A few weeks ago, the Local Radar screen in Galleon‘s weather application started showing “N/A” instead of the image from weather.com. Galleon has been dormant, development-wise, for a while. It was updated late last year with some bug fixes and HD support by s2kdave and jtkohl, but has lapsed into the realm of unsupported (but [...]
Archive of entries posted in July 2008
Vista SP1 “reliability” update
Microsoft has released “a reliability and performance update for Windows Vista SP1-based computers.” According to the KB article, the update specifically addresses a problem with e-mail clients and ZoneAlarm, so maybe it will fix my Vista woes (no mention of a VPN fix, though). I’ve downloaded and applied the patch, but I’m in no rush [...]
Road Trip 2008: Day 10
And so it ends … We got up early and hit the road, driving through the morning fog in the northern Georgia hills. Driving through Georgia and Florida takes forever, but we finally made it home shortly before 6pm. Vacation is over! Final wrap-up: According to my Garmin StreetPilot c340, we covered about 3,000 miles, [...]
Road Trip 2008: Day 9
This morning we packed up the car and then checked out of our hotel to start our last day in Ohio. Then it was over to St. Victor’s in Richfield for my niece’s baptism. Immediately after mass, we bid friends and family farewell and hit the long road home. About 90 minutes down I-71, we [...]
Road Trip 2008: Day 8
It was a late night last night after the fireworks show, but I managed to meet up early with my siblings. We headed downtown to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. I had never gone to the museum while I lived in Cleveland … it was one of those things I figured [...]
Road Trip 2008: Day 7
Happy Independence Day! The rain moved out as forecast and today was beautiful … low 80s and sunny. In the early afternoon we gathered at my sister’s and brother-in-law’s place for a family photo. We couldn’t find a local studio that could accommodate our large group (12 people) at a convenient time so we decided [...]
Road Trip 2008: Day 6
Today we spent a relaxing day with family. We went to breakfast at First Watch with my brother before he headed to work then headed over to my sister’s place to meet my new niece (the major reason for this road trip). We were planning on taking the girls to the Cleveland Zoo, but the [...]
Road Trip 2008: Day 5
Today was our last major day of driving for a while. We left Cheyney around 8am and in short order were on the Philadelphia turnpike (I-76) heading west through the beautiful, mountainous Pennsylvania countryside. Having grown up in flat Florida, my daughter was amazed at the mountain views out her window as we passed through [...]
Road Trip 2008: Day 4
We spent today in the City of Brotherly Love: Philadelphia, PA … our first day without any serious driving since last Saturday. The day started at the Independence Visitor Center after which we just started walking around the historic downtown area. Check out this great ad (to the let) for an iPod-assisted walking tour of [...]
