http://www.nicholasbwright.com/blog Photos, videos and text from the OKC area. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:58:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last night, Ashleigh & I stayed up to watch the women's gymnastics individual all-around competition. After watching the U.S. struggle and receive a silver medal in the team, I was a little worried for the two U.S. competitors, Nastia Luikin and Shawn Johnson. Nastia Luikin killed it. She displayed a dominating ... http://www.nicholasbwright.com/blog/archives/2008/08/15/926/   The boys over at Simplify Media have announced their fresh-out-of-beta iPhone app. The app is free for the first 100,000 downloads; $3.99 after. Download from the App Store. http://www.nicholasbwright.com/blog/archives/2008/08/14/924/ A pump broke at Lake Thunderbird, causing the city of Norman to urge residents to cut down on their water consumption. The pump is expected to be fixed by tomorrow. NASA's Phoenix Mars lander has discovered perchlorate in the Martian soil. Perchlorate is a highly reactive salt found naturally on Earth ... http://www.nicholasbwright.com/blog/archives/2008/08/06/919/ I've just installed a contact form for Emotional Paradox. You'll be able to find it via the menu above or click here. http://www.nicholasbwright.com/blog/archives/2008/08/05/911/ According to The Norman Transcript, a new Starbucks store will be opening in the OU Memorial Union on October 1. Starbucks only recently announced the closings of 600 stores nationwide, so this announcement comes as a bit of a surprise, especially with the recently opened Campus Corner store remaining. The new ... http://www.nicholasbwright.com/blog/archives/2008/08/05/896/ http://www.nicholasbwright.com/blog/archives/2008/08/03/886/ We did it! We've survived our first year together, and now we get to eat our cake! So, what's new? We've experienced a military ball, moved into a new place, got a new addition to our family, and made silly faces. http://www.nicholasbwright.com/blog/archives/2008/08/02/881/ The boxes are piled up, and emptying one seems meaningless.  The struggle continues... http://www.nicholasbwright.com/blog/archives/2008/08/02/884/ Ashleigh, Lexi, Clancy & I just got home from a 4-day trip to Texarkana, TX, to see Ashleigh's parents. While we were there, we had a garage sale (and saved two lamps for Erin & Andy) to raise money for Ashleigh's new laptop fund. The sale didn't go as well ... http://www.nicholasbwright.com/blog/archives/2008/08/01/879/ Thanks to Ashleigh's dad and my dad, Ashleigh and I are moved into our new place. It's a duplex with 250 more square feet (plus a one-car garage), and the cats love it.  We're exhausted, but we're headed over to the old place today to clean get it ready to ... http://www.nicholasbwright.com/blog/archives/2008/07/27/875/