First tune-up on the bike is 1000 miles - and we are at 997 right now. :)
Went up to Vail on Friday (going over 3 mountain passes), then round-trip to Grand Junction on Saturday, and then back from Vail on Sunday.
Grand Junction was very brown and HOT. It was 103 there. We *thought* about checking out the area, but by the time we got there we just went to GJHD, bought some shirts, and headed back to the cooler mountains.
It was a great trip. Stopped in Breck for lunch with the Ts and Jaime, then hung out with Becky and Rich on Saturday night. Ate at an AWESOME place. The Duck Confit was my favorite.
All the riding was great. No rain. Nice rides. And we found out we can do that much traveling and not get sore, still wake up the next day with a "lets go!" attitude, etc. Now have to start looking into Cody, WY and Tuscon, AZ for our next big trips. :)
Monday, July 17, 2006
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Patrick's Two-bit ride
Patrick posted this as a comment to one of my posts, but because of its length or content, it "broke" my blog - nothing displayed after it. I deleted it and am reposting it here as a normal entry
James,
You made the wise decision on not attending the rally.
The rally in a word was: WET! It was just a 6 hour, 230'ish mile (thus the name Two-Bit) Rally, that went from Morrison CO. to Frisco via Pine->Manitou Springs->Buena Vista->Leadville.
I don't know if it was tenacity, or stupidity, when I made the decision to go ahead and run this. It rained the entire 290+ miles (this included the trip from Frisco back to Morrison).
It started out as a comfortable ride, as I had waterproof gear on, until I got to Fairplay, and realized that my water proof pants had a single spot that was not water proof. The water had pooled on the seat, and had leaked in thru the crotch area of the pants and had gathered in all the loose spots, and when I stood up, all that water went into ... you guessed it ... my water proof boots.
At this point, I was done. The problem was that it was raining hard, and I was just shy of what I thought was the mid point of the trip (I need to learn to read maps better :) ).
Well, being the trooper that I am, I decided to continue to the finish. Not a wise decision, but it was the one that I made.
The ride continued on through Buena Vista (interesting folk live there), and went on up to Leadville. You don't want to speed in Leadville... trust me. Almost all of the 30+ bikers that I saw there were observing the posted limits.
From Leadville, the ride continued on into Frisco via 91. This was probably the worst part of it, as I had to bring the speed back to around 45-50 and even 30 at some points because of water pooling on the highway. The water had found it's way into the liner of my helmet and I was unable to keep warm at all.. Frequent stopping to squeeze the water out of my gloves did not help much, but it was enough :)
When I finally reached Frisco, to meet the very concerned rally organizer and his wife, I had discovered that I had posted dead last in my very first rally, but not by much :)
I was able to get phone service in Frisco, so I called Elizabeth to let her know that I was wet, but alive. I spent a little time getting myself warm, and had considered getting a room to spend the night there as it was still raining. I had a good 60+ miles still to go before I got home, and decided that since I was already soaked through, that I might as well continue on home.
I have to say, that even with the rain issue, I had a blast. I saw at least 200+ bikers that day, and of the ones that I had conversations with, nobody ever complained much about the rain. Comments ranged from "It's a scosh wet" to "Man we really need this rain"! These people are hard core.
I will very definitly do this rally again next year, but will be much better prepaired for weather. Kenosha Pass was very cold. One addition to the bike that I will be making, even though it looks silly on a crusier, is a full police style windscreen. I believe that this is an absolute must when riding in rain.
I'm still a beginning rider, but have learned a lot about riding in the rain. I have also discovered a way to really appreciate what God has given us who live here in Colorado :)
For anybody who would be interested in going on a shorter rally... take a look at TwoBits for more information about this annual rally. Pay special attention to the logo that they are using this year. I know the designer of this, and she is one awesome lady!
Patrick,
Although wet - it *does* sound like a blast. I haven't ridden much for 10 years, so consider myself a "beginner" at this point as well. We weren't really up for the weather or for mountain roads in a group. But we'll probably do it next year!
