Merry Christmas to all!
I hope everyone had or has a safe trip to there Christmas destination. I am writing from drizzly but warm Paducah. The trip up this morning/afternoon was nice though a bit rainy from E-Town to Beaver Dam.
One quick update from me before I sign off this Christmas Eve, the first application has been completed and mailed. I have received initial correspondence back from Indiana University with additional items to be completed, but things are at least starting to move in the right direction.
Continue to have a safe and Merry Christmas. I will keep you posted on the happenings for Grad school.
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Friday, November 25, 2005
New Printer - On the Way
Yes after discussing purchasing an all-in-one printer off in on for who knows how long. I finally have one on the way to me as we speak with a Thanksgiving Special from Circuit City. We were actually able to take advantage of the over half off deal online, which was good because the store was out by 5:30 am today. (PS I was not at Circuit City at 5:30 am, though my father did head out.)
HP Photosmart 2610 - All-in-One Printer
Once, I test it out. I will post a review.
**Anyone purchased a PCI USB 2.0 multi-port, which they liked or disliked? I believe that will be my next computer purchase.
HP Photosmart 2610 - All-in-One Printer
Once, I test it out. I will post a review.
**Anyone purchased a PCI USB 2.0 multi-port, which they liked or disliked? I believe that will be my next computer purchase.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Happy Thanksgiving
Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!
Hope travels have been safe and continue to be safe.
I have made it safely to Paducah to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with my family. At this point not sure what day I am heading back, but possibly Saturday evening.
Hope travels have been safe and continue to be safe.
I have made it safely to Paducah to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with my family. At this point not sure what day I am heading back, but possibly Saturday evening.
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Yikes its been nearly a Month
Not only has it been about a month since I have updated my blog, it probably has been that long since I have read any of yours. So I am sorry for that. I hope everyone is still doing well.
Life has been extremely busy for me.
October actually was full of nice relaxing weekends though a lot of preparations.
Spent one weekend in Lebanon, KY on Retreat with fellow YAACK members. We had a wonderful time out in nature away from the daily events of life. All went well and completed one more thing on my long list of things to do.
The following weekend was the annual Jaguar Rally for Area 51 of the Jaguar Club. GE, my rally driver, and I participated in the 2 day event in Louisville, KY. We had a wonderful time driving around Oldham and Spencer Counties. The only non-Jaguar team completed first overall for both events. Results can be found on the Jaguar Rally website under Cat's Meow and Cat's Pause events.
The following weekend was Georgetown College's Homecoming, which was a wonderful time to meet up with some folks, I havent seen in years. Always an enjoyable time to say hi to old friends, and see their spouses and children. I am definitely getting old as so many of those who I graduated with or went to school with now have a couple children.
The first week of November was another filled week with Thursday being both a wonderful day and tough day. For the past year, I had been debating whether or not to get a decent size mole removed from my right cheek. The mole has been there all of my life and in recent years was getting infected and growing a bit. Having family history of melanoma, I decided it was best to go ahead and remove it than keep it until it did become cancerous. So Thursday morning, a friend took me to the plastic surgeon. I had debated whether or not to be put under but everyone at YAACK the night before said that it really wasnt that bad. Well I dont know that I will believe them again next time. Maybe its not too bad if its not on your face but it was not an enjoyable experience at all. The local anesthetic shots were very painful, but thanks to my friend, I was able to make it through. When I left I had 17 stitches in my cheek, with a nice bandage over top of it. The following Tuesday, stitches were taken out and steri-strips put on. We still have to see how much scarring that I will have.
Of course, the big event in November was the Georgetown vs UK basketball game on Nov 9. It was a great exhibition of Georgetown College pride in Rupp Arena, as well as a well played and respectable game by the Tigers. I look forward to more match ups between the two schools. The crowd was quite amazing and you definitely could turn around without bumping into someone from Georgetown College. The crowd was scattered with 'ACTUAL' Orange, and I believe even more scattered with Georgetown Alumns afraid to visibly show their Tiger pride over thier UK Blue. Georgetown fans in ways would have loved to seen a victory over the UK Wildcats, but many of us attend with the desire for a respectably played game though a UK win. As our UK pride, truely wouldnt want to see the CATS loose in an exhbition game, even to our Alma Mater.
Last Saturday was another Rally event, this time taken place in Lexington and sponsored by CKRSCCA. The event was well attended by 9 teams, and allowed GE and I to take on our true competitors in CKR, whom some seemed to be hiding from us. It was a day fun filled with friendly competition. GE and I had a great event, as for once we did not miss or make a wrong turn. We had only one big mistake and that was following the interval mileages and not the official mileages. As the interval mileages were incorrect and landed us an extra minute behind on leg 2. Thankful it was not enough of an error to push us out of 1st place overall.
The Miata Team of GE and I completed the year with:
3 - 1st Place Finishes
1 - 2nd Place Finish
Enjoyed another UK game on Monday, which was not as good of a performance as I would have liked to have seen. The real test will be this coming Monday against Iowa in the conclusion of the Guardian Classic in Kansas City.
The conclusion of this week put me under the weather with strep so not a whole lot happening except for going to work and coming home and resting. Sorry for the long post. We will see if I get better at posting more frequently.
Life has been extremely busy for me.
October actually was full of nice relaxing weekends though a lot of preparations.
