Monthly Archives: October 2005

Gadget Acquisition: Nokia 9500 Communicator

Thanks to my brother Jim, I have acquired a new (to me) Nokia 9500 Communicator. Jim, who is blind, was interested in trying the 9500 out as a possible portable talking computer solution. The Nokia 9500 uses the Symbian Series 80 Operating System and Nuance has created a version of their SpeechPAKS Talks […]

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Have you ever typed something with your hands shifted over one key? Yeah, MR YOO.

If you type ME TOO! with your left hand shifted over 1 key to the right, it comes out MR YOO!

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Gregg Moore and Catherine Soltis Wed

This weekend, I had the honor and privilege of participating in my good friend Gregg Moore’s wedding in New York City. As Gregg is already aware, we have come to love Catherine and still can’t understand how he managed to convince a woman so lovely to marry him. I feel obligated to […]

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Rusty’s Bivouac

So, this is so much fun. After bagging my first cache on South Peak, Sean and I headed over to the summit of Moosilauke for cache number 2: Rusty’s Bivouac
I’m addicted. Cache 2 was quite a challenge as well. However, after decrypting the clue Sean and I successfully found Rusty’s Bivouac, only […]

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South Peek

OK, so 4 days after receiving my GPS receiver and 3 days after becoming a member of Geocaching.com I have found my first GeoCache: South Peek

As expected, I absolutely love this “sport” already. Long time backpacking partner, Sean Lawless and I planned an overnight trip up and down and around Mt. Moosilauke in New […]

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