BTW: Palmer Lake FD is doing a Poker Run on the 22nd and we plan on doing that. We are going with several folks that we know. Should be fun. Our first "organized" outting with a group of bikers. :)
James,
You made the wise decision on not attending the rally.
The rally in a word was: WET! It was just a 6 hour, 230'ish mile (thus the name Two-Bit) Rally, that went from Morrison CO. to Frisco via Pine->Manitou Springs->Buena Vista->Leadville.
I don't know if it was tenacity, or stupidity, when I made the decision to go ahead and run this. It rained the entire 290+ miles (this included the trip from Frisco back to Morrison).
It started out as a comfortable ride, as I had waterproof gear on, until I got to Fairplay, and realized that my water proof pants had a single spot that was not water proof. The water had pooled on the seat, and had leaked in thru the crotch area of the pants and had gathered in all the loose spots, and when I stood up, all that water went into ... you guessed it ... my water proof boots.
At this point, I was done. The problem was that it was raining hard, and I was just shy of what I thought was the mid point of the trip (I need to learn to read maps better :) ).
Well, being the trooper that I am, I decided to continue to the finish. Not a wise decision, but it was the one that I made.
The ride continued on through Buena Vista (interesting folk live there), and went on up to Leadville. You don't want to speed in Leadville... trust me. Almost all of the 30+ bikers that I saw there were observing the posted limits.
From Leadville, the ride continued on into Frisco via 91. This was probably the worst part of it, as I had to bring the speed back to around 45-50 and even 30 at some points because of water pooling on the highway. The water had found it's way into the liner of my helmet and I was unable to keep warm at all.. Frequent stopping to squeeze the water out of my gloves did not help much, but it was enough :)
When I finally reached Frisco, to meet the very concerned rally organizer and his wife, I had discovered that I had posted dead last in my very first rally, but not by much :)
I was able to get phone service in Frisco, so I called Elizabeth to let her know that I was wet, but alive. I spent a little time getting myself warm, and had considered getting a room to spend the night there as it was still raining. I had a good 60+ miles still to go before I got home, and decided that since I was already soaked through, that I might as well continue on home.
I have to say, that even with the rain issue, I had a blast. I saw at least 200+ bikers that day, and of the ones that I had conversations with, nobody ever complained much about the rain. Comments ranged from "It's a scosh wet" to "Man we really need this rain"! These people are hard core.
I will very definitly do this rally again next year, but will be much better prepaired for weather. Kenosha Pass was very cold. One addition to the bike that I will be making, even though it looks silly on a crusier, is a full police style windscreen. I believe that this is an absolute must when riding in rain.
I'm still a beginning rider, but have learned a lot about riding in the rain. I have also discovered a way to really appreciate what God has given us who live here in Colorado :)
For anybody who would be interested in going on a shorter rally... take a look at TwoBits for more information about this annual rally. Pay special attention to the logo that they are using this year. I know the designer of this, and she is one awesome lady!
Patrick,
Although wet - it *does* sound like a blast. I haven't ridden much for 10 years, so consider myself a "beginner" at this point as well. We weren't really up for the weather or for mountain roads in a group. But we'll probably do it next year!
BTW: Palmer Lake FD is doing a Poker Run on the 22nd and we plan on doing that. We are going with several folks that we know. Should be fun. Our first "organized" outting with a group of bikers. :)
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Corn Chowder
Yesterday was pretty raining and just kind of drery out.
So, after I got done shopping, I came home and threw some corn chowder together. Then put it in the crock pot to keep it warm.
Tina and I went riding for about an hour. A little cold and a little rain here and there, but still very fun.
And then we got home and had rolls and hot corn chowder waiting for us.
YUM. :)
So, after I got done shopping, I came home and threw some corn chowder together. Then put it in the crock pot to keep it warm.
Tina and I went riding for about an hour. A little cold and a little rain here and there, but still very fun.
And then we got home and had rolls and hot corn chowder waiting for us.
