Business Launch Official

I made my first two sales in the first two days in business! I will be designing 6 mobile-websites and QR code signs for some local real estate agents. W00T!


Oh and for the record I am coining the term "QRL". It's a combo of QR and URL and it refers to those QR codes that link to the web! I know, I'm an UberDorkus.

Enormous Fishes

So I went fishing with Kelli's dad and his friend today up by Woodland bar and guess what? I caught my first Slammin Salmon! He is ugly, black, and huge. We estimate him to be around 35# and I can't wait to eat him. He is a Tule and depending on what the meat looks like he may get smoked or if he turns out to be pink inside I will make steaks out of him and grill him up, YUM!

I had my line in the water for a third time after losing my first lure on something 40 feet below and getting snagged a second time requiring Kelli's dad to get my line free. Anyhow, I was trying to let out a little line because the current was pretty swift and my line kept on going out. I thought that was weird and I stopped letting line out and tried to reel it in a bit. Well it wouldn't come in and I thought I was snagged again so I asked Dale for help. By then my line was starting to cross the other guys' lines and when Dale took the pole he said my line felt funny because I had a fish on! So with lots of coaching I got the fish up to the net and yippee! I got myself a gigantic Chinook. That was fun and I look forward to doing it again.

p.s. Go to Schimelpfenig dot com to see the actual size of the fish. The photo above is a little camera trickery courtesy KDHS. He's a huge fish but not 4 feet long, duh!

Summer flyin', bye.

Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man

Finished product coming soon

Kelbel helped me with my design so it looks all crispy now. The new laser printer I bought works great on the waterproof decals. I will reveal more about the mysterious and exciting world of QR codes the closer I get to the official launch of my biz and website.

Work is busy, I'm in training in Montesano all week... sort of. Today I left here at 0630 (that's 6:30AM for you non-military types) and got home at 1830 (6:30PM). Whew, long day... had my head crammed full of telecom industry standards and protocols and lots and lots of other telephony (yes that's a word, and no it probably doesn't mean what you think it does). I'm video-conferencing tomorrow and will drive back up Wednesday for lab, video-conf Thurs, and back up for testing Friday. This is all to get a certification that is only important to my company and really not anyone else in the Telecom industry. ROFL... not.

Getting closer...

Teh intertubez iz fun, thx lil bro'

see more pwn and owned pictures

Wayyy behind...

Since Kel is doing such a great yob keeping the Flickr page updated I haven't felt the need to post anything new. Our lives are very baby-centric and I like it that way. We are starting to incorporate a little time to ourselves into the schedules since we seem to be getting the hang of baby rearing ("You hear that, Ben? Don't let him near the kid, he wants to rear your child!")

Other than that I will soon be adding a couple of pics of the nearly completed, giant pole building behind our house. I am having a good time imagining the possibilities for our new space.

-R

Spoiled.

Disclaimer: This is actually Kel's post, Flickr sent it to the wrong blog. Just in case you thought it was odd I was so enthusiastic about hippo fabric from Ikea...

Aunt Ruth created all sorts of cool things for Ruary. First she made us an AMAZING quilt (I really need to post a picture of it), a big, awesome diaper bag (which holds everything, by the way!), and a newborn-sized boppy for tummy time. But she also created our crib bumper, where she used some sock monkey fabric along with the cute hippo fabric I got at Ikea. I want to sleep in the crib now, I wonder what the weight limit is?

Anyhoo, Ruru enjoys talking to / laughing at / kicking at the animals on his mobile after he gets his diaper changed. He is at his silliest when his rear end is clean and dry. Really, aren't we all?

Happy Baby

Ruary checkin' things out

I was pretty impressed when he decided to turn his head around (not Exorcist style mind you). I am surprised at how strong babies are for their size.

I started a Flickr page for the little guy here: Shimmy Family

The baby is dropping...

But not like this:


Today is the due date given to us by the hospital. Who knows, maybe tonight? We walked around quite a bit today and Kel got a bunch of tummy rubs from nice people. I just want him out so I can justify my bad nights of sleep and not wake up all night long to every noise thinking it's time to go to the hospital...

The votes are in...

