jonandnic dot com | 2007 March

Blogcation

Since other people can go a week without blogging, this shouldn’t be so bad.
Apparently a skin graft is considered minor surgery. I’m getting a full thickness skin graft from my thigh, which means they’ll cut a chunk out, stitch that back together, and then put the chunk on my arm. I’ll be partially anesthetized, will [...]

Posted on March 30th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Surgery on God’s Schedule

So I’m getting a skin graft. They scheduled me in for April 5, and I thought that was fine — until I got back to the office and realised thats the Thursday before Good Friday. Our church is doing no less than 7 Easter Services that weekend, and my arms will be playing a part [...]

Posted on March 30th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
Filed under: Current News & Events, Faith & Ministry | 4 Comments »

High Miling

I got an extra 140 km (87 miles, for you Americans) out of my last tank of gas. Let me tell you how…
A couple weeks ago, I read an article about these guys, they call themselves “High Milers” or something like that, and they’ve made a sport out of increasing their gas mileage. One guy [...]

Posted on March 30th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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My Hands Are Small I Know…

Benjamin has hit a major developmental milestone: he’s discovered his hands!
Previously his hands were just things that flopped around, and sometimes ended up in his mouth — or scratching his face. They didn’t really get any more interesting to him until he figured out that he could actually control when they went in his mouth. [...]

Posted on March 29th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
Filed under: Benjamin | 4 Comments »

Skin Graft

And I went to the doctor, and the doctor said…
“Your wound is probably going to take about 4 months to heal without a skin graft.”
So I guess I’m getting a skin graft. They’re going to cut a hunk of skin out of my leg, and sew it onto my arm, and then I’m not going [...]

Posted on March 28th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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And Now For Some Gratuitous Nudity…

Posted on March 27th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
Filed under: Benjamin | 3 Comments »

Digg Storm

Well I think the excitement has mostly died down now. That’s the thing about Digg storms — they’re furious, but they’re brief!

I posted my article about my little AppleScript hack to make my Mini look like an AppleTV, and I guess people liked it! I got 1250 hits inside an hour, so we moved the [...]

Posted on March 26th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Turning a Mac Mini into an AppleTV

Note: This post has been insanely popular, and despite its utility, it detracts from the original intent of this website. Further posts on this topic can be found on the sister site: software.jonandnic.com

So I like the simplicity of the AppleTV, but that simplicity removes some of the functionality I want — like adhoc codec support. [...]

Posted on March 25th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
Filed under: Digital Toys | 48 Comments »

Cutting the Co-ax Part 2

OK, so we think we have it figured out! We’re gonna do this in 2 phases, starting next pay day.
Phase 1 is a minimum initial investment. Most of the costs go to change fees charged by the evil cable company. The sunk costs will be $118, for a year of Skype, and fees to disconnect [...]

Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Things I learned on my “vacation” week…

Our son is pretty much the cutest thing ever invented. Ever.
When the Doctor is too behind to see you today, reschedule — don’t settle for the Physicians Assistant!
I’m actually pretty darn good at my job, and when I take some pride in it, and a little bit of ownership of my work life, it’s actually [...]

Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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