Very important update on my life

So, today hasn't been nearly as bad as yesterday. That's really all. I found out that I have to go work downtown for the rest of this week, and the first couple days next week, because the guy that has taken over for me covering support is going to be on vacation.

Cool.

That's about it really, today's been pretty laid back, i've managed to get a lot done that's been pestering me.

Question for my loyal listeners, do I complain a lot?

Thank you.

If today is any indication of how the rest of the week is going to turn out, I'm skipping this week and moving on to the weekend.

And there's a very specific someone who can die in a fire.

The Cat Cam

So, we're sitting around last night talking about what the cat does when we're not around during the day. I've always been curious. So, I found this cool little program that connects to my old webcam and streams video ... -ish images to a web server. Well, I have a webserver set up on my main PC, so I'm thinking "hey cool!"

I get out the ole webcam, hook it up to my laptop, wirelessly stream the video from my laptop to the web server (on my main PC) over the wireless network, and voila! Live video feed of our living room.

That's all well and cool and everything, but the trouble is that the camera isn't always pointing to where the cat is. Granted, he's probably just asleep all day anyway. But that's beside the point.

So I'm thinking today "How cool would it be to be able to control the camera?"

Well, controllable webcams run around 200 dollars (minimum), so that's a bit out of the question for such a semi-pointless endeavor. However, I started looking today and found out that I could BUILD MY OWN stand to mount the camera on so that I can control it's direction. How cool is that? All I need is a couple of servo motors (one for left to right, one for up and down), a quick little Serial (or USB) Servo Controller to connect to the PC, and BAM. Instant control of the servo motors. All for around 60 bucks. Not too shabby. And, I'll learn how to build a stand that I can remotely control.

Then, I'll just have to figure out some way to allow me to control it over the internet, but since I'm a programmer, I don't really doubt my ability to do that. I can't wait, it should be fun. I'm totally going to try.

So, I'll have pics coming soon! I hope. Lol. Still gotta order the parts. :/ :)

I have nothing to add.

Laura's going to dinner tonight with one of her friends from high school that she hasn't seen in a while, so Devin and I are running out somewhere to grab some food. I don't get to see him much anywhere, so I figured it'd be fun.

That's about it, really. :/

Anyway, hope everyone has a good day! :)

Oh not much

So, today's been a pretty standard work day -- I got a bunch done though. I got a bunch of stuff that's been bugging me with that ticketless program finished, and then I got to come back here and meet with Ted and PD to discuss the stuff. Which is cool.

I was supposed to put a bulleted list of the top priorities together to send to the users after clearing through Ted and PD, but I haven't had a chance to yet. I need to go home tonight and finish working on my review, but I actually did some of it today whilst taking a break here at work. Mostly the only thing left to do is finish up with the pictures, and the page titles and meta tags and stuff.

Which prompts the point: I absolutely abhor Microsoft Frontpage. It's the WYSIWYG editor that gives you WAY more shit than you see. Notepad, FTW!!

Anyway. So yeah, this weekend was fun too. Saturday was pretty busy, but we got to spend another THOUSAND DOLLARS on flowers for the wedding. But, it's okay. They should be really pretty and hopefully we got everything laura wanted. And, in the grand scheme of things, that's really not that much relative to what a lot of folks spend. So, that's good.

Sunday was Busch Gardens!! It was hot as balls, and I was totally exhausted afterwards. But it was still fun. :D

Anyway, that's about it.

Meh

We started talking about our company christmas party today.  That's one of those things that I always look forward to, because we always go to one of those super nice restaraunts with a private room and just hang out, eat awesome food, chat, and just have a good time.

We were considering places such as The Jefferson, Flemings Steak House, Copper Grill, Magiano's, Franco's, Millies, Book Binders, and a couple of others. 

I don't think it matters where we go, it should totally kick ass.  :D  I'm so hungry now thinking about it.

So...

A Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew, and cup of coffee later, I'm pretty awake. 

I think I'll be drinking water for the rest of the day.  hehe.  For my health, if for nothing else.

Eesh.

I'm sooooo tired this morning, I don't know why.

We went to bed around 11, I slept pretty much without waking up until like 7.  But I'm having a hard time keeping my eyes open.

Starbucks to the extreme

So, we've gotten in the habit of making starbucks runs every friday (as a company), so all of us get free coffee, or.. you know.. whatever it is that we get there.

So we went yesterday because there were a lot of people that were going to be off today, but now we're going for today as well to make up for those people that were out yesterday.

It's great.

I dont even want to know how many calories one of these things has.

I, like some other people whose journals I've been reading, need to lose a bit of weight.  It's so annoying. 

