Well things are moving forward slowly, been working on some mainly code in the short-term, so far so good, I am developing a “Missing People” page where it has our senior pictures (sorry everyone) anyone who isn’t found yet is grey’d out and folks can put forth contact information, or fill us in on them, as we know some from our class have passed away, we have a list of at least 4 people I believe at this point - with some folks doing tours over in Iraq, we may have a few more names, but I pray to God we don’t.
I have been up for a reunion off and on, but with the group getting it going, actually a little pumped, mainly because it’s 2 gals I knew in highschool and actually liked So it’s not like I have jumped into a group with that “one girl” or that punk jock, Wendy and Misty were both folks I knew, so it’s mellow, no stress, and we have literally a year to plan (so technically it’s our 11yr reunion)
It’s fun stuff thus far, going to try and call in a few favors to maybe help out some of our class who is now right coasters see if I can’t pull a favor or two with some contacts to lend me a seat or 3 on a jet (yes I know people) lol - but if nothing else see if I can’t get some really really affordable rates and see if we can’t get some folks out here.
Anywhoo - nearly 11, still unwinding but going to hit publish and go relax and watch a movie as I slowly pass out. Night folks, and have a good week!
Well for me anymore a Wild Saturday includes a few things, 1) Progress on organizing my junk, 2) Sleep, 3) Food - or any combo of those options.
Today included the unlock of my 1st Gen iPhone to utilize the Firmware 2.0 but on T-Mobile’s network - being out of contract on T-Mobile, I am actually happy to stay knowing I can now use the line “Well if you won’t fix it, I’ll just leave! boo-hoo!” - and can actually do it AT&T has tried several times now to lure me back to their evil death star alliance, but I have remained strong - the iPhone was really the only option I liked, but I doubt I’d buy a 3G model any time soon, revision 2 in which they get GPS quirks out of the way, battery life sorted, and a 12MP camera, then, maybe then
Currently my first gen is on it’s battery drain, listening to Pandora over WiFi, part of me wanted to leave it on EDGE and see what’d happen, but signal isn’t quality EDGE, so probalby Monday I’ll have that fun at work! But all in all the apps are speedy, the unlock works perfectly, iTunes 7.7 backed up all my goodies, and now I have the big thing to decide MobileMe or Stick with IMAP & SpanningSync for Mac, don’t get me wrong, I love the concept of MobileMe, just $99 a year, not sure it’s going to sit well in my budget for IT, I’d just as soon get Google Apps, or utilize my own IMAP servers.
I am sure there are other things which I could go on and on about, but really it has been a mellow weekend, Church tomorrow should be fun (I hope) followed up with Dinner, but I really want to get a lot more sleep in, I think I am trying to get sick, and the lack of sleep usually leaves me wide open for illness, so sleep is coming up soon here - I am going to fight the urge to skip playing with Apps on the iPhone.
Anywhoo - lots to do in coming weeks, Reunion Website, Photographer’s blog, Wordpress 2.6 upgrades for folks (big kudo’s to WP devs, Gears makes it rockin all the more!) but busy busy - just need to be sure I am rested for it! So I will say goodnight, and wish you all a wonderful Sunday!
Only a day left in this week - it seems to of flown by looking back at it now, but honestly it felt long - but I wanted to take some time tonight to unwind a bit, work on some projects - one of which was that of my blog, I wanted to get some time under the hood to update some plugins, scripts, etc. I have a Netflix tool I wrote, but it’s not ready for prime time.
All in all things have been busy in general, closed some deals today - did quite well thankfully, and finally got some payments handled, but all in all definately a few things moving forward that I had hoped would - even though I know that “studies” show things like people who say “I’ll read up on it” never sign-up, but also sometimes folks just need to review the facts, and make an informed choice.
Anywhoo, going to unwind, play with a few new features in Wordpress 2.6, seems pretty smooth and functional, I am enjoy Google Gears, much much quicker interface that’s not streaming AJAX goodies, and it tells me how many words I have typed Off to fun!
I need a night away from the machine, it has been a long day with computers, and while I would love to continue looking at apartments online, the bottom line is, I need air tonight. I have 2 movies from Netflix, and a pizza on the way, so I am going to unwind in the living room and think happy thoughts (or mildly happy thoughts).
Today I got a note from the IRS, it was announcing to me that my stimulus check would be in by 6/20! So this month I get $300 of unexpected, tax-free funds from ol uncle sam - so what to get, what to get… if other outstanding invoices come in too, I’ll have a good chunk of money, but no where near getting myself a Mac Pro - but maybe enough for a camera lens, or a big chunk of a new camera body…. oh so many choices.
