Jeff

Pre CES

2012-01-09T20:36:00.000-08:00

Heading to Las Vegas for the consumer electronics show. There are 15 of us from overclockersclub attending this year. I have the usual pre-mission jitters but expect to have a great time Regardless,. The gogo inflight wifi is nice (30 minutes free) but &10 for a 2.5 hour flight is too expansive for my taste. Things get rolling tomorrow.

Getting around slow internet

2011-12-23T08:45:00.000-08:00

As I sit in front of the fire waiting for the fog to lift l clouds to go away I am of course browsing facebook and twitter. There is only one problem: we do not have broadband at this location. So the means if internet access is wireless phone tethering. My carrier, T-mobile, only has 2G data coverage in this area. In today's day and age this is a joke in my opinion. Wikipedia says I should get

COMPUTERS! #@!%%!!

2011-11-29T13:05:00.001-08:00

OK, so I've been AFK for a while. Here is why. About 2 weeks ago the screen back light on this laptop went out. It had been flickering for some time so I assumed it had finally given up. I ordered this as a replacement on the 22ed. Because of both the laptop issue & the fact that I would need to wipe the harddrive on my desktop to get it working again thanks to the fact that a "clean install" of

First ski day of 2011

2011-11-20T18:35:00.001-08:00

I met Chris & Mike @ summit west for my first day of this session. The other two went yesterday, opening day. The coverage could have been better however the overall snow conditions where good considering the time of year. I am feeling out of shape and practice. Just like last year and the year before that. My own fault. I took one spill. A routine double summer sault. Thankfuly my skis did not

Medical Money

2011-10-23T01:25:00.000-07:00

As I sit waiting at the wallgreens pharmacy I find myself pondering what life would be like without diabetes. Still water run deep, we Scorpios think about things like that. I would not have to be on a "diet" for life for one thing. Meaning, Carbohydrate counting, basically if the food item goes in my mouth it needs to be accounted for properly. Expenses would be less as well. Humalog insulin

Parking ticket dispute aventure.

2011-10-12T16:30:00.000-07:00

I was wrongly issued a parking ticket on 08/17 in Seattle's university district while there for a wells fargo site survey. The receipt parking sticker was displayed on the curb side window in compliance with the instructions for parallel parking. I disputed the charge and the pre hearing consultation was Monday 10/10. The conversation with the magistrate took approximately fifteen minutes. The

Cabin Trip

2011-05-27T00:43:00.000-07:00

I came up to the pass to attend the Webb's Summer Kick-Off Celebration! It was a good party overall. I met a few of Chris's friends and hung out. The Beer and food where good. I defiantly recommend Webbs Below is a picture my aunt took of the Pop Can Pipers band. In other news the weather is stuck in October/November mode. Several flavors of rain and sleet made appearances with emphasis on

Tiger Mountain Ride with Chris and Rosie

2011-05-09T16:30:00.000-07:00

This was a good ride. I only fell three times. lol One time going over the handle bars. which also knocked the chain off, dislocated, the back wheel, & messed up the saddle. Wahoo! Battle scars are manly right? :) Total distance was about 12 miles. The first three where riding up a gravel road. The single track ride down the hiking trail was more technical than I was per paired for. The usual

Gotta love this weather

2011-05-05T00:36:00.000-07:00

Yesterday on facebook I commented Enjoy the sun while you can 4 tomorrow it rains. 'Cause we're rain soaked seattleites. I was right. I must have some form of S.A.D because yesterday I felt great and wanted to help with my dad's deck project. Today, spring is acting like fall. I have about as much get up and go as the cat :( I think I'd rather live in the Aperture Science Extended Relaxation

Sammamish River trail 5/4/2011

2011-05-04T18:35:00.000-07:00

Today dad, Uncle Steve, Greg, Chris & Myself. took a ride on the Sammamish river trail. The weather was sunny and warm and lots of people where out. It felt really good to get out and about & the ride was enjoyable. I only got one picture. My only difficulty was getting separated from the group when Steve and Chris sprinted and I got ahead of my dad. As a result i went .7 miles too far on the

Spring shoveling

2011-04-29T14:18:00.001-07:00

Dad and I came up to the cabin to return ski gear and shovel the decks. There was still a lot of snow. The bottom foot of white stuff on the entry side was very wet, compacted, & heavy. The activity was good exercise. However, my back hurts. Everything seems to be in order. The weather consisted of snow, mixed rain & snow, and sun breaks all within minutes of each other. You have to love

What Your Name Means

2011-03-31T14:36:00.000-07:00

While reading The Cat Who Blew the Whistle I found several references Numerology. Being as curious as KoKo I googled it. The What Your Name Means site caught my eye. My full name yielded the following: There are 18 letters in your name. Those 18 letters total to 91 There are 6 vowels and 12 consonants in your name. What your first name means: Teutonic Male God's peace. German Male Derived from

How did extroverts survive?

