Archive for the ‘Travel & Entertainment’ Category

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Gmail Chat Spam Attack

I’ve seen them in email before, but never in gmail chat.  Imagine by surprise and amusement when this showed up on chat this morning.  PatriotWorld is a podcast created by one of pioneers of the podcast game Karen Cadoza.  No, she is not attempting to scam money from anyone, her gmail was hacked.   Below is [...]

ChrisCast 08-18-2011 Austin’s Park

The family took a trip to Austin’s Park where we spent the day riding go-karts, playing laser tag, riding the bumper boats, eating pizza and pasta and of course, climbing the rock wall.

Recent trip to Corpus Christi

We took a last minute mini-vacation just before the kids go back to school.  Corpus Christi was the destination – we played on the beach, ate seafood & toured the USS Lexington.  It was a lot of fun and close enough that we will be going again.  

H.E.B. and Wal-Mart gas card price wars

Some Wars do have Winners!

You have to love a good old-fashioned gas price war.  That is what has been going on (at least in Central Texas) between Wal-Mart and H.E.B.  First, they have both been consistently trading off as the lowest priced gas (according to my favorite smartphone app – GasBuddy.)  Now, they have brought out the big guns [...]

ChrisCast 07-26-2011

While in Bryan, Texas I stopped by The Creative Space

Don’t leave home without this phone app

Everyone talks about all the amazing phone apps and I am right there with them.  Sure, I love the fact that I can do client work “on the go.”  Sure, I love the fact that I can find movie times & nearby restaurants at a moments notice.  Sure, I love being able to stream music, [...]

Tour de France is underway!

Le Tour is underway once again and it has a couple of new twists. Instead of a prologue time trial to begin, this year’s race begins with a true road race. As pointed out by the VS. television crew, this means that anyone can lead after day one. Speaking of the television crew for VS, [...]

ChrisCast 06-11-2011

A big Thank You to Larry Hendrick of The Magnum Life.

WordPress App Still Needs a Little More

Okay, so I finally broke down and used the WordPress app. I have had it for months, but didn’t want to go through the task of setting up the blog(s) and learn the interface. The setup was breezy. The interface was a snap. It was actually looking like something I would use regularly. Well, that [...]

ChrisCast 04-30-2011

I rode along on Logan’s junior high band trip to Dallas as a chaperon. Fun stuff!