http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/ On The Road Again... en-us 2007-09-16T13:11:40-08:00 http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/000182.html I recently bought my second Acer notebook, after my Acer Ferrari 4000, the Travelmate 8210. It's great. Nice and thin, looks sharp, dual core processor, big screen, carbon fiber case, fast graphics card, webcam, smart card reader, dual layer DVD... rick 2007-09-16T13:11:40-08:00 http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/000181.html Okay, I promise not to be the really annoying person who just posts tons of pics of their kids and e-mails video clips and goes on and on and on about the baby ... but people are bugging me for... Logan rick 2007-07-26T10:50:31-08:00 http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/000180.html Logan Alaric Bentley was born today at 8:55am. 9lbs 12.4oz. Mother and baby are doing great. Aunt, Father, and Maternal Grandmother pictured above. More later, back to the moment now.... Logan rick 2007-07-20T14:21:40-08:00 http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/000179.html (backstory: as with her sister, China, I started on Loli's poem when she fell ill and released it upon her death.) Lolita Berhow. February 28th, 1993 - July 6, 2007 Bid-Dump. ba-dimp. Bid-Dump. ba-dimp. Bid-Dump, there goes Loli off to... rick 2007-07-08T09:36:26-08:00 http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/000178.html (backstory: China was a cat that was somewhat unwelcoming of strangers but very affectionate towards her "mom". She was quite large, close to twice the weight of her sister Loli. China and Loli lived on Buckthorn Way, in a house... rick 2007-07-08T09:30:04-08:00 http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/000177.html When Melissa's cat, China White, died, the most excellent hospice vet who managed her end of life care (came to the house and ended her pain; also made paw print mementos, kept fur clippings, and arranged for the return of... rick 2007-07-08T09:20:14-08:00 http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/000176.html Some friends of mine are launching an interesting product/service combination. It's a phone but it has an Ethernet jack instead of a phone jack. When you pick up the handset you hear a dial tone and can dial as normal.... rick 2007-04-10T14:21:14-08:00 http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/000175.html A friend of mine has taken the CEO job at Jaxtr, a cool startup that lets people receive phone calls on their regular phones w/o giving out any of their phone numbers. I'm in the closed Beta program; try it... rick 2007-02-12T11:02:50-08:00 http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/000174.html As unbelievalbe as it is, someone shot our beloved office cat, Buddy. The full story is here. We have posted a $5,000.00 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot him.... rick 2006-09-29T11:38:11-08:00 http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/000173.html Gmail is great, but you have to send and receive from your gmail.com account. In fact, even if you use the POP feature of gmail, your e-mail will always be from yourusername@gmail.com (never yourname@yourdomain.com), regardless of how you set your... rick 2006-09-13T23:25:40-08:00 http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/000172.html First off, the Internet is great, You-Tube is interesting, and Michael Moore is indeed a "little b*tch" as the Iraqi in the third clip so nicely puts it. Circumvent the Old Stream Media and its particpants' political agendas and get... Iraq rick 2006-07-22T09:22:52-08:00 http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/000171.html I have just returned from one of the best vacations ever. Five friends and I rented a 45' catamaran and sailed around the windward islands in the Caribbean for 5 days. We did what's called a "bareboat" charter, which means... rick 2006-04-03T17:39:15-08:00 http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/000170.html Tiny little Marigot Bay, St. Lucia, only has about 10 moorings … but it has WiFi. Welcome to 2006. I'm in the Carribean on a rented 45' catamaran with some friends. Picked up the boat yesterday in Martinique, moored here... rick 2006-03-25T21:17:00-08:00 http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/000169.html When I was in elementary school I managed to somehow convince my parents to buy me a little mini-bike. It had a 2.5 hp lawnmower engine and a centrifugal clutch in it and when you pushed on the rear... rick 2006-03-18T13:31:05-08:00 http://www.thebentleys.com/blog/000168.html As of 1:55am last night ... I'm an Uncle! More later but so far Maxwell Coleman Davis is a happy and healthy baby, Lynn is doing great as well. You can call me cool "Cool Uncle Rick" from here out.... rick 2005-12-17T18:18:48-08:00