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Time to blog about my trip to Disney World! So I went to Disney World on vacation back in October. Being a deprived child, I had never been to the most magical place on Earth before. I think it certainly lived up to that name. ;o) As they say, on with the show! After a quick flight down to Orlando and a pretty cheap shuttle ride (thank you MEARS Shuttle Service), we arrived at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge. When you walk in the front doors, the lobby itself is simply amazing. The detail you see in some of the beams is indicative of what Disney is all about - an amazing amount of attention to detail to ensure that you truly have a great experience. We didn’t get to the hotel until around 10pm, but nevertheless we found the pool pretty quickly. I didn’t get to go down the slide until the next day, but I must have gone down it nearly 100 times by check-out time…I love waterslides. ...

I recently heard somewhere about new corrective lens technology that only required an incision in the cornea and the insertion of something like a contact. In the most recent issue of Outside, I found more details.For around $8,000 and 15 minutes per eye, you can now have corrective lens implants that will make you feel like you were born 20/20. And unlike Lasik surgery, which may impair night vision, the procedure improves your view in all conditions. Common in Europe for five years now, intraocular lens technology (IOL) involves inserting a five-millimeter-diameter plastic lens through an incision in the cornea and then clipping it to the iris, which makes it extremely durable…Whereas Lasik requires an irreversible cutting away of corneal tissue, these implants are removable and upgradable.Verisyse implants are currently the only brand in the US to receive FDA approval. ...

Once again, I must thank r-tools technology for their wonderful (in features and price) product, R-Studio. I was trying out one of those SD slots that a lot of new computers have and mistakenly made the assumption that I could just yank the SD card out (which you can do with a USB device on Windows XP) without “safely removing” it. Unfortunately, doing so seriously jacks the filesystem on the SD card, or at least the partition table. Unfortunately, this meant that I lost all the pictures I took over Christmas. Bummer, but not something to get too distraught over…my brother, sister, and father all had a Pentax camera at hand during the week as well. ...

From what I’ve heard, Starbucks’ new drink, Chantico, is pretty darn good. The Chicagoist thought so too. Update: I had one, and with the near mistake of ordering a Grande (I probably would have died…) it was goooood. Like drinking chocolate. Thanks for the recommendation, West Coast! ;o)

Leslie Michael Orchard hit it right on the head. In his post, Beginner’s Mind versus Teacher’s Mind, he tries to determine if he is the teacher or the beginner. I frequently face the same question. There’s so much that I do know, but at the same time there’s so much that I don’t know… I love learning. I love taking things I don’t know about and figuring them out and learning how to best take advantage of them. But where does that get me? There’s no possible way I can become an expert in every area. So do I specialize? Do I focus on one area, devote my life to it, and try to pass on the knowledge to other people as best I can? Or do I maintain the excitement of learning something new each week? At this point, I can do no more than quoteIf I

Thanks John. I had no idea Windows Key + Break would bring up the “My Computer” Properties Dialog.

Chicago got pounded by a almost a foot of snow in the past two days. Thankfully, my father always insisted his cars have good tires. Following in his steps, I had my Blizzak’s on and ready for this storm. Definitely a good choice! There were way too many people spinning out and stuck on side streets this morning and I didn’t want to be one of them. With an extra couple hundred pounds in the trunk, I had no problem getting around.

Somebody bought me a Worst-Case Scenario Daily Calendar last year, which has provided me countless (or 365, to be exact) days of humor. Oddly enough, though, on Wednesday, December 22 the worst-case scenario was: How To Survive a Tsunami. Four days before one actually occured. How crazy is that.

Check out this nice list. I love putting useful apps on my new phone.

That’s great…there’s a better chance of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2029 (1 in 37, currently), then there is of me winning the lottery. By then we should have a colony on Mars anyway, right?