Mike on February 27th, 2009

I just…couldn’t…resist…any longer.  The Steve Jobs siren song was too much.
Today I ordered my iPhone and I’m already plotting what I will do with it.
My teenager will rejoice in the knowledge that she will soon be getting an ATT Tilt cell phone (the Guentzel Tech Trickledown Effect™).
More on this when I get the phone sometime [...]

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Mike on February 25th, 2009

Common Craft put out an excellent series of videos that help folks understand Internet phenomenons.  The videos are short, concise and very useful for those who want to learn about something in a hurry.  I really enjoy the style in which they do it too.
They’ve also done Social Networking in Plain English, Wikis in Plain [...]

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Mike on February 23rd, 2009

I’ve never been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, much less Rio during Carnival.  But through the magic of the Internet, I can get a taste of the spectacle that is Carnival.  This collection is really nice.
Click the picture above for 39 other photos from around the world.
And if you don’t currently follow the Boston [...]

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Mike on February 22nd, 2009

Susan and I didn’t see that many movies this year…the perils of being parents of small children.
I’m thoughougly enjoying the show tonight.

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Mike on February 21st, 2009

I started this post one evening after one too many glasses of wine, so I thought I would rescue it since it is pretty applicable to why I’m doing things differently these days (I’ve decided I’ll dub it Guentzel Change 2009™).  Facebook is something that has exploded in popularity in the past few years as [...]

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Mike on February 19th, 2009

I have this running fantasy that I’ll be fabulously wealthy (lotto plays 4 times a week in Texas, you know) and I’ll be able to afford a big plot of land where I can build all sorts of extra buildings.  I would have the main house where we all lived, but then I would build [...]

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Mike on February 19th, 2009

Gorgeous Day on Campus Today

Originally uploaded by Mguentz

I snapped this walking by the south mall this afternoon. It’s in the 60s and clear.

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