Timothy and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
all it has is a sunroof I gave notice at Valberg and now I’m starting a new job at Genie with more responsibility and more stress and when I went to look at electric bicycles for my commute I wrecked...
View Article2007 Year in Review Quiz
What new pet(s) did we get? A box of one dozen starving-crazed weasels A purple gecko named Steve An eight-year-old husky named Malish An African Grey parrot named Sven that says “quivering” a lot...
View ArticleSonnet 2008
For two thousand and eight, these are the facts, Of Tim and Jeni’s story of the year. The windy island wedding of the Jacks; Tim worked from home, not as an engineer. We helped Tim’s parents move to a...
View Articleguess what
Guess what. It’s time for a new website finally. One that maybe we’ll even update now and then. The post guess what appeared first on Tim and Jeni.
View ArticleI want one of these so hard.
The Aptera 2e. The all-electric car that futurists from the ’60s dreamed of. I want one. The post I want one of these so hard. appeared first on Tim and Jeni.
View ArticleSeattle Metropolitan Magazine Likes Me
July 2010 issue of Seattle Metropolitan Magazine features an interesting little tidbit: Pretty flattering. Thanks, Seattle Met! The post Seattle Metropolitan Magazine Likes Me appeared first on Tim and...
View ArticleInsanity Pricing: Crayola Crayons at Target
Spotted this pricing oddity on Crayola Crayons at Target tonight. All of these were on the same rack. Notice anything… odd going on here? Perhaps it would be a little easier to see if I put it in chart...
View ArticleGrowing our Family
I realized that many of our family have not been in the loop. This is my attempt to fix that. Up until this point, none of this has been widely public. Meaning I have not said anything on facebook....
View ArticleWinner: Most Outrageous Campaign Mailer
And the winner for the coveted “Most Outrageous Campaign Mailer” prize goes to… “VoteVets Action Fund” for this delightful piece equating Dino Rossi with insane Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad!...
View ArticleOur Process
This has changed a bit sense we started. Hopefully it won’t change again. Here’s our process & where we’re at: We took Steps 4 & 5 in reverse order. And Steps 6 & 7 can happen...
View ArticleHow do you win a major political campaign? Make crap up!
Wondering how to get elected to a major political office? Well lucky for you, today’s article in the Seattle Times answers just that question! 5 reasons Murray bucked trend, got re-elected …Democrats...
View ArticleOMG, Facebook is Destroying Marriages! (Yeah Right)
This story from New Jersey caught my attention today… Pastor to church leaders: Get off Facebook or step down Rev. Cedric A. Miller has had it with what he says Facebook is doing to couples coming to...
View ArticleEagle or Bottle Cap?
The logo seen at right was imprinted on the inside of a plastic Wesson vegetable oil bottle cap. I say it’s an eagle made out of flames, the logo for whatever company made the cap. Jeni says it’s a...
View Articlede Blob: Best Video Game Music Ever?
Here is the Music Player. You need to installl flash player to show this cool thing! I contend that the Wii game de Blob has the best video game music ever. The tracks embedded at right were composed...
View ArticleI guess I’m a famous videographer now?
So, a few weeks ago I shot this video: I posted it on Seattle Bubble, it got a few thousand views, and we all had some laughs. I didn’t think much more about it. …until a week or so later, when the...
View ArticleI Got a Keen New Camera
Got a keen new camera yesterday from Woot for $150. It’s a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS6, which is a compact point-n-shoot 12MP camera. It’s coolest feature is the massive zoom that they crammed into such a...
View ArticleHow (and Why) to Dye a Barrel of Monkeys
You are no doubt familiar with the classic children’s game Barrel of Monkeys. Here’s how the directions on the bottom of the can describe the gameplay: Drop monkeys onto table. Pick up one monkey by an...
View Article“He was playing music… while I… did stuff.”
I’d like to take a brief moment to share one of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite television shows of all time, Malcolm in the Middle. Thanks to the idiotic complexity of music licensing, only...
View ArticleEpic Commute: Tim’s November 22, 2010 Snow Trek
Exactly one year ago today, on November 22nd, 2010, Seattle was hit by a relatively major (for the Seattle area) winter storm. Here are a few headlines from the day before, the day of, and the day...
View ArticleAppreciating Cheap Tech Toys
Picked up this desktop fan from Target for $5 this week. Five dollars. Seriously, how can such incredible devices be available for just five dollars? Just a decade or two ago something like this would...
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