http://www.morinfamily.com:8888/blog/ Assorted geeky things, reality tv, and bragging about my kids http://www.morinfamily.com:8888/blog/2008/12/11/1229043897840.html I realize I haven't kept this blog up, that's mostly because FIOS blocks on port 80 which means I lose the primary "www.morinfamily.com" url. I keep saying I'll move this over to a real host and get it out of the basement but I never seem to have the attention span -- my mail still goes through this domain and when I do it I want to do it quickly so I don't lose mail. <p/> So I'm curious, is anybody actually subscribed and wondering what happened? Or do I just get the occasional search engine traffic? http://www.morinfamily.com:8888/blog/2007/09/20/1190289169963.html <p>3yr old, during her normal morning potty break, says to me, "Daddy? I love my sister whole big." <p/>Awwwwwww. <p/>It's actually become her catch phrase, she's saying it every day this week. "I whole big love you, Daddy!" <p/>"I whole big love you too, sweetheart. Now go whole big love Mommy." <p/>Then again, my 3yr old (both my girls, actually) <a href="http://app.shakespearegeek.com/mp3/girls_shakespeare.mp3">can recite Shakespeare</a>, too. I'm still trying to find a place to show off that trick, but none of the adults they come in contact with have any idea what they're talking about :). http://www.morinfamily.com:8888/blog/2007/09/13/1189687802368.html <p>Apple has a new feature for the iPhone. See a song on iTunes that you like? Click and turn it into a ringtone! The only problem is that you have to pay 99 cents for the song, and then another 99 cents for the privilege of making it a ringtone. Who is the ad wizard who thought that one up? Or was that one for the "We'll give it a shot and see how many people actually do it before the bad press gets too overwhelming" pile? <p/>Naturally this has started up a flurry of "How to get free ringtones for your iPhone" articles, which in turn has spawned articles for "Get free ringtones even if you don't have an iPhone." <p/>Over a year ago I simply got a phone that actually <b>supports MP3 ringtones</b> (a Motorola v360, to be specific). And then it was a simple matter of <a href="http://www.morinfamily.com:8888/blog/pages/motorola_v360_custom_free_mp3_ringtones.html">getting them on the phone</a>. Easy easy. My ringtone is <a href="http://www.shakespearegeek.com">Shakespeare's Sonnet 18</a> ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day...") as sung by David Gilmour, of Pink Floyd. The uber-cool thing is that my 5 and 3 yr olds can now both sing that song, referring to it as <a href="http://blog.shakespearegeek.com/2007/08/my-plan-is-working.html">the song that Daddy's phone sings</a>. <p/>I suggested that my 5yr old sing it for her new kindergarten teacher, but then it dawned on me that her teacher would probably have no idea what she was hearing. http://www.morinfamily.com:8888/blog/2006/08/21/1156212062051.html <p>Ok, I think I'm back up, at least enough to keep the traffic flowing. I'm on the latest stable version of the blog software. <p/>Unfortunately I've lost some posts, so apologies if you see "Page not found" for no good reason. Not sure what that is all about, why certain posts are causing issues and other posts on the same day are not. <p/>Also, I've lost all my customized navigation, so it'll take me a little while to build that back up again. <p/>But at least there's a blog to land on again . And hopefully with this new version I've got enough tools to keep the comment spam to a minimum.