Seaport Sams Christmas Party December 2nd, 2007

Seaport Sams Christmas Party

Learning Curves....Amazon Kindle

Our E-Reader, the new Amazon Kindle arrived yesterday (Nov 29th) and I've been busy playing with it. On ordering it from Amazon I had them include two books (The Coldest Winter and Stone Cold) and one magazine subscription (Time). The magazine and Blog subscription all come with a two week trial period, and we've already canceled the Time one. I find it much easier to read a magazine on-line as it seems to have better navigation.
I am very impressed though with the reading experience of books on Kindle. Like any new technology there IS a bit of a learning curve, but it's not that steep. Once you're used to it you hardly notice you are not reading a paper book. The on-line ordering experience, and the ability to preview almost any book for free, is also worth a lot. Feel free to give me a call if you have questions or would like to discuss it. Even though its only been out a few weeks there are a lot of reviews (pro and con) as well as comparisons with the Sony Reader on-line that you can also wade through, as well at at Amazon's own site.

Learning something new every day.....

People have been sending me select YouTube clips that they thought I'd find interesting, and I've used YouTube for some of my own work on the Preston CT website. What I didn't realize until recently is that there is a treasure house of musical content available for viewing there. I've always loved the Big Bands, and have found it's reasonably easy to construct a list of "favorites", and then group them into Playlists. If you click the post title or here you'll transport to the Big Band Play List I've set up for myself on YouTube.

UPDATE November 29th 07: Click here for our Rock N Roll PlayList from YouTube

Thanksgiving 2007 with the Payette's in Preston CT

Thanksgiving 2007

Veterans Day in Preston CT

We just did a video clip of the Veterans Day program sponsored by the Preston Historical Society. That full video is linked from the Historical Society pages of the Preston CT website. Click the link above to view a "Screener" that's been published to YouTube of this event.

Seaport Sams Last Campout for 2007

Seaport Sams at Country Aire, October 2007

Essex Steam Train & Riverboat Cruise, Oct 20th, 2007

Twenty folks (and some relatives) from our Seaport Sams camping club spent Saturday afternoon on the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat Cruise. It was a great day rolling through the countryside, and touring the upper Connecticut river. Click the title link to view a Picasa Photo Album from this event.

In photo, left to right: Alice, Cheyenne, Bob & Dakota Payette