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Pictorial Analysis of Gracie versus Hogan Prime Rib Consumption Technique

November 26, 2015 By Andrew Moore

Gracie strikes from above...
Gracie strikes from above… osprey on salmonesque
Hogan strikes from below... shark on sealesque
Hogan strikes from below… shark on sealesque

Filed Under: eating, Hogan Tagged With: prime rib

Lucky Seven and Fortuitous Four

November 18, 2015 By Andrew Moore

Still combining birthday parties while we can get away with it, this year’s birthday extravaganza featured a Rainforest Reptile show at Chez Moore and breakfast at The Driftwood… oh… and lots of Star Wars and Dinosaurs… and a hand-knitted hat from Great Aunt Kris!

Most importantly, we’ve finally turned the corner into toys that the kids AND the dad play with together. Consumer drone for Xmas? I think so!

Filed Under: Abigail, Jackson Tagged With: 2015, birthday

From AT&T to Cingular to Verizon to T-Mobile to Project Fi

October 20, 2015 By Andrew Moore

pfiI signed up for my first wireless plan in 2000; only the actual phone number has remained constant.

The eternal quest for the cheapest/best/reliablest(sp?) plan has taken me to Google’s Project Fi beta. What’s Project Fi? Google Fi gives you a new type of sim card that allows you to connect to more than one carrier and/or wifi hotspots for making phone calls or using data. I was a T-Mobile customer before Project Fi, so this plan keeps my access to T-Mobile, while adding Sprint and any public wifi that registers as strong enough to support voice/data.

The plan is $20 for unlimited talk minutes and text + $10.00 per gigabyte of data. The idea is that having quick switch to open wifi will cut down on data needs. Since my phone number is a Google Voice number, trying out the service is really easy… although transferring a number over is as easy as transferring a number to any other carrier.

Why switch? I currently use T-Mobile’s “not that well-advertised” $30 plan; it is unlimited data (although throttled after a few gigs of use) with 100 mins of talk per month. This plan requires either rooting or additional payment for tethering. It’s a cheap plan and it works pretty well, but there are many T-Mobile dead zones (including my house!) and I tether often, so it’s annoying to have to face dropped calls and to keep rooting every time Google releases a new android version. Project Fi is more expensive per gig, but calls/texts are unlimited and they refund any unused data credits each month, so you literally pay for only the data you use. If you need more data in a certain month, you’re billed for the additional data at $10.00 per gig. I’m banking on public wifi handling most of my data needs… hopefully most everything except turn-by-turn directions and tethering.

Hopefully Project Fi offers solid switching between T-Mobile, Sprint, and public wifi. In any case, both plans are off-contract, so switching back is as easy as switching out the sim card.

Project Fi currently requires a Nexus 6, 5x, or 6p, and you get some benefits from purchasing a new Nexus directly through Project Fi. You can pay for your phone over time without fees or financing, and they throw in a half-price case. Unrelated to Project Fi, Google throws in a $50 credit to the Play Store, so if you’re looking to escape from the iPhone or Windows Phone, you can now replace a good number of apps for the price of a Nexus… which is really the only Android phone I’d suggest buying at this point.

Phone Hardware and Carriers so far:

  • Nokia feature phone (AT&T, Cingular)
  • OG Motorola Droid (CDMA – Verizon)
  • Samsung Galaxy Nexus (CDMA – Verizon)
  • LG Nexus 5 (GSM – unlocked – T-Mobile)
  • LG Nexus 5x (GSM – unlocked – Project Fi)

Filed Under: Android, android phones Tagged With: android, Nexus, Project Fi

Massachusetts Youngster Learns Cruel Life Lesson

August 29, 2015 By Andrew Moore

Never trust the shirt...
Never trust this shirt…

When Jackson visited the vintage arcade and skeeball courts of semi-seedy Salem Willows in late summer 2015, he fully expected his hard-whined-for ice cream to require focused defense against parent bites, ants, wharf rats, semi-domesticated sea gulls, and even his sister’s offers to help him finish. Unfortunately, he never suspected his trusted dinosaur shirt as a top dessert predator.

Normally the Tyrannosaurus Rex on a midnight blue background is an excellent all around clothing choice; it competes favorably even with the legendary three wolf t-shirt. Comfortable, intimidating, eminently stylish, the T-Rex shirt and Jackson are constant companions, but in our fallen world all friendships have their limits.

This particular 3T shirt apparently draws the loyalty line at creamsicle flavored Tweety Bird ice cream treats with blueberry gumball eyes.

Lesson learned, Jackson. Lesson learned.

Update #1: it happened again! TRex helped himself to Jackson’s pancakes at The Ugly Mug:

TRex can sense syrup in the water from miles away
TRex can sense syrup in the water from miles away

Filed Under: Betrayal, Ice Cream, Jackson Tagged With: Bad Dinosaurs, Salem Willows

Camping at Winslow

August 10, 2015 By Andrew Moore

This about sums it up!

Croc Slide
Abby and Jackson
Toasting Marshmallows
Excellent Technique

Filed Under: Camping, General Mooredom Tagged With: camping, maine

Chatham Vacation 2015 has begun!

July 6, 2015 By Andrew Moore

Swing!
Fire Truck!
Sunglasses
Abby Style
My Ears!
Crab Hunters
Shark High Five!

More Pictures.

Things to do next year:

  • Get together with Burnie.
  • Hit a bayside beach.
  • Whale watch out of Provincetown.
  • Fishing.
  • Maybe get out on a boat.

Filed Under: Chatham, General Mooredom, vacation adventures Tagged With: 4th of July, Chatham

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