January 5th, 2010
This is the second year in a row I have taken the Fantasy Football championship in our league.
Like last year, where I went 1-5 then 2-6 only to win out by tie breaker from there to win, I started out slow going 2-4 then I won out 10 straight to take it as well as most top honors of the league (Best record, most points, etc.)
I’ve been the commish since I founded the league four seasons ago, it’s about time I pass over the reigns. It will be nice to be able to relax and not deal with whiney babies! 
Perhaps ill actually have the time to sit and study for a three-peat dynasty; or that could be my downfall. You never know.
I’ve really enjoyed this year, it certainly adds a new level of excitement to the football year. But, like every year the season is soon over with the playoffs starting. Then a LONG offseason…
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August 30th, 2009
After I got through with a conference last week in Montgomery, some co-workers and I went down to the Chipola for some fishing and a nice float. Which turned out to be a little more than we bargained for due to the recent storms in the area and the obstacles we had to overcome (Trees over the river etc.) but it was semi-relaxing and turned out overall to be pretty fun. I managed to get a few photos in between fishing and paddling for dear life before it got dark. Even saw a few hungry gators out and about…
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June 30th, 2009
So I finally got my car! I have had a good opportunity to drive it, and I must say it’s amazing. I am enjoying it far more then I thought I would. It’s everything I wanted and more. As promised, here are some pics of it…sweet right?! If you want a ride $20/mile.
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May 24th, 2009
I didn’t get a chance to post about it till now but last weekend I ordered my new 2010 Scion xB! I can’t wait, I am so excited to have a new car!! It should be here in about 4-6 weeks from now. I’ve been wanting one for some time and was about to pull the trigger when I found out about the 2010 model which for the same price as the 2009 had a better stereo and some new features. So I went with that one and picked it in Sting-ray Metallic, a kind of blue with silver, which looks different depending on the lighting. I also added in the Bluetooth car kit and the 16″ Alloy wheels. It’ll have window tinting and a few other things added on as well. Here is what it’s going to look like, the picture doesn’t do the color justice but it’s definitely sweet!
Anyway, I will be posting the sweet pictures of it when it comes in to give you a look into my new ride…
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April 4th, 2009
Just got back from visiting my sister Heidi in San Francisco. We had a great time and it was a very nice and needed mini-vacation! We did so much I was very happy that we got to see so much. Seeing the different parts of town were great, downtown by the pier’s were amazing. The parks were very cool and the amazing weather to go along with it all was great! Also, we took a drive down to the aquarium in Monterrey it was absolutely amazing…enjoyed every bit of it I got to try some really good food too which was also great. I took many pictures but haven’t even had a chance to go through them all between a couple of digital cameras and iPhones so Ill post some now and some later…plus im testing out the gallery feature on this dang site, looks like it’s working sheesh!
Had a great time and can’t wait to visit her again sometime soon…we’re talking heading to tahoe for the day, that sounds awesome!
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March 18th, 2009
I wanted to shed a spotlight on some great research a friend of mine Chad did between two of the most well known cloud computing companies Mosso Cloud Sites and Media Temple GS. He methodically tested both with well known benchmarking tools and came up with some staggering results. Mosso knocked Media Temple to the mat with really no fight at all.
I cant stress enough the importance of quality in hosting to those who have a real need for a large amount of hosting and absolutely most importantly reliable hosting! There are many out there who are willing to risk the possibility of a little down time to save a few dollars, but honestly are you doing yourself a favor if your e-commerce site goes down and you lose out on a whole lot more than a few dollars?
I personally use Mosso Cloud Sites for my projects and wouldn’t have it any other way.
You can check out his reviews here.
Tags: benchmarks, cloud hosting, cloud sites, dreamhost, media temple, mosso, performance, rackspace cloud
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February 22nd, 2009
The heist has already begun! It’s that time for MacHeist 3!
At this point there has already been a few microMissions and a full Mission, at this point we are awaiting the next mission…but some great apps have already been had!
