.: Above The Aether :.

Google has recently launched a nifty Street View feature in their Google Maps product. This essentially gives the user a street level view of the surroundings. It’s very cool for finding landmarks if you are cartographically challenged and need a building or reference point to guide you. Go to google maps and click on the [...]

My favorite psychologist and soon-to-be-swimmer-with-dolphins is (right at this very moment) sailing the high seas in the Gulf of Mexico with her pal Gail. Queenie and I are holding down the fort here in Houston and hoping she has a wonderful time.  Well, I’m hoping she has a wonderful time.  Queenie is mostly licking her [...]

Google launched some new functionality today on their maps product. If you do a search in google maps and click on the “Traffic” button you will get some green, yellow, red and gray lines on the highways. The colors mean the following: Green: more than 50 miles per hour Yellow: 25 – 50 miles per [...]

Josh and Tara didn’t make it to Houston this weekend due to some pretty bad weather blasting the east coast at the moment. They fought the weather and the messy drive to the airport only to have the flight canceled when they were waiting at the gate. This was: 1. A pain in the ass [...]

I’ve been using Portable Apps on my thumb drive for 6-8 months now and I thought I’d let everyone know just how cool it is. If you’re not familiar with USB flash drives (nicknamed “thumb drives” – because they are about the size of your thumb) they are small devices that you plug into the [...]

By the way, next time you happen to see me, ask me how much US Airways sucks as an airline. -Dave

Well folks, we’re back in Houston. The flight was fairly smooth and shortly after we landed we found our way to our favorite asian restaurant in Houston. One good meal (and several glasses of wine later) we are home safe and sound. We will be picking up Queenie tomorrow; so the Above the Aether grotto [...]

Here are some photos of John, Robbin, Justine and I at Cannon Beach. -Dave

It will be 92F in Houston tomorrow (and that’s not including the heat index, so we’re probably talking around 95-96).  When we land in Portland tomorrow at around 11AM it will be around 71F. This is a 20F degree gift from God I will be receiving tomorrow. You have no idea how happy this makes [...]

Google Talk is now available to anyone with an email address.  The announcement was posted on the google blog today: Last year, we launched Google Talk, a free and easy service for making voice calls and sending instant messages. It used to be that only Gmail users could use Google Talk but now anyone can [...]