Long Lost

Tonight, I will be flying back to Boston from Hawaii with my wife and two daughters.  Maui is a nice beach place although I prefer the Carribean where the flight isn’t so brutal.
We take off at about 4:30PM Saturday (Hawaii time), have a connecting flight in Dallas and are scheduled to arrive in Boston around 10:00AM [...]

Proud Dad

Last week, I attended a research and science fair at St. Bernadette School in Northborough, MA.  My daughter (Morgan) is a fifth grade student at the school.
Anyway, the students all did a tremendous job on these3 projects.  I was blown away by the talent of these young kids.  I was also excited and proud when [...]

Kudos to Amazon

Recently, I had to call Amazon’s customer service department.  Normally, I cringe at the thought of calling the customer service department of  a large company.  For me, these experiences are worse than going to the department of  motor vehicles.  Here’s why.
Buried Phone Numbers.  It seems like everytime I have to call a large phone, credit [...]

Morgan turns eleven

My daughter turned eleven a couple of weeks ago.  Below are pictures from the birthday celebration.
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Aly visits the Easter Bunny

Below are some pictures from my daughter’s recent visit with the Easter Bunny.
 
 
 
 

Kreiss family pictures – April 5, 2009

Sunday, we went down the road to Dean Park in Shrewsbury, MA.  Below are some pictures of our day.
 
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Bloggers in handcuffs?

The attached post by  author, David Meerman Scott, reports on a story worth watching.  The US Federal Trade Commission is working on regulations that will cover blogs and social networking sites. 
Personally, I’ve endorsed a number of products on my two blogs including a some of Scott’s work.  I’ve never been paid for the endorsements on either blog [...]

New GM CEO to employees – restructure quickly or face bankruptcy

New GM CEO, Fritz Henderson, told employees today that the company must significantly accelerate its turnaround plan or the company will soon be in bankruptcy.  Henderson also told employees that the Obama administration did not feel that GM’s cuts were not deep enough for the plan to be able to work. 
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Mark Cuban fined for criticizing ref on twitter

Dallas Mavericks  owner, Mark Cuban, was fined $25,000 by the NBA for publicly criticizing officials on twitter.
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Hands-On with the Amazon Kindle 2

Attached is a great article comparing the features of the Kindle 2 with the original Kindle.
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I’m a big fan of the Kindle and   I also believe that the product could lead to revolutionary changes in the newspaper, magaine, and book publishing industries because the Kindle  eliminates printing and [...]