The Neon Hippo

I was thinking about my old friend Steve Albini this morning and decided I wanted to blog about it. Here’s a cover of a CD called “Rich Man’s Eight Track Tape”. I shot this cover in the 1980’s. The first run of the CDs didn’t have photo credits – subsequent runs listed me as the photographer. I also did a few shots of Steve and the band for various magazines and underground papers. Steve Albini is his name – he’s now a fairly big time producer having done Nirvana, Cheap Trick and a many other big name band’s recordings. Read the rest of this entry →

I’m missing a few parts.

This is a test post using the Flock Browser’s blog editor in a virtual machine.

I’m just finishing up my second week of the “No S Diet”.  It’s so easy and so logical, that I think this one is actually going to work.  I’ve been on just about every diet imaginable, yet continue to struggle with weight.  I’ve lost about 4 pounds in two weeks.  I’ve certainly lost it faster in the past using things like Atkins, but the weight always comes back quicker than it comes off.  This one seems truly different.  I don’t have to count calories, weigh and measure or avoid certain foods.  A diet I can do without much effort that is actually working?  Hallelujah!

One thing this book talks about is that when you start on a new diet, ask yourself if you can stay on that diet for the rest of your life.  If the answer is NO, then you might as well not even start because you’re doomed from the beginning.

The NO S Diet is really simple - no Sweets, no Seconds and no Snacks except on days that begin with S.  I can easily do this the rest of my life!

I stopped in a Circuit City store today to see what kind of deals can be found during their liquidation.  Parking was nearly impossible and the line to check out was about 15 people deep. 

The news had warned that the liquidators marked up all the prices to full retail before marking them down for the close-outs.  The signs said up to 30% discount, but most things were 10-20% off.  All computer stuff was 10% off and considering it was 10% off retail, it was more expensive than their competitor’s regular pricing.

I guess I don’t understand why people were standing in line to pay too much for electronics & such… Don’t they pay any attention at all?  They see “Store Closing - Clearance Sale” and just assume that everything is a bargain?

I started testing the Windows 7 beta release yesterday.  My first impression is very favorable.  It detected my windows domain and had no troubles at all joining in the fun.

I built a computer specifically for testing purposes.  It’s an AMD Athlon 64 x2 +6000 with 4 gig of RAM and a 160 HDD.  I’ll probably add another hard drive and set it up for dual booting with Server 2008 so I can test Hyper-V virtualization, too.

It’s so easy to get out of the habit of writing.  This is just a “revival” post - I’m reviving my effort in the new year to update my blogs at least once a week.

So…  For any of you who subscribe via RSS and thought I was gone forever - SURPRISE!  I’m Back!

It was a crazy holiday season and it’s just now ending at my house.  I took down the tree today.  There are still outside lights on and I haven’t yet got everything neatly stashed waiting for another year.  That will be done before the weekend is over.

Two more days until I leave for Miami for the CompTIA Managed Services Summit.

photo credit: Henry Brett

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What is BlogDay?

BlogDay was created with
the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to
know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. On that
day Bloggers will recommend other blogs to their blog visitors.

With the goal in mind, on this day every blogger will post a
recommendation of 5 new blogs. This way, all blog readers will find
themselves leaping around and discovering new, previously unknown
blogs.

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Here are my Five:

Small Biz Thoughts by Karl Palachuk
This blog is intended primarily for Small Business Computer Consultants. It contains opinions on business success, news in the SMB space and information about Karl. I read Karl’s blog on a regular basis and find it to be almost as informative as his books.

Mantic59’s Shaving Blog
This guy has a great series of videos out on YouTube about the art of classic shaving - my latest hobby/obsession.

Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty
This blog is devoted to restoring the constitutional republic our founding fathers had in mind. A hotbed of political opinions and good old fashioned common sense. Wake up, America!

Dane Carlson’s Business Opportunity Weblog
This is full of inspiring stories of entrepreneurs who had a dream and made it happen. Lots of kooky ideas and very uplifting. A fun read as well as getting you to think like an entrepreneur.

Caroline Middlebrook
“Making money online - or at least trying to.” Caroline’s blog is a very interesting mix of her struggles to make a living online with a few personal crisis’ mixed in for good measure. You really get a sense of knowing this woman and caring whether or not she makes it. Her e-book Build Niche Sites with Worpress is being translated to video training. Well worth a visit!

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