YUM. :)
I'm thinking its not that big of a deal
Backround: I'm at the store doing some grocery shopping. There is a mom there with two little kids. One pretty small. We are going up and down the same aisles, but in opposite directions, so pass each other every now and then. The little one is staring to cry and she says something to it about getting tired of shopping or something. All in all pretty good kids; but obviously not having that fun of a time.
Anyway - I get all done and head up front to check out. There are about 4 cashiers, but I notice only two have lights on (meaning that the other two are going on break or whatever). I notice the mom is standing in the line with the light off, and figure she must have been the last person in line before the light went off. I look at the two available cashiers and pick the one with the hopefully shortest line. I'm about two checkout stands away from the mom.
Cashier: finishes with a customer, starts to checkout the next one, the one in front of the mom, and looks up noticing the mom. Excuse me mame, but I'm closed.
Mom: in a very irritated and loud voice. Well you could have told me that before I spent all this time waiting in line! by my accounts, all of 3 minutes or so
C: Oh, I'm sorry. I'll go ahead and take you.
M: NO. THATS OK. and turns and moves to another line
...
M: now on the other side of me, and mumbling to self. She picks her kids up out of the cart If there is one thing I hate... come on
AND THEY LEAVE THE STORE.
Lady behind me: What was she so upset about?
Me: The cashiers light was off and she got in line and the cashier told her she was closed so she went to the other line.
Lady: Yeah I know... but I mean, what was she so mad about?
Me: That was it!
Lady: Just looks at me and shakes her head Oh...
Me: Yeah, some folks. Doesn't take much
Anyway - I get all done and head up front to check out. There are about 4 cashiers, but I notice only two have lights on (meaning that the other two are going on break or whatever). I notice the mom is standing in the line with the light off, and figure she must have been the last person in line before the light went off. I look at the two available cashiers and pick the one with the hopefully shortest line. I'm about two checkout stands away from the mom.
Cashier: finishes with a customer, starts to checkout the next one, the one in front of the mom, and looks up noticing the mom. Excuse me mame, but I'm closed.
Mom: in a very irritated and loud voice. Well you could have told me that before I spent all this time waiting in line! by my accounts, all of 3 minutes or so
C: Oh, I'm sorry. I'll go ahead and take you.
M: NO. THATS OK. and turns and moves to another line
...
M: now on the other side of me, and mumbling to self. She picks her kids up out of the cart If there is one thing I hate... come on
AND THEY LEAVE THE STORE.
Lady behind me: What was she so upset about?
Me: The cashiers light was off and she got in line and the cashier told her she was closed so she went to the other line.
Lady: Yeah I know... but I mean, what was she so mad about?
Me: That was it!
Lady: Just looks at me and shakes her head Oh...
Me: Yeah, some folks. Doesn't take much
And so it rains every day
Buy a motorcycle and it rains every day. :( - Oh well, the lawn is very green and I'm not having to water, which is saving some $$.
We have been able to ride it a bit. I took it to work on Friday and left a little early to beat the storms. Was still ok when I got home, so took Jaime for a ride. They got me a Harley "Ride" CD - which has some cool tunes on it, so that was very fun.
Then yesterday Tina and I took it out for an hour or so. Hit a few drizzles, but not bad. And we managed to miss some good rain storms, judging by all the water on the road. We were going to go do a rally with Patrick, but it was raining when we got up, and we just aren't into doing that kind of thing in the rain yet.
All it all its very fun, but just not the right weather right now. Hoping for some good weather next weekend, because Tina has off starting Thur afternoon and I might take Friday off - so we'd get a good 3 day weekend. Maybe go up to the mountains or something.
We have been able to ride it a bit. I took it to work on Friday and left a little early to beat the storms. Was still ok when I got home, so took Jaime for a ride. They got me a Harley "Ride" CD - which has some cool tunes on it, so that was very fun.
