http://adventuresandbox.com Technology, Reviews, Opinions, Adventure, and More Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:09:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A member of the press tries to eat the breakfast of 8 gold medalist Michael Phelps.  The results aren't pretty. http://adventuresandbox.com/2008/08/18/think-you-can-do-the-phelps-breakfast/ Just testing the iPhone app on my iPhone. Hopefully this post turns out fine! http://adventuresandbox.com/2008/08/05/testing-the-wordpress-iphone-app/ Pure genius: http://adventuresandbox.com/2008/08/05/ultimate-couch-fridge/ Long time Braves announcer Skip Caray, passed away on Sunday at age 68. As a long time Braves fan, I'm saddened today. I've been watching, seeing, and listening to Braves games since as early as I can remember. I remember going to games in the 1980's and ... http://adventuresandbox.com/2008/08/04/skip-caray-passed-away-at-age-68/ I had the strangest thing happen last night while watching some of the Braves vs. Brewers game.  I was busy doing other things and had just missed seeing Chipper Jones bat.  Since he's tearing up the ball lately, I wanted to see his current BA (how much over .400 that ... http://adventuresandbox.com/2008/05/30/mlb-games-fixed/ If you've been watching the NCAA basketball tournament this week, I'm sure you've seen those "Dude" Bud Light commercials. If not, basically it's a guy saying "Dude" in typical guy situations. Situations include someone cutting in line at the movies, a guy ordering a white zinfandel at a ... http://adventuresandbox.com/2008/03/23/bud-light-dude-commercial/ Sony's Blu-Ray has won the next generation format war.  Today, Toshiba announced that it would cease production of HD DVDs.  Now that the format war is over, will sales follow? http://adventuresandbox.com/2008/02/19/high-definition-format-war-is-over-toshiba-quits-hd-dvd/ I've severely neglected this blog for a while. But I can assure you I'm still alive! So what have I been up to lately? -I've started to post a little on Twitter. If you wish to virtually stalk me, my username is kfordham281 -I've been posting a ton on ... http://adventuresandbox.com/2008/02/13/life-update/ A few weeks ago I sold my Macbook on eBay. Not earth shattering news here, but what happened after the sale is why I will avoid selling anything of significant value on eBay ever again. Below is the time line of events pertaining to the sale of my Macbook. 10/24/2007 at ... http://adventuresandbox.com/2007/11/15/my-ebay-and-paypal-nightmare/ I've started a new website where I'll be posting my Mac/Apple related posts. This website will remain about everything else going on in my life. The new website is Apple Mac HQ. Hopefully you'll add it to your list of visited/read websites! http://adventuresandbox.com/2007/11/11/mac-related-posts-moving-to-a-new-website/