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Acupuncture…Seriously?

Apr 1st, 2011
by Manly Dad.
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Yes, seriously. My wife has an acupuncture appointment tomorrow. You know what comes to mind when I think of acupuncture? No, tell me. Weird hippie Buy Zoloft Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed environmentalists that haven’t showered that are into this “mother earth” crap for natural healing. I’m pretty sure it’s not really like that, but that’s just the stereotype that I’ve associated with it.

So, Cialis cheap cialis pills why does your wife need an acupuncture treatment? Good question. She’s 35 weeks pregnant, and the baby Cialis Professional is breech. Cialis If the baby doesn’t turn soon (like in the next few weeks), my wife will likely have a C-section. Naturally, my wife is concerned about having her abdominal wall sliced open to deliver the baby. Long story short, there is an acupuncture Online Kamagra Gold Levitra Kamagra pharmacy generic buy Cialis treatment called “moxibustion” (just Google it) that is practiced in Asian cultures to help the baby turn. Apparently, this treatment works 75% of the time and it’s non-invasive. So, my wife is going to give it try.

Frankly, I’m skeptical about this whole acupuncture mumbo Cipro Online jumbo. I’ll report back on the results of this process.

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iPad Apps You Should Have

Mar 31st, 2011
by Manly Dad.
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A friend of mine just ordered his first iOS device – - the iPad 2. Good for him. Another friend of mine and I came up with this list of “must have” iPad apps. Hopefully others find it useful. All links below go to the Appshopper.com page for the specific app. Also, these apps are all universal or iPad specific, unless noted otherwise.

Games

Carcassonne. This is hands-down the best iOS app. Period. It’s a great game with perfect implementation of push notifications and Buy Viagra, Buy Cialis, Buy Levitra Without Prescription internet multi-player support. $9.99.

Reiner Knizia’s Samurai. Good game that supports internet multi-player with push notifications. It’s not as polished as Carcassonne, but it’s still fun. $4.99.

Kamagra Soft alt=”" width=”65″ height=”65″ /> Words With Friends HD Free. A fun two-player “Scrabble” game. Its push notifications system is much better than the real Scrabble. Here’s my take on the iPhone version. Free.

Scrabble (free iPhone version). It’s like Words with Friends, but supports up to 4 player games. However, the push notification system doesn’t work as smoothly as Buy epivir Words with Friends. The free iPhone version works on the iPad, but you can always buy the iPad version for $9.99.

Entertainment

MLB At Bat. Any true baseball fan will have MLB At Bat on their iOS device. For $15 you get radio broadcasts for every game plus highlights, Gameday, standings, Viagra for sale cheap and a free MBL.TV game of the day. It becomes even more powerful if paired with a full MLB.TV account to watch the TV broadcast of any game (blackout rules still apply, though). $14.99

Comics. Sure you can get the official Marvel app, but this one has access to many different comic book publishers. Most offer a handful of free comics, which is enough to keep my kids entertained. Free.

Overdrive. If your library can Brand Viagra check out books digitally using Overdrive, you should get the Overdrive app. It supports ePub, PDF, and MP3 books. It’s a solid app, but some people might find Bluefire Reader slightly better. It does all the same stuff as Overdrive, but has cialis price slightly different interface. I’ve used them both to read books and have no preference. Free.

Utilities

Calengoo. If you are a heavy Google Calendar user, you need this. Read my review here. $6.99

Dropbox. Gives you access to your Dropbox files. It even lets you send links to files that aren’t in your Public folder. Free.

News

Twitter. This is the official one. It’s free and good enough. Advanced Twitter users might consider Twittelator Viagra Super Active+ Online for iPad (I use the iPhone version), but it’s not free. Free.

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Blogshelf. If you read blogs, you should check out Blogshelf. This app organizes your favorite blogs into a “bookshelf” where the book covers update for the most recent articles. It’s Kamagra Soft easy to add a blog to your shelf  by URL or browsing popular blogs within the app. Great companion app for the iPad. $2.99.

