tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58885152010-02-11T17:12:29.215-05:00Bryan's BlogMusings about life, tech and other things.Bryannoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1146585589643751052006-05-02T11:50:00.000-04:002006-11-14T13:52:02.026-05:00It's been almost 6 months since I wrote an update here. So, there is lots to say. (:Zach is now 6 months old. For the most part he is a happy baby. He is now eating solid baby foods (vegetables, fruits, etc.). He is also getting his 2 front, bottom teeth, which makes him drool quite a bit. He's still not crawling or rolling over, so we are working on that.I'll try to be more timely in my Bryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1131123415631235212005-11-04T11:56:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:52:01.939-05:00He's finally here. Zachary Logan was born at 12:36am this morning. Everyone is doing well and I'll get pictures out soon.Bryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1130992259972019482005-11-02T23:28:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:52:01.857-05:00Well the time has finally arrived. The doctor wants to induce in the morning, so we will have a new addition to the family sometime tomorrow. Everyone is very excited. It still doesn't feel real yet. I know that it's happening, but it doesn't seem like it's time yet. I'll know more tomorrow and I'll post here all of the vital stats.Bryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1128919489546637772005-10-10T00:38:00.000-04:002006-11-14T13:52:01.773-05:00We are down to the last month. We received the furniture for the nursery last week and will be painting tomorrow. I think she has picked out the colors that she wants to use. This is one of those very scary and very exiting moments.I think that we have decided on Zachary for his name. Of course, who knows if we'll keep that one or not. I've heard of people that had a name all picked out and Bryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1124937420804241132005-08-24T22:31:00.000-04:002006-11-14T13:52:01.696-05:00You may notice that I have added two new buttons on the side of the blog. The first is a link to download the Firefox web browser. I use Firefox on a daily basis unless I am forced to use Internet Explorer due to a poorly written web page/application. It's very fast and easy to use. I like the ability to customize it by download themes and plugins.The other button is a link to download Bryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1122915909249970172005-08-01T12:46:00.000-04:002006-11-14T13:52:01.618-05:00A new month and new updates.We have returned from our yearly vacation to the Outer Banks, NC. We have been going down there for the past 4 years. This year we stayed in Hatteras again. Everyone seems to like it there. There are just enough things to do if you don't want to just sit on the beach or float in the pool and yet it's not really overcrowded. Every year that we go down, Melanie's Bryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1120842938237394712005-07-08T11:29:00.000-04:002006-11-14T13:52:01.514-05:00Well, another month has passed and I haven't posted much.My dad had family in from California these past couple of weeks. It was good to actually put faces to the names. (:Melanie is doing well. Not much to report on the baby front. We've talked briefly about names, but haven't decided on anything.On a completely different front, people should take a look at what Google is doing. First they Bryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1117889969163837822005-06-04T08:43:00.000-04:002006-11-14T13:52:01.436-05:00Well, we went to our 18 week sonogram on Thursday. The baby looks healthy at this point. The sonogram tech was measuring all of the different parts and said that everything was measuring at 18 weeks as it should. Well, everything except the legs which she said were 19 week length. I'm not sure if that means a tall kid or not.We did find out that it's going to be a little boy. Everybody keepsBryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1115124584156097792005-05-03T08:38:00.000-04:002006-11-14T13:52:01.350-05:00Well, it's time to let everyone know the big announcement.Melanie and I are going to be parents. We're really excited about this new stage of our life. It's certainly going to be interesting.We are expecting the new addition to the family around the October/November timeframe. Other than being tired, Melanie is doing fine.I'll keep everyone informed as the pregnancy progresses.Bryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1110836729522301302005-03-14T16:24:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:52:01.285-05:00I'm not going to apologize for not posting in a while. I've been busy, but it hasn't been anything terribly interesting. My day typically consists of getting up at 5:30, driving an hour to work, working until 6, driving home an hour and then sitting on the couch relaxing and visiting with my wife. Ocassionally, I'll have a chance to play a game on the computer somewhere in the middle of all ofBryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1106398280532130232005-01-22T07:41:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:52:01.203-05:00Lots of things happening since my last post. I got word from the college that my classes are cancelled this semester due to lack of enrollment. Even with the current press that Linux is getting, I don't have 10+ people to sign up for either class.
We finally got our first snowfall the other day. Only ended up with about an inch. It has started snowing today and is supposed to be a Bryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1104424236116950422004-12-30T11:16:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:52:01.123-05:00Well, Christmas has come and gone. I now have a new addiction. I got World of Warcraft and have been playing that quite a bit. For those that haven't heard of it, it's an online role playing game. Basically, it's a large community of people playing the same game at the same time. It's really cool. For those that do know, I have a character in the Silver Hand realm named Seekelm.