Just woke up from a nap with the cat, it’s still nearly 100F, but thankfully the humidity has come down since I laid down for a nap, so it’s liveable, but the big question is… what’s for dinner? Maybe get a nice $300 dinner? lol
Well I switched to Netflix because of the ever-raising prices of Blockbuster Online - I remember beta testing their service, and once it was live their offered me the same low rates from the test, then $2 more, then $4 more, to where now the service I was once getting is $35 a month. compared to the $20 I was spending … so needless to say to avoid the trip to Blockbuster to exchange rentals, I switched back to Netflix.
Today in a rut for a movie since Cloverfield was on its way, but I wanted to check out Jumper and the usual bargain racks of 2 for $20, or 4 for $20 were out, I decided to poke around, snagged Jumper, and noticed signs everywhere “$2 a day!” which made me finally find a display that explained the changes and I think it was wise for their brick and mortar stores.
The plan as is such, its $2 a day for new releases, granted the whole “END OF LATE FEES” bit was nice, but it meant up to 9 days on average for a turn-around on a customer returning a DVD, I mean why make the trip the next day if you didn’t have to… right? Well that meant continually low stock, upset customers, etc. (unless of course you were the lucky guy/gal who got the movie for 9 days - but this $2 plan changes that, you can keep the film as LONG as you want for $2 per day, but for a movie watcher like me, who is going to simply watch the film this evening, it’s perfect, its no longer $4.95 a rental for 2 days of watching, it’s $2 for a day, and it’s due back by midnight the following day, so perfect, I can return it after Church, no worries.
I can understand Blockbuster in this, you have to remember say 10 years ago the idea of renting movies online, and I am not talking about Netflix sending you a disk, I am saying Amazon Unbox, Hulu, Vongo, iTunes, etc. there are many ways to buy/rent films online now, why even bother leaving your home? Just use your 2Mb+ connection and download a 2GB flick that’s DVD quality, and watch it on your big tv screen - and that’s exactly what most folks do, with Netflix they are at least offering DVD + Online Watching, so quick and easy indeed.
Blockbuster is sadly going to be on it’s way out of the brick and mortar stores I am willing to bet, with Kiosks poping up around town (at least here) to rent new releases, it’s going to make people rent from their less and less, but at least with this option they are giving folks a chance to get the 1 night rental, wham-bam-thank-you-ma’m and only be out $2, even 10 x 1 night rentals would be $20 a month, that’s cheaper than a fair sized plan on Netflix/BlockBuster online AND cheaper than going to the movies for 2, so I hope it works for them - but I fear it may be too little too late.
Anywhoo that’s my rant for the afternoon, I am off to eat my sourpatch kids and watch Jumper, and try not to realize it’s nearly 100F if not going to be more
So I got home roughly around 10pm tonight, quite a day, but a big chunk of it was hanging at Scott’s after work and enjoying a meal, some games, and good conversation so not much to complain about
I did meet with the insurance lady, it was nice, got some paper work, still going over the bulk of the details, but I didn’t know my employer covers ALL health insurance costs! Yowza! Very nice indeed, only things are optional bits which I am going to sign-up for, mainly Life Insurance ($8 a month), Vision ($8.50 a month), and Dental ($10), so not too shabby at all, going to be nice to have some steady insurance again, might even go in and have them check to make sure I have a brain, or on a serious note get a check up on my liver and see how it’s doing (previously it was over-working) - but nice to know the ability is there if I need it.
Got the bucket list on my Netflix, so I am going to wrap it up here and go zone out and watch it, nice end to a day, I enjoy Morgan Freeman, one of my favorite actors - not just his acting ability, but the man has an amazing voice! He could read the ingredients from a cereal box, and I’d be glued to his every word.
Anywhoo that’s it for me, oh and if this worked as it “should” this should cross-post to Xanga so folks who still for whatever reason follow me there will get to see what’s happening. Night folks!
Update: Looks like a no-go for Xanga… oh well, it was worth a try! Or it does, sadly looks like only if I post from the Wordpress Web End, no XML-RPC posting hrmm.. we’ll see folks.
So it’s not like I have jumped into a group with that “one girl” or that punk jock, Wendy and Misty were both folks I knew, so it’s mellow, no stress, and we have literally a year to plan (so technically it’s our 11yr reunion) 
