IT Superhero. I like to learn things, write them down, and occasionally share with others.
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Just finished watching the latest 30 Rock. The Valentines Day episode. I have a new celebrity crush.. this one is a bit different because usually they're a bit younger. After seeing her in 30 Rock and Stepbrothers though.. /shrug I guess my love of cute brunettes knows no
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Makes me a dull boy: Every weekend of mine is planned out until March 16th. I have either Saturday change windows, Friday windows, or on March 11th a full on 14 hour session starting at midnight and going all day Sunday. Maybe the worst part is I chose this schedule
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Normally I don't post this frequently, but I was rocking out at work listening to Pandora. It decided to spit out one amazing song after another! I've heard this one before and wish there was a bigger Thumbs Up button that I could hit. If this
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I really liked Cartel - Wasted. I was even sort of moved when I listened to it. Now you should listen to it.
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I recently bought a bunch of Brand New records. This stuff is all sorts of old, but I love it anyway. They're pretty angry most of the time. I was listening along and liked this line so much I had to post it. Brand New - Seventy Times
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I recently got it into my head to migrate to AWS and Gallery3. As part of the migration to Gallery3 I stupidly converted all of my image resize versions to 640x480. This is pathetically small but only took overnight on the web server under my desk. With everything now on
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I spent my Mandatory PTO / New Years in Vail, Colorado. I really wish the snow could have been better - but the front side of the mountain was open and it was an awesome time! The place is huge. I went with Pete, Kenneth, Paul Harvin, Pete's friend
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If the site appears to load a little faster and pictures download a bit snappier that's because I recently migrated from the web server under my desk to an Amazon AWS Micro Instance. I'm still running Ubuntu, but it's in "The Cloud"
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Things have been busy with work. I spent some time in Atlanta and some time in Maryland. After that I've just been reviewing documents, making recommendations, and being involved in conference calls. Soon this will translate into actual software configuration and upgrade work after the conference calls are
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I've taken to making myself breakfast and coffee on the weekends. Turning into an adult is actually pretty awesome (even if it took me a LONG time to start the process). When I was a kid everyone was like "you'll have to work so much&
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It's been a month since my last update. That sounds about right to me. The first big change is that I moved to downtown Raleigh. I'm in an apartment building called "Hue," which is pretty nice. The view is awesome. My Jeep and the
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I've been extremely busy being eXtreme lately. Here are some pictures of a snow board trip I took to Tahoe with Brendan, Kurt, Lauren, and Marcy. I also rode 1000 miles from Raleigh, NC to New Orleans, LA and back. I tried to get my Iron Butt certification