Granted

Both events are on the calendar. I've resent the links to the calendar (which gmail apparently messed up when I used their link tool). If you didn't get the email, email me. When you view the calendar, try the Agenda tab for a summary rundown of upcoming events. Yay - it's fun.

Cheers.

DCI Classic Countdown

Since we're talkin' drum corps, I thought I'd mention that the DCI Classic Countdown is coming up pretty soon, April 26th at 7:30 to be exact. Last year it was shown down in West Jordan at Jordan Commons and the 2 years before that, it wasn't even shown in Utah!!! (it's only been around for 3 years) But this year is, oh man.....

It's in Ogden!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's right, Ogden. They are going to be showing it at the Newgate Tinsletown and tickets are $12.50 per person. Here's the link for more info: http://dci.org/cinema/classic/ Tickets aren't on sale yet but I'll be sure to let everybody know when they are and when it is closer to this wickedly awesome event.

So yeah, Jon, why don't you go ahead and post THAT on your little calendar!!! Please. Thanks!

Corps Encore 2007

Corps Encore will be held July 30, 2007 at the beloved Stewart Stadium. For more information, go to Corps Encore.

Speaking of nice weather

Announcing....

The Summer Games Calendar

Remember a while ago when I suggested a summer full of stuff like

Hiking
Movies
BBQ's
Road Trips
Ultimate Frisbee
Stargazing
Boating
Rock Climbing/Ice Climbing
Concerts
Dancing
Breakfast
Volleyball
Ice Skating
Firesides
Game Nights

?

Well, I've created a Google calendar to post the events to. I've emailed everyone that's a member of the blog (whose email addresses are public in blogger) a link to an HTML version of the calendar as well as an XML feed link for those who use feed readers. If you want to post events to the calendar you can email them to me or email me and request editing access to the calendar itself and I'll more than likely grant it to you (if you give me a dollar). If you didn't get the email it's because your profile doesn't contain it - just email me and I'll send you the same info.

:)

Anywho, the first two events are already posted. When I get info on Corps Encore, Saturday evening ultimate frisbee (I'm assuming that will be happening again this year), and other stuff I'll add it in a timely manner. You don't have to show up to any of the events, but if you do, it'll be awesome. I suggest that there be a volunteer-basis in-charge person for each activity so that people will know who to RSVP to for events that need that kind of thing. But whatever.

Ok, enjoy, and I look forward to seeing you all soon.

Though I may not aggree with him politically...

...John Dvorak has some of the greatest insight into the tech industry. I really do like watching his Internet show, Cranky Geeks, where he and some other tech-savvy folks discuss current and forthcoming technologies. I also like reading his columns in PC Mag, where he often rants and raves about the latest techno gizmos to grace the market.

Mr. Dvorak's latest rant is about the mobile phone industry and upon reading his little analysis, I discovered that many things really struck a chord with me. Now, I do not believe that the mobile phone industry should wither and die as he says, but I do understand the reason behind some of his glaring remarks. For instance, I do believe that mobile phones have not really increased our productivity, but rather only increased our rudeness to each other. Yes, there are perfectly legitimate times when a cell phone is very useful. I have experienced that blessing on a number of occasions. But, in a movie theater or in church, that really starts to suck! So folks, the next time you are in an airport, don't forget that it's illegal to yell "bomb." ;)

Anyhow, take it easy, y'all!

How much can you handle?

Please feel free to post times of how long you were able to endure.

Also, on an unrelated note, some people go a bit overboard.

something I found

Happy Day

Congrats, Jeff. That's awesome.

Happy Birthday to Modest and Johann (that is, to Mussorgsky and Bach).

On an unrelated note...

Tune of the day: Oh What A World by Rufus Wainwright
My co-worker had me listen to it. I blog it here purely for his use of Bolero.

And to all a good day.

Greetings to all....

Hello to all my friends!!!!
How I miss the days of naps in the band hall, and the randomness of it all.......
Just an update, Shamra and I have decided to be sealed in the Temple.
We will be sealed in the Jordan River Temple on May 12.
We are very excited for this next step in our lives, and wanted to share.
To all, a great schooling may you have!

Things That Must Go

Recently, I have have been busy buying a house. Along with buying a house are certain joys like getting to know the neighbors (important if you trust your home security to them), finding out where we go to church, and purchasing supplies to do modest home improvements. In my travels as of late, I have come across some startling things that I think must really be put out to pasture and never mentioned again. And now, I present a list of these annoyances for your viewing pleasure:

1. Dub+ sized rims on trucks and SUVs. What is up with a Chevy Tahoe and 26" rims with rubber bands for tires? That completely renders the SUV very un-SUV-ish.
2. People who drive with their high beam headlights on to compensate for a burned out low beam light. Come on, folks, they're not there as spare headlights. Get the freaking thing fixed!
3. Hardware stores the size of an airport. I mean, I know it's cool to be able to find just about anything under the sun there, but I hate having to use a GPS to get my bearings.
4. Unsecured wireless networks. I met my neighbors' wireless networks before I met them.
5. Construction on every single level crossing from Ogden to Nephi. Do you know how difficult it is to get to and from work?!
6. People who get into an accident during rush-hour traffic on HWY 89. Because of some jerk in a Mustang, it took me an hour and eight minutes to get from work in Kaysville to my home in Ogden the other day.
7. Rocky Anderson. He's like Tejano music: every time he opens his mouth, brain cells die and I feel stupider.
8. Comcast's willingness to connect a computer directly to a cable modem. Hello! Have you never heard of security?! That's the most dangerous way to connect a computer to the Internet because that computer has a publicly accessible IP address. Just don't do it.
9. People not watching out for motorcycles. Hey, we can use the road the same as the cars and trucks. So please, look out for motorcycles. ;)
10. Jerks who get into a turn lane behind you and then speed up and pass you. When traffic is moving along smoothly, that's just rude. I had some dude do that to me in his High and Mighty (SUV) and it made it scary for me to get into the turn lane as well.

Anyhow, I kind of had to stretch for some of those, but they are all things that irritate me. There are, however, some things that are really cool lately. For one, have you seen the late models of Yamaha Star Motorcycles? Oh, baby! Those things are awesome! And the new Harley Davidsons are beautiful, as always. :) Cadillac has some nice offerings, as does Saturn. Computers are getting cool again with multi-core machines. I'm excited about that. However, how well do most modern applications take advantage of multi-core? That remains to be discovered. I did get my domain name registered and I'm now hosting a real website. :) That's exciting news. GoDaddy is offering domain names for about $9 per year so I jumped on it. I have the server, they have the domain name.

So, with that, I will leave you and put myself in bed. It's friggen late. :)

Random thing to remember: When mounting a CD-ROM in a Linux box, it is often required to do it manually as follows

mount /mnt/cdrom

Of course, when you're done using the CD-ROM, you must unmount it:

umount /mnt/cdrom

Just in case y'all are wondering.

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3/5/7

And that's not the only odd thing about yesterday.