Archive for July, 2009

I’m Living In Austin, TX

I finally installed Firefox 3.5 yesterday, it’s a bit snappier, overall a good upgrade.  I wanted to give one of its new features a try, Geolocation.  The browser can tell a website where it’s located, thus allowing that site to pinpoint where you actually are.  Great in theory for say Google Maps. I tried it [...]

Posted on July 27, 2009 at 6:31 pm by TB · Permalink · Leave a comment
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New Skipland

Lame!  I sent off a couple mobile posts while in New Zealand, you guys should’ve gotten some updates.  Ah well, I’ll see if I can post them again, with the correct/older timestamps.

Posted on July 21, 2009 at 11:05 am by TB · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Quakers In New Zealand

So two nights ago we had an earthquake (7.8 on the Richter Scale) here in the South Island of New Zealand.  It happened at night in the city we were staying in, Queenstown.  Well apparently the city (and our hotel) shook, What was I doing?  Sleeping.  Didn’t even know there was an earthquake until we [...]

Posted on July 16, 2009 at 7:35 pm by TB · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Late Kiwi Update

New Zealand is absolutely breathtaking.  We just traveled via the Tranz Scenic train in South Island…mouth wide most of the ride.  Then we arrived in Franz Josef and took a helicopter ride to the top of the Franz Josef glacier, hands down the most beautiful view I’ve seen so far.  Nothing like standing on top [...]

Posted on July 13, 2009 at 3:03 pm by TB · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Youngest Country

Two more days, two more days.  Well the time is finally here.  My younger sister and I planned this about a year and half, maybe two years ago, a trip in the summer after she graduates.  We solidifed the plans about six months ago and now we fly out this Sunday. We’re headed to New [...]

Posted on July 3, 2009 at 1:07 pm by TB · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Hair Follicy

Got a haircut yesterday.  Took a shower.  Took too much shampoo in my hand. Rookie Mistake!

Posted on July 2, 2009 at 1:26 pm by TB · Permalink · Leave a comment
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