Category Archives: leisure

Congratulations Drew!

Posted on June 8, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Here’s to my nephew for doing what no other Trusty has done before… run really fast for a long distance.  Yesterday he placed seventh in the state of Ohio in the two mile run.  Actually, in these modern times it’s … Continue reading →

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Backyard Guests

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

A robin has decided to raise a family in one of the trees in our back yard.  The nest is high enough in a pine tree that I can’t see inside it.  I held the camera up in the air … Continue reading →

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News

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I’m from Google and my wife is from Yahoo.  Yet we both get the same headlines every day.  Actually she has Yahoo as her start page while I use Protopage as mine.  Her news is right there in Yahoo.  Mine … Continue reading →

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BeFunky

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Here is a fun site. http://www.befunky.com Upload a picture to the site and the web-based application turns the photo into a cartoon. becomes There are options that control how “cartoony” the picture becomes, how much color saturation is carried over … Continue reading →

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Google and TV

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I ran across Google Trends yesterday.  I was reading through my news reader while watching the football game.  I clicked over to Google Trends and made a quick realization. Based on the searches people were doing right now, there were … Continue reading →

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