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A Spring Walk downtown

Gregory Vedders — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:37:07 +0000

A warm March evening inspired the Vedders Family to take a walk down town. The boys started out on their scooters and Mackenzie slept in her stroller while Monica and I walked behind. Other than some tired feet (and some blistered feet ) everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. For our first real walk outdoors we did pretty well, 2.27 miles in 59 minutes. Thanks to Motion-X GPS, some stats from our walk are listed below.

Name:		Track 001
Date:		Mar 31, 2010 6:20 pm
Map: (valid until Apr 30, 2010)		Google Maps
Distance:		2.27 miles
Elapsed Time:		59:00.6
Avg Speed:		2.3 mph
Max Speed:		6.4 mph
Avg Pace:		26′ 03″ per mile
Min Altitude:		404 ft
Max Altitude:		666 ft
Start Time:		2010-03-31T22:20:47Z
Start Location:
	Latitude:	42.966509° N
	Longitude:	85.694228° W
End Location:
	Latitude:	42.966548° N
	Longitude:	85.694108° W

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SayTweet

Gregory Vedders — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:14:12 +0000

A while back I stumbled across a site called SayTweet which allows you the ability to embed your current Twitter status (and others) over the top of user pictures. For the last several weeks every time I visited this site diffrent pieces were broken (image wouldn’t upload, pictures wouldn’t show, etc…), but to my surprise today it just worked. From the site:

Create a Twitter badge that shows your updates on a picture! Upload a picture and then tag some Twitter users in that picture. Voila − that’s all it takes to make a dynamic mashup. Give it a try, and then share the badge!”

I highly recommend this novel site, it really is worth checking out.

Fire Prevention Week

Gregory Vedders — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:54:42 +0000

On Monday, we visited Walker Fire Department’s Station #2. In honor of Fire Prevention Week the Walker Fire Department opened its doors to the general public in the way of an open house. When we arrived at the station the first thing we noticed is that they pulled their hook and ladder out of the garage and pointed its long ladder high into the air.

There were lots of things to do at the station. Out front, Nathaniel and Zachary had the opportunity to put out a “fire” using real fire hoses. The department had set up a wooden house with hinged flames in the windows, door, and chimney. With the help of one of the department’s firefighters, each of them got the chance to put out the fire. Inside the station, they had their pumper truck open so that you can climb up to see what it is like in the cab behind the wheel of a firetruck or in the back where they suit up en route to a fire. Nathaniel and Monica worked together with another firefighter on creating an escape plan for our house. Meanwhile, Zachary found a table loaded with cookies and juice and proceeded to fill-up on them. They also had a display on medicines and how they often look like candy…don’t worry though, Nathaniel knew they weren’t M&M’s®.

All-in-all we had a great time at the open house. Nathaniel was very excited about creating an escape plan…he personally showed Monica and I the tree we need to meet at if we ever have to put his evacuation plan in action.