The Big Bald Guy — Ramblings of a big, blue-eyed bald guy.

Peacock Feather Earrings

December 27, 2008

Our neighbor gave Christine a personalized gift for Christmas that’s as creative and unique a gift as I’ve ever seen. She took a picture of each of our male and female peacocks and placed them on the top of two small boxes. Inside each box was a pair of handmade earrings made from their feathers. [...]

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General Interest

Christmas turkey’s in the oven

December 25, 2008

Yum! A 19-pounder for 5 of us. Should be enough, don’t you think? The “after” picture coming in about 4.5 hours. Merry Christmas // Share|

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General Interest

Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2008

I’m downing my third Chimay Belgium Trappist Ale, a Christmas gift from our office manager Peter. I believe it’s only appropriate to drink an ale made by Trappist monks on Christmas eve, don’t you? We attended the Christmas vigil Mass today and we’ll be cooking the turkey in the morning. Friends will be coming to [...]

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Critters

What’s a Zebu?

December 22, 2008

We got a Zebu for Christmas! No, it’s not a Dr. Seuss character, it’s a type of cattle and ours is a mini Zebu. We named him Ziggy. Ziggy the Zebu. Until yesterday, I had no idea what a Zebu was. Now that I know, I think I’m going to like this little 1 year-old [...]

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Critters

Spring City Christmas Parade

December 20, 2008

It was a bit damp today for the annual Christmas parade in our hometown of Spring City, TN but everyone seemed to have a good time in spite of the rain. I should say everyone except the goats. They just hate to get wet. I believe they dislike the rain more than cats do. This [...]

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General Interest

FORA.tv, Smart videos and lots of them.

December 17, 2008

“FORA.tv is the leading interactive viewing experience of the smartest, most entertaining video content in the world. —The world of ideas and knowledge—all drawn from the live-event speeches, discussions, interviews and debates going on everywhere all the time at the world’s leading conferences, ideas festivals, think tanks and other major centers of thought and discourse. [...]

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Just for Fun

Elf Yourself Some Christmas Fun

December 16, 2008

I’m sure many of you have seen the “Elf Yourself” program from JibJab where you can put faces on elves and watch them dance around with other elves with faces of friends. Introduced last year by sponsor OfficeMax, this year JibJab is offering a variety of elf videos for you to insert your favorite faces. [...]

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Tech Tips

Looks Like OS X 10.5.6 May Have Fixed the QuickTime Audio Video Sync Problem

December 15, 2008

This is an unedited .mov file recorded with QuickTime after upgrading to OS X 10.5.6. What do you think? Is the problem fixed? What timing! Update: Changelog doesn’t mention Quicktime. // Share|

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Tech Tips

Recording Video with QuickTime: Audio and Video Out of Sync Using iSight Camera

December 15, 2008

My plan for BigBaldGuy.com is to keep the daily message short and sweet using unedited webcam video. After experimenting with podcasting and social networking tools for a couple of years, I’ve learned that if I’m going to publish content on a daily basis it must be relatively effortless. The more complex the publishing process, the [...]

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