Spent one weekend in Lebanon, KY on Retreat with fellow YAACK members. We had a wonderful time out in nature away from the daily events of life. All went well and completed one more thing on my long list of things to do.
The following weekend was the annual Jaguar Rally for Area 51 of the Jaguar Club. GE, my rally driver, and I participated in the 2 day event in Louisville, KY. We had a wonderful time driving around Oldham and Spencer Counties. The only non-Jaguar team completed first overall for both events. Results can be found on the Jaguar Rally website under Cat's Meow and Cat's Pause events.
The following weekend was Georgetown College's Homecoming, which was a wonderful time to meet up with some folks, I havent seen in years. Always an enjoyable time to say hi to old friends, and see their spouses and children. I am definitely getting old as so many of those who I graduated with or went to school with now have a couple children.
The first week of November was another filled week with Thursday being both a wonderful day and tough day. For the past year, I had been debating whether or not to get a decent size mole removed from my right cheek. The mole has been there all of my life and in recent years was getting infected and growing a bit. Having family history of melanoma, I decided it was best to go ahead and remove it than keep it until it did become cancerous. So Thursday morning, a friend took me to the plastic surgeon. I had debated whether or not to be put under but everyone at YAACK the night before said that it really wasnt that bad. Well I dont know that I will believe them again next time. Maybe its not too bad if its not on your face but it was not an enjoyable experience at all. The local anesthetic shots were very painful, but thanks to my friend, I was able to make it through. When I left I had 17 stitches in my cheek, with a nice bandage over top of it. The following Tuesday, stitches were taken out and steri-strips put on. We still have to see how much scarring that I will have.
Of course, the big event in November was the Georgetown vs UK basketball game on Nov 9. It was a great exhibition of Georgetown College pride in Rupp Arena, as well as a well played and respectable game by the Tigers. I look forward to more match ups between the two schools. The crowd was quite amazing and you definitely could turn around without bumping into someone from Georgetown College. The crowd was scattered with 'ACTUAL' Orange, and I believe even more scattered with Georgetown Alumns afraid to visibly show their Tiger pride over thier UK Blue. Georgetown fans in ways would have loved to seen a victory over the UK Wildcats, but many of us attend with the desire for a respectably played game though a UK win. As our UK pride, truely wouldnt want to see the CATS loose in an exhbition game, even to our Alma Mater.
Last Saturday was another Rally event, this time taken place in Lexington and sponsored by CKRSCCA. The event was well attended by 9 teams, and allowed GE and I to take on our true competitors in CKR, whom some seemed to be hiding from us. It was a day fun filled with friendly competition. GE and I had a great event, as for once we did not miss or make a wrong turn. We had only one big mistake and that was following the interval mileages and not the official mileages. As the interval mileages were incorrect and landed us an extra minute behind on leg 2. Thankful it was not enough of an error to push us out of 1st place overall.
The Miata Team of GE and I completed the year with:
3 - 1st Place Finishes
1 - 2nd Place Finish
Enjoyed another UK game on Monday, which was not as good of a performance as I would have liked to have seen. The real test will be this coming Monday against Iowa in the conclusion of the Guardian Classic in Kansas City.
The conclusion of this week put me under the weather with strep so not a whole lot happening except for going to work and coming home and resting. Sorry for the long post. We will see if I get better at posting more frequently.
Sunday, October 23, 2005
No Lights No Heat No Electricity :-(
I come home from a long weekend in Louisville to my comfy apartment and take a nap. A couple hours later, I hear the fire alarm beeping, as if the battery is low. Confused, I go check it out but cant see anything as its getting dark outside and is all cloudy. Flip goes the switch, no light. Flip another switch, no light. Oh no, now what. Flashlights, where are they, not where they are suppose to be unfortunately, but I was able to fuddle through the box from last weekend and find one of them.
Then I realized that the power was out throughout the complex. Great!! now what, should I pack up and head back to Louisville, which I had just left about 4 hrs earlier? Should I just hang out and hope that it comes back before its too late?
I decided the latter because I still need to get things done here and it seemed a bit silly to drive back to Louisville, where I had just left. So I lit a few candles and talked to some friends, until finally about 9 pm the power came back on. Now I guess, I better get to work on cleaning and such.
Then I realized that the power was out throughout the complex. Great!! now what, should I pack up and head back to Louisville, which I had just left about 4 hrs earlier? Should I just hang out and hope that it comes back before its too late?
I decided the latter because I still need to get things done here and it seemed a bit silly to drive back to Louisville, where I had just left. So I lit a few candles and talked to some friends, until finally about 9 pm the power came back on. Now I guess, I better get to work on cleaning and such.
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Tim Tam - Trivia
What is a Tim Tam?
Tim Tam is a chocolate filled and covered biscuit (cookies in the US) produced by Arnott's.
Did you know that Tim Tam's have a connection to Kentucky?
"Tim Tams were first launched in 1963. They were named after a horse that ran in the Kentucky Derby in 1958. A member of the Arnott family, Ross Arnott, attended the race day and decided ‘Tim Tam’ was the perfect name for the new biscuit he was about to launch."
How do you best eat a Tim Tam? No other way but by the Tim Tam slam.
- Take a small bite from one corner of the Tim Tam
- Flip the Tim Tam to the bottom and take a small bite out of the opposite corner.
- Insert one bitten corner of the biscuit into your favorite cup of tea, coffee, or hot chocolate.
