Allot To Write About

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I have allot to write about, but for some reason don’t feel that up to writing today. So here will be a quick recap of the weekend.

I continued to throw stuff out of my apartment in anticipation of my move next month.

I am also getting ready to ebay a bunch of tech stuff I have. I realized that allot of my crap is not worth that much anymore used. So it is easier to just keep it and or give it away.

Had dinner with Carrie, and my grandmother tonight. Morgan also! My grandmother was in to visit my cousin who is sick. She took us to dinner. it was actually pleasant. That is not always the case with my grandmother.

Got a hair cut on Saturday. My regular barber wasn’t there. Not sure what his deal was. His father did my hair. Didn’t do a good job. it is ok, but he didn’t listen to me when I gave him instructions. That may be the last time I go to that place since I am moving. I need to find a new place in the city for next time.

We had an issue with one of our Call Manager Servers Saturday that caused it to fail. The second machine in the cluster took over fine, but we had about 15 seconds of down time while that happened. Kai is working on getting a patch for it. I spent allot of Saturday working on the phone system because of that, and other issues.

The plus side is I did some more work on our IVR. I even setup our own for Support, to prove the concept. An IVR for support is overkill but we had extra 800#’s and it shows that they system can work.

This blog entry was written while listening to Machine Head by Bush

Sean And Kelly

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My friend Sean and his wife Kelly are visiting today. They flew into DC a few days ago and are driving up to NYC today. They will hang out tonight and stay over by me before they continue their drive up to his parents place near albany tomorrow.

I haven’t seen them in almost a year and a half. It doesn’t feel that long, but I think it has been. Sean is one of those friends that I am sad lives very far away. I have other friends that I wish lived that far away. Go figure.

We IM a few times a month and keep in touch, but it is hard when people are so far away. It will be good to see them.

We are planning on hitting Angelo and Maxis by my office for dinner. I will need to fast today to eat their later.

I got the air mattress from my parents last night so they have a place to sleep. I love that air mattress. I slept on it for almost 6 weeks when I moved to Baton Rouge. it is comfy. Just plug it in and hit the button and it inflates. Ah the joys of technology.

New Cable

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My order is in for Cable TV & Cable Modem in my new apartment. I am just waiting to see if I got my install date and time.

Next up is calling movers. Carrie will email me the name and number of her movers. I sent her an email yesterday, but she was off from work. She is on a big deadline for her project this week. I can hear how tired she is when I talk to her. I think she has the first milestone release of her software this weekend or something. I don’t envy her deadlines.

My landlady wants to know if I can vacate my apartment a bit early so another prospective tenant can paint and do stuff before August 1st. I said sure, since she has been cool and I will be gone completely (i hope) before the 20th. I will know exactly when once I get the movers lined up.

Change Of Plan’s

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Jayson was going to goto Kingston today. Those plans have changed. He is still trying to find an apartment so he needs a few more days in the city. He leaves to go home Thursday so he can finish packing and officially move. he will be back after the 4th of July weekend.

Other change of plans include Halo night last night. We were going to John’s but when we were on the 7 train he called and said he would be later than anticipated. I didn’t want to wait 30-45 minutes on his front step at 9PM at night, so I got off the 7 at Woodside and took the rail road back to my house.

Jayson continued on to John’s house. I only assume he stayed to play. Dave was going to take him home since he is on vacation and has no where to be this week.

Sean & Kelly are still on for being at my place tomorrow. They are driving up from DC. They should be around by dinner time. They want to goto angelo and maxi’s by my work. We went there years ago and they both loved it so they wanted to go again. I could take them to a better steak place but as Sean says, don’t it is tried and true, and they haven’t been there in a while.

The Train And Blogging

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I have said many times that I get most of my blogging done on the rail road into work every day. I don’t do it every day, but most days. That will soon change. Since I am moving, I will not be taking the rail road to work after the middle of July. That is good. But that means no more train blogging. I wont be blogging from the subway. I will hopefully find time at night to blog here and there. I doubt that the move is the death kneel to my blogging efforts but it will slow it down a bit.

As it is now I don’t write about everything I want to. I just don’t have enough time. What I do write about is usually condensed so I can move onto the next topic. Maybe quality is better than quantity but I want to get what is in my head out onto “paper”.

