Chris Heuer's Insytes

I have been using my Treo 650 for a long time now, and generally have a love/hate relationship with it.  In working with MobiTV over the past couple of months, I have really been seeing some amazing phones that put great video in your hand, but have been holding off on buying one to wait for the iPhone.  Looks like I need to wait around 6 more months for this, but I need to get a better phone in the meantime, so if you have a good suggestion for what we should do while waiting for the FCC to approve the iPhone, please let me know.

I wish this could have been better quality photo, but we had to send back the Cannon Rebel XT because the repairs they did under warranty for an autofocus problem rendered the camera pretty useless.  So sorry about that – I had intended to use this series of blog posts to highlight a beautiful picture.  Instead, I highlight a beautiful piece of technology (you should have seen the technolust dripping off of everyone’s wide smiles).  Check out the rest of the photos I took of the iPhone, Steve Wozniak and the AppleTV at Flickr…

I can’t believe how long it has been since we were in Jamaica.  On November 23, 2005 we were standing on the beach in Negril, looking at this beautiful sunset. As it turns out, this was my last night of freedom before getting engaged to Miss Wells. The colors here were just stunning and well captured by our little camera, so the sunset can speak for itself.

What I need to speak to is the little place we were taking these photos from, Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville in Negirl.  Like most of the overly touristy places, it was geared a bit too much towards the pedestrian sensibilities that goes along with loving TGI Fridays way too much and a little craziness that you get in the mornings  if you have a morning “Zoo” radio show in your market.

But as with all drinking frozen drinks while listenting to reggae and carribbean music, we had fun nonetheless. The Margaritas were awesome (go for the good stuff, avoid the shelf tequilla – Patron is my favorite).  Looking at this photo for the past 15 minutes while writing this is really helping me reconnect with the beach mentality – it feels good! Which reminds me, we heard a new Jimmy Buffet song on Internet radio the other day, I need to go check out his latest album in iTunes…

Wow – am I really posting 4 times in one week on the same meme? Shows what a little perseverence and will power can do – now I only need to do the same sort of mental and emotional gymnastics in regards to my diet and exercise regimen and things will really start picking up. Which is kind of the subject of my Pic o’ DaDay #4 – FoodPorn!

Ok, it is not exactly food porn in the traditional sense, but it was quite a special meal.  This was the fist Christmas dinner I ever really had a chance to cook for Kristie and me (2006) – it was also the first time I ever cooked a Turkey, which actually came out quite good, though the top of the bird got a little bit dry due to the 30 minutes of extra cooking time for high elevation (Lake Tahoe).  The gravy it made was amazing, and the Stove Top Cornbread Stuffing was wonderful (but you need to get creative with the broth and the ingredients – finally a recipe secret I have that you don’t!).  It went really well with the Duckhorn Sauv Blanc, but would have gone better with the ZD Chardonnay if I did not forget it in the freezer for a quick chill that ruined it – DOH!
In the end though, the meal was good, but the company was better – my first Christmas alone with my honey pie.  Sorry future-mom-to-be for missing your holiday gathering this year, if you decide to forgive us, I am looking forward to another Wells’ family Christmas on the Oregon coast next year…

The sad thing, this is one of the worst tasting martini’s I ever had. You know how sometimes when you order a martini, the bartender has never had one and they use too much vermouth? Well this was not one of those times, it was worse. This was a situation where the Bar (in this case Bar of America in Truckee) tried to pass off the cheap vodka as a Belvedeere and it just tasted awful. I will never order another martini from them (and rarely go back there since the bartenders are typically so rude).

Fortuantely, it did provide a great photo, the solitary olive on a stick, with vodka legs slowly falling down the side of the glass and glistening perfectly. For a closer look, check out the Martini Glistening on Flickr…