Update
by AndrewF on Mar.29, 2010, under Family
Its the end of March and Andie E is getting ready to turn 16! She and I are headed to Atlanta for her birthday and volleyball. Robin, Caleb, and Shelby are doing well. I think everyone has gone through some type of “bug” this spring, so hopefully, we can all be healthy for the rest of spring and summer.
It loks to be a big summer this year with the family reunion in June, camping, jeeping, and whatever else we can get into.
by AndrewF on Mar.19, 2010, under Technology
So I finally bit the bullet and forked over an undisclosed amount of cash for a Windows 7 Ultimate N key (64bit). It was substantially less then a retail copy of the obsolete Sys… Oh, I mean Operating System. I’ve been running the beta now since last year and yes, it IS the best operating system to come out of Redmond, WA. However, Linux it is not. Karmic Koala (Ubuntu 9.10) is not without its faults, but still handles hardware better than W7. After I loaded W7, I had to go back and re-install GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader) which allows me to dual boot my Linux and Windows Operating Systems. I will continue to run Windows O/S to provide support and to play my games (mostly FPS such as COD4, not that crazy about COD2).
I do NOT like bronchitis.
by AndrewF on Mar.16, 2010, under Family
Wow, I went home from work last Wednesday with the sniffles around 12:00, laid down to take a nap before work, and woke up at 14:45 running a fever; it went down hill from there. I called in to work at 16:30 and told them I would not make it in. I ran a fever off and on all night and all day on Thursday. Thursday night, I was in the ER and was diagnosed with Bronchitis. I got my medicine on Friday and thought to myself, “Let the healing begin.” I woke up Saturday and actually had some strength, so I decided to spend it wrestling with Caleb. I paid for it Sunday. I felt horrible all day on Sunday. Monday rolled around and of course, I feel better, but I was smarter, Caleb and I lounged around and didn’t hit a lick at a snake all day.
I am back at work tonight and will pull a long 7 days. No rest for the weary.
by AndrewF on Mar.08, 2010, under Hobbies
I went skiing this morning! It was beautiful up in the mountains, I think the high was in the low 50’s. The weather was great, the snow was still there, but really slushy. I’m not a huge fan of skiing in slushy snow, but its hard to turn down runs down Sugar at less than $30.00 for a lift ticket for the day. It’s my day of goofing off before going back to work this week.
Papa got some BRAND NEW SHOES… For Sara
by AndrewF on Feb.27, 2010, under Hobbies
I picked up my 33×10.5R15 BFGoodrich KM2 Mud Terrain tires for the Jeep yesterday. Man, they look good,
Now, I am waiting on the 2.5″ lift to get here to get my clearance back!
Waiting on the lift now
The lesser of OS evils
by AndrewF on Feb.27, 2010, under Technology
Okay, so my RC 7000 Windows 7 64bit build is ending its life cycle on Monday, so I have to buy the finalized version and install it. It will be a clean install, which means all my apps will have to be re-installed. So the question at hand is, which version should I buy? The general user will not see a difference between the 32 bit version and the 64 bit version except that the 64 bit drivers are a bit more finicky. I will NOT be buying the “ULTIMATE” addition as it only offers a few carrots above the “PROFESSIONAL” version (Bitlocker and directaccess) which no one uses anyway.
I am off to find an OEM copy of Windows 7 64 bit Professional to install so I can continue to support the OS and also feed my COD2 habit. As soon as I get WINE (Linux app) to work flawlessly with COD2, I’ll play in Linux exclusively. Oh, Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) is not without its glitches, but it is a very polished OS.
Volleyball, Volleyball, and more VOLLEYBALL
by morpheus on Feb.22, 2010, under Family
Both my daughters play volleyball. Both my daughters play for Junior Olympic (JO) volleyball teams. Both my daughters travel with their volleyball clubs which means that I travel with their volleyball clubs. I love the fact that they are playing a sport and competing. It teaches discipline, self confidence, how to handle disappointment, how to handle success, time management, priority evaluation, and social skills. Now, if I could only get my daughters to embrace these attributes OFF the court…
Day One
by morpheus on Feb.11, 2010, under General
I finally cranked up a blog site for myself. Feel free to register if you have questions or comments. I get a LOT of questions on IT related stuff and find the repetitious questions should be answered here for everyone to enjoy.