The Lewis Show

The Netbook Originally uploaded by Mike and Janine Next to a sheet of paper, this laptop looks pretty small. We've had the netbook now for a couple weeks and it's great to have one of these for web surfing around the house, for watching TV shows on Hulu, or for blogging like I'm doing right now. The keyboard is really nice. I've gotten used to the layout of the keys. I thought that the keys would be small or hard to use, but this Acer netbook has everything pieced together really well. It runs XP, there's one GB memory, there's a nice big 160GB hard drive, and it's fast. The networking features are great, I'm able to stream media easily from my Windows 7 machine. Overall I very highly recommend everyone get one of these netbooks. It's not just great for people that travel, but even great for home use.

So Football season begins as summer winds down and as sure as the sun has gone up at the beginning of the day and finishes by setting at the end of the day, Brett Favre is still playing. Here's my thoughts. As I post this, the Vikings are playing their final preseason game before the regular season begins. I cringe as always by seeing Viking purple as a Packer fan, but there's a familiar ex Packer and future hall of famer playing in a purple uniform. Of course this happens a year after announcing his retirement after making a comeback with the Jets after announcing his retirement from the Packers. When he retired two years ago I knew he had another three or even five years left in him. Favre has a crazy work ethic and I don't think he can walk away from the game, he'll have to be carted away from the game. That reminds me more of people in my Dad's generation rather than mine. That mindset being retirement is out of the question, it's like a death. I sense...

I've had my new phone now for about three weeks, I figured it was time to post my thoughts so far on the device. As you know, I purchased the MyTouch 3G or the G2 as I much prefer to call it, so when you hear G2 for now on, I'm talking about my phone and not Gatorade. I have to say overall I'm really pleased with the phone. The features fit the phone and have the advantage of an open platform to allow me to customize the phone as I want it. The service has also been excellent so far which was one of my biggest expectations in choosing T Mobile as my carrier. So here's my thoughts: Battery - This was my biggest concern about the handset itself. People when talking about the shortcomings of the predecessor, the G1, constantly talked about how the battery barely kept a charge. I learned quickly they are right if you keep your wifi, your GPS, your brightness on full high, and you constantly put the phone to sleep only to wake it up again seconds later. With good common ...

Many of you have a similar web experience than mine. About nine years ago people started setting up Live Journal pages and kept a journal. People started calling that kind of journaling blogging and blog services started springing up. Around 2004 or so blogs started to show into the mainstream discussion as some journalists began the slow process of embracing blogging. In July, 2004. I became a "blogger". Then MySpace hit and there was a flood of interest for this kind of social network with blogging features and people began to get distracted from their home base, their website, and started dedicating hours of their time to a service that we had little or no control over. As MySpace became a juggernaut, people began to search for other services that were easier to use that didn't force feed dozens of simultaneous ads down our throats. Most of us remembered when it became overly pop culture, it jumped the shark and became old hat. The skies then opened up. Facebook ch...

I never claimed to be anything but one tracked. I try to multi task, but I quickly forget tasks and as I become more and more my father's son, if something isn't written down, it's lost forever. Ars Techinca wrote a piece this morning discussing some interesting research. Article: Multitaskers beware: your divided attention comes at a price : A lot of the Ars readership would probably fit this description: TV on in the background, computer screen in front of them, and various windows—mail, chat, browser—vying for attention. Although most people find themselves multitasking, we're actually remarkably bad at it. Humans actually switch attention rapidly rather than truly multitasking, and tend to lose whatever is in our working memory when doing so. Nevertheless, a number of people tend to attempt to process multiple streams of information at once, which has prompted researchers to ask whether these individuals are especially good at juggling simultaneou...

So far so good. I've never committed myself to a cell phone plan. I've always used prepaid phones. With the inception of smart phones, I began to rethink how I would use these mobile devices. I couldn't justify paying money for a telephone that followed me everywhere, but I can justify that phone following me if it can access the web, use email, and guide me to a good pizza place. I debated between several phones over the past couple years with the iPhone always being ahead of the competition. They truly innovated the smart phone space with their release in 2007. Other phone companies tried to imitate their success which tragic results. I love the iPhone interface. I've had an iPod Touch for a couple years and ever since they opened their phone to 3rd party applications, the device became darn near perfect. I only had a problem with the carrier for the iPhone. I could easily jailbreak one and carry to someone like T Mobile, but I figured since I already own the To...

 I have been thinking about doing this for a while. I won't post entire recipes here regularly , but for the sake of getting things started, I figured I would this time. Especially since I had been craving something that I had in California for a long time. I may post a few more in the future, but I want to archive them in some other way. Street food is becoming fashionable again. I've seen it highlighted on a few food and travel channel shows.After mentioning this a few times out on the social networks, I figured I'd share how I prepared: Fish Tacos (or as I called it, Surfer Food) white sauce: 1/2 cup plain yogurt* 1/2 cup mayonnaise* 1 lime, juiced* 1 jalapeno pepper, minced 1 teaspoon minced capers 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano* 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper* * what I used, the rest are extras for flavoring fish: tilapia, mahi mahi, cod, or other white fish depending on taste. We like tilapia ...