Then yesterday Tina and I took it out for an hour or so. Hit a few drizzles, but not bad. And we managed to miss some good rain storms, judging by all the water on the road. We were going to go do a rally with Patrick, but it was raining when we got up, and we just aren't into doing that kind of thing in the rain yet.
All it all its very fun, but just not the right weather right now. Hoping for some good weather next weekend, because Tina has off starting Thur afternoon and I might take Friday off - so we'd get a good 3 day weekend. Maybe go up to the mountains or something.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
We did it
Thur: Tried out 3 Harleys. Several folks said to look at some other brands, but I just kind of had my heart set on a Harley. If you're going to do it... do it. :)
Heritage Softail Classic: Sits low. Nice handlebar placement. Very nice ride. Went up to Tina's work, then down through Garden of the Gods, up 24 to I-25, Fillmore back to the dealer. Nice.
Road King: Didn't really like how it sat or the handlebar placement. Was definately sold on the Softail. Took it to Tina's work. As I pulled in, two other bikes pulled in behind me. One of the guys was a client of Tina's and one was his friend up from San Fransico. We probably talked for 30 minutes. All kind of info, how they love their bikes, how great Harleys are, etc. One had a Softail and a Electra or Ultra Glide. Said if we were going to tour (and we are) then a touring bike is the way to go. One had a Road King - about $1500 to $2000 cheaper than the other bike, but had thousands of upgrades in it. Said if he had it to do over, he'd go for the dressed out bike.
Electra Glide: Based on their recommendation, I took out an Electra Glide. I liked the ride. Took it up to Castle Rock to show Jaime. Pretty sweet.
Fri: We already had a Heritage Softail Classic reserved. Would have liked to take out a touring bike, but like the one guy said, "Take out the Softail. You'll end up getting a touring bike - but at least you'll know and not wonder - did I make the right choice, what if, etc."
We had a blast.
Fri: Left at 4:00, up the pass to Woodland Park and out to Buena Vista. Hit a bit of rain on the way, but not bad. Got to Buena Vista pretty early. Checked into a motel and got dinner. Cyrgio (? - something like that). Excellent food. Very good. Then headed north and then west toward Cottonwood pass. Got back and went to bed pretty early.
Sat: Up early and back riding. We were going to go up to Aspen, Carbondale and then down to Gunnison, but we were worried about the weather. So went south to Gunnison and over Monarch Pass. Fun ride and got into Gunnison by about 10:30 or so. Wandered around for a bit and were going to go to Salida, but we had reservations and couldn't cancel them. So headed west for a ride. Down towards Lake City for about 20 miles, then back and out to Blue Mesa Dam. Very cool area and nice ride. Then back to the hotel at 2:00 and checked in. Took a nap and then out for dinner and to bed early.
Sun: Up early, out to Salida, then on to Canyon City and up 115 back home. Home by 2:00. Another beautiful ride.
Getting the feel of the bike. Tina's butt was very sore, so definately need a touring bike - but still a great ride. We both loved it. So peaceful. Didn't want to stop. Just touring w/o hotel reservations would be great. Ride till the weather gets bad or we get tired and stop for the night. Just hard to do on 4th of July weekend.
I'm still going pretty slow on corners and a bit worried about rain, but getting the feel for it.
Monday, returned the bike first thing in the morning... and went back to buy one that night. :) Got an Ultra Classic. Yup - the one with everything. Cost a pretty penny, but it will be worth it. Its something that both of us really enjoy... and we really don't do anything else. So we figure we'll do a lot of day trips, I'll ride it to work, and we plan on doing some tours. Probably down to AZ to see Tif, etc. Maybe out to MI in 2009.
Today put about 100 miles on it. Just mostly riding around. Went up to Larkspur to show Steve and Lana. Robert was working so he came over. Told us about the Palmer Lake Poker Run on the 22nd (something like that - a week from Saturday). We might do that. It would be fun.
Also reading the manual, the HOG member's manual, etc. Some cool stuff.