- Put the opposite bitten corner in your mouth and suck the liquid through the biscuit until you start to feel the biscuit falling apart.
- At that time, slam the whole biscuit into your mouth and enjoy your Tim Tam :-)
"There are eight current delicious varieties of Tim Tams: Original, Chewy Caramel, Mocha, Double Coat and Classic Dark Chocolate, Special Edition Tim Tam Hazelnut, Limited Edition White Chocolate and new Special Edition Chewy Choc Fudge.""
Ash, I definitely have to order a package of the White Chocolate to join my Dark Chocolate.
Biscuit Trivia from Arnott's
"
* 69% of Australians like sharing their Tim Tams with their friends.
* Although 40% of people also hide their Tim Tams from their friends and family.
* 66% of people like eating Tim Tams while watching TV at night.
* 3% of people eat Tim Tams in the bath.
* 80% of people store their Tim Tams in the fridge so they are crisp and cool.
"
I'm definitely part of the 40% who like to hide their Tim Tams.
Might have to try Tim Tam's in the fridge.
***All quotes from the Arnott's Website linked in the title.
Tim Tam is a chocolate filled and covered biscuit (cookies in the US) produced by Arnott's.
Did you know that Tim Tam's have a connection to Kentucky?
"Tim Tams were first launched in 1963. They were named after a horse that ran in the Kentucky Derby in 1958. A member of the Arnott family, Ross Arnott, attended the race day and decided ‘Tim Tam’ was the perfect name for the new biscuit he was about to launch."
How do you best eat a Tim Tam? No other way but by the Tim Tam slam.
- Take a small bite from one corner of the Tim Tam
- Flip the Tim Tam to the bottom and take a small bite out of the opposite corner.
- Insert one bitten corner of the biscuit into your favorite cup of tea, coffee, or hot chocolate.
- Put the opposite bitten corner in your mouth and suck the liquid through the biscuit until you start to feel the biscuit falling apart.
- At that time, slam the whole biscuit into your mouth and enjoy your Tim Tam :-)
"There are eight current delicious varieties of Tim Tams: Original, Chewy Caramel, Mocha, Double Coat and Classic Dark Chocolate, Special Edition Tim Tam Hazelnut, Limited Edition White Chocolate and new Special Edition Chewy Choc Fudge.""
Ash, I definitely have to order a package of the White Chocolate to join my Dark Chocolate.
Biscuit Trivia from Arnott's
"
* 69% of Australians like sharing their Tim Tams with their friends.
* Although 40% of people also hide their Tim Tams from their friends and family.
* 66% of people like eating Tim Tams while watching TV at night.
* 3% of people eat Tim Tams in the bath.
* 80% of people store their Tim Tams in the fridge so they are crisp and cool.
"
I'm definitely part of the 40% who like to hide their Tim Tams.
Might have to try Tim Tam's in the fridge.
***All quotes from the Arnott's Website linked in the title.
Australia Past
This past week, I was able to enjoy some time with a group of individuals from my trip to Australia. JM and I were able to meet up with the Bryant's from Perth, Australia. PB was the minister at the church in which JM and I served for 2 months in the Summer of 1999 or Winter of 1999 in Australia. It was great to remember the times that we spent in Australia and to hear how all the people where doing half way across the world.
I ask for prayers for the church that they will understand the direction of the church and continue to spread God's word to those that they interact with on a consistent basis.
With the cool weather here in Central KY, I partaked in another remembrance of Australia this evening. Thanks to Ash who found Tim Tams online, I enjoyed a couple Tim Tam Slams with my hot chocolate this evening. (Info about Tim Tams in next post.)
PS Ash I might need to see about getting some more. Do you have plans on purchasing some more anytime soon? Let me know.
I ask for prayers for the church that they will understand the direction of the church and continue to spread God's word to those that they interact with on a consistent basis.
With the cool weather here in Central KY, I partaked in another remembrance of Australia this evening. Thanks to Ash who found Tim Tams online, I enjoyed a couple Tim Tam Slams with my hot chocolate this evening. (Info about Tim Tams in next post.)
PS Ash I might need to see about getting some more. Do you have plans on purchasing some more anytime soon? Let me know.
Monday, September 26, 2005
Fixed Computer
Thanks to my friend M. I again have a working computer. Maybe it was last weekend or the weekend prior when my computer decided to totally quit working. The trick of unplugging everything and plugging it back in no longer helped get it going again.
So last week, we started diagnosing the issue and luckily was able to get it to boot up again with a different video card. Thing was once, we got the new card in, the drivers wouldnt install. So M, volunteered to take it home and reinstall windows and see if that would resolve the issues and load the drivers appropriately.
Thankfully all worked accordingly, so instead of purchasing a new computer, I am only out a small bit of money for a new video card. Overall I needed a new video card anyway, if I was ever to purchase or receive an LCD/Flat Screen monitor. Now Im fully equipped and awaiting that gift :-)
Plus now I can actually spend money on a new printer. Anybody got any thoughts on all-in-one printers.
Now its back to reinstalling all of the software onto my computer. Thanks again M :-)
So last week, we started diagnosing the issue and luckily was able to get it to boot up again with a different video card. Thing was once, we got the new card in, the drivers wouldnt install. So M, volunteered to take it home and reinstall windows and see if that would resolve the issues and load the drivers appropriately.
