Matt Howell

Ok, yeah, I went to see Kelly Clarkson at the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, so what! LOL :-) Ah, Kelly…mmmm. I’ve been to plenty of concerts over the years, but this one was quite different from the rock, metal and classic rock concerts I usually attend. Here are my observations about the people [...]

Saturday – Took a short walk late Saturday morning then picked up the kids at noon. We ate lunch at Pizza Hut and then did some shopping at Wal-Mart in Winchester. I only got a couple of hours with the kids because I had to leave for the DJ gig at 3pm. I got luck [...]

Last year a friend of mine upgraded from GirlFriend 6.0 to Wife 1.0 and found that it’s a memory hog leaving very little system resources available for other applications. He is now noticing that Wife 1.0 is also spawning Child Processes which are further consuming valuable resources. No mention of this particular phenomena was included [...]

I went to the Randolph County 4-H Fair on Tuesday with the kids and my mom tagged along. We started out with dinner, went through the business barn, walked through the horse barn, visited the Winans family in the pig barn, saw the Doughty’s in the cow barn, conversed with the Cooper family in the [...]

Friday – I decided to take the day off from work. I had a big weekend planned and needed time to prepare for it plus spend some time with the kids. The day started at 8:30am with some coffee and 200 bales of straw that my dad, a couple of other guys and I threw [...]

1. Stay within posted speed limits. The faster you drive, the more fuel you use. 2. Use overdrive gears. Overdrive gears improve the fuel economy of your car during highway driving. 3. Use cruise control. Using cruise control on highway trips can help you maintain a constant speed and, in most cases, reduce your fuel [...]

EDITED 7/16/06 – This was a forward from someone in my email. It’s not my story.   One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought [...]

Friday – Went to Indy for the SpinWeb 10th anniversary party. After a quick production meeting, me and the boys headed out to Marsh to buy the grub for the event. Ryan, on of our developers, graciously offered to have the party at his house in Indy. After Marsh, me and Tony (one of the [...]

July 4th – Cleaned house with the kids. I took my youngest boy down to my parent’s house so me and the other two could do some organizing, drywall mudding and deep cleaning. Around noon we had a distant cousin to the family drop by with my parents to see the house. I live in [...]

Morgan Elizabeth Howell greeted the world on Thursday, June 29 at 9:47 am. She was 9 lbs and 21 inches long. So far, we think she looks a lot like Carson, with more petite features and DARK hair. Mark, Lori and Morgan Luckily, everything turned out OK and we have a beautiful, fiesty little girl. [...]