Archive for October, 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-25

Sunday, October 25th, 2009
  • Sitting at the O'Hare terminal waiting to board. So close to being reunited with my family. #
  • Back home and I thought I was in the swing of things, then realized I hadn't updated twitter…I've clearly got to readjust here! #
  • Confluence 3.0 – it's the bomb! #
  • Nom Nom Nom — I love my job! I'm gonna go break^^^^^ fix something else now! :-) #
  • "I don't make conscious decisions!" – Tommy Jinks (@jinksto) mere seconds ago. #
  • Finishing up Gelato and Espresso at Todd's place. Nice visit with @jinksto as well! #
  • DBArtisan, SVN, Archiva, and explaining to people how to use them and get license! #
  • YUI, I don't know … but I'm digging into to solve someone else problem. I'm thinking that 12 releases since the one they are using …. #
  • Themebuilder for Confluence is a bane to my happiness. How to get everyone off the plugi-in as quickly as possible it my goal. #
  • The hold music before meetings at my current company is driving me insane today. #
  • Tracey brought me 1 dozen Krispy Kreme Donuts this morning, I'm mainlining pure sugar right no. Tracey searches for straight jacket now. #
  • Preparing to head out on a Mens Retreat with Jacob and Corry tonight through tomorrow. Going to be tons of fun in Asheville NC. #
  • Smoking a Flor de Oliva and surprised at how nicely it goes with my coffee. Need more of these cigars. #
  • Checking out Eclipse IAM for Confluence Development. #
  • Sid Meier’s Civilization Network (http://bit.ly/2wmM1B) coming in 2010? #
  • Packing the van, headed to the airport, will wake up in London. I would rather stay w/my family. Travel w/out Tracey no fun, no fun at all! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-18

Sunday, October 18th, 2009
  • Happy Birthday to my oldest daughter Samantha! She turns 16 today! Whoooooot! #
  • I'm a great strategist! I strategize all the time. It is just, well, turns out I am just not a GOOD strategist. – Jacob Rickman #
  • Cogitating on responsibilities for children in my house, mine and others. It seems to be a significant weight deserving reflection. #
  • Dropping kids off at school, then on to the airport headed to Chicago! CharDogs for lunch! Whooooot! #
  • Crowded airports + rain! Bleh. I would rather be upgrading my main desktop to Win7. #
  • Finally on the plane. Sardine much? I despise flying coach. #
  • I'm in Chicago! Lookout! I read "Save Me From Myself" on the way, so it wasn't a complete waste of time. #
  • Ahhh, the temperature in Chicago is brisk! I loves it! Sad they ain't got no trees here. #
  • I am wearng shoes! Can you believe it? #
  • Poag Mahones, 5:00pm CT. Reckon some of us will get dinner after. If you are in chitown, that's the place to be. I wore shoes, worth seeing! #
  • Drew S, Brian R, Andre P, Mike W, Bob S, Don B, Lisa R …. Just to name a few. Visiting Symphono is a nice stroll down memory lane. #
  • Black and Blue burger at Blackies. One more good reason to enjoy visiting Chicago. Best was meeting old friends yesterday afternoon! #
  • Two more roadshows today in Chicago, then I spend the W/E w/Joseph Szobody! No campfire w/Bubba tonight though. #
  • Heading to Heavan on Seven for lunch with The Crew! Did I mention I sang Karaoke for the first time? Turned a Polish bar to a Country bar! #
  • Dejavu! I'm on the 5:04 outa Chicago to Geneva. Some things never seem to change. The train is timeless. #
  • Breakfast at Harners! It was fantastic. #
  • Breakfast at The Batavia Diner, then I'll head across to Christ the King for church this morning. Missing my family much this AM though. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-11