First off, it's official, we will have a new president for the next four years! Great, the democratic process succeeds again.

2nd, I was thinking wouldn't it be weird and awesome if we had Border Collie puppies and a baby at the same time?

Lastly, it looks like baby will be arriving next week sometime with a little coaxing from the docs. I can't hardly wait!

Well... that's a deep subject.

So I was driving around today thinking about our soon-to-be newest family member.

Here are some things I was wondering about you Ruary...

What are you going to look like? What will your cry sound like? What kind of music will put you to sleep? Will your dimples show up when you smile? How fast will you grow up? Will the dogs make you laugh when they do stupid stuff? What will be the first thing that you say? What kind of a boy are you going to be? Will I be happy or sad to see you grow up, or both? Are you going to be serious or goofy or both? Will you do well in school? Are you going to be an artist, musician, or maybe a scientist? Or will you work in production or fast food or be a mechanic? Will you respect others, especially your teachers because your mom is one? Are you going to realize the important things in life because I tell you what I think they are or will you have to learn them for yourself? Can you make it through your teenage years without hurting yourself or anyone else? Will I set a good example for you? Can I keep the bad things in life at a distance for you? Will you forgive me for my hypocrisy? Will you forgive me for my faults? Will you always know that I love you and only want the best for you? Will you understand why you are in trouble by us? Will you love life? Do you want to go to college? Where will you decide to live when you're grown up? What kind of man will you be? Will you find love and happiness? Will you succeed? What do you want to be when you grow up? Will you have children? What will you name them? Will they come visit their grandparents? Will you be a good dad? Did we raise you well? Did we do enough for you? Were we good parents...?

Oh hell yeah!

The top bunk must be the way to go

I could survive for 1 minute, 16 seconds chained to a bunk bed with a velociraptor

Post-Apocalypse

Ima UBER!!

If I wasn't so lazy I would post a picture of my setup here but I'll just tell you about it.

I am running dual monitors, one 32" Toshiba 1080p as my primary and a 20" Dell as my secondary. Right now I am watching a movie on the Dell from our Dish network satellite box while playing a Youtube video on skateboarding in the Picture-in-Picture on my Dell. On my Toshiba I am editing some Python code and doing this Blog in Firefox as well as learning about the nifty web development features of Google's new "Chrome" browser.

I have the audio from my satellite going through an Altec Lansing 2.1 system and I have the audio from my Ventrilo session going through a Sony 5.1 DTS system.

So much stimulation! AWESOME!!!

Time For A New Post

The Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL)

I read this amusing article (see below) and felt compelled to link to their website. I found that you can still buy T-shirts but the rest of the site defaults to this error message:

Typo Eradication Advancement League

Statement on the signage of our National Parks and public lands to come
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Note the lack of period completing the sentence, sarcasm high-5. Anyhow, these guys have been slapped with a fine for their well-intended vandalism so I assume if they sell some shirts that will help cover their dues.

I don't want to see all misspellings and grammar no-nos corrected because our language has evolved and there is cultural relevance to some of these mistakes. However, if the signage is in the public eye and used to inform and educate I feel it should be accurate. We don't want to live in a world of stupid do we?

Article as posted on MSNBC --- TEAL

Meth-O-Lantern

The other day whilst I was driving through a part of town that seems to be kind of thick with meth users I had a rare stroke of genius.

I was thinking about the people that have been on meth long enough to start losing teeth due in part to poor hygiene, malnutrition, and direct contact with corrosive toxins.

With Halloween - my favorite holiday - coming up, I drew a connection between our beloved carved pumpkins and our despised pumpkin-headed tweakers. Hence "Meth-O-Lantern" was born.

I figured I better get it posted on the web because I've used the term a few times with a few different people and it seems to be a hit. You heard it here first ladies and germs.

Have a great day!

Getting ready for the babysaurus

It's a boy! Ruary Dale is going to be the newest member of our family coming early November. Kel has been doing an awesome job getting the babyroom ready. I have been very busy mentally preparing myself for the next 18 or so years.

Seriously though my big task this summer is making sure the shop gets built so we can get our extra stuff out of the house and get our things out of storage. The shop is coming along nicely and I expect them to be done with it a few weeks into August.