So anyway... mid-life crisis or whatever. We now have a Harley and are HOG members. :)
Its Black Pearl. Very sweet. :)
Heritage Softail Classic: Sits low. Nice handlebar placement. Very nice ride. Went up to Tina's work, then down through Garden of the Gods, up 24 to I-25, Fillmore back to the dealer. Nice.
Road King: Didn't really like how it sat or the handlebar placement. Was definately sold on the Softail. Took it to Tina's work. As I pulled in, two other bikes pulled in behind me. One of the guys was a client of Tina's and one was his friend up from San Fransico. We probably talked for 30 minutes. All kind of info, how they love their bikes, how great Harleys are, etc. One had a Softail and a Electra or Ultra Glide. Said if we were going to tour (and we are) then a touring bike is the way to go. One had a Road King - about $1500 to $2000 cheaper than the other bike, but had thousands of upgrades in it. Said if he had it to do over, he'd go for the dressed out bike.
Electra Glide: Based on their recommendation, I took out an Electra Glide. I liked the ride. Took it up to Castle Rock to show Jaime. Pretty sweet.
Fri: We already had a Heritage Softail Classic reserved. Would have liked to take out a touring bike, but like the one guy said, "Take out the Softail. You'll end up getting a touring bike - but at least you'll know and not wonder - did I make the right choice, what if, etc."
We had a blast.
Fri: Left at 4:00, up the pass to Woodland Park and out to Buena Vista. Hit a bit of rain on the way, but not bad. Got to Buena Vista pretty early. Checked into a motel and got dinner. Cyrgio (? - something like that). Excellent food. Very good. Then headed north and then west toward Cottonwood pass. Got back and went to bed pretty early.
Sat: Up early and back riding. We were going to go up to Aspen, Carbondale and then down to Gunnison, but we were worried about the weather. So went south to Gunnison and over Monarch Pass. Fun ride and got into Gunnison by about 10:30 or so. Wandered around for a bit and were going to go to Salida, but we had reservations and couldn't cancel them. So headed west for a ride. Down towards Lake City for about 20 miles, then back and out to Blue Mesa Dam. Very cool area and nice ride. Then back to the hotel at 2:00 and checked in. Took a nap and then out for dinner and to bed early.
Sun: Up early, out to Salida, then on to Canyon City and up 115 back home. Home by 2:00. Another beautiful ride.
Getting the feel of the bike. Tina's butt was very sore, so definately need a touring bike - but still a great ride. We both loved it. So peaceful. Didn't want to stop. Just touring w/o hotel reservations would be great. Ride till the weather gets bad or we get tired and stop for the night. Just hard to do on 4th of July weekend.
I'm still going pretty slow on corners and a bit worried about rain, but getting the feel for it.
Monday, returned the bike first thing in the morning... and went back to buy one that night. :) Got an Ultra Classic. Yup - the one with everything. Cost a pretty penny, but it will be worth it. Its something that both of us really enjoy... and we really don't do anything else. So we figure we'll do a lot of day trips, I'll ride it to work, and we plan on doing some tours. Probably down to AZ to see Tif, etc. Maybe out to MI in 2009.
Today put about 100 miles on it. Just mostly riding around. Went up to Larkspur to show Steve and Lana. Robert was working so he came over. Told us about the Palmer Lake Poker Run on the 22nd (something like that - a week from Saturday). We might do that. It would be fun.
Also reading the manual, the HOG member's manual, etc. Some cool stuff.
So anyway... mid-life crisis or whatever. We now have a Harley and are HOG members. :)
Its Black Pearl. Very sweet. :)
Monday, July 03, 2006
1 in 3 chance...
I drink quite a bit of Diet Mt Dew at work. So they have this contest where you enter the code from your bottle cap and you have a 1 in 3 chance of winning a ring tone. I have no ring tones on my phone, I drink a lot of Mt Dew. So... I've been throwing the lids in my laptop bad and figured I'd enter them at some point.
Been messing around not working this morning (taking the day off), and figured I'd do it. I've got 15 lids... so I should win about 5 ring tones. Cool.
