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Friday February 11, 2005

Friday Favorites again
The Basics What is your favorite... 1. ...color?
Red - No Blue - No Green
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2. ...day of the week?
Usually Saturday - I love my Saturday bike ride
3. ...ice cream?
I don't get ice cream anymore :( - but lets say strawberry
4. ...actor and/or actress?
Hard to say - I guess I don't have one. Favorite parts yes, I am a firm believer that every good actor/actress has a great team of writers behind them
5. ...sound?
The beginning grind to How Soon is Now by The Smiths - maybe the closing bell on CNBC after a particularly good day on the market.
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Friday January 21, 2005

Friday Favorites So a good friend of mine started a Friday Favorites Blog. The idea is given a topic answer what your favorite ... is in your blog.

So to help promote Friday Favorites here I go with my first entry.

1. ...Outfit? Blue Jeans and a T-Shirt
2. ...Article of clothing? What ever I have on now
3. ...Formal accessory? (i.e. tie) Ok - don't wear it anymore - but somewhere I have a great red tie with a Scarlet Macaw
4. ...Thing to wear on the weekend? Bike shorts and My Arrogant Bastard Ale jersey
5. ...Shoes? Berks - are there any others ?
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Friday October 08, 2004

Help me buy a new video camera
Well I have a 10 year old (or is it 11 year now) video camera. So I have money set aside for getting a new one, and I want to do this by November. So first things first

I want to spend under 1000 dollars on the camera, plus accessories First things first

What format
1) Mini-DVD
2) MiniDV
3) Flash

Now - what brand, specifics

What other accessories ?
1) DVD-Burner (of course)
2) Batteries/bags/media - what ?
3) Tripod

What else am I missing ?
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Jib Jab is at it again
Good to be in D.C ???

You have to like these guys... Fairly balanced politically (as far as the humor) and a good message - Get out and vote
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Friday October 01, 2004

Lions and Tigers and Bears oh my
Well first it was Hurricanes at my parents place in Florida - then the little trembler in California... Well today I went home to Oregon and sure enough Mt. Saint-Helens erupted today. It was only a steam eruption that lasted for about 20 minutes. But the pictures sure looked nice
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Tuesday September 28, 2004

My First California Earthquake
Well, there have been a couple while I've been in California - but I have always managed to be somewhere else when they happened. Not today. Sitting in my office and first one monitor - then the other starts shaking... My response, same as the earthquake when I was in Oregon - Time to call Cathy, her advise - the same, Why are you talking to me.

This one seemed to go on for a long time - according to the US Geological Survey - Shake Map There was a 6.0, followed by several other smaller quakes... The aftershocks. Well things have quieted down here, and I must say I feel a lot better about this little earthquake than I do about all of the Hurricanes hitting my parents in Florida.

So my vote is no warning, and get it over before you have time to be scared.

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Tuesday September 07, 2004

Vote or Not
I promise not to make this a political blog. However it is time for everyone to stand up and count your noses to determine which person should run the USA for the next 4 years...

So here is a silly link to show that you have signed up to vote VOTEorNOT.org

Sign up now, and someone just might win some money
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Thursday September 02, 2004

The Huricanes are coming
Well my parents moved to Jacksonville, Fl after I went to college. They are getting ready for evacuating if Floyd starts heading north (Looking at the track - it looks like it might just go right over them). I really don't know which is worse
Huricanes - You know it is coming, you have a week to prepare, and a week to worry
Earthquakes - You have no warning, and no ability to prepare. So no way to worry about the impending earthquake

You tell me
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Saturday August 21, 2004

How NOT to do customer support

So I need a new cell phone. Well gripe one - no I don't want a new cell phone, mine is great. The problem is that the battery life has dropped to under a day, and about 10 minutes of talk time. Getting a replacement battery is something like 50 dollars assuming you can still get one. You can get a new cell phone when you sign up for new cell service.

Why can't I just get a new battery with my new cell service

OK - So first thing a lead story on CNBC was that ATT Wireless has the worst service rating - red flag number 1. So I look at the ATT Wireless website to find out what the new phones will run me, and what the services are (I currently have ATT - so lets see what they can do for me). Found a nice Nokia phone that was "free" with 2 years of service. Time to go to the ATT Wireless service to look at the phone and go get the new service. Get to the store - the store has the SAME phone at $100 dollars - talked to the sales guy... The story is only for "New" customers, not "Existing" customers. Ok - well if you won't give me the phone, mind if I walk down to the Sprint store... Well he won't budge on giving me what is available on the web, or to "New" custommers. So time to become an "Old" customer so I might get a better deal in the future.

So went to the sprint store - found a phone that I wanted, got a very similar plan (plus a 20% discount for Sun Employees - Thanks Scott) so have a better phone, a better plan, and ATT Wireless ( Cingular now ???) looses another customer.

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Wednesday July 28, 2004

Time to get started Well - we have a blog now.

So what to talk about

Software Development
Current Projects
Music
Interesting Process thoughts

Tune in for more information as it becomes available
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