It seems like I’ve been away for so long, that I got used to being home. I was dreading the fact that I’d have to work a WHOLE WEEK this week. Funny how it only takes a little slip to convince you that what you normally do is way too arduous. So, i’m back at [...]
Filed under: Life News, Work News on November 30th, 2005 | No Comments »
When we wake up in the morning, we will look out our windows and see that white flakes of frozen water have fallen from the sky and smothered the nearby plants. Yes, you heard me right: snow. Snow now? In November? Where do we live, Montana? Nope. Virginia. Not usually known for its harsh winters, [...]
Filed under: Life News on November 24th, 2005 | No Comments »
Well, mostly… I’m ditching my land line with Verizon in favor of Vonage VoIP. The monthly cost will be less than half of what I’m paying now. And, since I have this wonderful fiber connection with all this bandwidth, I might as well get some use out of it. So – I’m keeping Verizon for [...]
Filed under: Technology on November 21st, 2005 | 2 Comments »
I ran across this post on Divester: Divester contributor Eric Brodeur has a dive buddy who rode out Hurricane Wilma in Cozumel. Locked in his hotel’s main dining room for three days, his friend nailed pieces of furniture to the walls to reinforce the shutters, “stacked credenzas and other furniture against one doorway to the [...]
Filed under: Life News, Scuba on November 14th, 2005 | No Comments »
Success! I have finally done it. I have migrated the entire site to the Windows platform. I tried this once before, but I couldn’t make it work. The server is now running on Windows and IIS with roughly the same performance I was getting with Linux. So – it was fun and I’ve learned a [...]
Filed under: Site News, Technology on November 13th, 2005 | No Comments »
I have updated the ::: airports i’ve seen ::: section of the site to include the most recent addition to my “have been to” list of airports: Seattle/Tacoma airport in Washington State. Yes, I know it’s been a while since I’ve been there and I should have done it long ago, but circumstances have kept me busy. [...]
Filed under: Life News, Site News on November 1st, 2005 | 2 Comments »
