Update!

So…. I am here at the apartment alive and well - still no Internet (Thursday!) but it’s all comming along.

Thursday sets a lot of things in motion, groceries, inet, furniture, etc. It will wrap up a big chunk of the move!

Anywhoo - I wish the iPhone had a dockable keyboard as this post took far too long for a quick post more complete update soon!

Apartment, or Not to Apartment?

Well it’s been 6 months since I looked at apartments, I have also had 6 months of a job, and a minor raise since then (the raise @ 90 days) but I went again to my favorite Shadow Ridge, didn’t get any photos, thought about it, but I like it, they showed me the 2bed, 2bath 1 car garage ones, $895 a month, but nifty to have a garage, but on the flip side, they did show me the same 2bed 1 bath for $750 a month, and it’s nice, very roomy, upstaris - so a nice workout to and from the car

I like the idea of living on my own again, and I do realize that it also means that I’ll have a lot more in expenses each month, but the ULTRA cool thing with the place, they are having a special 1/2 off the first FULL month’s rent, so pro-rated first month, 1/2 off the next month - so some time for the budget to re-coup - and on top of that since it’s all part of the up-front, I’ll be paid up in rent till October, so very nice indeed.

A lot of perks, not as fun to live alone always, but I think lately I’ve been hiding out since I get home, not that I am bugged by my parents, but just a lot on the mind lately, so many odd things happening lately with work and such, I just find I come home, work a bit, then sleep.

Anywhoo - just posting to ask for folks to keep me lifted up in prayer, really looking at this option seriously, seems like it could be a good fit, but I am going to poke around Sunday’s paper, and see if maybe there are any other offers I should explore before jumping into this one quickly, nothing says I HAVE to move out, but I think it might be time. Thanks for the prayers and have a lovely Saturday!

A Wild Saturday

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!

Tuesday is Quote Day

So for a few days I keep trying to blog, but nothing ever comes of it - but today I had to - so much going on, had to get some of it down out of the ol brain, but just also a lot of busy busy coming up - for instance the title, Tuesday I get my quotes, for virtualizing the entire office - all desktops to virtual setups, rather clever idea, and work-able too… so we’ll see what the final price point is, and go from there, who knows may work, or my fear will come true and my boss/admin board will go “Huh? No.” as they sometimes fear things that are new / different.

Sorting out some projects, been one of those weeks where a pile of projects seemed to all take various twists and turns, one ended - never got to production, but now sorting out the final bits, should go smoothly though I hope - but more are on the horizon, thankfully not as involved, and with folks who want simplicity vs. complexity, not as fun, but easier to complete
Weather is heating up, was 104F coming home from work today, of course it’s still mighty toasty out, but welcome to summer! Need to work on my bedroom a bit, or look at apartments - basically something with more advanced cooling than the swamp cooler - but as usual I’m sure I’ll survive, already loosing some weight from the lovely shift in weather, but that’ll go away with Winter.

Anywhoo - just rambling now so I think I’ve reached my goal, and I am going to call it a night, nearly midnight and I feel ready for sleep, just don’t wanna wake up for work tomorrow - but I’ll do my best. Night.

Cameras, Money, Time, Health, Sleep… aka Monday!

So here we are at the start of a new week - busy, lots of planning ahead, I have appointments tomorrow afternoon as well as Friday, so I imagine the rest of the week will fill in soon - or at least it usually tends to - but I have a meeting on Friday about basically virtualizing all of the desktops which has me torn really, as I love the concept, but the single point of failure could mean a LOT of downtime in “theory” but if the sever is built properly, there should be no issue at all…. but I’ll find out more solid details Friday what these guys have in mind.

The billing issue seems to be getting there, I had hoped it’d resolve today, and I got the apologetic call, some explanation, but I think the payment idea I suggested is going to work, half in the first of the month, other half in the middle - so more or less the same as my work pay system, so not too shabby in the least, going to swing by there after work and pick up a check, and discuss some other things quickly, but hopefully it’s all good - and we can get a game plan going.

Lastly, I feel drained today, just really really tired, which is making me wonder should I go and rest, or goto pancakes & games @ Scott’s here after the meeting, but I am down for bringing OJ, but at the same time I think they’d understand …. if not I know they’ll come for me in the night and I’ll never be seen again…. all due to OJ…. sweet, tasty Florida Orange Juice.

Anywhoo - I am off, getting backups packed up, VM is lagging a bit, not unusual, I think that copy of XP has a leak in it somewhere - but going to get it offsite, shutdown, and off to downtown - so take care all, more later I’m sure!

Mostly Alive… Sorta. Yeah.

Soooo what a week thus far, 1 more day to go, but it’s been quite a ride. Apparently the cat is out of the bag finally, with the co-owner of the company coming in for a week, and an investor showing up, folks got the hint that the company may be up for sale - though from what I am gathering from long-timers, this has been attempted once before, and nothing happened, so time will tell - maybe they’ll give me an IT budget but hopefully tomorrow I can work out something for my hope of a firewall and 15 computers.

I have been considering my DVD renting practices, as it stands I am doing Netflix, but I am getting bored of it, the online watching is cool, but limited to Windows, not a HUGE deal, as currently my media rig is Vista, but Netflix seems to of slowed, I recall getting DVD’s quickly, but last took about 4 days to get, and when I did get it, snapped in two. I realize this happens, BUT with Blockbuster, I could take in the envelope and tada, new DVD, cost is the only thing that I am weary about when it comes to price, as it stands with Netflix, I am on the lowest plan with live watching, but even at unlimited 1 out, and unlimited in-store exchange, it’s $22 a month, BUT that does mean instant change, not wait 4 days for a new movie - so I am considering it after I get the last of these bills paid.

iPhone is doing well, T-Mobile’s data speeds seem very nice as of late, and since I got off the 2Wire DSL at work, much more stable wireless across the board, it hops between the Linksys’s just fine, and allows me access to my mail in a quick pinch, plus SSH, just need to get my key on there so I can easily get onto servers vs ssh -> home -> server.

Sleep has been better lately, for a week or so it was out of order, as it can become with me, and yet again someone suggesting that I may suffer from insomnia - again I suppose it’s possible, I just think I have a very different way of sleeping… yeah that’s it! But so far so good, some good rest and I woke up only a little groggy not flat out exhausted.

Anywhoo - more tomorrow as it has become my weekly blogging day it seems sometimes, but for now I am going to go and stare at some code… yay.

Yup, It’s the Weekend

So the week is done, twas a long one, with little sleep, but I am alive, and probably going to pass out here in a minute, but just figured I’d post a note.

A good week overall I’d say, the iPhone is doing well, with all the talk of 3G I have considered taking it back, but at the same time, it works, it does what I need, WiFi will always be faster, and granted 3G speeds will beat that of EDGE, at the end of the day Edge is more widespread, and like last time AT&T’s big data release, unless they REALLY learned from last time, we’ll probably see more outages, and for those who get it for T-Mobile’s 3G being rolled out, outages there too I’d imagine… if it’s not locked into AT&T’s 3G network!

Anywhoo - busy day tomorrow, meeting about servers in the afternoon, probably a service call in the morning across the street to look at a DVD Burner Issue, and Dinner later that evening with friends, so busy busy - so I am going to crawl over to my bed, start up the movie where I left off, and dream happy dreams. Night.