Thankfully all worked accordingly, so instead of purchasing a new computer, I am only out a small bit of money for a new video card. Overall I needed a new video card anyway, if I was ever to purchase or receive an LCD/Flat Screen monitor. Now Im fully equipped and awaiting that gift :-)
Plus now I can actually spend money on a new printer. Anybody got any thoughts on all-in-one printers.
Now its back to reinstalling all of the software onto my computer. Thanks again M :-)
Thursday, September 15, 2005
NO - WOW
Yes all of my dear friends would rejoice to know for once, I have actually said NO to an invitation to be part of the elected body of an organization.
I was actually very honored and touched to be asked this evening to accept a nomination for Treasurer or Secretary of the Central Kentucky Region of the Sports Car Club of America. I grateful declined in belief that I would not be able to fulfill my entire year term. I believe it would be more beneficial for someone else to hold those positions, who will be around a bit longer than I.
Plus I am truely trying to minimize my activities because of my future endeavors. I might be lost come summer or even mid-March, so if you see me wandering around and no clue whats happening. You will know why because I will be uninvolved in all of my main leadership positions.
I was actually very honored and touched to be asked this evening to accept a nomination for Treasurer or Secretary of the Central Kentucky Region of the Sports Car Club of America. I grateful declined in belief that I would not be able to fulfill my entire year term. I believe it would be more beneficial for someone else to hold those positions, who will be around a bit longer than I.
Plus I am truely trying to minimize my activities because of my future endeavors. I might be lost come summer or even mid-March, so if you see me wandering around and no clue whats happening. You will know why because I will be uninvolved in all of my main leadership positions.
Monday, September 12, 2005
Tagged and Answering
Okay so Ash tagged me ages ago and I actually started to reply immediately and then something came up and I never did. After seeing it again on Chris's sight, I decided that I would fulfill my tag. So here goes nothing
* 10 years ago (1995): I would be in the midst of my Senior year of high school, where I was running cross-country, joining the Academic Team for the 1st time, and playing basketball.
* 5 years ago (2000): If you look at this time of the year 5 years ago, I was a Resident Director at Georgetown College in the Phi Mu house, working as a campus safety dispatcher, and by the end of the week I would have started my first real job using my degree (as a Delphi programmer)
* Yesterday: Baking 7 1/2 dozen cookies and a batch of brownies, otherwise sleeping alot and working on my resume.
* 5 Snacks I Enjoy: Graham Crackers and Milk, (I dont keep snacks around, this is difficult) Chocolate pudding, Cheese with/without Crackers, Dark Chocolate, (I give, I usually go after a coke(pop/soda for those northerners and such) in the refrig though thats not really a snack)
* 5 Songs I Know All The Words To: I am going to have to say no songs that I know all the words too without being assisted. Actually, I change that answer. I know all the words to Happy Birthday :-)
* 5 Things I Would Do With 100 Million Dollars: Manage Wisely so that I can do more with it overtime, Go back to school for my masters, Support my family, Assist Non-Profit Organizations (Churches, Volunteer Agencies, College, Organizations which I am apart of), Set aside a college fund for my future children or for children in need.
* 5 Places I Would Run Away To: Australia, Roller Coaster Tour of the US, Camping out in the woods, Place of Solidarity, Escape from Work
* 5 Things I Would Never Wear: Thong, Revealing Swimsuit, Solid Pink Shirt or pants for that matter, tight Leather Pants
* 5 TV Shows That I Love: (today) JAG, CSI, CSI Miami, NCIS, Grey's Anatomy
* 5 Bad Habits: Getting over involved in extra activities, not flossing my teeth, hitting snooze in the morning, not watchin my health to the fullest, not working out consistently
* 5 Biggest Joys: Helping someone else, Putting a smile on another person's face, Caring for those I Love, Seeing HardWork Pay Off, One day having a family of my own
* 5 Favorite Toys: Cards, Board Games, Computer, My Car, Basketball
* 5 People Im Tagging: Since Im a slacker everyone has been tagged so I refuse to tagged anyone else.
* 10 years ago (1995): I would be in the midst of my Senior year of high school, where I was running cross-country, joining the Academic Team for the 1st time, and playing basketball.
* 5 years ago (2000): If you look at this time of the year 5 years ago, I was a Resident Director at Georgetown College in the Phi Mu house, working as a campus safety dispatcher, and by the end of the week I would have started my first real job using my degree (as a Delphi programmer)
* Yesterday: Baking 7 1/2 dozen cookies and a batch of brownies, otherwise sleeping alot and working on my resume.
* 5 Snacks I Enjoy: Graham Crackers and Milk, (I dont keep snacks around, this is difficult) Chocolate pudding, Cheese with/without Crackers, Dark Chocolate, (I give, I usually go after a coke(pop/soda for those northerners and such) in the refrig though thats not really a snack)
* 5 Songs I Know All The Words To: I am going to have to say no songs that I know all the words too without being assisted. Actually, I change that answer. I know all the words to Happy Birthday :-)
* 5 Things I Would Do With 100 Million Dollars: Manage Wisely so that I can do more with it overtime, Go back to school for my masters, Support my family, Assist Non-Profit Organizations (Churches, Volunteer Agencies, College, Organizations which I am apart of), Set aside a college fund for my future children or for children in need.