So I have to sign up for Yahoo (who runs this) because I've forgotten all my yahoo info. Then I have to register with Pepsi. I get all that done, and how many ringtones do I win, given there is a 1 in 3 chance and I have 15 chances...
New math. Zero. :(
Been messing around not working this morning (taking the day off), and figured I'd do it. I've got 15 lids... so I should win about 5 ring tones. Cool.
So I have to sign up for Yahoo (who runs this) because I've forgotten all my yahoo info. Then I have to register with Pepsi. I get all that done, and how many ringtones do I win, given there is a 1 in 3 chance and I have 15 chances...
New math. Zero. :(
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Fla. restaurant sells $100 hamburger - Yahoo! News
Boca Raton Mayor Steven Abrams could barely speak between bites as he devoured the 20-ounce, $100 hamburger billed as the 'beluga caviar of sandwiches.'Wow... maybe its time to get back into the food biz. :)
Its time to get a Harley
Its not uncommon for someone to ask me, "Did you ride your bike in today?" or "Do you have a Harley?". So, after not having a bike for about 10 years, we've decided its about time. Tina and I have been talking about it, and we both think its a good time. Not just because it would be really fun to ride back and forth to work, and not just because it would save on gas (you have to save a LOT on gas to pay for a Harley), but because we BOTH think it would be fun. Since I started talking about it, Tina has gotten really excited about doing day or weekend trips, and maybe even taking it down to AZ to see Tif. So - its something we'd both enjoy, and would get us out of the house and town.
So - I may take a day off work this week and try a few out. Then maybe get one this weekend. I move kind of slow on big decisions like this, but we're already into summer and if I'm going to do it, the sooner the better. And we have been talking about it for a few weeks.
The only I'm thinking of getting is the Softail Heritage Classic. A little more expensive than a Road King, and the Road King has a *little* nicer ride when touring... but we both just think the Softail is a cooler looking bike.
I'm not sure how long it would take to order one, and they have some in stock. Not the cherry/black that I'd like - but the straight black is pretty cool too.
This picture of it is cool too. Looks like its on the shores of a lake in MI. That might be fun... A road trip to MI. :)
So - I may take a day off work this week and try a few out. Then maybe get one this weekend. I move kind of slow on big decisions like this, but we're already into summer and if I'm going to do it, the sooner the better. And we have been talking about it for a few weeks.
The only I'm thinking of getting is the Softail Heritage Classic. A little more expensive than a Road King, and the Road King has a *little* nicer ride when touring... but we both just think the Softail is a cooler looking bike.
I'm not sure how long it would take to order one, and they have some in stock. Not the cherry/black that I'd like - but the straight black is pretty cool too.
This picture of it is cool too. Looks like its on the shores of a lake in MI. That might be fun... A road trip to MI. :)
Mowing
Mowing the backyard yesterday. Not one of my funniest tasks, but since I got on some allergy meds this year, it hasn't been too bad. Anyway, out there mowing when all of a sudden I feel something "jab" me in the side. I didn't know if I got shocked, bit or what. Figured it must have been bit and slapped at it incase there was something there. Never found out what it was... but whatever it was, it certainly nailed me. Tina put some ice on it, and I finished mowing, but it hurt the rest of the day and into the night. Seems to have mostly gone away now.
I guess something was pretty upset that I was mowing its house down or something...
I guess something was pretty upset that I was mowing its house down or something...
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
DenverPost.com - Whose property is at risk?
Think about this for a moment: I own the DVD, which was given to me by its producer. I own the computer with a DVD drive. And yet, on account of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, I can't watch the DVD that I own on a computer that I own? Isn't this my property, to use as I wish?
Apparently not. :(
Sunday, June 11, 2006
A Sixth Sense for a Wired World
What if, seconds before your laptop began stalling, you could feel the hard drive spin up under the load? Or you could tell if an electrical cord was live before you touched it? For the few people who have rare earth magnets implanted in their fingers, these are among the reported effects -- a finger that feels electromagnetic fields along with the normal sense of touch.
