially over. These were the results:
This was what Alexander asked me to do:
Overall his village sustained 9 attacks, and I think on 3 of those occasions the attacker got resources. That was one of the reasons I build up a 2nd cranny to level 9. (The cranny protects your resources when attackers come.)
Hopefully he’ll be pleased with the results. His field production levels are a lot higher than they were a week ago.
Alexander, why don’t you write a “report card” on how things went when I sat for you in Travian, and post it here as a blog entry? I did add your Travian share link to the top of my blog at the start of the week, so be sure to check your “earn gold” link under Travian Plus. 🙂
A baby frog at Slippery Falls
Last night we visited Slippery Falls Scout Ranch for the closing campfire of Alexander’s first summer scout camp. On the way down to the campfire ring, Rachel spied this small, baby frog which her brother picked up and mommy later held.
Rachel didn’t want to hold it!
Rachel writes a note (and shares an Audioboo)
Rachel wrote the following note today as a marketing flyer for the “spa treatment business” she was offering with her sister.
I asked her to read the words as an Audioboo:
Rachel is just 5 and is finishing up pre-K. It is VERY exciting to see and help her make the reading/writing connection! 🙂
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