* 5 Places I Would Run Away To: Australia, Roller Coaster Tour of the US, Camping out in the woods, Place of Solidarity, Escape from Work
* 5 Things I Would Never Wear: Thong, Revealing Swimsuit, Solid Pink Shirt or pants for that matter, tight Leather Pants
* 5 TV Shows That I Love: (today) JAG, CSI, CSI Miami, NCIS, Grey's Anatomy
* 5 Bad Habits: Getting over involved in extra activities, not flossing my teeth, hitting snooze in the morning, not watchin my health to the fullest, not working out consistently
* 5 Biggest Joys: Helping someone else, Putting a smile on another person's face, Caring for those I Love, Seeing HardWork Pay Off, One day having a family of my own
* 5 Favorite Toys: Cards, Board Games, Computer, My Car, Basketball
* 5 People Im Tagging: Since Im a slacker everyone has been tagged so I refuse to tagged anyone else.
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Oh my oh my....yet another Enagement Congratulations
Maybe its my age and the age of all of my friends or maybe there is really something in the water these days.
This evening, I have received an email from my Aussie/English friend Pam, telling of her recent engagement. Along with a quick wedding, Dec 3, 2005. Anyone up for a trip to England or maybe Australia? No details have been provided just yet. Definitely would be a great birthday gift to go to Europe or back to Australia. Vacation, hmmmm.
I am starting to loose count of all the weddings that are coming along. I believe that I have 5 weddings already planned for 2006. One of which I will be a bridesmaid in. This makes I think only the 3rd invitation that I have received for 2005, though I know of another friend who got married in July. I was in one of those as well, which too was an awful quick and short engagement.
Luckily, I do look out there at all of my friends and I am not yet the only single one in the bunch, which is definitely reassuring and its great to see all of these people find their soulmate and settle down.
Prayers and Thoughts are with all of my married and engaged friends, along with all of those single friends out there. God has a plan for all of our lives and with patience, He will provide.
This evening, I have received an email from my Aussie/English friend Pam, telling of her recent engagement. Along with a quick wedding, Dec 3, 2005. Anyone up for a trip to England or maybe Australia? No details have been provided just yet. Definitely would be a great birthday gift to go to Europe or back to Australia. Vacation, hmmmm.
I am starting to loose count of all the weddings that are coming along. I believe that I have 5 weddings already planned for 2006. One of which I will be a bridesmaid in. This makes I think only the 3rd invitation that I have received for 2005, though I know of another friend who got married in July. I was in one of those as well, which too was an awful quick and short engagement.
Luckily, I do look out there at all of my friends and I am not yet the only single one in the bunch, which is definitely reassuring and its great to see all of these people find their soulmate and settle down.
Prayers and Thoughts are with all of my married and engaged friends, along with all of those single friends out there. God has a plan for all of our lives and with patience, He will provide.
Monday, August 29, 2005
USNO Master Clock
I have added a new addition to the sidebar, though it seems to be acting a bit flaky at the moment. Today, as I randomly do on occassions, I went out to the USNO Naval Observatory Website to check the time. As I was looking around on the site, I came across the image source to the right, which they allow for you to put onto your website. Since my website doesn't have a lot of fun and unique things on it, I thought I would try it out.
Not sure why its says EDT when I have it coded to show EST, but currently the time seems to be right. It shows the time and rolls for 5 secs which you can also code into it. They prefer that you keep it below 10 because they are not sure what the impact would be on their servers with a lot of load. You hit refresh on the browser and it loads and clicks off again.
I also found the following statement on the website to be quite interesting.
" A note about browsers...
The running GIF clock was developed for browsers that support
Content-type: multipart/x-mixed-replace
Netscape and Mozilla do this correctly. Internet Explorer does not."
Out with IE and in with Firefox.
Not sure why its says EDT when I have it coded to show EST, but currently the time seems to be right. It shows the time and rolls for 5 secs which you can also code into it. They prefer that you keep it below 10 because they are not sure what the impact would be on their servers with a lot of load. You hit refresh on the browser and it loads and clicks off again.
I also found the following statement on the website to be quite interesting.
" A note about browsers...
The running GIF clock was developed for browsers that support
Content-type: multipart/x-mixed-replace
Netscape and Mozilla do this correctly. Internet Explorer does not."
Out with IE and in with Firefox.
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Long Weekend at Work
Yes it was that time of the year again for another release before OE starts. Though after being here for a bit over a year and this being my 3rd major release, I will have to say this went the smoothest of all of them and I actually got some sleep this weekend.
It started out by attempting to sleep in on Friday morning, which did not work that well. I walked into work about 12:30 pm to start getting everything lined up for the 8 pm deploy start time. All went smoothly and I was out of the office and in the hotel by 1 am Saturday morning.
Attempting to sleep all of Saturday morning til about 9:30 am, when it would be approaching that time to prepare to go in for another long day at the office. Sleep was apparently overrated because I didnt do a whole lot of it, but thats okay. Saturday morning about 10:30, I rolled back into the office to hang out for the duration of development and user testing.
Fortunately, all went fairly smoothly with very minor hiccups, by evening I was zonked and hungry. With a little food in my tummy, I rested and enjoyed my evening. I did get some much needed sleep on Sat night.
Today, as I sat through church, it wasnt a struggle to keep my eyes open and not fall asleep, like it has been in the past. I believe I will actually get to enjoy this day. I did run into the office real quick to check on the database backups and backup drive space. Fixed the issues there and its now off to see what my friends are up to. Hopefully they will be out of church soon and free to hang out, if not I will rest and relax as I much need to do.
