The Dodge Family Blog http://www.dodgefam.com Random Stuff about a Random Family Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:01:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Exploding DVD http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/695-the-exploding-dvd.html http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/695-the-exploding-dvd.html#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:48:25 +0000 Mike http://www.dodgefam.com/?p=695 So a few weeks ago, Johanna’s brother Brian asked me to build him a computer. I had the whole thing put together, and it was running perfectly. My own media center was having problems with a netflix DVD that day, so I thought I would see if this brand-spankin’-new wicked-awesome computer could play it any better. Bad idea.

As luck would have it, the DVD drive in this new computer was too much for this DVD to handle, and as soon as it got up to speed, BLAM! There’s this loud noise and the kids immediately started denying any wrongdoing (I hadn’t even accused them of anything…I wonder if I should be?)

Well, I guess the DVD was the problem, not my media center drive. So I took out the drive from Brian’s computer, put my own in it so he would have a working drive when he took the computer home that evening, and set to work dismantling the drive to rescue it if I could.

Here is some footage of what I found.

]]> http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/695-the-exploding-dvd.html/feed 0 Worshipping at the Porcelain Altar http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/686-worshipping-at-the-porcelain-altar.html http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/686-worshipping-at-the-porcelain-altar.html#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:39:30 +0000 Mike http://www.dodgefam.com/?p=686 In late ‘09 my Christmas break was anything but a break. We re-tiled our bathroom, and have just finished putting in a new “Porcelain Altar.” It’s nothing astounding, mostly because Johanna wouldn’t let me get a High-Tech “Darth Vader Black” toilet, but hey, this one flushes and does it’s duty just fine. So for all those who I am sure are interested in how we’re dealing with all the crap that 2009 left us with…here ya go.

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I’m sure you were all so…moved…by this. I have been.

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And…The Video!

]]> http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/682-glens-first-birthday-cake.html/feed 0 out with the old in with the new http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/676-out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new.html http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/676-out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new.html#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:03:28 +0000 johanna http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/676-out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new.html All in favor of Mike changing the look of the website say eye!
EYE!
Jo

]]> http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/676-out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new.html/feed 0 Glen Walking http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/671-glen-walking.html http://www.dodgefam.com/archives/671-glen-walking.html#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:04 +0000 johanna http://www.dodgefam.com/?p=671 It seems Glen won’t be outdone, and is determined to learn to walk just like his older cousin Simon! Here is the footage!

It has been a fun new stage! Enjoy.

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