captbrando's log

Yeah, supposed to be on PTO and I’m on it for the most part. Just kinda crazy how you plan it and then you sill have other things you need to do. Practicing for Super Bowl, so I’ve got 3 racks of ribs on the smoker right now. We have to be VERY careful around…

So finally, after having Gallery 2 on my server for a while, I decided to get on the moblog bandwagon. I invite you to take advantage of my mobile blogging as I travel around the country for work at http://www.brw.net/gallery/v/Moblog/. You can BET that will be updated more frequently than this text stuff! Other than…

So this past week, James & I were hitting the Chi-Town scene to get some client work done. After talking to many different residents, we figure we did OK as far as things to do. We arrived in the late afternoon on Monday and fought traffic to get downtown from Orchard Field. Took us a…

Hey folks! Finally got to enjoy my Dad’s day present which was Monday Night Football tickets to Indy & Pitt! Wow, what a LOUD stadium. SUCH an amazing game. Here are the pix! Pictures of the game!

Welp, James & I just got back from a long day of work. We did find a way to get into the Coors Brewery for a quick tour though. Got Springfield some coasters as well. So far, we’ve been kicking ass up here, and I’m ready for travel to Providence tomorrow. Found some great office…

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The thing is, Spam is not limited to email anymore, and that really hacks me off. Thankfully, I’ve installed a newer version of blog software that helps quell out a ton of that spam. Unfortunately, that does not prevent my logs from filling up with that crap. I’ve got to get a good stat software…

The past three days, James’s laptop has been all farked up bad kitty. Normally, that would not be something that affects me, aside from hearing the story. But this week, it has been a bitch. I think we finally got most of his issues fixed, and I’ve had to retrofit mine a bit to hopefully…

Went nuts yesterday. Got WPA going on my wireless. What? I was not WPA prior to yesterday? Yeh, I was. I was doing the WPA-PSK deal. Nice fat dictionary word to do it for me. Now, I’m going WPA EAP-TTLS, with certs & usernames/passwords. Too much? Probably. But the good news is I got it…

Getting ready to go out of town for business today (that part sucks), but right now we’re enjoying it. Got the games going and watching Indy struggle. Was in Pittsburgh this week, and had the first aborted landing. We’re in an MD-80 and its night time, flying in and about 200 ft over the runway/ground.…

Yet another hotel, yet another bad plate of eggs. Is it possible for the keeper of the scrambled eggs recipe to take some feedback and fix the soup? Now that you mention it, it should be renamed to egg soup. I spose not all is lost, however. I do get to eat lots of MEAT…

So yesterday we went off to Grapevine to hang out with my buddy Randy who just got his MS from UD this past weekend. Congrats to him! They decided to have a huge block party blowout and also had a benefit for Tuberous Sclerosis. Zack King was set up next door and they had the…

Yeah…. that’s what it has been like over the last three weeks. Luckily, most of it was local, but I have basically been away for three straight weeks. I’ve gotten some work done this weekend and today. 3 weeks of crap tends to pile up pretty fast! We’re getting the football pool up and running…

It’s been a busy week. Down to Austin for a couple of days, here for a while, St. Paul & Vegas in a week or so. I hope to make platinum soon! Class is almost over! We have 2 more classes for the live class, 2 weeks for the online, and I’m ready to be…

Yeah, it’s been busy. Here’s a quick update on what has been going on. We had a HUGE party on the 2nd of July to celebrate the independence of our fine country, and had over 40 people come. Wow! By far the biggest one we have had thus far, and the food was amazing. Over…

Garrett is 3 months old! Well he was a while back. Anyway, we added some pictures to the studio album shots. Garrett 3-months.

Wow, what a trip. All of the pictures are up in the gallery at http://www.brw.net/gallery/ireland05. Enjoy! Thanks again to Michelle for showing me a great time on Wednesday. Go Tim Freedman from The Whitlams! We got to see Eric, Erin and their newest, Jack! Erin looked very sleepy (as to be understood), but Jack looks…

Welp, I’ve arrived at the second and final stop in Ireland. I’m in Wicklow at the Druids Glen. Wow, this place is amazing. I’m definitely out in the country. Heh, for some reason around here the first floor is really the second. Let me explain. The floor on the ground is the Ground floor, the…

Well I did make it. Yesterday was a very long day. I was able to grab about 3 hours of sleep on the plane on the way over, and that was all. The seat was not very comfortable for one, and I kept getting hot. Oh, and it turns out I was sitting next to…