Weather Channel Max for iPad. Yeah, this is self-explanatory. Free.

Shopping

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Appshopper. Yes, the iPad comes with the official App Store app, but it’s not as good as Appshopper. Free.

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I’m a (Tooth) Fairy

Mar 22nd, 2011
by Manly Dad.
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It finally pharmacy buy online happened: I’m a fairy. Technically, I’m a tooth fairy. Cialis for women My five year old son lost his first tooth last week and I got to be the Buy lioresal tooth fairy.

He noticed it was loose last Sunday. He was super excited and wanted it come out immediately so he could get Brand Levitra money from the tooth fairy. I explained that it would probably take a few days before the tooth would finally fall out. It only took one.

Monday night we (me, the wife, and the two boys) were eating dinner together. My son finished his main course (mac and cheese). His tooth was still there. I got up to get a napkin. When I sat down I noticed a hole in his smile; the tooth had fallen out. However, nobody could find it. He didn’t notice it when it fell out. Our conclusion: he swallowed it.

My son was very sad because now he had nothing to put under his pillow. There was no way my Levitra wife or I was going to wait for the Cialis Buy Cytotec Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed tooth to work its way through the back-end. So, my son wrote a letter to the tooth Brand Levitra fairy explaining that he swallowed his tooth Kamagra jelly and he wants a prize. He placed the note Buy Viagra online next to his bed.

Later that night, the fairy (me) tiptoed into his bedroom, took the note, and placed Buy Cipro Online a $1 bill under his pillow.

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Best iPhone Calendar App: Calengoo

Mar 11th, 2011
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So, I’ve written about my frustrations in the past about the default iPhone Calendar app. A friend of mine finally convinced me to give Calengoo a try. After using it for a week, I can honestly say it solves all my calendar problems. It is well worth the $6.99 I paid for it. This is the app that Apple should have made.

Seriously, here’s my quick list of “Pros”: The Levitra Professional calendar colors match perfectly. It has push notifications Silagra jelly”>Kamagra jelly (even lets you choose wich calendars get notifications). generic pharmacy Weekly agenda view. Doxycycline Online href=”http://online-pills-med.net/buy/topamax.html”>Buy Topamax Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed A more useful Kamagra Gold month view. Daily view that easily scrolls from day to day. Syncs Google Tasks. Tons of customizable Buy fluoxetine online features.

This is Brand Cialis one hell of an app. In just one Buy online Levitra week it has quickly earned a special place on my iPhone…right next to Google Voice, MLB At-Bat, and Carcassone.

Cons: I guess the price, but is $6.99 really that steep of a price to pay for a fully functioning calendar app? That’s not really a con.

If you use Google Calendar and you are fed up with the iPhone Calendar app, do yourself a favor: buy Calengoo.

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Time Machine Rescued Me

Dec 13th, 2010
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One of Apple’s best features (Time Buy Plavix Online Machine) saved Buy glucovance Propecia Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed me from one of its other bugs (iMovie ’11). Check out my last Tadacip Cialis Professional Levitra”>Brand Levitra Kamagra Gold target=”_self”>post about my iMovie without prescription online pharmacy ’11 headaches.  Here’s how Time Machine saved me:

  1. I “entered” my Mac’s Time Machine to find the previous version of iMovie (iMovie ’09) in the Applications folder.
  2. I Buy online Cialis simply restored that version back to the Applications folder, which replaced iMovie ’11.
  3. I reedited my project and burned it to DVD.

Yeah, it was that easy. Seriously, what other backup program is that easy…especially for restoring applications to previous states? In fact, this wasn’t the first time I’ve used Time Machine to restore an application. A few months ago I tinkered around with jailbreaking my old iPhone 3G, which included using Time Machine to grab an older version of iTunes and then restoring the current version after I was done jailbreaking.

