Sitting in the lobby of the hotel this AM was relatively uneventful.  I’m working the crossword in the Life section and I come to the clue 65 across… “The make pantry raids.”  Course… I missed a very critical “r” in that sentence and busted out laughing. Whoops. Did I mention I was in the lobby…

So this time, it was just one guy, and I think he was a little drunk. Scratch that, he was a lot drunk. I walked into this quaint little bar inside the airport here at CLT, and as I’m looking for a place to plug in the laptop (yes, n3rd all the way), I walked…

Well, it was a nice week or so home, and I’m hitting the road again.  Quick sweep through NC & MD tomorrow, and back on Thursday. Installed Munin on some of the servers the other day, WOH!  That’s what I’ve been looking for!  Still trying to tune the plugins, but from what I hear, that…

Relaxing and sleepy.  Found out that the moblog was not working thanks to something Cingular changed over the weekend.  Fun. Celebrated Nono & Pop’s birthday over the weekend!  FUN!  I got a farmer’s burn (not farmer’s tan) after watching planes at the airport in the Jeep with James… then drove down to Tia & Uncle’s…

While I’m listening to a customer call, I’ve been monitoring the weather (and also participated in a Skywarn net).  The pool is lapping the top of the brick, and depending on how much more rain we get, it could start to overflow into the yard behind me.  I’ve not pumped any water out as of…

For the office phone, I’ve been running VoIP for close to three years.  Things have been shaky as I started with Vonage with a Comcast combo, and then got better as I moved to Fios.  Then I had enough and went to a Trixbox setup and TelIAX.  Things have been OK at best.  Some days…

So I just went through my personal email box and cleaned out a TON of stuff.  I’ve been procrastinating, and I certainly have a problem with out of sight, out of mind.  After a first pass, I opened my email back up to 273 messages.  Ouch. Second pass got me down to 2.  Both being…

Hope everyone has a good one.  Thank you armed forces for everything that you do!

Get halfway down to James’s house to pick him & Erin up and, NO PHONE!  Doh, sorry for no pictures from last night.  It was a nice wedding, probably about 150-200 people, nice place on a golf course, weather held for the ceremony outside. Big time congrats to Trav & Katy!

Just spent about an hour converting Dad’s and Garrett’s blogs over to WordPress from b2evolution.  Was a nice run, but like many others, I’m not super happy with the development of the codebase.  It’s a very nice blog site, don’t get me wrong.  There are some advantages with going with a very popular solution when…

Finally back to the house today.  I ended up walking over the threashold at around midnight.  After beling delayed on the ramp due to weather, finally got to Dallas.  Then it was the 25 minute cab ride from Love to DFW.   Then it was me driving home (after the cabby passed my car), and him…

So, I’ve had the weekend (and James’s help to show me some advanced features) to goof around with the new Mac.  I have 4 words for you. Holy Thor’s Hammer, Batman! Apple has done QUITE a number on OS-X.  The last Mac I had ran OS9, and this is the first real exposure to OS-X…

Yeah, I went to go replace the diplexer outside (to hopefully fix my CBS problem) and when I looked up I was presented with a nice fresh wasp nest.  Operation Destroy Winged Parasite has completed, but now it is time to play the waiting game to make sure they are all gone.  Then I get…

Haircut time today, so I left the house a few minutes early and headed to the local early AM hangout… The Starbucks.  Yes, we have at least 6 within a 5 mile radius of the house so it’s not like this is a special fun hangout, but it’s my first road trip with the new…

I’m listening to a dry run for a webinar that I will be a panelist on in a few days and I’m fascinated by how misinformation becomes information.  Some of the work that I do is extremely technical, and very detailed.  Specifically, the standard we work with has 242 unique control points that must be…

Yep. Sure is dangit! After working with b2evolution for so long, I decided it was time to try something new.  I’ve been looking at a few options, and finally deicded to take a the plunge on WordPress.  Quite impressive actually, and I can see why it is so popular!  This is not the end look…

Not everyone celebrates this odd holiday. Odd you say? Yes odd. Bunnies & colored eggs are not the first thing I think of when I reflect on the history recorded today. Luckily, a little research reveals that we are simply combining the secular traditions pre-dating Christ with the holiday. Still does not make much sense.…

I know you are all on the edge of your seats! I certainly have been since before I left town two weeks ago. I ordered a new 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara way back in early January, and I’m supposed to pick it up today. Aside from my general customer experience which I will write…