Unfortunately, tonight was yet another long night at the office (at least, virtually). I spent most of the day working on series of billing reports and found out around noon that there was something designed incorrectly. Most of my afternoon was spent fixing the design and rerunning the reports. Since it takes awhile to run, […]

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Today marked the day in which and I decided to celebrate our Certified Green Belt at work. You see, we were told last week that we “needed to celebrate in next week’s staff meeting” by our supervisor so in classic / fashion we hatched a plan. The plan was to go unnecessarily over-the-top and wear […]

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My cousin stopped by tonight and happened to have his guitars in tow. So we hung out for awhile, he showed me a few new chord progressions and I had him help me figure out Mull of Kintyre, a classic McCartney tune. I also got part of the way through Let Her Cry by Hootie […]

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Tonight I got the opportunity to take first class. I started very basic, but then moved on to side thrust kick and worked it into my favorite sparring combination. By the end, folks of all levels were doing reverse punch/side thrust kick/reverse punch as a combination. I was pretty happy about that. In between classes, […]

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After a long night (and early morning) at work, I spent tonight getting some rest around the homestead. I took the opportunity to finish the MythTV upgrade, and I am pleased to report that all features that existed previously in MythTV now work better than ever. This version of MythTV has some GREAT stuff in […]

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After you die…Heaven After death, you will exist in heaven. Everything and everyone you love will constantly surround you for all of eternity. You lucky scoundrel. Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

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Last week I was having a discussion with about music, and the topic of the Phantom of the Opera came up. I love this musical, lately buoyed by the recent extremely well done film remake. Dave was surprised to find out that I really like that musical. I know I have posted about this in […]

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So I got antsy and decided to install the new Fedora Core 4 onto my MythTV machine. I took this opportunity to install the new hardware. I was fully expecting a gigantic pain in the butt and only got a minor pain in the butt. The Fedora installer apparently didn’t like creating my logical volumes […]

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I have received the go-ahead from all concerned members to upgrade my MythTV hardware and software starting on Wednesday. Hopefully I will no longer have as many severe problems as I have in iterations past, but expect to see one or two status updates as I get into this project. The new version of MythTV […]

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My New Years Resolution to eliminate debt met up against serious opposition over the weekend. It all started with picking up my mail on Friday night. There was a small customer appreciation card from Dell’s Employee Purchase Program. It offered 20% in additional discount on selected Dell laptops and desktops. I got as far as […]

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