I will get stories and photos up but for now just wanted to update my map.

You might remember we were supposed to go to Alaska on vacation back in February but at the last minute we had to reschedule.

So this afternoon we’re trying again! We plan to fly out of MCO (Orlando) around 5:30 pm. Connecting through Salt Lake City, we arrive in Anchorage some hours later. The time change is confusing me as to when we actually get there.

Anyway, I hope to take a lot of photos and I’ll share them as I’m able. I don’t plan to be online a lot but we both know I will. We fly home May 7 on the red-eye.

We’ve cashed in frequent flier miles for both of us and we’re staying and hanging out with friends. Since our costs to get and stay there are very low, we’re going to try and take advantage of a few things:

• We’re going to participate with our friends in a charity walk in downtown Anchorage
• Drive from Anchorage to Seward
• Take a 6-hour wildlife and glacier cruise at Kenai Fjords National Park
• Spend one night at Box Canyon Cabins in Seward
• Visit the Alaskan Wildlife Conservation Center
• Relax

We’re really excited about it! So we’ll catch up later…

Published the weekly summary update on 170spoons:

eNewsletter seven - PDF Printers and Camera Phones | 170 Spoons

Pssssssssst.  Did you know I have an Amazon.com store called Rob’s Recommendations?

Right now I have 4 categories of stuff: books, DVDs, Extras, and Disney DVDs.  The category listing is on the right.

Each page has a navigation at the bottom to see more.

Happy shopping! 

I used to just live inside Microsoft Outlook.  I don’t anymore.  I’ve switched to using gMail exclusively.  And with that I’ve found ways to manage my tasks and calendar online also.  I actually really like the system I have.

However, I don’t have a good solution for managing contacts.  I’ve read the recent posts on what people like but I’m not so sure about what works best for me.

I wish Google Contacts worked great, but I can’t manage a good work flow process with it.  I’m thinking about Plaxo but they offer so much fluff now I’m not crazy about it.

I could use Outlook again, but I’d only be using it for contacts.  That seems bloaty to me.

What I want is a good, free, lightweight CMS that allows me to group and tag people (like to follow-up with) and it would be nice to be able to make a copy somewhere online so my wife can access them also.

Any ideas?

My Google Reader told me today:

From your 278 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 9,637 items, starred 9 items, shared 96 items, and emailed 24 items.

I have a tutorial on what RSS is about, how to use it, and why over on 170spoons.com that will hopefully help you understand why RSS is so cool and effective.

Also check out RSSDay.org

Geeze.  I almost forgot to tell you my desktop was published:

Three Cool Desktops from MakeUseOf Readers | MakeUseOf.com

Of course I’ve changed it a bit since then.  Oh well.  But cool, eh?

UPDATE: I got my numbers wrong.  I didn’t remember to “carry the one” so to speak.  Thankfully commenter Andy Saunders (who hangs with Ken Jennings!) stopped by to correct the numbers and answer my final Jeopardy question.

Here’s my nerdy trivia for the day.

I just figured out what the maximum dollar amount one could win playing Jeopardy!

It’s $352,800 $566,400 in one game.

The first round can max at $35,600 but it has to work like this:

• One person gets every question right, no one else gets anything correct
• The Daily Double in the first round has to be under one of the $200 clues and found last
• The contestant wagers everything on the Daily Double

The second round (Double Jeopardy) is a little trickier, but it can max at $140,800 if it goes like this:

• One person gets every question right, no one else gets anything correct
• The two Daily Doubles in the second round have to be under two of the $400 clues and found as the last two clues
• The contestant wagers everything on each Daily Double

If this “perfect game” were to happen, there would only be one person playing Final Jeopardy and they would have $176,400 $283,200. If that contestant wagered everything and got it correct they would finish with $352,800 $566,400.

Only trouble with this scenario is I’m not sure if they would allow only one person to play Final Jeopardy alone or not.

PS> In case you were wondering, the record for highest one-day total is $75,000 by Ken Jennings.

Over the weekend eNewsletter six went up on 170spoons.com.  It covers tips on clocks/time on your computer, how to dry a cellphone, and my favorite toy - a DVR.

eNewsletter six - Clocks, Wet Cellphones, and DVRs | 170 Spoons

LOST has been known to reference many works of literature. So when LOST producers Lindelof and Cuse were asked what references will be coming they replied…

Know Your Bible to Know Your LOST - daily LOST

I’m having fun playing with my tumblr.com account. I may be having more fun posting there because it’s quick and easy. And I don’t comment on it. That’s why I call it orangejack shares.

If you are or were subscribed to the orangejack shares RSS feed via Tumblr, I’d like to ask you to switch to this RSS feed instead.

If you are not subscribed to orangejack shares, you can subscribe to orangejack shares by email or via RSS.

Everything on there is sweet like candy and I like to share — and I always bring enough for the entire class.

Thanks, Marta, for the shout out in the Gnooze last week.

Do you watch the Gnooze? The G is silent.