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 ...

Chicago Part 2

After we went to the aquarium I had Karen drop me off at my hotel. It rained on us as we were going back to the car, so I changed and got ready for my first Cubs game at Wrigley Field. The rain died down a bit and I walked over to the L and caught the red line to addison, and wrigley field. The game was fun, but the cubs lost. I took the train back to my hotel. I went to three baseball games while I was there, The cubs won the middle game. I have three sets of pictures from the three games:
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3

Fedora Core 5 and Apache

So I installed Fedora Core 5 - Brand New install, and it includes Apache Server 2.2 - seems like everything should work fine so I try to start the service and it fails. That is strange for it to fail in a brand new install. it is giving me an error in the httpd.conf file So I start looking at that file, and for some reason it has the apache 2.0 conf file - Well apache 2.2 changed the names of some of the modules. I looked some more and saw that in the same directory there was an httpd.conf.bak file - I looked at that, and guess what - it was the version 2.2 file. A quick rename and httpd is up and running.

That seems like a pretty dumb mistake to include the 2.0 conf file for the 2.2 version - which won't run. And the weird thing is they include the 2.2 file that you need as a .bak file. Oh well...

Anyway what this means is that Laramieweb.com is back up and running again. I haven't configured my mail server yet, but that will be coming soon too.

Laramieweb.com is down

Well my Linux server crashed tonight, so Laramieweb.com is down until I can re-build it. I hope to have it fixed soon.

Chicago Report Part 1

Well I arrived in Chicago and was met at the airport by Karen, Nathan, and Braiden. We then drove to Wrigley Field where I went on a tour of the ball park. It was awesome to get to see just about everything in the park - from locker rooms and dugouts to broadcast booths and the security room. I took a bunch of pictures which I have placed on-line here: Wrigley Field Tour Pictures

After the tour I went to Wisconsin for a few days. On Tuesday Karen and Braiden drove me back to Chicago and we took Braiden to the Shedd Aquarium. We all enjoyed looking at different aquatic life from all over the world. the above picture was taken on our way to the aquarium. Most of the aquarium pics didn't turn out well, but I posted them anyway here: Shedd Aquarium Pictures

I'm Back!

I arrived home this evening from my wonderful trip to chicago. I had a great time, and in the next day or two I will post more in my blog about what I did, and what I liked, etc.

Time to go

Well I'm all packed and ready to leave. I won't be bringing a computer with me, so I'll have to blog all about it when I get back. Look for some long posts.

In other news Gary Barta just left UW to go to Iowa. Anyone who would willingly go to Iowa must have something loose in the head, so good riddance. I guess the search for a new AD will start soon.

Blog you when I get back.

Reservation Confirmed

I got confirmation today for my reservations at the Chicago Chop House; Wednesday at 9:00 PM

I'm looking forward to a great steak.

My Chicago trip is in its final planning stages. I have all my reservations and tickets ready to go. I just need to decide a place or two more to eat, and which museum I will try and go to on Thursday.

I'll give detail of the trip when I return.

More Beck ...

I just read that Beck has finished a new album that will be released this fall. It is barely a year since Guero came out so I was kind of surprised. I look forward to hearing it - hopefullt it will mean a few tour dates - I'd pay to see beck a fourth time.

Since it was produced by Nigel Godrich I suspect it will be a more mellow effort again.

Mmm Fried Chicken

I tried a new recipe for Fried Chicken last night, and it turned out great. you want to try it? well then make some of your own...

get some chicken for frying - cut it up or ehatever you like ot do for fried chicken. Soak the chicken in buttermilk for 12 hours. pull the pieces out and season with kosher salt, paprika, garlic, and cayenne. Dredge in flour and fry in shortening, or another oil like canola, in a cast iron skillet at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes (skin side down first), flip over and give it another 10, or until it is done (temp 180).

Server with some mashed potatoes and enjoy.

LOST? Um - its right over there...

Well I borrowed Season One of LOST from a friend to start watching it to give me something to do for a while. I haven't seen the show before.

So far the shows generally move to slow. One example they decide they need to go up higher to get some radio signal. Instead of panning back and showing you that they are going to need to climb a bit they waste my time slowly moving the camera up the mountain to show me what I already figured out up the mountain mean a bit of a climb. There were a few other times I found myself looking at my watch, or yelling at the tv for it to hurry up. I felt like fast forwarding it. They show the exact scenes again and again - especially from the plane.

That reminds me of another thing maybe this is on purpose to make us feel smart, but the show seems predictable so far. the wheelchair belonging to the guy you see in the beginning wiggling his toes - Duh... and other things they try to "reveal" about people have all been predictable like the Korean lady speaking English, and being upset or whatever at her husband; the one who was the criminal; etc. Hopefully it will get better. I will give it a chance. I am already 6 episodes into it now.

Caddy Shack is Back

I have my car back now. I had the Torque Converter Clutch replaced along with the parts of the transmission nearby. About $3,000.00 of work.

It wasn't a major problem, and could have safely been driven for the rest of the cars life, but since it was covered under warranty I figured why not have it replaced. She is still running smooth. Plus they washed and vacuumed the car ... Bonus.