August 31, 2010

Website of the Month

Wow, I just found out that this site won the Website of the Month on g-in.com. Very exciting!

Check out the mention of cryan.com on the g-in.com website. Thanks for the award, glad they had a great time browsing the site. The team worked hard to make the site as entertaining as possible.

Love this quote:

These guys are great and I just love their terrific site!... It was very informative, easy to browse categorys, the design rocks and so much fun overall. cryan.com is a "MUST VISIT"

August 30, 2010

Steve Job Optimism in 2000

Steve Jobs at MacWorld in 2000:

"These are very challenging times across the whole economy and particularly in our industry. Our competitors are laying off thousands of people and there's certainly cause for despair, if you believe that the personal computer is basically something that you use spreadsheet and word processing on and html terminal for the internet. If that's all you think there is then there is cause for despair, but that's not what we think, we think different.

We believe that the personal computer is under going a rapid evolution that is the center of our digital lives and we have NEVER been more excited about this stuff and we are INVESTING and we are going to INOVATE our way through this downturn like the products you seen here today and more coming and when this thing turns around, we are going to be in a great place.

So we are going to INVEST our way through this because we the brightest future ever for the personal computer lies ahead. Thank you very much."

August 27, 2010

What is your Objective?

When your starting out the task to declutter your stuff, you need to ask yourself three key questions:

• What are you trying to accomplish?
• How do you plan to get to the goal?
• What tools do you need to get these things done?

By asking yourself these questions, in advance, your mind is focus to cleaning. It helps to understand your focus.

After 25 minutes of activity, you may want to refresh your mind with the answers to the above questions. I find this technique useful, because while you declutter you tend to zone out and focus on why you have the stuff instead of how can you keep this stuff.

If you have old monitors, TVs and Microwaves, check your local town for special recycle weekends. You can recycle some of your unused electronics for free.

Notes:

• Try to visualize the area on what it will look like when you complete the decluttering process. Imagine how simple it will be not having all the clutter. Go and make that visualization a reality.
• Setup a donation box and donate some of your items to others that may need it more than you do.

August 25, 2010

Badluck Schleprock

If your looking for the negative character on the Flintstones call "slep rock" his real name is Badluck Schleprock. You can find some information on Wikipedia. I haven't found anything that actually shows what episodes that he appeared in.

I am blogging this because I had a hard time finding the character base on my search for "slep rock" and the name wasn't listed among the characters on the main Flintstone page on Wikipedia. My search found other people had the same problem spelling Schleprock's name.

Hope this posting helps someone else out! Poor Schleprock, stuck with a name that many people can't spell correctly.

August 24, 2010

Strange Caller ID

I have been getting strange calls from the following numbers:

• 204
• 507
• 423

Yes, those are the numbers that show up in the caller id on the cellphone. I would see 204 appear and that's it. Very weird.

So it turns out that the numbers are from telephone solicitors that found the number online via the Yellow Pages. I believe that they were trying to upsell Yellow Pages services.

August 23, 2010

Seals at Chatham

If your looking for some Seals on Cape Cod, the best place to go is Chatham. Some people have seen the Seals on the beaches of Chatham Light during low tide, but the best place is Chatham Pier.

Located about a half mile from Chatham Light is Chatham Pier. This is where fisherman come in to send their daily catch to various places on the Cape. You can even purchase some fish right off the boat. Talk about fresh!

If your looking for Seals, head to the second floor and look straight ahead. Just in front of you will be lots of Fishing boats and a sandy island called Tern Island Sanctuary. During Low Tide, you'll see lots of Seals hanging around this island. Look around the boats and you may see seals playing around.

August 17, 2010

Inspirational Music

Some Inspirational/Motivational music that is on my iPod's Business playlist. Most of these can be found on iTunes.

• (I Wanna) Be Like Mike (Teknoe)
• Alone in the Universe (Seussical)
• Back in the High Life Again (Steve Winwood)
• Champion (Queen Latifah)
• Dream On (Aerosmith)
• East Bound and Down (Jerry Reed)
• Heart Of A Champion (Nelly)
• I'm Still Standing (Elton John)
• Im Alright Theme  (Kenny Loggin)
• Its Possible (Seussical)
• Live Like You Were Dying (Tim McGraw)
• Theme From "Greatest American Hero" - Believe It Or Not    (Joey Scarbury)
• Up! (Shania Twain)

August 14, 2010

Breakfast in Framingham

Over the past couple of weeks, we have eaten at various breakfast places in the Framingham area. Here are four places we suggest you try:

Cafe Fresh Bagels
957 Worcester Road, Framingham MA
This is right next door to Centre Pizza. A great little Cafe that has large fresh bagels.Tip: Try a bagel sandwich at the Cafe and when your finish order some bagels for the week! They have great salt bagels!

Kugel's Deli
855 Worcester Road, Framingham MA
This is located in the Old Trolley Square Shopping Center, just off of Route 9 west bound. A great deli with a terrific breakfast selection, include really good Corn Beef Hash Browns.

Lloyd's Diner
184 Fountain Street, Framingham MA
Located near the O'Keefe Technical School this is a typical cable car type of diner. The food didn't seem that unique and they had a very basic menu, but I thought it was pretty good. They recently changed owners, so there food might have gotten better. I do remember that the service was really quick. Try to sit at the counter for the best diner experience.

Cabots
743 Washington Street, Newton MA
This is worth the drive to great breakfast place that also has great ice cream, which makes it a perfect brunch spot. They have lots of wonderful breakfast treats, their french toast is really good! Tip: Sit at the counter to watch them make the ice cream treats and get some ideas for desert while you wait for your meal!