Nothin Nothin

Not too much going on today, just hanging out at work. 

I left for my combo dentist appointment / haircut yesterday (left work a bit early) and checked my email when I got home only to find out that a fix I'd made to a program didn't work out quite as expected, so I ended up having to do a bit of work this morning and then come in early to fix fix it.  Not too bad though, easy fix, and it worked out fine.

Today's been pretty relaxed -- got a good amount done and I got to start on a new (very small) project in VB.NET yesterday, got it worked out pretty good today.

I also have to gather some data for another guy tomorrow morning bright and early because he doesn't totally know how to do it, so that's all me.  IT makes me feel pretty good when I'm relied on like that. haha.

Anyway! That's about it.  There's a networking guy here now setting up a VPN connection for our office tonight, so I have to hang out here and make sure everything goes ok.  Which, I hope it does, because I really have no idea what's going on with that.  I'm just a technicality. (Someone here to lock up. hehe)

JOY.

Woo

I finally got that new executable out to Kentucky yesterday, and I think that it fixed the majority of their problems.  WEWT.  I'm so glad, now I just have a couple more things that I need to fix for them, and a SHITLOAD of stuff that I have to do for the other ticketless project.. which.. for the record, I'm absolutely dreading.

It wasn't very busy yesterday, but I got a lot done, which was nice.   I've got more stuff that I can work on today too, so that's good news.

I really don't have much more to say.  However, you should check out this sweet maze game that I've been playing.

http://www.tokenarcade.com/play-476.html

:D

So we went at least

We ended up staying at Capital Ale house for about2 minutes.  It was suuuper crowded, like standing room only, and hot as balls.  So, Laura and I ended up leaving pretty much right after we got there.  I was told this morning though that they folks did end up getting a table and sitting down for drinks after we'd left, so I sorta wish I'd stayed.  It woulda been kinda fun to just hang out and shoot the shit with some folks from work.

It's allright though, we basically just went home, ordered dinner, and hung out.  It was very nice and relaxing.  All weekend was.

So, I spent a bit of time playing World of Warcraft this weekend, and then when I went to lie down to go to sleep last night, I couldn't go to sleep for anything, so I got back up around 12, and got back on the computer.  I ended up playing more until about 1:30 or so, and then headed back to bed.  I still wasn't able to fall asleep until around 3:00, and it totally sucked.

I'm doing fine so far this morning, but I'm not looking forward to "the crash" that I'm sure is going to hit me later (probably after lunch) at all.  It's going to sux.  hehe.

So!  That's my weekend in a nutshell.

Hmmm.

Nothing much going on today.  Just the same old kind of stuff.  Work has been okay, but nothing too spectacular.  I've gotten kind of a significant amount of work done today which is nice. :D  That's about it.

We're all going out to Capital Ale House tonight after work, so that should be.. interesting. :) 

Still not a big drinker.  :/  So, I guess if I did like beer, I'd be a bit more excited about it, but I just don't care at all for alcohol. :/  And I don't particularly like hanging around people who consume substantial amounts of alcohol either, because they usually end up acting like total idiots.  hehe.

TGI..T?

I can't wait for friday to get here. There's not really that much going on this weekend, I'm just looking forward to the weeek being over again. I don't know why.

We're all going to get together and go to the Capital Ale House tomorrow (the folks at work), so that should prove to be interesting. I haven't had beer in like 2 years, and I never did really like it, but it's fine. The company doesn't go out very often, so it should prove fairly entertaining. :)

Oh, do I HAVE to?

There are some days when I just really don't feel like working. Actually, these are most days. I don't know why. I really like my job, and I feel like when I really try to, I manage to get a lot done. I don't know why I have such a hard time sometimes. It's ridiculous, really.

I need to start eating healthier and taking some vitamins or something, because I like never have any energy. Anyone have any tips? hehe.

I need a new pic.

I'm going to see if I can find another picture of me to put up on the site, because.. I mean, I still look like that a little bit, but I'm fat as hell now, so not really.

That's a cool picture though since it's so mysterious or something.

I got up this morning and didn't really feel like coming to work, but I've been pretty good and busy, so that's nice. I'm trying to catch up on my billing notes, I'm still a couple of days behind. My boss just yelled at me, ... well, not really yelled, but spoke to.. in a really nice, calm manner, actually, which is sort of surprising.

Anyway! Yeah, probably won't be so nice next time, so I'm going to finish these up. Then, I'm going to finish up a couple of other things that I've been working on -- I actually feel like doing stuff today, so I shouldn't have any trouble getting things done. WHich is cool, because that hasn't been happening all that regularly lately.

So! Back to work!