My Apartment In Visio

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I can be considered a true computer geek. I am moving. If you read this you know that already. Well last time I moved I took all the measurements of my new apartment and plotted it in Microsoft Visio. My mom and sister measured all the furniture to make sure it would fit in the apartment. I figured why not put that all in visio and see how the place will turn out. I did just that, and it came out awesome.

Due to a freak hard drive accident last August, I lost the visio file, but I found a hard copy a few weeks ago. I took that paper with all the measurements of my furniture, and a copy of my new apartments floor plan (complete with dimensions of the rooms) and created a new visio file. I don’t have the bathroom or kitchen done yet, since I don’t have dimensions for them, but the living room and bed room’s are both done. It looks like all my furniture will fit just fine.

I just have to decide if I am going to take my living room wall unit. It was very hard for the movers to put back together. That costs money. I also may want a wide screen TV this winter. If I get one this wall unit will not fit it. I would need to get a new one then anyway.

I have a few weeks to decide before the movers come. I am still pondering my options. I need to goto ikea and see what I can get for a replacement wall until.

Gmail?

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What is the big deal about Gmail? For many the concept of 1gb of free mail storage is a great idea. What I want to know is why tech guys are so into the Gmail invites? Is it because of the 1gig of space? Or that there are only a few invites floating around?

I am not talking about normal users who use hotmail and such now and gmail is a major upgrade. I am talking about people like myself and others I work with. Gus got a Gmail account and was so happy. I don’t know why. He has his own mail server. he has virtually unlimited mail storage as it is, but he was almost giddy when he got his gmail account. Howard also got one. He was practical in saying it was for life, so it was a good idea to have one. But your own domain with your own mail server is good also. Now most people don’t do this, they have mail through someone, but if you are a tech guy with your own custom home email address running on your own mail system do you really need gmail? Again it is a great idea, but not for me. Howard offered me a gmail invite. I turned him down. I don’t have any use for it. I don’t want something just to have it.

I guess this is an internet trend that I just don’t get. I will stick with my mail system with my own domain (or several domains to be exact)

This blog entry was written while listening to Given to fly from the album “Yield” by Pearl Jam

Fathers Day

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For my fathers day we took my dad to dim son. I can’t spell it. He loves that stuff. He extra special gift was that Morgan slept over last night with my mom and dad. Oh my sister did also, but I don’t think that was as big a deal as Morgan being there.

We all went out for brunch, except mike. he had an overnight shift at the CCU. Carrie and the baby are doing dinner with him after he sleeps. I went with my parents to their customary sunday dinner, pizza at my dad’s favorite place. they are such creatures of habit these days. I guess that is good.

I tried to fix my dad’s printer, but it looks like the motor is jammed or something mechanical screwed up. I told him it is not worth trying to fix a 4 year old $100 ink jet printer. He doesn’t think he needs it anyway. he will print color stuff at work. if he needs a printer he will let me know. I may just give him my old laser printer and get one that works on my mac. not sure yet. Money for the next couple of months may be tight with the move, so I want to save for a while. that means no major purchases unless I go on an ebay selling spree.

Shrek 2

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Went to see Shrek 2 with Jayson and Dave today. It was really funny. It is nice to see a sequel that is as good or better than the original. I ran into Mitch & Michele at the movies. They are old friends of my parents. They had their daughter rachel with them also. I feel so old that she is out of college now!

We went to the deli by my house for dinner. Dave lived near my place for almost all his life and has never eaten at that deli. I don’t know if he is weird or what.

This blog entry was written while listening to Accidentally In Love from the album “Shrek 2” by Counting Crows

The New Apartment

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I finally got approved for my new apartment. It took them long enough. I move on the 15th of July. I can’t wait. I now have to call and order cable, electric, etc. I also need to cancel my old stuff. I also have to get movers. My sister is going to give me the number of her movers. The ones I used to get all my furniture in my place were good, but it was expensive. I want a flat rate, and not T&M.

Now I have to go through 3 more weeks at my current place. I am inpatient. Now that everything is a done deal, I want to just move.

I am going through my place throwing out old stuff that I don’t think I want. Moving gets you to clean up. For me I just don’t want to move crap that I don’t really need.

This blog entry was written while listening to Promises from the album “Euphoria” by Def Leppard