Step 1 in becoming a Borg. ;)
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Hacker Said to Resell Internet Phone Service
The case, one of the first involving this kind of elaborate Internet phone hacking, illustrated how Internet-based communications may be criminally exploited, and raised fresh questions about the security of phone traffic over largely unregulated networks.
There will always be hackers... keeps us busy monitoring all kinds of things. :)
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Automatic Mashed Potatoe Maker... I'm all over that!
On Woot today I saw a WESTINGHOUSE, ELECTRIC, AUTOMATIC MASHED POTATO MAKER. Just the thought of it was very cool. Hey, I already have a food steamer and rice maker... so yeah, I just HAVE to have a Mashed Potatoe maker! Tina, of course, makes the best mashed potatoes ever... but when there isn't enough time...
And then I saw that it normally sells for $94.99, and the Westinghouse "Super Sale Price" is $61.89. Woot is selling it for $29.99. Up, that closed the deal.
Its ordered and on its way. How cool. :)
And then I saw that it normally sells for $94.99, and the Westinghouse "Super Sale Price" is $61.89. Woot is selling it for $29.99. Up, that closed the deal.
Its ordered and on its way. How cool. :)
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Yeah, I'm still around
Haven't posted for quite some time... yeah, I'm still here. Just been really busy at work, and not into doing much computing when I'm not working. But I'm still around and will probably do some blogging soon.
Q&A: Sun's Radia Perlman speaks out on being stuck with IP, new life for spanning tree and her answer to data security: the ephemerizer - Network Worl
"Now, bridging was never intended to do that: it was kind of a hack because people at the time were all confused about what Layer 3 was and they thought Ethernet was a competitor to DECnet. With bridges we did such a good job and it was so plug-and-play that you didn’t have to think about them, so people are still taking large networks and doing bridges. As it turns out people kind of believed IP must have been the best protocol ever because it just took over the world (just like English must be the best language ever because it's going to take over the world, but no, it has nothing to do with how good a language it is).
DECnet would have been a much better protocol for the world to have adopted. It had a lot of advantages, like a larger address space (We're still talking about will IPv6 ever happen and if it does, there's nothing better about it than what we could have had 15 years ago). One of the advantages DECnet had was the ability to have a whole campus that was zero-configuration, that all had the same prefix , and you didn’t have to divvy up your address space for every link like IP does. But given that companies didn't go in that direction they're using bridging, which is inherently more fragile, especially when you take that notion and try to make it more responsive by doing all these things that involve lots of configuration. If you get the configuration wrong things can melt down. You shouldn’t be stressing it really hard."
Yet another DEC thing that was better than what we ended up with...
Saturday, May 20, 2006
ABC News: Former Gym Teacher in Fla. Pleads Guilty
"A former gym teacher pleaded guilty to taking $1-a-day bribes from middle school students who didn't want to change their clothes for class."
So how many kids are we talking about here? If its 1 or 2, then he did this for $40 a month? That's just sad that he'd rip kids off for so little. If its 10 or 20 kids, then maybe someone should think about not making kids change their clothes.
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Back in College?
We're behind schedule at work, so we had to work the weekend.
It's Saturday, 7:35 PM, I'm eating cold pizza that was brought in at lunch, and on my 3rd 24oz Mt Dew, after having a Triple Venti Starbucks this morning.
Caffine, pizza and programming... Feels like I'm back at the University of Michigan.
It's Saturday, 7:35 PM, I'm eating cold pizza that was brought in at lunch, and on my 3rd 24oz Mt Dew, after having a Triple Venti Starbucks this morning.
Caffine, pizza and programming... Feels like I'm back at the University of Michigan.
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Deleting the AutoComplete address
Yes... I use Outlook. I know... why not Mozilla. Well I've used Outlook for a long time and I'm still using it. Had problems deleting old auto complete addresses that I no longer needed (they were getting pretty cluttered). How to do this is pretty simple, it just never occured to me.
Artcile tells how.
Artcile tells how.
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