Z.Monkey’s Blog

I’ve been able to play with some new stuff lately, and I thought I might share.

1. A Baby - She was ‘playful’ last night.  I don’t think she likes the heat.  We may need to move into the basement till Friday, or I guess we could turn on the central air. 1stDadDay.jpg
2. Wize.com -  A page that lets you compare products.  It’s kinda neat.  I only wish it had better ways compare things (i.e. TV screen size and resolution).
3. Google Reader - A pretty cool way to view RSS feeds.  You can even share what you find interesting (here’s mine, send me yours if you like).  Here’s a video on how to use it (or not… that’s just too many feeds).   Kinda wish it had a search… which is weird since this is a google thing.
4. AutoHotKey - Used this at work today to cut out hours of tedious data entry.  It can learn your keystroke and mouse clicks and turn that into a script (kinda like the macro builder in excel).  Going to try and see what else you can do with this but it looks pretty powerful.
5. GoodReads - Many of you probably got spamed from all the people joining this.  I haven’t given it a try but it looks like everyone else has.  I’ll add what I’m reading.  Got this from Dan.
6. Jeff’s old golf clubs - I went golfing for father’s day (my first my dad’s 27th).  It was fun, now I need to move the clubs into my trunk so I can occasionally hit the driving range.

On an interesting aside, I have found that I need beer.  This has nothing to do with the alcohol but everything to do with the empty calories.  When the scientist was pregnant I lost 5 pounds (like 3.7% of my normal body weight) just because I gave up (read limited) my intake of beer.  So if you see me without a beer please think of my health and give me one.