Video upload test

So, blogger's finally implented a video upload feature. let's see what this'll look like:


That's not bad, actually. This was a 440kb mp4 file. It took a bit of time for the file to upload, then took ~30 seconds to process. Large files (there's a 100mb limit to what you can upload) will take much longer to process. It'd be a much cooler trick if google didn't already have the infrastructure for this in place long ago.

Tell me if this feels like a scam to you

Caro went to the doctor yesterday to follow up on her kidney stone (they're gone now, she's feeling much better, thank you). While she was in the doctor's office, someone spray painted a red line on the passenger side of the car from the tail light to the front window . She didn't know who or why, and was mad to say the least. She called me up and told me the story; I had her file a police report so we could report this and file a claim.

UPDATE: Here are some photos of the stripe:




Later that afternoon she was at the grocery store in the parking lot when she was approached by a man in his car with his wife and kids. He said he could pop the dent on the front driver's quarter panel for $50 (the dent was there from a past parking garage incident). She showed him her new racing stripe on the passenger side, and he said he could remove that, too.

For $2oo in cash, he popped her dent, removed the stripe, and cleaned her cloudy headlight covers, all with tools he happened to be carrying around with him in the trunk of his car.

It just seems too contrived that this would happen to her and someone would be right there to come to her rescue (for a price) that same day. Maybe she should have checked his trunk for red spray paint.

I'd really, really like to think that there's no such thing as "roving bands of spray paint vandals" or "roving bands of auto-body samurai" (or that the two could be the same), but a guy approached me while I was at a home depot a couple of months ago offering to pop that same dent for $50.

Chris' Kids

This is Craig and his cat. He really likes his cat. Chris at cutewithchris.com wants to make Craig the next internet sensation, after Chocolate Rain guy. Won't you please help?

tcc on stage

jeez i look tall...

Late Notice

Third Coast Comedy not only puts on Improv comedy shows, they teach people to improvise through classes as well. Come see the culmination of the latest class' training tonite at the Third Coast Comedy Theatre, located at 2317 W. 34th Street (Map). Both Caro and her dad will be there, we hope you will too!

Superman Christmas Ornament

Superman <3 Jesus

Star Trek Christmas Ornament

KHAAAAAAAANNNN!

Caro's fine

Carolyn's feeling better now. She's still a little sore on her right side, but she's fine and back to her normal self. She thanks everyone who sent her well wishes.

Long Night

Caro had a kidneystone hit her early late tuesday/early wednesday. She had never had one before and couldn't deal with the pain, so I took her to the er at 12 oaks hospital by the apartment. The pain only got worse as the morning wore on, eventually the pain killers the doctors gave her kicked in. We spent all night at the hospital, and the morning picking up her pain prescription. After sleeping in spurts through out the day, she passed her stone late that afternoon. She was still sore, but in a LOT less pain then she had been. This morning she was still in some pain. She saw the urologist the ER people recomennded this morning. Hopefully she's ok now.

Questions Asked

After my last post, those of you who only keep up with me thru this website may be asking yourself "What the hell is he doing in a welding shop?!" Well, allow me to provide an answer:

I have a new job.

Yes, the folks at that-which-was-once-Dominion-E-and-P were paying me well, but as many of the actual IT department employees were getting job offers to go to the new company, the contractors, such as myself, were being offered only the oppurtunity to apply for a position within. In truth, I felt a bit slighted by the less than eager approach NewCo took in pursuing me for employment. When this new oppurtunity came, it took little coaxing for me to jump at it. My former coworkers were not happy to see me leave, but happy I had a job. I plan to keep in touch with many, many of them, wether they want me to or not.

My new job is with Acute Technological Services, a welding company whom you can read more about here. My old friend Johnny works there as they're woman Friday, and I hope to take the IT portion of the load off of her back as the one man IT department. They're on the west side of town, which is more of drive, but hey, it's a both step up and a stable job with a company that'll be here for more than a year (I hope).

I will in all likelyhood NOT have to do any actual welding.

the view from my office...

looks down out across the welding shop floor.