Sunday, October 11th, 2009
  • Family is on the mend. Tracey is even volunteering up at the school, and all kids are back in class. Be happy to hit the other side of this. #
  • Everyone is back to healthy! Looking forward to the campfire tomorrow night! We got a touch of cabin fever. Going to talk about infinity! #
  • Cosmic irony, top WSJ article is "Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize" and the second is "Obama to send up to 60,000 more troops to Afghanistan" #
  • Today is my wifes birthday! If you are considering gifts for her, she likes: Expensive Cigars, Good Single Malt Scotch, Technology Toys, etc #
  • Campfire started, people showing up, gonna be a great night! http://twitpic.com/kw60w #
  • Manning the Spin O Prize game at the Belmont Fall Festival! http://twitpic.com/kz2oz #
  • Tracey (green shirt) working the big inflatable slide. Is it quitingtime yet? http://twitpic.com/kz5al #
  • Gaggle of nine kids dropped off at the house. Tracey and eating Lunch at Thai House, new place in Gastonia. http://twitpic.com/kzjld #
  • My home PC is fried! Appears the video card is gone kapoot. I'm going over to Tommy's. Will see about fixing it tonight. #
  • Moar sickness in the house, seems being outside at the festival wasn't the best of ideas yesterday. No church again, two weeks in a row. :-( #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-04

Sunday, October 4th, 2009
  • Tracey said, "I love it when you talk nerdy to me." #
  • In the big city doing presentations all day. I love my job! #
  • Senate panel votes down public option for health care bill http://twurl.nl/8xsl8e – that makes me happy. #
  • Anxious about this day – lots going on, there never seems to be quite enough minutes in the day either. #
  • Retweeting @dberlind: Microsoft CIO Tony Scott about to keynote @ our virtual event on making the case for Win 7 http://bit.ly/d3UPg #
  • MS CIO Tony Scott: Win 7 doesn't require significant hardware upgrades to deploy it. In many cases it runs faster on the same. #techwebwin7 #
  • Attending Information Week's Windows 7 Virtual Event (http://bit.ly/d3UPg) today, preparing to speak at the final session. It is free! #
  • I'll be in Chicago on Oct 14th! Drew Shields and Brian Ralph are planning a night out! If you want details to attend, ping me. #
  • Ramping up for the presentation! Starts in 15 minutes .. whoot! #
  • I am the goodlooking one! #
  • FUn presentation! Once they get the archives set up I'll post a link. Gonna go eat some BBQ Ribs now and celebrate my first virtual event! #
  • Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis to retire (http://twurl.nl/1325pb) makes me sad to see him go. I've very much enjoyed working for him. #
  • Tracey is ill this morning. I'll be playing the part of Mr. Mom in her absence. #
  • I DID manage to get all the kids to school before their respective bells rang, and breakfast/coffee for me and Ethan. #
  • Looks like I'm taking the day off. Appointment made for Tracey, gonna haul her to Dr here in a few. #
  • I despise the Dr experiance. Why is it the norm that they NEVER respect my time? I'd pay a premium for a timely Dr. #
  • Dr. Says Tracey has indicators of the flu (the pandemic one) but until she has a fever it's something like but not. Whatever that means! #
  • One pharmacy in town that can fill the prescription. Just have to find it now. #
  • Given our involvement with The Pandemic, we are cancelling the Campfire & associated festivities this weekend. Please spread the word. #
  • Today seems to be a bit better, Tracey is up and about, kids all made it to school with no additional illness. Still no campfire tonight. #
  • Gah! I spoke to soon, looks like Ethan is (quickly) coming down sick this morning. #
  • This day in history: 10.02.1955 : ENIAC Computer Retired (http://twurl.nl/i8i0fq) or (http://twurl.nl/odggxy) #
  • NVidia GPU Technology – they finally have ECC and double precision (http://twurl.nl/j8lc4m) #
  • Sam's school just called. Said she is running a fever, and is sick, and please come remove her from the rest of the population. #
  • I'm getting a headache and a general feeling of unpleasantness … is it the flu or just the post lunch early afternoon desire to nap? #
  • Heh, someone just stated that "hines-sight" is 20/20 — whoot! #
  • As Stewart put it, "The Democrats seems to be the kind of people who switch to Geico and lose money." (http://twurl.nl/6hu3z2) Stewart Rocks #
  • This October declared National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Let me sum it up "Be Careful What You Click On"! http://twurl.nl/oqj7rg #
  • ‘I am ready for use’ signaling is an important psychological factor for consumers – http://bit.ly/1UaaWf #
  • New Video: Laser Gunship Blowtorches Truck (Updated) – http://twurl.nl/526rtm #
  • Google Friend Connect: Look, ma…no files! (http://twurl.nl/8rro4r) Authentication as a service. #
  • 47% of America will pay no federal income tax for 2009 – http://twurl.nl/dhznse #
  • Twitter in the work place: http://twurl.nl/4f64ll #

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