Another Release survived.
It started out by attempting to sleep in on Friday morning, which did not work that well. I walked into work about 12:30 pm to start getting everything lined up for the 8 pm deploy start time. All went smoothly and I was out of the office and in the hotel by 1 am Saturday morning.
Attempting to sleep all of Saturday morning til about 9:30 am, when it would be approaching that time to prepare to go in for another long day at the office. Sleep was apparently overrated because I didnt do a whole lot of it, but thats okay. Saturday morning about 10:30, I rolled back into the office to hang out for the duration of development and user testing.
Fortunately, all went fairly smoothly with very minor hiccups, by evening I was zonked and hungry. With a little food in my tummy, I rested and enjoyed my evening. I did get some much needed sleep on Sat night.
Today, as I sat through church, it wasnt a struggle to keep my eyes open and not fall asleep, like it has been in the past. I believe I will actually get to enjoy this day. I did run into the office real quick to check on the database backups and backup drive space. Fixed the issues there and its now off to see what my friends are up to. Hopefully they will be out of church soon and free to hang out, if not I will rest and relax as I much need to do.
Another Release survived.
"Dog Days Rally"
Adrenaline rushes so many ways that you can find that adrenaline rush. Last weekend, I competed in a "Dog Days Rally" put on by the Bluegrass Region of the Porsche Club of America, along with assistance from the Bluegrass Minis and Central Kentucky Region of Sports Car Club of America.
Official Results can be found on the Porsche club link above. (Yes there is a pic of the winners and runner-ups) Thanks to a good driver, Ginny E, and decent navigating skills, Ginny and I finished 2nd out of 10 entrants with a score of 466. In which 300 was from a missed turned that landed us several minutes behind on one of the legs. Lucky for us, the max you can get on a leg is 300.
The winners, Phil and Lo, are actually national pro rallyists of past and are usually the ones putting on the events.
You ask: What is a Road Rally?
Simple Description: A road rally is an automotive event in which two people, driver and navigator, attempt to follow an unknown route and arrive at timing controls exactly on time (Unless a Monte Carlo Rally these are at unknown locations).
There are a lot of different types of road rallies. This weekends set of events were both Tulip Rallies. Tulip rallies have drawings to depict the direction which you are suppose to go while non-Tulip Rallies are worded directions (Ex/ Turn Right at the T). All speeds are below speed limit, and the rallies occur on back country roads with very little traffic for the most part. Usually, all rallies end up somewhere for dinner or lunch and last 2-4 hrs depending on the setup plus eating time.
Leebo's Description: (Fellow CKRSCCA member, pulled from LexiStreets Forum)
For those of you that have never done a rally... DO IT!!! The CKRSCCA has hosted a few over the years and they really are fun but only few participate.
Imagine this...
You're given a set of driving instructions that you have to follow to a "Tee". You're told to go 42mph on a country road for 6.7 miles then turn left. A farmer pulls in front of you doing maybe 15mph in his John Deer and you can't get around him for 4 minutes.
Pop quiz: How fast do you need to drive and for how long to catch up to where you are supposed to be?
Oh and BTW, there are hidden checkpoints so you better be back on track asap.
The rallies I've participated in are very memorable. It's not like autocrossing in the car/performance standpoint, but it's in the same neighborhood of having a good time.
Official Results can be found on the Porsche club link above. (Yes there is a pic of the winners and runner-ups) Thanks to a good driver, Ginny E, and decent navigating skills, Ginny and I finished 2nd out of 10 entrants with a score of 466. In which 300 was from a missed turned that landed us several minutes behind on one of the legs. Lucky for us, the max you can get on a leg is 300.
The winners, Phil and Lo, are actually national pro rallyists of past and are usually the ones putting on the events.
You ask: What is a Road Rally?
Simple Description: A road rally is an automotive event in which two people, driver and navigator, attempt to follow an unknown route and arrive at timing controls exactly on time (Unless a Monte Carlo Rally these are at unknown locations).
There are a lot of different types of road rallies. This weekends set of events were both Tulip Rallies. Tulip rallies have drawings to depict the direction which you are suppose to go while non-Tulip Rallies are worded directions (Ex/ Turn Right at the T). All speeds are below speed limit, and the rallies occur on back country roads with very little traffic for the most part. Usually, all rallies end up somewhere for dinner or lunch and last 2-4 hrs depending on the setup plus eating time.
Leebo's Description: (Fellow CKRSCCA member, pulled from LexiStreets Forum)
For those of you that have never done a rally... DO IT!!! The CKRSCCA has hosted a few over the years and they really are fun but only few participate.
Imagine this...
You're given a set of driving instructions that you have to follow to a "Tee". You're told to go 42mph on a country road for 6.7 miles then turn left. A farmer pulls in front of you doing maybe 15mph in his John Deer and you can't get around him for 4 minutes.
Pop quiz: How fast do you need to drive and for how long to catch up to where you are supposed to be?
Oh and BTW, there are hidden checkpoints so you better be back on track asap.
The rallies I've participated in are very memorable. It's not like autocrossing in the car/performance standpoint, but it's in the same neighborhood of having a good time.