I love iMovie. It’s easy to work with and the product looks great. However, I’m sticking with iMovie ’09 until Apple patches Cialis cheap iMovie ’11….then I’ll Viagra for sale have to break out Time Machine again to restore iMovie ’11.

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My Problem with iMovie ’11

Dec 8th, 2010
by Manly Dad.
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iMovie ’11 has a serious problem that makes it unusable: it has trouble aligning the audio with the video when you export the project to Youtube and sometimes even iDVD.

Of course, I found Viagra Professional this out right after I thought I finished a huge project. Here’s the backstory:

Every year our church has a Christmas party. My wife happens to be in charge of planning and organizing the party this year. Naturally she drafted me to help her with the presentation/program. We recorded 14 families (using my FlipHD) reading different parts of the poem ‘Twas the Before Christmas. Then we interviewed some young kids about their families’ Christmas traditions and why we celebrate Christmas. Cialis Jelly Finally, we asked families to send in photos for a slideshow. My assignment was to edit the video and slideshow and burn it to a DVD to be played at the party. No problem with my MacBook Pro…or so I thought.

I was still running iMovie ’09 when I started the project. I upgraded Buy Nexium Online to iMovie ’11 when I was about 50% done with the project. Last Saturday night I finished the project and decided to publish it to Youtube to see how it turned out and Buy online Viagra to email to a few friends. That’s when I noticed the problem. A few minutes into the movie the audio began to Brand Viagra “slip” from video. Then a few minutes later Tadacip buy generic prescription parts of the video were completely muted, and when the audio came back, it was for a Buy paxil different clip all together. Buy Nexium Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed How could this be so messed up?

I did some research. It’s a known issue. Seriously, just take a look at the iMovie ’11 discussion forum on apple.com. A lot of those threads are about the audio syncing problem. I deleted the terrible Youtube video and set out to fix this problem. After three days and many hours, I finally got my project Cialis done and burned to DVD last night. I’ll post about that tomorrow (but if you really must know how I fixed, Cialis target=”_self”>just look at my tweets).

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Customer Service Win

Nov 11th, 2010
by Manly Dad.
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I’m a big believer in loyalty, especially when it comes to business services. I’m loyal to my mechanic, I’m loyal to my lawncare/pest control company, and I’m loyal to a local restaurant. Viagra Online They all earned my Buy precose loyalty and repeat business. Time to add another one Brand Viagra to the list: Buy Cialis Super Active+ Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed target=”_self”>Ogallala Bay Rum.

You see, a few years ago I got into classic wetshaving – - double edge razor, shaving brush, and shave soaps. After doing a little Kamagra research for my next shave Silagra soap, I came across Ogallala Bay Rum. According to a wet shaving forum (Badger and Blade), bay rum is a classic manly scent and Ogallala makes good product. I placed Kamagra jelly my order for a new shave soap puck, aftershave, Levitra href=”http://enoprescription-levitra.net/item.php?name=Tadalis SX”>Tadalis SX shampoo, and shower gel of the same scent – Bay Rum with Limes and Peppercorns. Less than a week later my order arrived.

When I opened the box I noticed I received more than I ordered. They included an air freshener spray, bath soap/shampoo bar, 3 samples of other bay rum aftershaves, and a sample of bay rum cologne. Ogallala included a note explaining that they were confident that I would be a loyal customer after trying the free samples. After using their products for a week or two I agree with Ogallala: I will be a loyal customer for years to come *. Oh, Buy Viagra, Buy Cialis, Buy Levitra Without Prescription and 0nline pharmacy it doesn’t hurt that the Bay Rum with Limes and Peppercorn is the best smelling shave soap and aftershave I have yet to try.

*Of course, I will continue to try out other shaving soaps and aftershaves (that’s part of the fun of wetshaving), but Ogallala products will always have a spot in my bathroom cabinet.

