Charter Communications Plungers, Are you ready?
Yeah!
This is the group I plunged with after missing my team's plunge. When announced they tried to disown me, luckily some crazy guy was loud enough that nobody heard them.
2.22.2007
Another Polar Plunge Pic
2.18.2007
Another Plunge Pic
This is the descent down to the opening in the water, I had just Lei'ed the judges.
2007 Polar Plunge
Superfly
I jumped a hair before 11:40AM. We raised $1375.01 in pledges for my plunge alone. That money goes to Special Olympics Wisconsin, a worthy cause. The water is many times colder than I remembered. Next year I will be looking for more people to actually jump with me, this means you.
2.09.2007
Sick again ...
Staying home sick again today. Get to see a doctor as the fever has crept up over 100 degrees. Blech.
2.06.2007
Blech ...
Somehow, Between 3:00 and 5:00 pm today I went from feeling just fine to feeling awful.
Fever, cough, fatigue, the works.
Fever, cough, fatigue, the works.
2.02.2007
Florida Tornadoes ...
Tornadoes tore through central Florida last night, killing 14. Initial reports listed a county, Lake County, not any one city. A quick search for Lake County, FL yielded results of Ocala, FL which is where my parents live.
I gave them a call and it was 30 minutes south of them. Lady Lake, FL got hit yet again. It seems everytime I hear Tornado and Florida it is quickly followed by Lady Lake.
Too many natural disasters and other hazards in Florida. It's a nice place to visit but, I wouldn't want to live there. :)
I gave them a call and it was 30 minutes south of them. Lady Lake, FL got hit yet again. It seems everytime I hear Tornado and Florida it is quickly followed by Lady Lake.
Too many natural disasters and other hazards in Florida. It's a nice place to visit but, I wouldn't want to live there. :)
Google Apps for Your Domain
Google Apps for Your Domain lets you offer private-labeled email, instant messaging and calendar accounts to all of your users
It's all free* and everything is hosted by Google. No hardware or software required.
Did you notice the asterisk? As asterisks go it's pretty benign, if you don't currently control a domain they'll register and host your domain for a reasonable $10/yr.
So, for your "organization" (I am using it as a portal for my family) you get a google-esque start page, mail services hosted by google and gmail interface, private calendar, gtalk capability, and a web-based wysiwyg "page creator".
Setup is painless for the internet savvy. I regged my domain through goDaddy.com for $6.95 with a discount so you could save some cash there.
It's a nice portal that will allow my family to communicate easier.
1.30.2007
Bittersweet start to the day
As I logged on this morning I was torn. Do I feel happy that I raised $750+ for Special Olympics or dread the impending plunge. To share my feelings let's do some math.
(Me - my wife Jen)
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$760+ for Special Olympics
Now you can see my situation
1.26.2007
Polar Plunge Challenge 2
Wow! What a great response! In a little over five hours yesterday the goal of getting $100 in donations was met. Gary McFall has made good on his promise and donated an additional $65 to raise the pledge total above $500.
That went so well in fact that I am issuing another challenge.
Polar Challenge 2
If $750 is raised in pledges I will dress in an outfit put together by my co-workers. The leading candidate outfit is a grass skirt, coconut bra and a dozen leis. There was some mention of body jewels and pink flamingos too.
Unfortunately, for me, there will be a capable photographer on-site to provide lasting memories.
That went so well in fact that I am issuing another challenge.
Polar Challenge 2
If $750 is raised in pledges I will dress in an outfit put together by my co-workers. The leading candidate outfit is a grass skirt, coconut bra and a dozen leis. There was some mention of body jewels and pink flamingos too.
Unfortunately, for me, there will be a capable photographer on-site to provide lasting memories.
Click here to Pledge Online
1.25.2007
Lab Results are in ...
and, are perfectly normal. Apparently, outside of the fact that I have what "some people might call a bit of a weight problem", I am the picture of health. Which means I'll be dead in three months.
So, party on Wayne, and party on Garth.
He just went to the doctor and got a clean bill of health.
So, party on Wayne, and party on Garth.
Polar Challenge 1 Met!
That was quick. At 8:04AM I was at $330.01 I sent out an update email with the challenge. With a donation of $50.00 1:09PM we reached $445.01!
No wonder there is SO much spam in the world. It works!
No wonder there is SO much spam in the world. It works!
Polar Plunge Challenge 1
Gary McFall issued me a challenge awhile back that I nearly lost track of with recent events. If I can raise $100 more in pledges from the total at the time of his challenge (which was $335.01) he would donate an additional $65 to put me one cent over my goal of $500.
Can I reach $435.01? Can we reach $435.01?
Open up those purse strings folks!
Pledge to this effort securely online or give me a call (608) 513-5720 if you want to donate by cash/check.
Can I reach $435.01? Can we reach $435.01?
Open up those purse strings folks!
Pledge to this effort securely online or give me a call (608) 513-5720 if you want to donate by cash/check.
1.23.2007
Reclaimed address
I attempted to login to my health care provider's website the other night, only I had forgotten my password. Luckily they offered to send me an email to the address I had signed up with. Unfortunately, I no longer had access to that email (my first name at my last name).