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway
What a blast was had today? I might be a little deaf now but I sure did have a lot of fun. Thanks to Scott B, his wife Sacha, and father Dan for letting me join them on the journey to and from the Speedway. It was a very pleasant journey as well as adventurous as Scott is familiar with the back roads from Georgetown to Sparta and takes the curves with no hesitation.
Thanks to Rachel H for meeting me at the speedway to enjoy the actual race with me. I won tickets Thursday afternoon from work, so I had to find someone quickly to join me. Thanks again Rachel for joining me and driving up by yourself to hang out with me. It was a great time. I hope you can still hear :-)
Seats were in Grandstand 6 Section O Row 4 Seats 19-20. They were right in turn 4 the farthest grandstand to the left (Looking out on the speedway). Right smack in the far corner of the grandstands. Had a wonderful view of turn 3 and the backside exit of turn 4. It was an awesome race all the way to the finish.
The trip back was not without stories. From the Speedway to Owenton, there was 5 of us in a Civic. David P joined us back to his car in Owenton.
Getting out of the grassy area of the speedway, we were sitting in traffic not moving anywhere. The driver, Scott, tired of waiting decides to take the Civic to the right. To the right of us is a line of cars with a hillside on the backside, yes on the hillside we went 40 miles/hr. It was a bit scary though I was not too afraid knowing that Scott does know how to handle his car. Probably shaved 20 mins off the time we would have been sitting in the line trying to get out.
Then we hit the back roads to Owenton and got behind a van. I dont know that words can really describe this. I might have to wait til the video is posted for you guys to view. (Will come back to this story) I will say we were all rolling in the car.
We had a nice country drive back to Georgetown and made it back home safe and sound.
Thanks again to Scott and crew for the ride and for Rachel's willingness to join me.
Thanks to Rachel H for meeting me at the speedway to enjoy the actual race with me. I won tickets Thursday afternoon from work, so I had to find someone quickly to join me. Thanks again Rachel for joining me and driving up by yourself to hang out with me. It was a great time. I hope you can still hear :-)
Seats were in Grandstand 6 Section O Row 4 Seats 19-20. They were right in turn 4 the farthest grandstand to the left (Looking out on the speedway). Right smack in the far corner of the grandstands. Had a wonderful view of turn 3 and the backside exit of turn 4. It was an awesome race all the way to the finish.
The trip back was not without stories. From the Speedway to Owenton, there was 5 of us in a Civic. David P joined us back to his car in Owenton.
Getting out of the grassy area of the speedway, we were sitting in traffic not moving anywhere. The driver, Scott, tired of waiting decides to take the Civic to the right. To the right of us is a line of cars with a hillside on the backside, yes on the hillside we went 40 miles/hr. It was a bit scary though I was not too afraid knowing that Scott does know how to handle his car. Probably shaved 20 mins off the time we would have been sitting in the line trying to get out.
Then we hit the back roads to Owenton and got behind a van. I dont know that words can really describe this. I might have to wait til the video is posted for you guys to view. (Will come back to this story) I will say we were all rolling in the car.
We had a nice country drive back to Georgetown and made it back home safe and sound.
Thanks again to Scott and crew for the ride and for Rachel's willingness to join me.
Saturday, August 13, 2005
Yes I am still Alive
Wow has life been busy the past month. I just thought that when summer came around things would slow down. Some areas things did slow down while it picked up in other areas evening it all back out to just plain busy. I am not complaining though. I have had a blast this summer. I think that is the true problem. Definitely not lacking in the area of fun this summer.
Quick Highlights that maybe I will expand upon in the near future.
- Autocross season has been in full swing. Last week ending a 5 week straight stretch of autocrossing. Wow it was a great time and I have lots of stories and some videos :-)
- Last weekend, I was in a wedding of a college friend, Lindsey Lee. It was a great time and I got to see a lot of people that I hadnt seen in ages. Those that were there it was wonderful to see ya. Minus the girls that kept me up all night Friday :-P (J/K)
- This weekend has actually included me being at home for a change and resting and relaxing a bit, though not as much as originally planned.
- Today, I competed in a Road Rally put on by the Bluegrass Porsche Club and assisted by the Bluegrass Mini and CKRSCCA. It was a great time riding around in a Miata.
- Tomorrow, its off to Sparta, KY for the IRL Indy 300 race at the Kentucky Speedway. This shall be quite the adventure with some SCCA folks and then hanging out with some work folks at the track (as I got the Tix through work).
- The Honda has new tires after 69000+ miles.
Upcoming things:
- Next weekend is our last big release prior to OE. Yeepee.
- Holy cow a new school year has started which means several different things including ODK time again as well as I better start working on some applications or I will be in pulling my hair out come Oct.
- Several more autocrosses and hopefully some more Road Rallies. I think I have finally found myself a new driver or 2 :-)
Well those are the highlights. I will try to write more soon.
Quick Highlights that maybe I will expand upon in the near future.
- Autocross season has been in full swing. Last week ending a 5 week straight stretch of autocrossing. Wow it was a great time and I have lots of stories and some videos :-)
- Last weekend, I was in a wedding of a college friend, Lindsey Lee. It was a great time and I got to see a lot of people that I hadnt seen in ages. Those that were there it was wonderful to see ya. Minus the girls that kept me up all night Friday :-P (J/K)
- This weekend has actually included me being at home for a change and resting and relaxing a bit, though not as much as originally planned.
