September 2008 Archives

OMG It's Been So Long

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Hey folks, I'm alive and doing well.  I haven't posted in forever so I thought I'd get started again with a quick update of what's up with me.  So here we go....

  • We had my brother's bachelor party in Montreal in July... and that's about all I can say about that.
  • I finished the half marathon without severely injuring myself.  I wasn't terribly psyched about my 2 hour 11 minute time but considering it was the week after the bachelor party, I don't feel too bad about it.
  • I snuck off to Burning Man at the last minute and had an absolutely incredible.  I'm not going to kid myself into thinking I won't go next year.
  • I whacked my Ulnar Nerve (aka Funny Bone) while I was on the Playa.  I was sitting down on a futon (while mostly sober) and caught my elbow on the arm rest.  Two weeks later, I'm just now starting to get feeling back in my ring and pinky fingers.
  • I have no new pictures because I lost my camera on the Playa.  Not to self: hip pockets in the orange jumpsuit aren't pockets at all... I guess they're just there to provide easy access for playing with one's self.
  • Brian is getting married in a little over a week so I guess I need to get a new camera.
  • I just got a new laptop and have given up on Vista and switched to Linux.  Not a completely painless process (nor a completed process) but I felt it had to be done and I wasn't quite ready to jump on the Apple bandwagon.
That's about all for right now.  If time permits (it usually doesn't) I'm going to post some guides for configurig some of the more annoying pieces of hardware on Linux (Ubuntu 8.04.1 in case you cared).