3 ... 2 ... 1 ... Vacation Time!

My vacation begins this evening. I have a full schedule of events planned. Here are a few highlights:

Tonight I am going to stay up late watching movies.
Tomorrow I am going golfing at jacoby.
Wednesday I am flying to Chicago
Thursday and Friday - CUBS! and visiting sites in Chicago.
Saturday - Something in Chicago, then fly back home
Sunday and Monday are still up in the air...

Let the vacation begin!

New Look

I decided I wanted to customize the look of my blog. I am still deciding on what exact colors I want. I like the black gray and red so far. I also re-did most of the little graphics on the page like the arrows, corners etc.

Let me know what you think.

Snow in June

I am looking out my office window and It is snowing. It has been snowing now for several hours. You have to love Wyoming's June weather.

Summer was nice this year. I enjoyed both days!

Countdown to Chicago

In less than 1 week I will be in Chicago watching the Cubs play.

Funeral

My Grandfather passed away last week, and I was able to attend his funeral this past weekend. I really enjoyed the service and many of the stories I got to hear about my grandpa. A service such as that is a good way to celebrate someone's life, and know that they are in a better place.

For the first time in several years all of my immediate family were together. We took a few pictures.

In other happenings I have another laptop ready to be turned into a digital picture frame. I think I will hang it on my wall when I finish it.

Memorial Day

For this memorial day holiday I went and visited my brother and his family. We got to go golfing which was very fun.

that is all for today.

Starcraft II

I've spent countless hours and nights playing starcraft, and finally 9 years later Starcraft II will be coming out. It looks pretty cool from the screenshots I've seen. This might give me an excuse to build a new computer. http://www.starcraft2.com/

No More Windows

I have been running Ubuntu now for a littlt over six weeks, and I plan on running it for the forseeable future. My system is still dual boot, but I haven't booted into windows in a month, and have no reason to. As soon as I transfer my important data from the windows partition I will format it.

I have really liked Ubuntu. It has been fairly easy to use, and stable since the beta went final. There is only 1 program I ran in windows that I can't find a replacement for - Newsleecher. I do have VMware though, and can launch a virtual windows if I ever need it for anything.

One of the thing I have set up on my linux box is a Tivo Server. I can now use my tivo to watch any videos I have on my linux box. I have 100's of more choices now, and get to watch them in comfort in my living room on my TV.

I also like the 3D effects available with Beryl in Linux. Windows burn up when I close them, I have a 3D cubed desktop, etc. The new Nvidia card I picked up is working out much better in linux than the ATI 8500 AIW I had before.

Invisible Children

Not much new to report. This last weekend I went to denver for the Invisible Children "Displace Me" campaign. InvisibleChildren.com - they are a non-profit group that is working to help the people - especially children in northern Uganda.

I got my plane tickets to Chicago - I still need to get a hotel.

Ubuntu Kernel Panic

I have been running Ubuntu 7.04 (Fiesty) beta for a few weeks now, and yesterday there was an update that caused the computer to fail to boot. The kernel 2.6.20-14 would return errors about hard drive space and files even though there were no errors.

Fortunately I still had two previous kernels. I was able to boot with one of them in recovery mode, then install the newly released 2.6.20-15 kernel. That fixed the problem and I was able to boot. I had to rebuild the Nvidia drivers and VMware to work with the new kernel, but I finally have everything working again.

The final version of 7.04 is due out on the 19th. Hopefully I won't get any more scares before then.

Ozzfest is Free

Some had asked question about Ozzfest being free - It is true Ozzy and Sharon decided that ticket prices for Ozzfest were getting to high and preventing some fans rom being able to see the show. They decided to counteract that problem by making Ozzfest free this year.

Details can be found at
http://www.ozzfest.com/news_2007.html

Time for an update ...

So far I have been pleased with running Ubuntu. I don't miss windows. I have been able to get all of the programs and features I've wanted thus far.

At work I installed and started using Office 2007. So far it just looks different from office 2003, and runs a bit slower.

Ozzfest will be playing in Denver, and as was announced earlier tickets will be free. I am going to try to go.

Baseball has begun ...

The cubs lost their first series, and sit at 1-2. Only 159 more games to go!

Up and running in Linux

I have a dual boot setup working now. I transfered all my email and music, etc. to Linux.

Transitioning from Windows

I have decided that I no longer want to use windows as my primary operating system. I have had a second computer with linux on and off for many many years. I have decided that I need t transition for good.

I will start off with a dual boot setup - Windows Xp and Ubuntu. If tings go according to plan I will eventually drop the windows portion.

Hopefully things go smooth. I'm rebooting now to start the process.

WNIT Championship Sold Out!

It only took 12 hours for the WNIT championship game to sell out. Fortunately I bought 6 tickets last night after the cowgirls won in triple overtime.

I'm looking forward to being one of the 15,000+ fans on Saturday!

WNIT Final 4 and 1 week until baseball

The cowgirls will be playing at home in the WNIT final 4 tomorrow (Wednesday). They have has some very large crowds - over 11,200 at the last game. I plan on attending.

The Cubs baseball season kicks off in less than 6 days now.

I had a job interview over the weekend in Lexington. I thought it went well. I also got to help my brother and his family move to a new house. It is a very nice house, but their basement flooded already. They will have to get some new carpet for the downstairs.

Bracket Madness

It is that time of year again - every sports site on-line is having a bracket challenge. I have filled out 10 different brackets. I'm sure I won't do well, but thats ok.

In other news McClain, head coach of Wyoming was fired on Monday. I'm happy to see the program take a new direction.

The cowgirls play in the NIT on Thursday.

Cowboys Beat Air Force

Wyoming sent Air Force to anther one and done in the MWC tourney - same as last year, and the previous 13 years.

Wyoming led almost the entire game. Wyoming plays BYU tonight at 7.

GO POKES!

Dropkick Murphys

I went to Denver last night and saw the Dropkick Murphys in concert. It was a good show - lots of fun. I am a bit banged up today because of it, but thats ok.

Wyoming plays in the first round of the MWC tourney today (mens side) the womens team won yesterday. We play Air Force this afternoon at 3:30.

Rumors are flying about whether Wyoming will fire McClain. Hopefully we keep winning no matter what choice is made. Personally I am ready for a new basketball coach, but will continue to support the pokes either way.