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July 4th ended up being a fun day. We slept in, I got up 8ish to feed and walk the puppy, and then went back to sleep until 11. Paul slept until 1, and I got caught up on email, blogs and RSS. Around 3 we drove to Wisconsin Dells and took the Original Dells Ducks tour, which I had always wanted to do. The Ducks are amphibious eight wheeled vehicles, and the tour goes through some small canyons and down the Wisconsin river for a bit. The commentary by the tour guide / driver was pretty amusing too. It was a bit pricey, but fun. Then we went to downtown Wis. Dells for smoothies and shakes and then headed home. We considered doing the zip line tour, which looked fun, but was almost $90 a person, and thus more expensive than we wanted.

After we got back into town (it's like a 30-45 minute drive) we met up with exarian at the East side Great Dane for drinks and dinner and watch between 3 and 4 different local firework shows. The bar is on the top of a high hill that lets you overlook the entire city of Madison. It was great chatting with her again, been too long.

After that we probably should have gone home, but we were enjoying our time together, so Paul suggested we head to Club 5 for a benefit drag show. However after we got there we realized it was actually the previous night, so instead we stopped at the Shamrock for a few drinks. We were out a bit later than I'd have liked, but it's not a big deal, I survived.

Nice day, good to spend time doing something fun with my BF, rather than just day to day things.

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July 4th ended up being a fun day. We slept in, I got up 8ish to feed and walk the puppy, and then went back to sleep until 11. Paul slept until 1, and I got caught up on email, blogs and RSS. Around 3 we drove to Wisconsin Dells and took the Original Dells Ducks tour, which I had always wanted to do. The Ducks are amphibious eight wheeled vehicles, and the tour goes through some small canyons and down the Wisconsin river for a bit. The commentary by the tour guide / driver was pretty amusing too. It was a bit pricey, but fun. Then we went to downtown Wis. Dells for smoothies and shakes and then headed home. We considered doing the zip line tour, which looked fun, but was almost $90 a person, and thus more expensive than we wanted.

After we got back into town (it's like a 30-45 minute drive) we met up with exarian at the East side Great Dane for drinks and dinner and watch between 3 and 4 different local firework shows. The bar is on the top of a high hill that lets you overlook the entire city of Madison. It was great chatting with her again, been too long.

After that we probably should have gone home, but we were enjoying our time together, so Paul suggested we head to Club 5 for a benefit drag show. However after we got there we realized it was actually the previous night, so instead we stopped at the Shamrock for a few drinks. We were out a bit later than I'd have liked, but it's not a big deal, I survived.

Nice day, good to spend time doing something fun with my BF, rather than just day to day things.

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Over the weekend I found a new podcast that I've fell in love with. I don't listen to any other techy podcasts, usually because the hosts are either annoying, uninformed, or condescending. And reports of technology generally bore me. But eBook Ninjas put on by the guys from eBook Architects, an eBook conversion and design firm in Austin, TX, has me going back episodes to find out all of the news and ideas they have presented. The guys seem smart, have a good rapport and a good grasp of the current topics. They do tend to talk over each other, which is minor, but my biggest complaint is they sometimes (not often) begin to discuss the details about a topic before the main point of the topic has been fully explained. Almost like they are picking up on a previous started debate, without cluing in the audience. But that issue is very minor. The Texan accents are amusing too. Over all a good podcast that is following the hot topics in an emerging field.

rating: A+

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Over the weekend I found a new podcast that I've fell in love with. I don't listen to any other techy podcasts, usually because the hosts are either annoying, uninformed, or condescending. And reports of technology generally bore me. But eBook Ninjas put on by the guys from eBook Architects, an eBook conversion and design firm in Austin, TX, has me going back episodes to find out all of the news and ideas they have presented. The guys seem smart, have a good rapport and a good grasp of the current topics. They do tend to talk over each other, which is minor, but my biggest complaint is they sometimes (not often) begin to discuss the details about a topic before the main point of the topic has been fully explained. Almost like they are picking up on a previous started debate, without cluing in the audience. But that issue is very minor. The Texan accents are amusing too. Over all a good podcast that is following the hot topics in an emerging field.

rating: A+