Blerf

My son has taken to waking up crying twice a night. My wife or I go into his room and he’s standing in his crib, and looks like he can’t get back down without falling on his butt!
I pick him up, rock him and he goes back to sleep in 2-3 minutes. I think he’s [...]

gaaah!

Work has been hectic. I’m in the process of purchasing a phone system and provisioning cabling for an office space that should have been started 2 months ago. The only problem is, they hired me 2 weeks ago!
I’m sure glad tomorrow is MASSAGE DAY at work!
I’m leaving for vacation starting tomorrow and coming back on [...]

Bummer dream…

I had a really vivid dream last night. My dog, <a href=http://www.kataan.org/images/schmoo-dog.jpg>Bosco</a> was old, and I had to put him down. He had that sad look that animals get when they know the end is near. He was slow, didn’t move very well, and his fur was dull, grey around the snout, with some white [...]

What’s in my bag?

I’ve shopped lately for devices to receive notifications - Smart Palm phones, Blackberry devices, Windows PocketPC phones, and plain old cellular telephones. “Smart” phones are way too expensive for me to justify buying several of them, and they still rely on cellular services for notification. There are some interesting features - the PalmVNC client for [...]

Finally!

I’ve been having a real probem getting decent prints with black and white c-41 process film. My last roll came out nicely - not too washed out, not too heavy:

Canonet QL 17 GIII Kodak Select B&W 400

Stay where I stay!

If you’re ever in San Diego, I can heartily recommend the Hampton inn near the Arena.
Everyone in my office played up the Hilton in San Diego; unfortunately, they were booked. I am curious, though, when the booking agent read off the description of the hotel, she mentioned the “renowned” complimentary continental breakfast. Tiny pastries, [...]

Once a phone guy…

“cyberspace is where you are when you�re on the telephone”
–john perry barlow
I started my career out running phone systems. I moved into LANs, then internet
technologies, and finally IT operations management, network security and network architecture.
This week, I’m back to doing phones again, this time for a network of 3 sites with voice over IP, [...]