- Today, I competed in a Road Rally put on by the Bluegrass Porsche Club and assisted by the Bluegrass Mini and CKRSCCA. It was a great time riding around in a Miata.
- Tomorrow, its off to Sparta, KY for the IRL Indy 300 race at the Kentucky Speedway. This shall be quite the adventure with some SCCA folks and then hanging out with some work folks at the track (as I got the Tix through work).
- The Honda has new tires after 69000+ miles.
Upcoming things:
- Next weekend is our last big release prior to OE. Yeepee.
- Holy cow a new school year has started which means several different things including ODK time again as well as I better start working on some applications or I will be in pulling my hair out come Oct.
- Several more autocrosses and hopefully some more Road Rallies. I think I have finally found myself a new driver or 2 :-)
Well those are the highlights. I will try to write more soon.
COMPUTER WOES :-(
Oh why oh why....
So it was the modem the other day and today, I am afraid that the motherboard may be going south. Since I am not a hardware person at all and somewhat despise it, I am looking to my dear friends who love building their own computers and such for some advice and opinions.
Current Issue:
-Turn on the computer and monitor
-Monitor has screen that says the monitor is working check the cable or pc. (this has happened twice prior to today. Then today it happened 3-5 boots.)
-Tonight I realized that the mouse and keyboard also were not functioning while receiving this screen on the monitor. (Assume that was probably the case all along because I had to hard reboot the pc each time)
-The 2nd boot this morning resulted in the keyboard functioning and the monitoring scrolling lines up and down. I was able to login and reboot by knowledge of the process.
-5th bood, Kwadwo suggested unplugging everything from the pc and plugging it back in. I did and the computer rebooted and everything is currently working.
I fear turning it off because I am afraid it will not come back.
** Any clues what might be the issue?
The computer will be 4 years old in Oct. The harddrive is about 2 years old. Monitor is probably more like 8 years old. Mouse is fairly new. Keyboard...hmmm not sure which iteration this is, but probably around 3 years.
** Suggestions on fixing the issue?
Wasnt really looking to purchase a new computer anytime soon. This one suffices for what I need, it even has a DVD player in it. The only reason it doesnt have XP is because I didn't want it. Its a Windows 2000 box.
Thanks for all the advice and suggestions.
So it was the modem the other day and today, I am afraid that the motherboard may be going south. Since I am not a hardware person at all and somewhat despise it, I am looking to my dear friends who love building their own computers and such for some advice and opinions.
Current Issue:
-Turn on the computer and monitor
-Monitor has screen that says the monitor is working check the cable or pc. (this has happened twice prior to today. Then today it happened 3-5 boots.)
-Tonight I realized that the mouse and keyboard also were not functioning while receiving this screen on the monitor. (Assume that was probably the case all along because I had to hard reboot the pc each time)
-The 2nd boot this morning resulted in the keyboard functioning and the monitoring scrolling lines up and down. I was able to login and reboot by knowledge of the process.
-5th bood, Kwadwo suggested unplugging everything from the pc and plugging it back in. I did and the computer rebooted and everything is currently working.
I fear turning it off because I am afraid it will not come back.
** Any clues what might be the issue?
The computer will be 4 years old in Oct. The harddrive is about 2 years old. Monitor is probably more like 8 years old. Mouse is fairly new. Keyboard...hmmm not sure which iteration this is, but probably around 3 years.
** Suggestions on fixing the issue?
Wasnt really looking to purchase a new computer anytime soon. This one suffices for what I need, it even has a DVD player in it. The only reason it doesnt have XP is because I didn't want it. Its a Windows 2000 box.
Thanks for all the advice and suggestions.
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Happy Birthday to Many
As I am slacking once again....
I would like to throw out a Happy Birthday to so many people.
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday dear (list below)
Happy Birthday to You
Kwadwo - July 25
Laura -
Jodi -
Rachel P - July 28 (Today)
Sarwa -
Shannon O - July 31
I would like to throw out a Happy Birthday to so many people.
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday dear (list below)
Happy Birthday to You
Kwadwo - July 25
Laura -
Jodi -
Rachel P - July 28 (Today)
Sarwa -
Shannon O - July 31
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Back in Business :-)
Quick update...I am finally back in business after about a week without a modem. It was difficult at times because there was so many things I wanted to do on my computer that I couldnt. And because of that I just decided not to really bother with getting on the computer at all most of the week.
I have to run for now and get ready for church. Hopefully, I will post a bit more before the evening is over. If not, well it will be later in the week.
Tomorrow I am headed to Louisville to Autocross...lots to catch you all up on there.
Hope everyone is doing well!
I have to run for now and get ready for church. Hopefully, I will post a bit more before the evening is over. If not, well it will be later in the week.
Tomorrow I am headed to Louisville to Autocross...lots to catch you all up on there.
Hope everyone is doing well!
Monday, July 18, 2005
Broken Modem
What a sad sad day for my computer at home. Access to work was very slow through the dial-up and remote desktop and so in frustration, I pulled out the work laptop. Apparently, I failed to disconnect the modem before pulling the line out of the phone and plugging it into the laptop. Somewhere in all of that I apparently busted the modem in my computer at home. I have tried to disable and uninstall it with no success. So now I sit in my bedroom on my work laptop with no access to all of my personal files. It does give me some relaxing time to check out all the blogs and post on mine at the same time. Probably this weekend I will get a chance to pull the computer back apart and see if I can get a modem to work again.
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