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How I Fixed Slow WiFi on My iPhone 4

Oct 14th, 2010
by Manly Dad.
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OK, I ran into my first real issue my iPhone 4. The WiFi speeds at home Buy elocon were completely unacceptable – - according to my SpeedTest.Net app, I was only getting .01 Mbps upload and download speeds.  My 3G connection was faster! Luckily I found a solution.

First, here’s my home set up:

  • Comcast Levitra buy online high speed internet (24 Mbps advertised)
  • Motorola Surfboard SB 6120
  • Apple Airport Extreme Base Station (current generation) router with main and guest networks setup (broadcasting in wireless N)
  • My MacBook Pro routinely gets 15-20 Mbps download speed on the main wifi Kamagra jelly network
  • My old iPhone 3G would get 6-10 Mbps Cialis Professional Tadacip download on the main network
  • My wife’s iPhone 4 and my iPhone 4 were crawling along at .01 Mbps on the wifi (main network and the guest network)

How did I fix the problem?  It wasn’t easy. Buy Cialis Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed After lots of forum searching and trial and error, I finally found a solution:

  1. I Female Viagra Online stopped broadcasting in wireless N from my Apple Airport Extreme Base Station.
  2. I Brand Viagra set the iPhones to use the guest network (and removed the main network buy online pharmacy from the iPhone’s memory – - select “forget network”).
  3. I updated the DNS Server in the network settings on the iPhones to directly connect to the Comcast DNS servers.

Seriously, Tadacip what a pain in the ass.  For the record, the iPhone 4 works Kamagra Soft great on other wifi networks. Why was my home network so slow?  One reason: the Apple Airport Extreme Base Station and the iPhone 4 don’t play well together.

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Dear Major League Baseball

Oct 13th, 2010
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Dear Major League Baseball,

I am a die hard fan and I have been since my childhood. I am committed to Viagra discount watching games. I’ve bought the MLB At Bat cialis Female Viagra Online discount Viagra Jelly app two years in a row. It’s a great app – - it’s probably the best Cialis Buy Wellbutrin SR Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed Viagra”>Brand Viagra buy online all around designed iPhone app I’ve ever used. I’ll buy it again in the future, but it has one big flaw…postseason games.

Yes, the app lets me listen to the audio and follow the game day. Yes, I can even pick a camera to watch while listening to broadcast audio. But why won’t you let me watch the real TV broadcast? That way I can see the replays and different camera angles on the fly. That’s how the app works during the regular season – I can watch the TV broadcast of the game pharmacy no prescription in the app. TBS and FOX are national broadcasts with national commercials. Make me watch the commercials instead of showing me a blank screen. It’s a win-win-win situation: you get my money from my purchase (I’ll even prescription cialis generic pay for Postseason.TV…which I did this year), TBS/FOX gets to show me commercials, and I get to watch diovan Viagra”>Brand Viagra the real broadcast of the game on the phone.

Signed,

ManlyDad

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No Cable: Surviving on Hulu

Oct 12th, 2010
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We cut out our cable TV several months ago. Cialis for sale We survived the summer just fine. Netflix kept us (and the kids) entertained. The big challenge came two weeks ago when all of our favorite shows had their new season premieres.

Watching the shows live as they air isn’t’ an option because Buy Viagra Super Active+ Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed Buy Buy Revia Online lamprene online that’s right in the middle of our kids’ bedtime routine. Before the new season started I made sure Cialis Jelly Professional”>Viagra Professional to subscribe to our favorite shows on Hulu. no prescription pharmacy online We had to drop one show (Big Bang Theory) because it’s not available on Hulu or cbs.com.

After one night of watching a few shows huddled around my MacBook Pro, I had to figure out a better way. Then I remembered Brand Cialis my LCD TV has PC input. Problem Viagra Brand Cialis buy online solved. Now when we watch our shows, I hook up the computer to the Cialis Jelly TV via the VGA cable and 3.5 auxiliary jack (for audio). I launch the Hulu Desktop application, sit back on my couch, and use my Mac’s remote to control the Hulu application.

The $65/month savings is worth the hassle of hooking up my computer.

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