After returning from our vacation where it was 85 to 90 degrees all week long, we are now back in Virginia. This morning, I was anxious to ride my bike into work… that is until I realized it was 37 degrees outside. Well, I still got on the bike and the ride was mostly pleasant. [...]
Filed under: Life News, Photography on November 27th, 2006 | No Comments »
I’ve now updated the “Airports I’ve Been To” page to include Curaçao and bring the total to 78 I’ve transited through. I even updated my world map, but the country is so small that there wasn’t even a red dot where it should be…
Filed under: Life News, Travel on November 24th, 2006 | No Comments »
We are coming close to the end of our trip and are now worn out and exhausted. I need another vacation! There is one downside of this island: it’s what we’ve come to know as “peepers”. There are strange creatures on this island we have heard but never seen – some say they are frogs, [...]
Filed under: Life News, Travel on November 24th, 2006 | No Comments »
Laura and I have “finished” our scheduled dives in our package, but I think I’ll be headed to the shore for another this morning. We were able to sleep a little later than ususal this morning and I’m feeling well-rested. I’ve been having trouble with the camera [the Canon S80] working as I had intended. [...]
Filed under: Life News, Photography, Scuba, Travel on November 23rd, 2006 | No Comments »
That’s the welcome phrase here in Curaçao. I have to say that this place is welcoming and friendly. We have been treated very well since our arrival here in both the airport and hotel. The car rental person was exceedingly friendly: she even escorted us to the car to make sure it met with our [...]
Filed under: Life News, Scuba, Travel on November 19th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Today, we embark on the beginning our great voyage across the Carribean sea to Curaçao. We take the fist leg [to Newark] today for an early departure tomorrow. We will try to keep you up to date with pictures and such. [UPDATE]: We’re now in the airport waiting to go. Gotta love that free WiFi! [...]
Filed under: Life News, Scuba on November 17th, 2006 | No Comments »
So far, so good. I’ve seen that the server has been up continuously even longer than before. We are up and running without reboot for over 5 days, close to 6 and tomorrow is the critical point. At that point, I call and get a warranty replacement for my other stick of RAM. Once I [...]
Filed under: Life News, Technology on November 9th, 2006 | No Comments »
Soon, Laura and I will embark on the fifth sort-of-anual Thanksgiving day dive trip known to the world as Dive Turkey V. This year’s festivities will take place on the island of Curaçao. We had hoped that this year’s trip would include a broad range of friends and associates, but the attendance of this monumentous [...]
Filed under: Life News, Photography, Scuba on November 7th, 2006 | No Comments »
Everyone – [all 5 of you who read this blog] get out there tomorrow and vote. It doesn’t matter if you think your vote will be wasted or not matter much. It’s your duty. Besides, if you don’t vote, you have no right to complain if things don’t go as you think they should!
Filed under: Life News, Politics on November 6th, 2006 | No Comments »
I thought it was fixed… Until it rebooted itself 3 times in one day. It lasted longer than it has before, but that may be because of the fact that I did a clean shutdown before flashing and upgrading the drivers. So – my new hardware pieces have arrived: the AMD Operton 270 and 2GB [...]
Filed under: Life News, Technology on November 6th, 2006 | No Comments »
