Cubs Sweep Brewers!

A 4 game series at Wrigley north and all 4 games go to the cubs!

A great sweep!

Rancid Rocks and Go Cubs

I got to see Rancid in concert again this past Saturday at the Filmore in Denver. It was a pretty good show. I am Ghost opened, then Murphy's law played a short set followed by MxPx. Rancid was very good as usual. I'm excited for their new album come september.

The Cubs are in first place by 1 game going to Milwaukee for a 4 game set. Hopefully the bats will get hot and the pitching will remain as it has been recently. Next week at this time I will be in Chicago watching the Cubs play. I hope it will be watching the First Place Cubs play.

Building my new PC

Here are the pictures from my PC project.

Hello from my new computer

Well I got my new computer all put together and 64 bit Linux installed. It is much much faster than my old one. I still need to transfer data, and I am contemplating making it a dual boot machine. Pictures to come.

Microsoft Certified Professional

I took and passed my first Microsoft test today. I am now officially a Microsoft Certified Professional. I get to use this fancy logo on my business cards, and techcaddies website now. The test was a little easier than I thought it would be. I'll probably study and be taking more tests in the coming months.

My computer parts have arrived. I may start building tonight. My phone still is not here yet and I am getting impatient.

New Beck album and more

I've listened to the new beck album a few times now. I like it OK. I haven't picked out any favorite tracks yet.

My cell phone broke, so I have ordered a new one. I hope it arrives today. My new phone is a blackberry curve.

I will be building a new computer this week too. My parts have started to arrive. I should get them all by Tuesday. I may take some photo's of the process for fun - if so I'll post them here.

Vacation is over

Here are the results:

We went to the beach in South Carlsbad, Ca. and camped.

We played in the water, and boogie boarded.
We relaxed at the beach too.

We roasted and ate hot dogs at our camp on the beach.

We saw some sites around San Diego such as the Temple.

We also saw local wildlife.
After 4 nights at the beach we went to Tucson, Az.
I painted on the tree in the girls playroom.
I painted a bat.
We swam in the new pool.

... but then I had to go home.

Almost Vacation time ...

Vacation time is fast approaching. I'm looking forward to having some time off again. I leave for San Diego on July 1.

In other news my computers graphics card broke a few days ago. I am using my backup card. This has inspired me to build a new computer. I looked at reviews and have decided on what I'm going to buy so I can build it myself.

I listened to the new Offspring album, there are several good songs on it.

Changes at work ...

Well, yesterday my boss announced she is leaving to take a position somewhere else. Her last day was to be on the 30th. Then for some reason she ended up leaving today instead. I got along with her well which was nice. I will look forward to now being able to learn from others, and to the possibilities this may provide for me to grow.

Starting tomorrow I am going to take over as the interim IT manager. I hope I can do well in this roll. I plan on working hard and applying for the permanent position as it is posted. I love the work I do, and enjoy the people I get to work with, and I Love where I live.

Heres to the future ...

*Raises and takes a sip of Henry's*

A June Post

So I feel like I should post something, but I have nothing in mind to post. Nothing new or exciting is going on at work. The cubs still keep on winning. There is nothing happening in my personal life either. It is really pretty boring.

I did order a new Center Channel speaker for my surround sound. It should be better than my current cheap one, but I don't know if I'll notice a difference.

I made a doctor's appointment for later this month to see if I can get a cortisone shot in my knee so I can move around a bit more while I am in San Diego, Arizona, and Chicago.

Ordering Pizza from the command line

Man why didn't I think of this.

http://www.beigerecords.com/cory/pizza_party/

Command Line Web (Goosh)

I have a new home page now. www.goosh.org it is a command line shell for google. The commands are easy to pick up, and I think it is fun to use, although I am a computer nerd who runs linux.

One thing I would like to see added is a math module for simple math and conversions, like converting pounds to ounces, etc. The regular google does a good job at that.

Weezer (Red)

I got the new weezer Album today. I always like it when something arrives in the mail early. the album is officially out tomorrow. Included with my order from interpunk.com is a free 7" vinyl with 2 songs on it - "Pork and Beans" and "Are friends Electric". I'll give it a spin after I go through the CD a few times...

Cubs keep on winning ...

As of right now the Cubs have the best record in all of baseball. They just finished a sweep of the Dodgers, and took the first game from the Rockies. Hopefully they can keep playing well like they have. There is still a lot of baseball left.

Not much else to report.

Roku player and memorial day

I had a good time over memorial day. I golfed a couple of times, but did really bad.

When I got back I received my Roku nexflix player. It was easy to set up, and the quality was just fine.

Tornadoes, Snow, and posting in the dark ...

Well today was adventurous. This afternoon we had a few tornadoes touch down in Laramie. Then later in the evening we got about an inch of really wet snow. And now I am tying this message on battery power as I have no electricity. I love being able to go online without power. I have a good battery that gives me 30 to 45 minutes of computer time.

Lets see what tomorrow will bring.

Netflix Player ...

I have been using Netflix for a few months, and have really liked it. Today I learned that they are offering a $100.00 box that you connect to your TV and use to watch any of the streaming content available from Netflix. Detail here.

This is perfect for me because even though netflix lets you stream to your computer, you have to be running windows to do it and I run Linux. I don't have to worry about that anymore. I also get to watch the movies on my TV instead of my computer monitor.

I think I will order one of these devices soon.

More snow in May

We've had a cold spring, and this morning when I awoke there was over 2 inches of snow on my car. It was a nice wet snow, and we can use the moisture. I am still waiting for spring to arrive...

Here are some pics of the snow.

Lollapalooza 2008

So I was browsing around reading about music items, and I noticed that rage against the machine is scheduled to play at lollapalooza along with radiohead and many others; good bands too. It takes place in grant park in Chicago ... hmmm August 1-3 Very interesting I will be in Chicago for cubs baseball on the 4th and 5th of august... I think I may have to come in a few days early and enjoy the show! I think I will finalize my chicago trip to include a huge concert, and cubs baseball.

Tickets are a bit pricy now - $190.00 for the three days, so I'm still contemplating that.

some of the bands:
Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, Kanye West, The Raconteurs, Gnarls Barkley, The Black Keys, Broken Social Scene, G. Love & Special Sauce, Blues Travelers, Mates of State, Bloc Party, Cat Power, Stephen Malkmus, Girl Talk, Kid Sister, Office, The Cool Kids, Battles, The Go! Team, Jamie Lidell and Grizzly Bear.

Punk Rock Show conflict

So I recently bought tickets to see Rancid on July 26th at the fillmore. I found out a few days ago that there is another good show on that same day. The offspring and Dropkick Murphy's are playing a show with a few other bands. It's to bad they have to be on the same day. Rancid wins this contest - I like them more. I did also see Dropkick less than a month ago.

I am still thinking about seeing the cure on May 21st at Red rocks, but don't really want to go by myself. I may also drop down to Denver this Friday and catch NOFX. I'd like to see Pennywise on the 7th, but can't really take the time off from work, and hate not getting any sleep.