One of those mornings where I might just ramble . … about a grape, where my photo is, and well . …
Spent I bit of time figuring out Skype. Yeah, OK, OK, it is a simple thing to do. Download and install the program. Click on the new icon and – well if your brain foggy like me – augh stare at the screen and wonder what the heck am I suppose to do! I finally found a few names I recognized and sent out an invite – well, I think I sent out invites? My friend Tim and I managed to get it working with me on video and him just voice. That worked until Tim decided to try and hook up his old webcam. ha! I tweeted me that he has located the missing driver disc and maybe today we will get to try it out video
to video.
I was surfing the net and came across an blog entry where someone discussed making plasma with a grape. Well you know I am there! My little experiment – yeah I had to see if it really worked – came out OK and I did video tape it.
Spent hours messing around with the video program, read a bit, switched video graphic cards in the computer (Mike wanted the ones in it because they can be hooked up in triple configuration), and I chopped the remaining bark off a large tree branch the came crashing down at 4:15 am. Now you know why I am up typing at 5 am. The dang thing was (and still is) blocking the drive in a way that if a drunk or dumb driver (we have a lot of those here) came around the corner in the dark and swerved to miss it they would end up in the side of my truck. Managed to get it more at an angle so hop everyone misses it till someone stronger than I can move it.
If you want to see where one of my photos ended up,
what happened to the little 
grape,
or some of my attempts with the video stuff it is all right here:
Video
[..YouTube..] Love the intro and the closing credits!!!!!
And why in the world are you putting grapes in the microwave at 12:53AM?????
You nut!
Cool brochure… congrats on that!
In the intro, is that you skydiving?
[..YouTube..] @sherristakes That is kind of what KRP said when the smell woke her up LOL!
[..YouTube..] @sherristakes and yeah it is I.
Dang my computer—won’t show your video without constant 3 min interruptions, followed by 30 sec of YOU! Grrrr I sure enjoy seeing/hearing you though.
I am sorry Diane that the connection or speed sucks. When I try and view from my friends laptop (wireless) I go to the youtube site and watch in lower quality otherwise I have the same problem!
Glad you watched.
Jan
I am the Tim and I think we will have a go of it later. Now I am off to do some very important reading. 🙂
What you can read! just kidding! Waiting to try the skype thing – again. Thanks for your help!
Jan, I love it when you get bored – whatever you come up with to stave off boredom is never boring for the rest of us! Thanks for sharing!
That goes for the other posts I’m catching up on, too. You may be bored, but I’m having fun!
fun yeah that is what it is all about. good to see a comment from you I missed them while you were doing whatever it is Zoom does LOL.
so the fun police have stopped censoring?
Nope. When Scarecrow is working in the office, the Fun Police are still on the job.. Fortunately for me and for our transportation expenses, he’s been working from home a lot. No Fun Police firewall here!
I can’t believe you’ve been doing this since 2005! wow Impressive
Nicole
Yep does not seem that long yikes! time goes by fast.
Congrats on having your photo in the brochure!! Now…aboout blowing up grapes…would it work with a watermelon?
I do not know and KRP says I do not get to microwave stuff anymore after the fireball the grape made – something about “can you buy a new microwave?”!
I suspect it would not as it does not contain the same amount of electrolytes.
And having the photo in the brochure is way cool and I like the cause the brochure is for so a win win.
Jan
I just thought maybe a watermelon might have a lot of electrolyes being it is 92% water. Hubbers won’t let me try it. I think KRP and Hubbers are spoil sports!
Well there is something to be said for not wanting to buy a new microwave. Although if I find a cheap one at the goodwill I just might buy it to blow stuff up with LOL.
KRP says that all microwave explosions must be done out side and away from all lifeforms.
Yeah spoil sports!
Jan
Ditto to the nice intro, however, I’m thinking that maybe you need to be more closely supervised during these boredom spells. 🙂
And the fun in being supervised is ???
No fun, or at least rarely. But I hear kitchen fires are over-rated. 🙂
Does knowledge of the location and proper usage of a fire extinguisher count?
Have you ever used one of those ding-dang things?
I know the whole PASS thing, but needed a second extinguisher to put out a propane fire in an emergency response training class. Of course, afterwards the instructors re-ignited the fire and little old lady who was the safety rep for the retirement village on the hill marched in there with her sporty hard hat on and put hers out in record time. Every one cheered. I hung my head in shame.
So, extinguishers? Yeah, got one under the sink, and in the car, and hope to avoid the need for using them.
But you’re likely more capable — probably in the retirement lady league. That didn’t come out right but you know what I mean. So have fun! 😉
I admit that I would more than likely unplug, grab, and toss the thing out the door anyways – and yes I can still do that if I was freaked out enough sort of maybe?
We actually have three around the house.
Oh, maybe you could hit one of the least favored neighbors in the process — two birds!
ok do you have twitter or skype or?? email me