The LaGarde Family

Episode #3 of the LaGarde Family Podcast is available.

Ok y’all. Finally, the 3rd episode of the LaGarde Family Podcast!! I am sure all, MAYBE, one of you were really waiting for this. Yea, I am a geek. No one will really listen to this, but that’s ok. This is really just an experiment, and a form of journaling for me. Years from now i can listen to this and laugh at how geeky this really was to do.
With this being my first podcast using Audacity and a multiple track recording software, there are some bumps in this record, and for that I apologize. Other than that, enjoy.

Featured in this Episode (music):
- I Celebrate the Day, Silent Night/Away in the Manger, and 12 Days of Christmas from Relient K off of their “Deck the Halls and Bruise Your Head” album. (Visit Relient K’s website)

Topics Covered:
- 0:50 – 30th week of pregnancy, hear our baby’s heart beat from week 13
- 9:30 – Our trip to boston
- 22:55 – Basement project, Apple’s “TiVo kiler”

Feed link
Listen Now!(39:20 min / 39mb)

[http://www.lagardefamily.com/podcast/03_Episode-3-LaGarde-Family-Podcast.mp3]

April accuses me of getting too many toys. I agree, for the most part. But, this purchase is one that I just won’t regret. I just got a Dell 24″ wide screen monitor, plus an Ergotron “Neo-Flex” lcd stand. These two together basically give my desk back to me. Before, i had the monstor 22″ CRT monitor which just overwhelmed my desk. As you can tell from the pictures, this set up takes very minimal space from my desk. Plus, with the stand, i can easily move or adjust the monitor however i want.
Another great feature of this monitor is that it allows for both a VGA and DVI connection simultaniously, which i have the DVI connected to my mac, and the VGA is connected to my Windows machine, with a kvm being used to connect one keyboard and mouse to both machines. It is working well. In addition this monitor can handle HD tv, as well as S-video and a bunch of memory cards.
Actually, had been waiting for a several months for this monitor to go on sale. I believe it is still on sale through dell.

FINALLY! I have my new office set up. I am SOOO excited. Just ask April, it is all i have been talking about. . . well almost. We do have a baby on the way. Some may be asking – WHY THE HECK would you put your office in a cold, dark basement? This is why -

I was using an upstairs room for my office, and if any of you know me, i am not great at organizing on the fly. When having time to think through my organization, i am good. But when things get outta hand, and I am busy, unless something has a place, i don’t have a clue where to put it. And as a result, things get really messy, like a bomb hit. Then it weighs on me mentally, and i begin to get very distracted by the mess.

So naturally, this small space i was in, with no real storage or shelving, was not good for me. I truly made a mess of it. This is the reason for me going to the basement. Well the main reason. The other is that when the baby comes, it will help separate me a bit more from “the action”.

Anyway, last night i brought my main set up down, organized it, kept the wires as organized as possible, and now i am typing this from my desk. It is really great. The lighting is great. That was a big problem upstairs. Now you can see, if you go to the photos page, that i have really good lighting, and when i am completely done with the basement, it will have recessed lighting which will really add a lot of light down here.

Alright, make sure you check out the pictures under the “basement” album.