It’s Time

I’ve had my iPhone for almost 3 months now, and I haven’t once tried to unlock, hack it, or install 3rd party applications on it. I’ve been patiently waiting for Apple to come out with their long-promised software update that would give me the missing features i want… Meanwhile I’ve been watching the community’s efforts, [...]

Apples Everywhere

We went apple picking this weekend with Jon and Virginia and Jason, Brooke and Alivia. It was a beautiful afternoon, and Benjamin slept like a rock when we got home. We now have plenty of apples, apple crumble and apple cider to get through…
The Flickr feed is updated, and includes some glamor shots of the [...]

Get a Mac — Everyone’s Doing It!

Congratulations to Mom and Dad Watters on joining our “other” family — of Mac users, that is!
The in-laws finally broke down and got a brand new, beautiful and shiny, iMac 20″ so we can video chat with them and they can visit with Benjamin from right where they are.
We’re really excited cause first my parents [...]

Super Why!

You know you’re a parent when:
You find yourself singing the theme song to Super Why — when its not even on…

Going to Florida…maybe…

I discovered long ago that I’m a naturally lazy person. If I stop for awhile, I have a hard time making myself go again. However, as long as I stay in the groove, rest doesn’t enter my mind. So, as a survival skill in college, I learned not to slow down. As long as every [...]

US Dollar hits fresh 15-year low

Well this is awesome…

Code Poetry

The oft-dead, much-neglected software section of the website has gotten a slight over-haul, at the prompting of some Netizens. All the links work again, and software.jonandnic.com will be back up soon, pointing in that direction. Check it out if you’re into that kind of thing…

The Idea Virus

The notion that an idea can become contagious, in precisely the same way that a virus does, is at once common-sensical and deeply counter-intuitive. It is common-sensical because all of us have seen it happen: all of us have had a hit song lodged in our heads, or run out to buy a book, or [...]

Accessorize Your Geek?

Got a ton of stuff up for sale on eBizzle. Check it out, yo…

Singing in the rain

This afternoon I went by the church to drop off some random cables and CDs I’d found tucked away in trunks and laptop bags. Things that had been a part of this other life we’ve lived for the past 18 months — called ministry. I visited with the guys in the production booth, busy working [...]