This time around the Directorate has placed everyone on teams and implemented a points system on the site which points are earned by participation on the site. While we don’t know what the points are for just yet, its been great to get involved in the community on the forums, in the IRC, listening to the podcasts, and getting to know other heisters.
For those of you who are Mac users and aren’t aware of MacHeist. It’s a community of mac users and developers who participate in planned events by the MacHeist Directorate coordinating puzzles and missions for community users to complete for free fully licensed mac applications.
Also, at the end of the Heist, the Directorate releases a ‘bundle’ of applications for sale. The bundle is basically a bunch of mac applications rounded up and sold at a very discounted rate. So instead of going out and purchasing each application for full price, users can purchase these apps all at once for cheap. In turn, the developers, who make there apps apart of the bundle are promoting their applications by selling a very large amount of them cheaper thus for some increasing profit they would have not gained otherwise and hopefully increase the user base that will pay to upgrade the applications as they are updated with new versions and features.
All around a great program that comes around about once a year, it’s a lot of fun being part of the community and the mystery of the heists. Best of all, you get free useful (most of them) apps.
If you have yet to check it out, it’s definitely worth it! Explore the heist here.
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January 18th, 2009
As a devout Ravens fan, I thought I would share with you my thought’s on today’s playoff games.
Firstly, the Eagles and the Cardinals. The Eagles should clearly win this game, they are tough mentally and physically and have built up enough steam from midseason to beat any team, any day in this league. Being counted out and looked down upon they rose to the occasion and played like a real championship team. A very nice in your face to those who gave up and called for a witching. The Cardinals they are a good team, a team that deserves to be where they are but as far as seasons go they don’t stack up against the best.
Now, I got everything I asked for thus far and more in regards to the Ravens. They have had a great season and have exploded in the playoffs from 6th seed to team to beat. Being a real football fan in my mind I picked the teams to advance that were the most competitive team in the match-ups, not necessarily the teams that give the Ravens the easiest path to the Superbowl. So I got what I wanted a tough as nails, gritty, unearthing matchup at the unforgiving heinz field between the Ravens and the Steelers.
Even though the Steelers beat the Ravens in both meetings during the regular season (One by last second field goal and other by erroneous and questionable review call of a late Steelers touchdown) the Ravens have the defense and a good solid quarterback to ensure a victory.
So there is my quick and very perceptive analysis. Not much else to say really, but GO RAVENS!
P.S. I am still wallowing in the loss that was the Colts season, they had a heck of a run but couldn’t hang on against the Chargers in the end. As much as I want to see the Steelers lose I enjoyed watching them dismantle the Chargers last week in the divisional. But true champions know that you can’t win it all the time, do your best and you’ll be back on top in no time.
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January 2nd, 2009
I was over at Blame Society checking the status on my favorite grocery store day shift manager when I got some great news! The new season of Chad Vader will be premiering February 1st!
Here is a video from Chad opening his Christmas gifts and the announcement from aaron and matt at the end:
Don’t miss the first episode, probably the best production for the web i’ve ever seen. If you haven’t caught the first season…check it out and catch up! You’ll love it!
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December 10th, 2008
As we get closer to the holiday season; its important to remember the most important things. Friends, Family, and GIFTS! Gifts are supposed to be about the little things, the things we never think about, the thing we don’t depend on. Yet, presents have become big things, things we dream about, and desperately depend on.
Surely, everyone has been on on good and bad ends of gift giving. Receiving that ugly christmas sweater or even better giving that ugly christmas sweater. I came across a video the other day that completely got me into the season and I want to share it with you so you can feel the christmas fever too.
So to bring us into the season we have a great video which in my opinion captures the true spirit of christmas. The guys at Vimeo always do a great job at keeping us entertained and this time is no different. A few of them came up with a tribute to all things holiday sweater.
Without further ado I share with you: The Holiday Sweater Song.
http://www.vimeo.com/448571
P.S. Is that a cameo by Matt and Aaron from Blame Society? Right on!
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