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Well well well, the first week of the new year has come and gone so what actually happened? Lets see...

I almost got stuck in Chicago, the weather there is horrible, still don't understand why people live there.

I left Chicago to come home to Houston, and low and behold it's freaking 24 outside? WTF?

Work is back to normal, well if you call what I do normal.

Had to change a doctor appt, due to the fact I have to go to Chicago next week, see previous Statement.

One of my computers mysteriously changed IP's for no reason that I can tell. So my home website broke.

I finished Jeff Somers book (The Electric Church), and it was pretty good. I will read more.

AMA SuperCross is upon us with Anaheim 1, (A1). This should be fun to watch tonight. Go Kevin Windham!

Did I say it is below freezing in Houston? Global Warming my ass! (19 right now!)

BHO is still president. One more Terrorist Attack, and I agree with Bill O. His Presidency will be done!

Got my 90mm Macro Tamron lens this week and took my first macro shots... This is going to be fun, HERE

Decided to cut back on my Diet Coke w/Lime intake and just do water. Once my supply is gone...JOY.

Nascar is getting closer. YES, I can't wait.

The Texans had a wining season for the first time, and almost made the playoffs. Congrats 9-7!!!!

Hmm not sure I like the blockquote thing, but what the hell, no one reads this thing anyway... .. I am just talking to myself....

Ok everyone (as we established, thats no one) have a great year, I will try to blog more (to myself) as I go...

Rp3

So of course today starts the traditional 3 day sale weekend. I am not sure I am going to go out and venture into this wonderland but I kinda want to. You see I need a stool for the desk/workbench I built this past week. It sits higher than a normal table so a regular chair makes me look like a 5 year old at a thanksgiving dinner. Just a bit more than my head appears above the edge of the table. Ok it's not that bad, but you get my point. We here in H-Town have a place called The Dump I know it sounds bad, but its a place where all those items that didn't sell during the year, are 'dumped' for lack of a better word. I have always wanted to go and check the place out, so I am thinking today I just might. Seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do, and you never know I just might find a stool that turns me into an adult..

Ok I just checked the web site, and there are multiple dumps around the country. So maybe you can go and give it a go as well...

Happy New Year to all! I hope 2010 is very fruitful for you and your family. I am hoping for big things this year!!

Chow for now..

Rp3

So Xmas is upon us again, boy how the year has gone. It seems like just last week I was ordering stuff off the Internet for my mom and dad for last years xmas. Well maybe that was since I did that again, and ordered the same stuff. I tell you online ordering is the bomb, I get them Cheese of the month, and Breakfast of the month gifts and they love it. It's the gift that keeps on giving.

I have not decided what I am going to get my self for xmas this year. Well I say that, but I probably know. I am looking at a new camera, it's quite nice, and does HD video. That is pretty slick. But with a new camera comes the wants of a new lens or two, I want to get into Macro photography, and that stuff isn't cheap. This is the LENS I am looking at. Of course with all hobbies comes more spending, and I have a few..

Lets see, dirt bike, Harley, 4-5 computers, ATV, Cameras, Electronic gizmos, etc... I am just a big boy at heart, and what better time than now to be a big 'little' boy? Yes this time of year is fun, (Espically since I don't have to work all week, and can go play...)...and exciting for all.

Oh yea, I think my PS3 got hit by lightning, the same time my main Linux box took a hit and fried the graphics card, that sent me on a wild goose chase, as what better time to put more mem in a machine than when you have to open it up and put in a new vid card. Well it turns out the first 4gig I got was bad, the second 4gig didn't work either, it seems my POS mobo only likes one stick at a time. Now it's time for a new MB ... New processor, etc... It's how it goes.. My buddy is pushing me to get a new one as well just so we have something to mess with/play with...

The video card install went well, upgraded to a Nvidia 9600GT (Two monitors of course)...It's back to working now, but only with 2 GIG, how do I get along ...

Enough for now...

And the trackback spam I get on this blog is killing me! It sux, if anyone knows how to eliminate it off b2evolution then let me know!!!

Rp3

UBUNTU KARMIC is here.

I am currently downloading the upgrade on my laptop to give it a go before I upgrade all my other boxes. I have read a bit about it, and it seems nice, most seem to think it's better. Of course there are a couple that have issues, but that is to be expected. You can find the release HERE if your a windows user there is a LIVE CD that you can try with OUT installing it. Does not harm your install, if you like it you can even DUAL BOOT your machine with Linux so you can choose which OS to boot at boot time. I think if you get this far, you will find your booting more and more into linux.

My mom uses Linux on her laptop, as it became unusable with XP's updates and bloated miss management of memory. Linux made the machine work very well, and she uses it more than her desktop now.

So give it a go, don't fret, it's NOT ROCKET SCIENCE trust me... Trying new things can be fun, and I think you will like it.

Don't hesitate to give me a shout on Twitter and I will attempt to answer any questions you might have...

Chow..

Rp3
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So as I wrote about in my earlier post, I and my Mom got my dad a RC Plane for his Birthday. So now the batter is charged, and the plane is together. It's time to take it out and give it a fly. Here is my dad before the fun started..

I also took some videos and below you will find them.

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

The last flight ended in a huge tree about 1/4 mile away. We had to leave a letter for the home owner to call my dad so we could climb on the house to retrieve it. Well the nice lady called the next morning and I headed over with ladder and pole in tow. I got on the roof and eventually got the plane out of the tree. Once we got it out, we looked it over and decided it was fine, did I say these things are tough?, and decided to take it home and charge the battery. 1 hour later it was my turn to give it a flight. I was rather successful for a couple flights, then while trying to bank a turn I nosed it into the pavement big time. It really tore up the front end. But we gathered it up, and took it back to his house for investigation, 20 or so dollars later we had the parts needed to fix it on order. WOW, these things are pretty tough. He is busy this week, so when the parts get in we should be able to fly next weekend.

I might have to get one ...

Gary says he wants to get one too ..

Rp3
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