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Cartel – Wasted
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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Brand New – Seventy Times 7
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. So is that what you call a getaway? Well tell me what…
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Amazon AWS – LARGE Instance
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 640×480. This is pathetically small but only took overnight on the web server under my desk. With everything now on the AWS server I thought…
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New Years Snowboarding in Vail, CO
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 Brandon, and Kenneth’s brother Jeff and…
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Moved to Amazon AWS and Gallery3
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”. It’s really awesome to have the loud webserver under my desk shut off.…
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New Job and Thanksgiving
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 over. I took a trip to Florida…
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Coffee and blog posts
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” and “you’ll have bills to pay!” Now that I’m actually…
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Raleigh Apartment and Esther’s House Warming
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 FZ6 are living at Pete’s house, along with power tools and…
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Snow Boarding and Mardi Gras Motorcycling
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 (1000 documented miles in < 24 hours)…
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Camera Updates: October – January
I got back from my Jeeping and Biltmore escapades with Heather and emptied out my camera. Here’s the result. Back in October I went to Matt and Candra’s wedding. I wore a kippah (yarmulka) and did a reading. I bumbled a bit of the reading, but didn’t do so bad for never having seen the…