Have a Bryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1103675153568395762004-12-21T19:18:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:52:01.024-05:00First off, congratulations to the San Diego Chargers for making it to the playoffs and winning the AFC West Division. I've been a long time Charger fan, but they rarely make it very far.
School is now done and grades have been submitted. I can rest for a couple of seconds now. Now I have to start getting ready for next semester. I've changed books in the "Linux System Administrattion" Bryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1103044146136275442004-12-14T11:52:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:52:00.949-05:00I've been incredibly busy these past couple of months. Hopefully things are starting to wind down a little. School will be finished tomorrow night and then I have a month before it starts back up again.
So many things to write about...
First and foremost, if you run a Windows operating system and you haven't been to Windows Update lately, go soon. MS is supposed to be releasing another 5 Bryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1094760774451075152004-09-09T14:48:00.000-04:002006-11-14T13:52:00.868-05:00Tons of things going on now. College is back in session. I'm only teaching one class this semester. Of course this means that I'll be even more busy than I was just a couple of weeks ago. Woohoo!
I got a new computer about a week ago. Got it all setup and all of the files transferred from the old one. Still haven't played any games on it yet though. That's just sad. I plan on fixing thatBryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1093552410160631822004-08-26T09:23:00.000-04:002006-11-14T13:52:00.796-05:00I've added a new link on the side of my blog. You can now view these postings with any RSS news reader. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It's become the only way for me to gather all of the news that I have to stay abreast of to do my job. All I have to do is open up Opera (my web browser) and run through all of the news that has been downloaded from the websites and other blogs thatBryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1093046135411525262004-08-20T19:42:00.000-04:002006-11-14T13:52:00.716-05:00I actually have a couple of updates. It's been busy at work, so I haven't had much time to write anything.
About a week ago, I passed my GIAC Security Essentials Certification. So, I'm good for another year.
Just found out the other day that they cancelled one of my classes at FCC. This means that I'm only teaching my Intro to Linux class this semester. Although, I think I need some Bryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1090452173380701672004-07-21T19:17:00.000-04:002006-11-14T13:52:00.641-05:00So, I'm not sure what I want to do with this site yet. I'm obviously not a creative writer like my sister and it's hard for me to believe that anyone thinks my life is anywhere near interesting. I'm wondering whether I should try to educate people about various computer security problems. Or maybe talk about how to use alternative software like Opera or Firefox web browsers.
We're getting Bryannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1084281959368653122004-05-11T09:23:00.000-04:002006-11-14T13:52:00.565-05:00Ok, so I'm a little behind. (:
School is finished this week, so maybe I'll be able to keep everyone up to date and get myself into some kind of schedule.
Blogger seems to have redesigned their site and I'm still poking around to see what's new.
I'll post more later.Bryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1077896922101923342004-02-27T10:38:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:52:00.482-05:00Uggh. I hate computer viruses. I think we've finally cleaned the last of Netsky off our net.
On a more positive note, my sister is competing in the Miss Frederick pageant this weekend. I think she has a pretty good shot at winning, which would be really cool.Bryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1076512739780694152004-02-11T10:15:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:52:00.414-05:00Well, it's been a while since I've posted anything here. I've been very busy lately. Working long hours takes a toll on you after a while.
Anyway, school is back in session and I'm teaching two classes this semester, Intro to Linux and Linux System Administration. It's good to see that both classes have a lot of students. I'm hoping that it shows that people are starting to take notice of Bryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1068783307906977192003-11-13T23:08:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:52:00.340-05:00I've got a picture of Mom and Dad's new puppies. Click Here. The brown still needs a name in case anyone has any suggestions. (:
I've almost survived the week. We had a bomb threat at our building on Tuesday and Wednesday. They evacuated us on Tues for a couple of hours and actually sent us home on Wed. And then because of the high winds today, we lost power in the server room for an hour Bryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1068056303430698732003-11-05T13:14:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:52:00.269-05:00Went over to my parent's house last night to see their new puppies. They are really cute and really small. I took some pictures and I'll try to get something posted in the next day or so.Bryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1067358563596916022003-10-28T11:07:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:52:00.183-05:00I just realized that I hadn't put anything out here in a couple of days. We are still unpacking boxes and rearranging things in the new house. I'm still a little bitter about the lack of high speed Internet services. (:
It seems that there is a pretty big sinkhole problem on our side of town. Two more opened up yesterday, which make like 3 in just this week. Certainly nothing like the fires Bryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888515.post-1066685815975200002003-10-20T17:35:00.000-04:002006-11-14T13:52:00.111-05:00Well, we are finally moved. I should say that the boxes are all at the new house now. They may not be unpacked, but they are there. (:
I haven't updated things lately because we've been busy moving and I didn't have a Net connection for the first part of the week.
I'll get some new pictures and post them now that we have grass.Bryannoreply@blogger.com0