Until now!
Those following along at home know that I just re-registered Remsik.com and have a shiny new VPS to play with at RimuHosting.com. To make a long story short I remembered my password and logged in that same night. But, now I have my old address back. The first email I received? SPAM. :@
Oh well. Maybe I'll give SpamAssassin a look.
Until now!
Those following along at home know that I just re-registered Remsik.com and have a shiny new VPS to play with at RimuHosting.com. To make a long story short I remembered my password and logged in that same night. But, now I have my old address back. The first email I received? SPAM. :@
Oh well. Maybe I'll give SpamAssassin a look.
1.21.2007
Another new site: Remsik.com
Second verse, same as the first...
Remsik.com has a splash page up. At it's peak it was a place that our family had a blog and could check on birthdays and the like. The plan is to get it back to being a functional family portal.
Remsik.com has a splash page up. At it's peak it was a place that our family had a blog and could check on birthdays and the like. The plan is to get it back to being a functional family portal.
New site launched: doeet.com
It's less of a site and more of a splash page. Ordered a Virtual Server from RimuHosting.com, bad name/great service and products. (They've got a referral program too.)
The plan is for this to be a rails testbed, subversion repository host and eventually host the TTL Photography site.
For now there is not much publicly available except for the aforementioned splash page.
The plan is for this to be a rails testbed, subversion repository host and eventually host the TTL Photography site.
For now there is not much publicly available except for the aforementioned splash page.
doeet.com
1.20.2007
Link: OBD/OBDII Location
This is one of the most useful auto-based projects available on the internets.
Weber State University is cataloging the location of OBD/OBDII ports AND providing pictures of what they look like!
I was looking for the OBD port to read the codes on our Subaru Forester and after many a google searches:
OBD Port Location
Where is my OBD port
Subaru OBDII port location
Please for the love of jeebus tell me where my OBD port is!
The National OBD Clearinghouse in 30 seconds pointed out my error. I had been looking under the dash when the OBDII port is located just inches below the steering wheel.
None the less, this is a tremendous tool for weekend mechanics and those interested in attempting to diagnose and resolve vehicle computer problems on their own.
Weber State University is cataloging the location of OBD/OBDII ports AND providing pictures of what they look like!
I was looking for the OBD port to read the codes on our Subaru Forester and after many a google searches:
OBD Port Location
Where is my OBD port
Subaru OBDII port location
Please for the love of jeebus tell me where my OBD port is!
The National OBD Clearinghouse in 30 seconds pointed out my error. I had been looking under the dash when the OBDII port is located just inches below the steering wheel.
None the less, this is a tremendous tool for weekend mechanics and those interested in attempting to diagnose and resolve vehicle computer problems on their own.
Rick: D'oh!
Jen and I stopped over to my brother Rick's house to drop off the car computer reader. We have been having issues with our 2002 Subaru Forester running rough, surging, nearly stalling. The computer didn't return any codes and the minor improvement we saw when we switched from regular unleaded to premium is no longer apparent.
So, after returning the reader we stuck around for lunch and watched the end of The Mummy Returns. That was followed by the death of a TV. Rick was tuning his picture, which had gotten fuzzy, by adjusting knobs accessed by removing the back of his television. We spent about 15 minutes getting the picture to display "just right". Then as he was sliding the parts back into place there was a small puff of smoke and the smell of ozone.
And as my dad taught me, once you let the smoke out of electronics they don't work any more.
So, after returning the reader we stuck around for lunch and watched the end of The Mummy Returns. That was followed by the death of a TV. Rick was tuning his picture, which had gotten fuzzy, by adjusting knobs accessed by removing the back of his television. We spent about 15 minutes getting the picture to display "just right". Then as he was sliding the parts back into place there was a small puff of smoke and the smell of ozone.
And as my dad taught me, once you let the smoke out of electronics they don't work any more.
Congrats Matt! (aka Version0)
Matt recently started a new gig as Webmaster at North American Lake Management Society.
Among other tasks he is working on a full site redesign. You can see the site before the update at NALMS Website and I'll post when the site update is posted.
Among other tasks he is working on a full site redesign. You can see the site before the update at NALMS Website and I'll post when the site update is posted.
1.17.2007
Physical delay
I went in for my physical yesterday. Unfortunately the clinic doesn't do the prescribed echocardiogram and that is scheduled for the 31st. The EKG reading that was taken in urgent care a week ago showed no anomalies though. That suggested to my doctor that there was no serious threat. Good news.
If it's all the same I'll feel better after the echo confirms his diagnosis. Talking to Mark's wife he was apparently on medication for high cholesterol etc. The rest of us weren't aware of this and thought this struck him out of the blue. There were warning signs they just weren't in neon or ignored because of his age.
If it's all the same I'll feel better after the echo confirms his diagnosis. Talking to Mark's wife he was apparently on medication for high cholesterol etc. The rest of us weren't aware of this and thought this struck him out of the blue. There were warning signs they just weren't in neon or ignored because of his age.
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