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14 Feb 2012

Cooking Adventures

Since my wife's moved down we've done a lot of new recipes.

Here's a quick list of what we've tried:

- Baked Salmon

- Stir Fry (was a disaster)

- Mexican Lasagna

- Enchiladas

- Ratatouille (and the leftovers were made into Ratatouille pizza!)

- Bowtie pasta with Vodka Pesto Sauce

Pretty awesome stuff

29 Jan 2012

TXify

So things are going great. We're slowly becoming Texans, including our own hassles with auto registration-- we haven't even gotten to enjoy the DMV yet.

- In laws have visited...

- I'm doing more python scripting these days. It's fun. Ruby too.

- Geeking out has been done

- Lots of good food has been eaten, including random stuff we've cooked on our own

Now, to enjoy the rest of my Sunday and catch up on some sun...

1 Jan 2012

2011 Reviewed

Since 2003 I've posted year in review articles in a bulleted "A year ago I..." - 2011 is no exception. View the 2011 Yearly Review.

14 Dec 2011

The wife is out here and our stuff is here, now beginning the ordeal of making this house a home. We've got about a billion boxes in the garage right now and we've made a dent in what needs to be unpacked... but there's still work to do!

Everything else is going really well except that it hasn't been sunny all week and isn't supposed to be until next week. Bleh! I thought we were in the desert....

4 Dec 2011

Weeks 4 and 5

So week 4 I got to work from home. How awesome is that? I got to spend time with my wife and our families for Thanksgiving.

Week 5 has been interesting. The thermostat had to be replaced, the garage door had to be rekeyed, and I got us a couch and a loveseat. Week 6 will be my last week without my wife in Texas- she's graduating Saturday and then we're making an epic drive. The movers will be in Monday or Tuesday and we'll begin unloading...

That's all I've got for now except that Nikki Sixx has his own radio show and is a DJ on a radio station out here. I've been listening to it constantly.

12 Nov 2011

Week 3

The week's over and I'm still picking up little bits of knowledge every day. It's been a real adjustment - going from vendor designed and implemented systems to a home grown product. I'm excited to see where OpenStack takes the industry in the next few years- IaaS will no longer be for those who can afford it.

Adjustments that I've had to make thus far, aside from the whole being-alone-and-sleeping-on-an-air-mattress-thing:

Working with younger people in general
Working with people who were born and raised on Linux
Working on a Mac
No more Kroger. H-E-B is the grocery store chain around here
Working in a large corporate environment

Now, to start the Hunger Games at last...

9 Nov 2011

Week 2.5 Update

BexarMet we hardly knew ye. Looks like our water district for 2.5 weeks will be gone by February. Work is keeping me intrigued and busy at the same time- so that's very good.

Earlier tonight, I finished the Harry Potter books. Finally! Now onto The Hunger Games!

It's hard being away from the ones that I love but we're going to be together soon- and just a little longer we'll be on a new adventure in TX all together. The hope of that is all I need!

28 Oct 2011

Texas Style Update

Week 1:

I'm really digging the new gig. I think there's a ton of information to learn and I'll be a good fit.

I'm also really enjoying TX. The weather is great- people mostly keep to themselves, but they're friendly if you need anything. I miss my wife lots but we'll be together soon and I know she'll like it here.

Oh: I'm a Mac user now. Finally!

20 Oct 2011

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20 Oct 2011

PhoneRot

In 2010 I got a close to end of market Motorola Droid. The Droid 2 (and Droid X) were on the way.

About 4 months ago, it became completely unusable. I believe it was a new OS update combined with some of the apps I used (FB and Twitter, mainly) becoming more chatty. Facebook's app is now grabbing GPS coords on every use. I could barely make calls, send texts, read email, take photos, the core functionality of my smartphone was gone.

So, I went through a process to flash my Droid back to its original version, making it like the day I got it. It works like a charm now.

Moral of the story:

Don't update your smartphone's OS unless you want to replace it in less than 24 months. Cut down on the apps and use the browser based versions.

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