2011-03-14T00:47:00.001-07:00

I have a friend whom will call, text, email, & send facebook messages when he wants my attation. Okay, maybe he is a flaming extrovert. I am introvert so I sometimes like to be left alone, put the phone down and read a book or an article. I have to wonder how extroverts survived in the days before all this instant communication? You had to actually cool your heals for a few days waiting for a

Job hunting

2011-02-13T22:01:00.000-08:00

I found a link to yoh while browsing wired. I saw a position for Deployment Desktop Support Analys in seattle so I applied. This exercise also prompted me to update my resume on carrierbuilder. Something to feel good about.

Blackcomb day 3, Friday

2011-02-04T15:34:00.000-08:00

Heading home. We are going to visit my aunt Beth in Aldergrove, BC on the way home. I have not seen the family in something like a year. Still raining. Devon and Candice went skiing in spite of the weather. They said it was awesome. Good for them. Overall it was a good trip. I disagree with the weather. My todo list if there is a next time includes acquiring my edge card the night before and

Thursday night

2011-02-04T15:32:00.000-08:00

Devon and his dad tried to get me to go out “clubbing” with them at about 9pm. This was after I had had 2 hard drinks while @ dinner with my parents plus a vodka with orange vitamin water during a social @ the Cowen condo where I was staying. Thus, I did not feel up to going out a) because I did not want to drink more and make an ass of myself and b) I'm an introvert for peat's sake. Large social

Blackcomb day 2, thursday

2011-02-03T11:22:00.000-08:00

It is raining cats and dogs with ocasional snow mixed in. Puke!! What a diference a day makes.I did not go skiing. I figure I have paied my storm skiing dues over the yyears. Call me a fair weather scout all you want. My parents and I bare hanging out at the library, which has free wifi. :) we are heading home tomorrow. I am extremely glad that I went skiing yesterday. The pictures will be on my

Blackcomb day 1, Wednesday

2011-02-02T15:46:00.000-08:00

I skied with my parents wedensday. I did not have to work very hard. We took 10 easy runs with a lot of stopping. We covered parts of both Blackcomb and Whistler. Taking the peak to peak gondola was cool. The pictures will be on my picasa. The weather conditions where strange in my opinion, we had a temperature inversion where by the base area is colder then the top. I saw 52F @ mid mountain. The

2010, a year of hell

2011-01-02T16:04:00.001-08:00

Two thousand ten was an eventful year in many ways. For the world at large it was good. The stock market competed its second year of gains for one thing. Secondly, the android mobile operating system and devices that run it have taken significant market share from the apple/att Juggernaut. For me, Jeff, it was a bad year. My relationship with with April experienced a major high when I sweept

Holiday music

2010-12-24T02:59:00.001-08:00

Ok it is 2:50 am on december 24th. It occors to me that I only listened to a single holiday song on my own time this year. Now to deal with that silly in store brodcasting network earworm. Felease navadad AAAAAAA!!

@ cabbin

2010-12-14T17:14:00.001-08:00

I came up to shovel snow and check on things. House is in order. Pictures as usual on Picasa.

Time off

2010-12-12T15:34:00.000-08:00

I have started my mandatory vacation. I say mandatory because I was suspended for 5 days from my Safeway job because of an excessive number of corrective cations. My next shift is firday. I admit that this is not the type of vacation I wanted but it is a vacation none the less. You can't have everything in life. I will take it like a man. I will use the time to build my Amway business.

Zero Punctuation : Video Game Voters Network

2010-11-08T02:02:00.000-08:00

Vote!!! Zero Punctuation : Video Game Voters Network

Fire

2010-11-06T19:22:00.001-07:00

At about 11:30 on the 5th there was a fire I'm my apartment building. No damage to my unit. I felt bad for my neibhors though. I did not get home intil about 2:30 am and did not get to sleep until 4. On top of that one of the kids on my floor started making a huge amount of noise at about 9 am. So I got no sleep. It's a good thing I can sleep and check at the dame time. It has been a long week.

Unwelcome blast from the past

2010-10-30T23:08:00.000-07:00

Sense my mytouch got wet I will be using my old tmobile wing until I get a new phone. It had a bunch of old text messages between myself and april. All I can say is yay for being a bad person.