New Business Cards

I got some new business cards for work - the only difference is it says Information Technology instead of Information Systems - because of our department name change ...

New Sofa

Hooray! I ordered a new sofa today - I'm excited to be able to sit in comfort in my apartment now. It is an olive green microfiber sofa. Nothing too fancy, I didn't want to spend to much on it, but it should last me a good 5+ years (It has a 5 year warranty on it against rips, tears, burns, structure, etc.) It is long enough to sleep on too - if desired.

This also means I get to throw out the old brown love seat I have been using that is as old as me.

Thats all...

The Countdown...

Cowboy Football is coming soon ... I have my season tickets and have high hopes for this season.

GO POKES

Simpsons Season 8 / New Beck Album

The Simpsons Season 8 is now out - I will purchase it soon.

"The Information" is coming out soon (Oct 2) The first single has been released. It sounds pretty good so far.

being sick sucks

So I am sick right now, and I don't feel well. I went to the doctor, and I have an infection of some kind. My throat is all swollen up, I had a hard time breathing this morning. Hopefully the medicine I have will fix it all up.

Laramieweb.com has been rebuilt again. i will probably redo the front page sometime. In the mean time I have the mail server working, and am creating accounts for family and friends - if you think you want one then ask...

Department name change

Well I learned today that our department name at work is finally changing. Instead of being I.S. (Information Systems) we are now I.T. (Information Technology) In addition we no longer report to the head of administrative services, instead we report to the assistant city manager. It isn't a huge change, but it is a nice move in the right direction.

Rancid Rocks! - Night 2

Wow - tonights set list was awesome, as was the show. I had much more energy tonight for some reason. I was ready to go another hour. I got some good pics too.

Once again I can't remember the entire set list or the order - the two shows are somewhat blended together now ... Here is what I do remember:
Roots Radicals
Tenderloin
Nihilism
journey to the end
adina
Salvation
Sidekick
Listed MIA
Time Bomb
Radio Havana
7 years down
Lock step and gone
Sound system
Who would of thought
hyena
Otherside
ruby soho
radio

Rancid Night 1

The unseen played with rancid, all their songs sound the same.

Anyway Rancid was great. They played a good variety of songs. I'm hoping I get to hear many new ones later tonight for the second show.
From what I can recall they played the follow - I am probably missing s song or two and they are not in exact order...
Radio
journey to the end
11th hour
Lock step and gone
Unity
Black and Blue
Skunx
loki
Hyena
Old Friend
To have and to have not
Fall back down
Time Bomb
Hooligans
Rejected
Knowledge
She's Automatic
Antennas
ruby soho

Rancid Concert Aproaching

Aug 2 and 3rd in Denver - I'm looking forward to it.

Cubs Sweep Cards

It was an exciting weekend in baseball for the Chicago Cubs. They completed the 4 game sweep of the cardinals today. They are 10-3 against the cards this year, and 7-0 in Wrigley against them. To bad they didn't play that way against the rest of the league.

We finished moving our servers for work - things went smoothly.

I'm looking forward to some time to relax now.

More overtime work

I got to work late again last night. We got our Internet connection moved, and all the servers that do external data. Fortunately everything is working as it should again. This Saturday we should be able to finish moving the last of our servers. A few more weeks then we can start moving users into the building...

Daddy of em All

Well on Monday night I ended up going to Cheyenne Frontier Days and watching some professional bull riding. It was interesting to see. I'm not sure it was worth all the money, but I guess it is ok to go and see new things now and then. The rest of the crowd sure loved it. There were actually several riders who were able to post scores, which I guess doesn't always happen. The winner successfully rode twice - including a 90 in his second ride.

In other news I get to work more overtime this week. Fun Fun Fun.

Moving a Sofa?

I found a web-site that can help with the math involved in moving a sofa around a tight corner. Now with these simple calculations you can know before hand if the sofa will fit.
http://www.mathcad.com/library/constants/sofa.htm

work work work

I had a work-filled weekend. On Friday I got to work from 8 am until 3am the next morning. Then I got to come in again on Saturday at 10am and work until 3 pm.

And the best part is I'm still not done with the overtime. I get to work late this week on Wednesday and Thursday, then again Friday night and Saturday.

I'm hoping that with the extra $$ from the overtime I can buy a new couch - exciting huh.

Well thats my life - while my friends scamper off to India and Brazil - I work work work.

Murder in Laramie ...

Steven called my last night and told me that he had read on-line about 3 students that were found dead just south of campus. It was probably a murder suicide, but police are still looking into it. This type of thing is rare in Laramie.

I'm willing to bet that alcohol played some role in this - as is does with many crimes.

New Modem and Firefox

My new modem is all setup and in place.

I also downloaded the new Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 today. I love it so far.

Ascii Star Wars

I ran across an unusual item yesterday - an ASCII version of star wars that you can watch through telnet.

Telnet to: towel.blinkenlights.nl

And enjoy the show

Updates ...

Well I should receive my new DSL modem today, which will be nice. I was able to get my old DSL modem working enough to have an internet connection over the weekend. I took it apart and when it wouldn't connect I just threw it on the floor and went to bed. The next day I plugged it in and it worked - for about 36 hours, then it just quit again.

I figured that maybe it was overheating so I stuck the circuit board in the freezer for 5-10 minutes, and took it out, I fliped the on/Off swith a couple times and Success. I have had to freeze it twice now waiting for my new modem to arrive. but it runs for over a day when I do.

I bought a bbq / grill for the 4th of July, and I bbq'd some chicked, and some ribs, then grilled some hamburgers and corn and pineapple. It was good.

Well nothing else of interest has happened lately.

Internet Connection Down

I am without an Internet connection at home right now. Yesterday sometime between 2:30 and 5:00 my ADSL modem died. Until I can get a new one laramieweb.com will be down.

Chicago Part 3

Besides the baseball games I did a few other things in chicago ...

I got to eat at the Chicago Chop House on Wednesday night. I had a wonderful New York Strip Steak. It was the best cut of meat I have ever had - It was wonderful, and huge. After I finished dinner it was raining and my knee was hurting from walking around china town earlier that evening so I decided to not walk the several blocks to the train and instead had the matradie get me a cab. They were even nice enough to walk me to the cab with an umbrella so I didn't get wet at all.

On Thursday I ate lunch outside in downtown Chicago at the corner bakery. It was a beautiful cool morning. After the cubs game on Thursday I went to the Art Institute of Chicago, and looked at all their paintings, and other items. It was neat to see paintings from so many famous artists, although by the end my knee was killing my - I could hardly walk. Pictures from the art institute can be found here:
Museum

On Friday I ate lunch At harry caray's before flying back home. I really enjoyed Chicago, and would like to go back and see some of the other places I missed this time like the field museum, sears tower, etc.

If you have any questions about my trip please ask ...